Karen Khachanov Bio

  • • 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.
     

Biographical information from ATP. Information might not be up to date.


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