Karen Khachanov and Jan-Lennard Struff will square off in the 2nd round of the Almaty Open for the 7th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 7:00 pm on CENTER COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 2 sets.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.41
Jan-Lennard Struff -> 2.89
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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Jan-Lennard Struff
This will be the 7th time that Karen Khachanov and Jan-Lennard Struff face off. The head to head is 4-2 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats
), but Struff has a winning record of 2-1 on indoor hard courts.The last time that they squared off, Khachanov won 3-6 6-3 7-6(2) in the 1st round in Hamburg back in 2022.
Highlights Karen Khachanov vs Jan-Lennard Struff – Hamburg 18-July-2022
Karen Khachanov
30 - 21win/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. 10, Khachanov will start his run in Almaty after he played his last match in Shanghai where he lost 7-6(3) 6-3 to Shang in the 2nd round on the 4th of October.
Khachanov has a composed 30-21 win-loss record in 2025, 0-1 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Karen’s best result of the season was getting to the final in Toronto.
Talking about his overall career, Karen has an overall 447-293 record. He has a positive 125-80 record on indoor hard courts.
Previously in Almaty
Previously, he won this tournament once in 2024. See his history.
Jan-Lennard Struff
19 - 25win/loss
84
21
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27-28 | 7-11 | 5-8 | 12-6 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-21 | 4-8 | 15-5 | 5-6 | 6-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 45-24 | 21-9 | 14-7 | 5-6 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 23-22 | 3-10 | 7-4 | 12-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 26-30 | 8-11 | 11-8 | 6-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 98, the German got to the 2nd round after defeating Mackenzie Mcdonald 2-6 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round against Mcdonald, The German recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-3 6-4). During the match Struff scored 72 points vs Mcdonald’s 67. Jan-Lennard was quite aggressive to blast 42 winners.
About the serving games, Struff bagged 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Overall, Jan-Lennard Struff was extremely efficient on serve to win 78% (42/54) of his 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The German was clinical in his return game without wasting any break point and break Mcdonald twice.
Struff has an overall 19-25 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Almaty
The German has never competed in this tournament before.
Tennis Scores in Almaty
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-63 6-73 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Flavio CobolliCobolli – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Flavio CobolliCobolli (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (4-2) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Adam WaltonWalton – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (0-0) – H2H and prediction