Karen Khachanov | Bio | ATP Tour

Nickname is Djan.
Started playing tennis as a 3-year-old at kindergarten.
Speaks Russian, English and Spanish.
Wife, Veronika; son, David; father, Abgar, played volleyball at a high level; mother, Natalia; sister, Margarita; brother, Georgiy.
Attended Sozvezdie secondary school in Moscow and graduated in 2018 from University of Physical Education in Moscow.
Grew up attending Kremlin Cup and met Russian players Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Nikolay Davydenko, Andrei Chesnokov, Igor Andreev and Igor Kunitsyn.
Favourite surfaces are clay and indoor hard. Favourite shot is serve.
Idols growing up were Marat Safin and Juan Martin del Potro. Dream opponent is Safin, whom he met as a 16-year-old in Helsinki.
If he wasn't a tennis player, he would be a basketball player or a sports agent.
Enjoys basketball, football, chess, listening to hip-hop music and hanging out with friends.
Admires LeBron James, Conor McGregor and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Favourite football team is Real Madrid.

(UPDATED 17 JANUARY 2025)

Broke into Top 10 and achieved career-high No. 8 in July 2019 after ending 2018 season at No. 11.
Upset Top-10 players Isner, A. Zverev, Thiem and Djokovic en route to 2018 ATP Masters 1000 Paris title, but went on a 23-match losing streak to Top 10 players (August 2019-March 2023), before beating No. 3 Tsitsipas en route to 4th ATP Masters 1000 SF at 2023 Miami.
At 2018 Paris, became 1st unseeded ATP Masters 1000 champion since Nalbandian at 2007 Paris.
Advanced to QFs of all 4 Grand Slam events, highlighted by runs to 2022 US Open SF and 2023 Australian Open SF.
Entered 2020 Tokyo Olympics as No. 4 men’s player on Team ROC and went on to earn silver medal (held in 2021).
Earned tour-leading 14 indoor wins in 2024, highlighted by Almaty title and Vienna final in back-to-back weeks.