Karen Khachanov and Valentin Royer will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the Cincinnati Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 6:30 pm on CHAMPIONS’ COURT. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 2 sets.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.31
Valentin Royer -> 3.45
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Valentin Royer
There is no head to head record between Karen Khachanov and Valentin Royer since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Karen Khachanov
27 - 17win/loss
18
8
| 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. 12, the Russian will start his run in Cincinnati after he played his last match in Toronto where he lost 6-7(5) 6-4 7-6(3) to Shelton in the final on the 7th of August.
Khachanov has a composed 27-17 win-loss record in 2025, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Karen’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Toronto.
Talking about his overall career, The Russian has an overall 444-289 record. He has a positive 174-112 record on hard.
Previously in Cincinnati
Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. See his history.
Valentin Royer
45 - 19win/loss
58
56
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61-31 | 16-8 | 31-11 | 10-10 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 48-30 | 6-5 | 32-13 | 10-11 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 51-20 | 24-7 | 22-10 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 51-25 | 8-4 | 30-15 | 13-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-17 | 1-2 | 13-8 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 104 (career-high), Valentin reached the 2nd round after defeating Juan Pablo Ficovich 6-1 6-2, Liam Draxl 2-6 6-3 6-4 and Sebastian Ofner 5-7 6-3 6-3.
In the 1st round against Ofner, Royer recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 6-3 6-3). During the match Royer scored 91 points vs Ofner’s 80. Royer was very aggressive to blast 40 winners.
About the serving games, Royer made 9 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Valentin Royer was pretty efficient on serve to win 80% (40/50) of his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. Royer broke Ofner 3 times after converting 33% of his break points (3/9).
His best result of the current year was winning the title the Kigali 1 Challenger where he beat Andrej Martin in the final 6-1 6-2 and the Kigali 2 Challenger where he defeated Guy Den Ouden in the final 6-2 6-4.
Valentin has a compiled 45-19 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Cincinnati
Valentin has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Cincinnati
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (5-7 6-4 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (7-63 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Chak Lam Coleman WongLam Coleman Wong (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gabriel DialloDiallo – Sebastian BaezBaez (7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (6-1 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Holger RuneRune – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (7-5 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Tomas MachacMachac (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-2 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Casper RuudRuud (6-75 6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Corentin MoutetMoutet (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tommy PaulPaul – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaAlejandro – Joao FonsecaJoao (7-6(4) 4-5 ret. (Fokina ret.)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Cameron NorrieNorrie (0-4) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Tommy PaulPaul (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Valentin RoyerRoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Emilio NavaNava (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Benjamin BonziBonzi (3-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Zizou BergsBergs – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Gabriel DialloDiallo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Tristan BoyerBoyer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Francisco ComesanaComesana – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Terence AtmaneAtmane – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-0) – H2H and prediction