What Time Will Sebastian Korda Play Against Karen Khachanov?
Korda and Khachanov are on the DAY 2 Schedule at CINCH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024 on Tuesday 18 June 2024. Lets breakdown the career, past stats and recent form of these players and predict who will get the victory.
Who Will Win In This Head-To-Head?
Sebastian Korda and Karen Khachanov have faced each other five times in the past. Khachanov currently leads their head-to-head record with three wins, while Korda has two wins.
Their previous encounters include:
– At the Wimbledon tournament in 2021 on grass, Khachanov defeated Korda in a five-set match with a score of 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 10-8 in the Round of 16.
– In the ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati in 2022 on a hard court, Korda defeated Khachanov with a score of 6-3, 6-4 in the Round of 64.
– At the Antwerp tournament in 2022 on a hard court, Korda defeated Khachanov with a score of 7-5, 7-6(9) in the Round of 16.
– During the Australian Open in 2023 on a hard court, Khachanov defeated Korda in the Quarterfinals with a score of 7-6(5), 6-3, 3-0 (retired).
– At the Zhuhai tournament in 2023 on a hard court, Khachanov defeated Korda in the Semifinals with a score of 7-5, 6-4.
Sebastian Korda is currently 23 years old and ranked 23rd in the world, which is his career-high ranking. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 19-14, with his best performance being a runner-up finish in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. He also reached the semifinals of the Queen’s tournament in 2023.
Some notable achievements by Korda include:
– Reaching a career-high ranking of No. 23 in October 2023 after reaching his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinals in Shanghai.
– Defeating Medvedev, who was ranked No. 3, at the 2023 ATP Masters 1000 Shanghai in the third round, and defeating the No. 8 player at the 2023 Australian Open in the third round, both of which are his biggest wins to date.
– Winning the 2021 Parma title without dropping a set, making him the third father-son duo to win a tour-level championship in the Open Era, following Phil & Taylor Dent and Ramanathan & Ramesh Krishnan.
– Advancing to the fourth round of the 2020 Roland Garros as a qualifier and reaching the fourth round of the 2021 Wimbledon, making him the third male player in the Open Era to achieve this feat in their debuts at both events, after Borg in 1973 and Pernfors in 1986.
– Becoming the world No. 1 junior player by winning the 2018 Australian Open boys’ singles title, 20 years after his father won the men’s singles title at the same event.
– His father, Petr, reached a career-high ranking of No. 2 on the ATP Tour. His mother, Regina, reached a career-high ranking of No. 26 in the WTA. His sister, Nelly, became the world No. 1 women’s golfer in 2021, and his other sister, Jessica, achieved a peak ranking of No. 8 in women’s golf.
On the other hand, Karen Khachanov is currently 28 years old and ranked 22nd in the world. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 8 in July 2019 after ending the 2018 season at No. 11. In 2024, he has a win-loss record of 20-11, including winning the Doha title. This is his first appearance at the Queen’s tournament.
Some notable achievements by Khachanov include:
– Upsetting top-10 players such as Isner, A. Zverev, Thiem, and Djokovic en route to winning the 2018 ATP Masters 1000 Paris title. However, he then went on a 23-match losing streak against top-10 players from August 2019 to March 2023, before defeating No. 3 Tsitsipas en route to reaching the semifinals of the 2023 Miami Masters, his first since the 2019 Montreal tournament.
– At the 2018 Paris tournament, he became the first unseeded ATP Masters 1000 champion since Nalbandian in 2007.
– He has reached the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam events, with his best performances being reaching the semifinals of the 2022 US Open and the 2023 Australian Open.
– Represented Team ROC as the 4th highest-ranked men’s player in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and won a silver medal in 2021.
It should be noted that Khachanov is looking to secure his first grass-court victory since reaching the quarterfinals of the 2022 Halle tournament, as he missed the entire 2023 grass season due to a stress fracture. In his most recent grass-court appearance at the ‘s-Hertogenbosch tournament last week, he lost in the second round to Vukic. Additionally, Khachanov has a 2-10 record against top 30 players on grass, with victories over No. 9 Nishikori at the 2017 Halle tournament and No. 27 Nishikori at the 2018 Halle tournament.
My Conclusion / Prediction:
My pick is that Korda will win.
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