Karen Khachanov
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Khachanov at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
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| Country (sports) |
 Russia
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| Residence | Moscow, Russia |
| Born |
May 21, 1996 Moscow, Russia |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | 2013 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach(es) | Igor Bitsenko (former) Vedran Martić (former) Galo Blanco (2016–) |
| Prize money | $693,262 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 20–24 (45.45% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 1 2 Challengers, 5 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 48 (13 February 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 52 (20 March 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
| French Open | Q2 (2016) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2016) |
| US Open | 2R (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 5–8 (38.46% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 1 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 259 (27 February 2017) |
| Current ranking | No. 260 (20 March 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
| Last updated on: 20 March 2017. | |
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| Men's tennis | ||
| Representing Russia
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| Youth Olympic Games | ||
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2014 Nanjing | Doubles |
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.
He won his first ATP World Tour title at Chengdu Open in 2016. Khachanov achieved his career-high singles ranking of 48 on 13 February 2017.
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 Martín del Potro and favourite sports teams are Real Madrid and the Miami Heat.
Khachanov won the Under-18 European Championship title in July 2013 in Switzerland. At age 17 and 157 days, he became the youngest Russian tennis player in the pro series, surpassing Mikhail Youzhny. 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.
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.
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