Stefanos Tsitsipas and Karen Khachanov will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for the 10th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 9:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Stefanos Tsitsipas is the pick to win this match.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.64
Karen Khachanov -> 2.26
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Karen Khachanov
This will be the 10th time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Karen Khachanov play each other. The head to head is 8-1 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Tsitsipas won 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in Monte carlo back in 2024.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Karen Khachanov – Monte carlo 12-April-2024
Stefanos Tsitsipas
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22-18 | 12-10 | 7-5 | 2-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 45-22 | 13-11 | 22-6 | 8-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-24 | 19-9 | 17-5 | 11-6 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 61-24 | 18-8 | 17-4 | 18-9 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 55-19 | 26-8 | 23-5 | 6-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 11, the Greek reached the 2nd round after defeating Lorenzo Sonego 7-6(4) 6-3.
In the 1st round, The Greek had a good straight sets win against Sonego (7-64 6-3). During the match, Tsitsipas scored 72 points vs Sonego’s 55. The Greek was quite aggressive to blast 34 winners.
Talking about the service games, Tsitsipas made 3 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Overall, Stefanos Tsitsipas was pretty efficient on serve to win 81% (34/42) of his 1st serve and 72% (13/18) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Tsitsipas broke Sonego twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).
Tsitsipas has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 69% of his matches (461-211). 2-3 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this tournament, Tsitsipas has a compiled 160-85 win-loss record in the last years on hard.
Stefanos has a compiled 4-4 win-loss record in 2025, 2-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Karen Khachanov
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-24 | 13-11 | 9-6 | 2-4 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-22 | 14-12 | 8-4 | 14-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 34-18 | 18-10 | 10-5 | 6-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 36-25 | 17-11 | 9-7 | 6-5 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 35-24 | 17-9 | 5-6 | 8-6 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 24, the Russian got to the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Evans 6-1 6-3.
In the 1st round, Karen had a good straight sets win against Evans (6-1 6-3). During the match Khachanov scored 62 points vs Evans’s 37. Khachanov was exceptionally aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about serving, Khachanov was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Karen Khachanov was exceptionally efficient on serve to win 74% (20/27) of his 1st serve and 68% (15/22) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Karen broke Evans 5 times after converting 50% of his break points (5/10).
Khachanov has an aggregate 3-4 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Dubai
Previously, his best result was reaching the quarter in 2020. See his history.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Tsitsipas | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Games | 22 | 16 |
| Pts | 72-55 | 62-37 |
| Total Points | 127 | 99 |
| Winners | 34 | 20 |
| %Winners | 47% | 32% |
Both Tsitsipas and Khachanov played 1 match. Both players have not conceded a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Tsitsipas and Khachanov have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Tsitsipas played 6 games more than Khachanov. Tsitsipas scored 34 winners (47% of the total points). On the other side, Khachanov fired 20 winners (32%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Tsitsipas | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 3 | 0 |
| Avg per match | 3 | 0 |
| 1st in | 42/60 | 27/49 |
| %1st in | 70% | 55% |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 20/27 |
| %1st pts | 81% | 74% |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 15/22 |
| %2nd pts | 72% | 68% |
Tsitsipas scored 3 aces . Khachanov didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Tsitsipas won 81% points on his first serve. He was rock solid on his second serve to win 72% of the points. On the other side, Khachanov won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 68% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Tsitsipas | Khachanov |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 2 | 5 |
| Converted | 2/6 | 5/10 |
| % Converted | 33% | 50% |
| Conceded | 2 | 4 |
| Saved | 1 | 3 |
| % Saved | 50% | 75% |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 |
The Greek broke his opponent twice with a 33% conversion rate. The Greek lost his serve once and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. Khachanov broke his opponent 5 times with a 50% conversion rate. The Russian conceded his serve once and he saved 75% of the break points that he conceded.
| Tsitsipas | |||
| R1 Sonego |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 7-64 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 22 | |
| pts | 72-55 | 72-55 | |
| Total points | 127 | 127 | |
| Winners | 34 | 34 | |
| %Winners | 47% | 47% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 3 | 3 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 42/60 | 42/60 | |
| % 1st in | 70% | 70% | |
| 1st pts | 34/42 | 34/42 | |
| % 1st pts | 81% | 81% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/18 | 13/18 | |
| % 2nd pts | 72% | 72% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 2 | 2 | |
| Converted | 2/6 | 2/6 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 2 | 2 | |
| Saved | 1/2 | 1 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 50% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
| Khachanov | |||
| R1 Evans |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | |
| Tot Games | 16 | 16 | |
| pts | 62-37 | 62-37 | |
| Total points | 99 | 99 | |
| Winners | 20 | 20 | |
| %Winners | 32% | 32% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 0 | 0 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 27/49 | 27/49 | |
| % 1st in | 55% | 55% | |
| 1st pts | 20/27 | 20/27 | |
| % 1st pts | 74% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 15/22 | 15/22 | |
| % 2nd pts | 68% | 68% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 5 | 5 | |
| Converted | 5/10 | 5/10 | |
| Converted % | 50% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 3/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 75% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 1 | 1 | |
Head 2 Head
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LWWLLLLLWL Tennis Scores in Dubai
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-64 7-61) – See score progression
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Alexander BublikBublik (7-67 6-74 6-3) – See score progression
- Jamie Murray/John PeersMurray/John Peers – Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar PrashanthNedunchezhiyan/N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (6-4 7-66) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Yuki Bhambri/Alexei PopyrinBhambri/Alexei Popyrin – Marcelo Arevalo/Mate PavicArevalo/Mate Pavic (4-6 7-61 10-3) – See score progression
- Robin Haase/Hendrik JebensHaase/Hendrik Jebens – Pavlos Tsitsipas/Petros TsitsipasTsitsipas/Petros Tsitsipas (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (3-6 6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (6-3 7-63) – See score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (7-64 6-3) – See score progression
- Zizou BergsBergs – Aziz DougazDougaz (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (3-6 6-3 7-64) – See score progression
- Kevin Krawietz/Tim PuetzKrawietz/Tim Puetz – Tallon Griekspoor/Adam PavlasekGriekspoor/Adam Pavlasek (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Daniel EvansEvans (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Hady HabibHabib (6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Simone Bolelli/Andrea VavassoriBolelli/Andrea Vavassori – Karen Khachanov/Andrey RublevKhachanov/Andrey Rublev (5-7 6-3 16-14) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (6-4 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-6(4) 7-6(1)) – See score progression
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (6-3 6-0) – See score progression
- Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Luca NardiNardi – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (1-6 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Quentin HalysHalys – Andrey RublevRublev (3-6 6-4 7-6(5)) – See score progression
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alexander BublikBublik (7-6(7) 6-7(4) 6-3) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-2 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Quentin HalysHalys (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (8-2) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (8-1) – H2H and prediction
- Nuno BorgesBorges – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Ugo HumbertHumbert (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Marin CilicCilic (1-1) – H2H and prediction
