Karen Khachanov and Alexandre Muller will face off in the 1^st round of the China Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 11:00 am on CAPITAL GROUP DIAMOND. 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.

As per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.39
Alexandre Muller -> 3

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Alexandre Muller

This will be the 2^nd time that Karen Khachanov and Alexandre Muller play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Khachanov won 4-6 6-1 6-3 in the 1^st round in Metz back in 2021.

Highlights Karen Khachanov vs Alexandre Muller – Metz 21-September-2021

Karen Khachanov

Ranked no. 10, Khachanov will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 2-6 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 7-6(5) to Majchrzak

in the 2^nd round on the 28^th of August.

Khachanov has an aggregate 30-19 win-loss record in 2025, 13-9 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Khachanov’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Toronto.

Talking about his overall career, Karen has an overall 447-291 record. He has a positive 177-114 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See his history.

Alexandre Muller

Ranked no. 38 (career-high), Muller will start his run in Beijing after he played his last match at the Us Open where he lost 4-6 6-0 6-1 7-6(5) to Tsitsipas in the 1^st round on the 26^th of August.

The French player has an aggregate 22-23 win-loss record in 2025, 11-10 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the current season was conquering the title in Hong Kong where he defeated Kei Nishikori in the final 2-6 6-1 6-3.

In terms of his career, Muller has an overall 420-294 record. He has a positive 131-86 record on hard.

Previously in Beijing

Muller has never competed in this tournament before.

Tennis Scores in Beijing

• David GoffinGoffin – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-6⁵ 7-6⁷) – See score progression
• Arthur CazauxCazaux – Quentin HalysHalys (4-6 5-1 ret.) – See score progression
• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Jesper De JongDe Jong (6-4 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Alexander BublikBublik (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• David GoffinGoffin – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Cameron NorrieNorrie (4-1) – H2H and prediction
• Alexandre MullerMuller – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Benjamin BonziBonzi – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Lorenzo SonegoSonego – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-5) – H2H and prediction
• Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Corentin MoutetMoutet – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jannik SinnerSinner – Marin CilicCilic (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Terence AtmaneAtmane – Zhizhen ZhangZhang (0-0) – H2H and prediction