The Russian, who was born on May 21, 1996, is 6ft 6in (1.98 m) tall and weighs 87 kgs (192 lbs). He plays a high-powered game to match his stature, with booming groundstrokes off of both wings.
Khachanov started playing tennis at the age of three when he was in kindergarten. He peaked at No. 16 in the ITF junior rankings and won eight ITF junor titles (singles & doubles), including the 2013 European Junior Championships.
Khachanov’s idols while growing up were Marat Safin and Juan Martin del Potro. He had said his dream opponent is Safin. Although he never got a chance to play against the former world No 1 on the ATP Tour, the two are friends and Safin captained Khachanov as part of the Russian ATP Cup squad in 2020.
Khachanov has won six ATP singles titles in his career.
His biggest title came at the 2018 Paris Masters, where he became the Russian to win an ATP Masters 1000 title since Nikolay Davydenko in 2009 Shanghai and the first unseeded ATP Masters 1000 champion since David Nalbandian at 2007 Paris.
Khachanov’s most recent win came at the Qatar Open in 2024.
Khachanov has reached the quarter-finals of all four Grand Slams, and got to the semi-finals of the 2022 US Open and 2023 Australian Open.
