H2H, prediction of Karen Khachanov vs Alexei Popyrin in Doha with odds, preview, pick | 23rd February 2024

PREVIEW. Doha. Khachanov and Popyrin will square off in the semifinal of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their next match on Friday the 23rd of February

Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Alexei Popyrin

Karen Khachanov and Alexei Popyrin will play each other in the semifinal of the Qatar ExxonMobil Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on CENTRE COURT. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Karen Khachanov who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Karen Khachanov is the pick to win this match.
Karen Khachanov -> 1.38
Alexei Popyrin -> 3.05

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Prediction and head to head Karen Khachanov vs. Alexei Popyrin

This will be the 4th time that Karen Khachanov and Alexei Popyrin play each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Khachanov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Popyrin won 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Tokyo back in 2023.

Karen Khachanov

Karen Khachanov
Karen Khachanov

7 - 3win/loss

Hard
5-2
I Hard
2-1
Rank
17
High
8
WWLWWLWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 7-3 5-2 0-0 2-1 0-0 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
2020 20-15 12-6 4-3 4-6 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 17, Karen reached the semifinal after defeating Fabian Marozsan 6-4 7-5 and Emil Ruusuvuori 3-0 ret..

In the quarter against Ruusuvuori, Khachanov had a free pass after Ruusuvuori retired on a 3-0 . scoreline.

Khachanov has a solid win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 61% of his matches (343-219). 5-2 on hard in 2024. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this competition, Khachanov has a composed 140-85 record in the last years on hard.

Karen’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Marseille.

The Russian has an aggregate 7-3 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Doha

Khachanov
Doha
Khachanov's Record

Alexei Popyrin

Alexei Popyrin
Alexei Popyrin

5 - 2win/loss

Hard
5-2
I Hard
0-0
Rank
46
High
39
WWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 5-2 5-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 36-29 18-14 15-6 1-4 2-5 0-0
2022 24-31 7-16 7-4 3-5 7-6 0-0
2021 32-26 13-11 8-6 10-5 1-4 0-0
2020 14-16 3-4 5-5 4-6 0-0 2-1

Ranked no. 46, Popyrin reached the semifinal after defeating Abedallah Shelbayh 3-6 6-3 6-4, Hugo Grenier 7-63 6-78 6-1 and Alexander Bublik 6-4 6-4.

In the quarter, Alexei had a good straight sets win against Bublik (6-4 6-4). During the match Popyrin scored 65 points vs Bublik’s 50. Alexei was extremely aggressive to blast 22 winners.

About the serving games, Popyrin bagged 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Alexei Popyrin was extremely efficient on serve to win 71% (22/31) of his 1st serve and 68% (17/25) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve once. The Australian broke Bublik 3 times after converting 43% of his break points (3/7).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Alexei has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

Popyrin has an aggregate 5-2 win-loss record in 2024, 5-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Popyrin
Doha
Popyrin's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

K.Khachanov
A.Popyrin
1h:41
1h:41
Time on court​
!
5h:46
5h:46
!
0h:13
0h:13
Last match​
1h:17
1h:17
2
2
Match played
!
3
3
25
25
Games Played​
81
81
4
4
Set played​​
8
8
82
82
Total points​
273
273
41
41
Avg point​
91
91
35
35
Winners
116
116
17.5
17.5
Avg Winners​
38.7
38.7
43%
43%
Ratio winners
42%
42%
-- Serve --
6
6
Aces
26
26
3
3
Avg Aces
8.7
8.7
1
1
Double Faults
7
7
0.5
0.5
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
35/42
35/42
1st won total​
116/157
116/157
!
83%
83%
1st won %
!
74%
74%
9/19
9/19
2nd won total​
56/91
56/91
47%
47%
2nd won %
!
62%
62%
-- Break Points --
6/7
6/7
BP won
9/20
9/20
3/3.5
3/3.5
Avg BP won
3/6.7
3/6.7
!
86%
86%
Won
45%
45%
4
4
Conceded
11
11
2
2
Avg Conceded
3.7
3.7
2
2
Broken
4
4
1
1
Avg Broken
1.3
1.3
2
2
Saved
7
7

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Khachanov Popyrin
Match played 2 3
Tot Set 4 8
Tot Games 25 81
Pts 82-62 273-229
Total Points 144 502
Winners 35 116
%Winners 43% 42%

Khachanov played 2 matches while Popyrin competed in 3 matches. At the moment, Alexei Popyrin lost 2 sets while Karen Khachanov hasn’t conceded a set so far. Khachanov has played 4 set(s) less than Popyrin (4 vs 8). Therefore, Khachanov played 56 games less than Popyrin. Khachanov scored 35 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, Alexei fired 116 winners (42%).

Serve Performance

Serve Khachanov Popyrin
Aces 6 26
Avg per match 3 8.7
1st in 42/61 157/248
%1st in 69% 63%
1st pts 35/42 116/157
%1st pts 83% 74%
2nd pts 9/19 56/91
%2nd pts 47% 62%

Khachanov struck 6 aces (3 per match). Popyrin struck 26 aces (8.7 per match). Khachanov won 83% points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 47% of the points. On the other side, Popyrin won 74% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 62% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Khachanov Popyrin
Won 6 9
Converted 6/7 9/20
% Converted 86% 45%
Conceded 4 11
Saved 2 7
% Saved 50% 64%
Times Broken 2 4

Karen broke his opponents 6 times with a 86% conversion rate. Karen dropped his serve twice and he saved 50% of the break points that he conceded. The Australian broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Popyrin conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 64% of the break points that he conceded.

Khachanov
R2
Marozsan
1/4
Ruusuvuori
Total
Score 6-4 7-5 3-0 ret.
Tot Set 2 1 3
Tot Games 22 3 25
pts 69-56 13-6 82-62
Total points 125 19 144
Winners 31 4 35
%Winners 45% 31% 43%
SERVE
Aces 6 0 6
Double Faults 1 0 1
1st in 37/56 5/5 42/61
% 1st in 66% 100% 69%
1st pts 31/37 4/5 35/42
% 1st pts 84% 80% 83%
2nd pts 9/19 0/0 9/19
% 2nd pts 47% 0% 47%
Breaks
Won 4 2 6
Converted 4/4 2/3 6/7
Converted % 100% 67% 86%
Conceded 4 0 4
Saved 2/4 0/0 2
Saved % 50% 25%
Times Broken 2 0 2
Popyrin
R1
Shelbayh
R2
Grenier
1/4
Bublik
Total
Score 3-6 6-3 6-4 7-63 6-78 6-1 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 3 3 2 8
Tot Games 28 33 20 81
pts 92-85 116-94 65-50 273-229
Total points 177 210 115 502
Winners 35 59 22 116
%Winners 38% 51% 34% 42%
SERVE
Aces 10 14 2 26
Double Faults 4 2 1 7
1st in 51/81 75/111 31/56 157/248
% 1st in 63% 68% 55% 63%
1st pts 35/51 59/75 22/31 116/157
% 1st pts 69% 79% 71% 74%
2nd pts 19/30 20/36 17/25 56/91
% 2nd pts 63% 56% 68% 62%
Breaks
Won 3 3 3 9
Converted 3/9 3/4 3/7 9/20
Converted % 33% 75% 43% 45%
Conceded 5 5 1 11
Saved 3/5 4/5 0/1 7
Saved % 60% 80% 0% 70%
Times Broken 2 1 1 4

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Khachanov
WWLWWLWWWL
Popyrin
WWWLWLW
2024 2023 2022
7 - 3
5 - 2
5-2
Hard
5-2
2-1
I Hard
0-0

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