In the next round he lost to Ivo Karlovic. Things got even better there, as he defeated Albert Ramos Vinolas and top 30 Janko Tipsarevic. A month later he got another wildcard, for the Kremlin Cup. He then faced Lukas Rosol, but lost in straight sets. There he recorded his first win by defeating Victor Hanescu in the first round. In September of the following year, he got a wildcard for his first ATP Tour participation at the St.
Still as under 18, Khachanov made his ITF Circuit debut at the $15K event in Russia, losing his first match against compatriot Alexey Vatutin.
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Professional career 2013–15: Davis Cup debut, first Future & Challenger titles They lost in the final to Brazilian players Orlando Luz and Marcelo Zormann. Together with Andrey Rublev he won a silver medal in doubles at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Khachanov won the Under-18 European Championship title in Switzerland in July 2013. Later, he moved to Barcelona and was coached by Galo Blanco. Īfter Khachanov turned 15, he moved to Split, Croatia, where he trained under Vedran Martić, Goran Ivanišević's former coach. He decided to become a professional player at 12. His idols growing up were Marat Safin and Juan Martín del Potro, and favourite sports teams are Real Madrid and the Miami Heat.
Despite having been born in Russia, Khachanov tweeted: "I always say that I have Armenian roots." Khachanov's maternal grandfather was also half Armenian. His father Abgar, an Armenian from Yerevan, played volleyball before studying medicine, while his mother, Nataliya, a Russian, also studied medicine. Khachanov ( Russian: Каре́н Абга́рович Хача́нов) started playing tennis at the age of three in kindergarten when his parents put him into the tennis group. Khachanov at the 2022 Monte-Carlo MastersĢ32–171 (57.6% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)ĥ5–73 (43.0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
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