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

Stefanos Tsitsipas

4 - 4win/loss

Hard
2-3
I Hard
2-1
Rank
34
High
3
LWLWLLWLLL
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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
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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

Dubai
Tsitsipas's Record

Karen Khachanov

Karen Khachanov

3 - 4win/loss

Hard
3-3
I Hard
0-1
Rank
18
High
8
LWWLLLLLWL
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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
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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.

Dubai
Khachanov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

S.Tsitsipas
K.Khachanov
1h:37
1h:37
Time on court​
1h:20
1h:20
1h:37
1h:37
Last match​
1h:20
1h:20
1
1
Match played
1
1
22
22
Games Played​
16
16
2
2
Set played​​
2
2
72
72
Total points​
62
62
72
72
Avg point​
62
62
34
34
Winners
20
20
34
34
Avg Winners​
20
20
47%
47%
Ratio winners
32%
32%
-- Serve --
3
3
Aces
0
0
3
3
Avg Aces
0
0
1
1
Double Faults
1
1
1
1
Avg Double Faults
1
1
34/42
34/42
1st won total​
20/27
20/27
!
81%
81%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
13/18
13/18
2nd won total​
15/22
15/22
!
72%
72%
2nd won %
!
68%
68%
-- Break Points --
2/6
2/6
BP won
5/10
5/10
2/6
2/6
Avg BP won
5/10
5/10
33%
33%
Won
50%
50%
2
2
Conceded
4
4
2
2
Avg Conceded
4
4
1
1
Broken
1
1
1
1
Avg Broken
1
1
1
1
Saved
3
3
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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

Tennis Scores in Dubai

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