Prediction Of Khachanov Vs Virtanen H2H, Who Will Win At ATP Almaty Open 2024?

What Time Will Karen Khachanov Play Against Otto Virtanen?

Khachanov and Virtanen are on the Day 4 Schedule at Almaty Open 2024 on Thursday 17 October 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?

Karen Khachanov, currently ranked 26th in the world, broke into the top 10 in July 2019 and achieved a career-high ranking of 8 after finishing the 2018 season at No. 11. In 2018, he upset several top 10 players, including Isner, A. Zverev, Thiem, and Djokovic, on his way to winning the ATP Masters 1000 Paris title. However, he then went on a losing streak of 23 matches against top 10 players from August 2019 to March 2023. He finally ended the streak by defeating No. 3 Tsitsipas in the 2023 Miami ATP Masters 1000 tournament, reaching the semifinals. His victory at the 2018 Paris tournament made him the first unseeded ATP Masters 1000 champion since Nalbandian in 2007.

Khachanov has had success in Grand Slam events, reaching the quarterfinals of all four majors. Notably, he reached the semifinals of the 2022 US Open and the 2023 Australian Open. He also represented Team ROC in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where he earned a silver medal.

Recently, Khachanov has been seeking his 57th tour-level quarterfinal, his 39th on hard courts, and his second at the Almaty event after losing to Djokovic in 2022. Since Roland Garros, he has had a mixed record of 6 wins and 11 losses, after starting the season with a 19-9 record in the first five months.

On the other hand, Otto Virtanen, currently ranked 109th in the world, made his breakthrough in November 2022, entering the top 200 and achieving a career-high ranking of 109 in April 2023. He won his first Challenger title in Bergamo as a qualifier, defeating several top 50 players, including Zhang, Borges, and Struff. Virtanen also had success in the Davis Cup, earning eight tour-level wins for Finland, including victories over No. 39 McDonald and No. 68 van de Zandschulp to lead Finland to the 2023 Davis Cup Finals semifinals.

In the 2023-2024 season, Virtanen qualified for the main draw of both the US Open and Wimbledon, earning his first Grand Slam main draw win by defeating Purcell in the first round at Wimbledon before losing to No. 13 Paul in a fifth-set thriller. He has a Challenger record of 67 wins and 45 losses, with five titles, including wins in Pau and Lugano this season.

Virtanen now aims to achieve the biggest win of his career against Khachanov, who he has yet to defeat in their three previous meetings. Virtanen also has the opportunity to become the seventh Finnish player to reach a tour-level quarterfinal in the Open Era.

My Conclusion / Prediction:

My pick is that Khachanov will win.
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