Karen Abgarovich Khachanov (Russian: Карен Абгарович Хачанов; born 21 May 1996) is a Russian tennis player of Armenian descent, who competes regularly at the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour. For a time, Khachanov was coached by Igor Bitsenko in Moscow and Vedran Martić in Split, Croatia. The Russian is currently coached by Galo Blanco since June 2016.[1][2]
He won his first ATP World Tour title at Chengdu Open in 2016. Khachanov achieved his career-high singles ranking of 52 on 7 November 2016.
Career
Early life
Karen started playing tennis aged three at kindergarten when his parents put him into the tennis group. His father, Abgar, played volleyball to a very high level before studying medicine, while his Mother, Natalia, also studied medicine. He has one sister, Margarita, as well as a brother, Georgiy. His idols growing up were Marat Safin and Juan Martin del Potro and favourite sports teams are Real Madrid and the Miami Heat.[3]
2013: Davis Cup debut
Khachanov won the Under-18 European Championship title in July 2013 in Switzerland.[4] At age 17 and 157 days, he became the youngest Russian tennis player in the pro series, surpassing Mikhail Youzhny.[5] Khachanov upset former world No. 8 Janko Tipsarević as a junior at the 2013 Kremlin Cup in Russia. In October, Khachanov defeated Dean O'Brien of South Africa to help Russia advance in the 2013 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I.
2014: First Future
Khachanov lost to Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in the first round of the 2014 Davis Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group I.
Khachanov received a wild card entry to the 2014 Sony Open, but lost in the first round to Daniel Gimeno-Traver. Together with Andrey Rublev he won a silver medal in doubles at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. They lost to Brazilian players Orlando Luz and Marcelo Zormann in the final.
2015: First Challenger
In September 2015 Khachanov won his fisrt ATP Challenger Tour title in Istanbul, where he was unseeded. In the final he defeated top seed Sergiy Stakhovsky.
2016: First ATP title
In 2016 he qualified for the Barcelona Open beating Ramkumar Ramanathan and Marco Trungelliti. He then played his first round match beating Aljaz Bedene from being a set down. Then he proceeded to the second round beating fifth seed Roberto Bautista Agut also in three sets. He eventually lost in the third round to the eleventh seed Alexandr Dolgopolov. He got a wildcard for the Istanbul Open. In his first match he beat Aljaz Bedene for the second time in the month. In his second match he lost to Albert Ramos Vinolas despite winning the first set.
By entering an ATP singles final at the 2016 Chengdu Open, Khachanov became the first Russian since Mikhail Youzhny, who beat David Ferrer in the final at the 2013 Valencia Open 500, to do so.[6] Khachanov won his first ATP tournament there, beating Albert Ramos-Vinolas in three sets.
Career finals
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
| Legend |
|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0) |
|
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–0) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
|
Junior significant finals
Youth Olympic medal matches
Doubles: 1 (1 silver medal)
Other finals
Futures and Challenger finals
Singles: 8 (7 titles, 1 runner-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| Challengers (2–1) |
| Futures (5–0) |
| Outcome |
No. |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
|---|
| Winner |
1. |
31 August 2014 |
Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei |
Hard |
 Sriram Balaji |
6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner |
2. |
14 September 2014 |
Mulhouse, France |
Hard (i) |
 David Guez |
6–2, 6–0 |
| Winner |
3. |
8 March 2015 |
Lille, France |
Hard (i) |
Rudy Coco |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner |
4. |
15 March 2015 |
Balma, France |
Hard (i) |
Fabien Reboul |
6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner |
5. |
18 April 2015 |
Bukhara, Uzbekistan |
Hard |
 Dzmitry Zhyrmont |
7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Winner |
6. |
20 September 2015 |
Istanbul, Turkey |
Hard |
 Sergiy Stakhovsky |
4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Runner-up |
7. |
13 March 2016 |
Jönköping, Sweden |
Hard (i) |
 Andrey Golubev |
6–7(9–11), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) |
| Winner |
8. |
14 May 2016 |
Samarkand, Uzbekistan |
Clay |
 Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo |
6–1, 6–7(6–8), 6–1 |
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Davis Cup
Participations: (1–3)
| Group membership |
|---|
| World Group (–) |
| WG Play-off (–) |
| Group I (1–3) |
| Group II (–) |
| Group III (–) |
| Group IV (–) |
|
| Matches by surface |
|---|
| Hard (1–3) |
| Clay (–) |
| Grass (–) |
| Carpet (–) |
|
| Matches by type |
| Singles (1–2) |
| Doubles (0–1) |
|
| Rubber outcome |
No. |
Rubber |
Match type (partner if any) |
Opponent nation |
Opponent player(s) |
Score |
|---|
 5–0; 25–27 October 2013; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa Second round play-off; Hard(i) surface |
| Victory |
1 |
I |
Singles |
 South Africa |
Dean O'Brien |
7–5, 6–1, 6–3 |
 2–3; 31 January – 2 February 2014; Olympic Stadium, Moscow, Russia; Europe/Africa First round; Hard(i) surface |
| Defeat |
2 |
I |
Singles |
 Poland |
Jerzy Janowicz |
2–6, 4–6, 4–6 |
|
| Defeat |
3 |
III |
Doubles (with Konstantin Kravchuk) |
Mariusz Fyrstenberg / Marcin Matkowski |
6–2, 4–6, 1–6, 0–6 |
| 3–2; 17–19 July 2015; Fetisov Arena, Vladivostok, Russia; Europe/Africa Second round; Hard(i) surface |
| Defeat |
4 |
II |
Singles |
Spain |
Pablo Andújar |
3–6, 3–6, 2–6 |
|
Awards
- 2014
References
- ↑ "Гало Бланко: У Хачанова есть пространство для роста" [Galo Blanco: There is a space to growth in Khachanov] (in Russian). GoTennis.com. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ↑ Anastasia Filippova. "Гало Бланко: номером 1 нужно родиться, а в топ-50 можно попасть" [Galo Blanco: As No. 1 you should be born, and the top 50 you can enter] (in Russian). Championat.com. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
- ↑ "Karen Khachanov / Bio". ATP. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "2013 European Junior Championships". ITF. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- ↑ "Юношескую ракетку используем по медицинским показаниям" [We Use The Junior Racket on Medical Authority] (in Russian). Gazeta.ru. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ↑ "Хачанов стал первым россиянином в финале турнира ATP за три года" [Khachanov became the first Russian in an ATP final for three years] (in Russian). Championat.com. 1 October 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ↑ ""Русский Кубок" – почётные призы обрели своих хозяев" [The "Russian Cup" – Honorary Prizes Found Their Owners] (in Russian). GoTennis. 6 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
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