Karen Khachanov def. Nishesh Basavareddy — Round of 64, Australian Open 2026

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Australian Open 2026

Grand SlamHardMelbourne, Australia

Played22 Jan 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇷🇺ranked ATP number 17 going into this drawWon

Karen Khachanov seeded 15 6 6 6

🇺🇸ranked ATP number 239 going into this draw

Nishesh Basavareddy 1 4 3

🇷🇺K. KhachanovKaren KhachanovvN. BasavareddyNishesh Basavareddy🇺🇸

🇷🇺Karen Khachanov

🇺🇸Nishesh Basavareddy

Match stats

Serve

15

Aces

10

1

Double faults

3

70%

1st serve in

47%

84%

1st serve points won

72%

67%

2nd serve points won

37%

79%

Service points won

53%

4/4

Break points saved

7/12

Serve speed (km/h)

205

Fastest serve

198

185

Average 1st serve

185

154

Average 2nd serve

157

Return

47%

Return points won

21%

5/12

Break points won

0/4

Points

38

Winners

31

21

Unforced errors

37

10/13

Net points won

18/25

98

Total points won

64

Head to head

2–0 Khachanov

  1. This matchMelbourne R64won by Khachanov
  2. 2025HardNew York R128won by Khachanov

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

3–7

Last 10 matches

5–5

1–1

Last 30 days

1–0

By surface

11–9

Hard

4–4

By round

3–2

R64

1–1

3–2

R32

1–1

2–1

At Grand Slams

1–1

How their matches go

19

Completed matches

7

32%

Won in straight sets

29%

26%

Won after losing a set

29%

26%

Lost after winning a set

14%

16%

Lost in straight sets

29%

5–9

Tiebreaks

4–1

4–5

Deciding sets

2–0

8/12

Won after winning set 1

2/3

3/7

Won after losing set 1

2/4

Serve and return, last 5 matches

66%

1st serve in

51%

77%

1st serve points won

70%

49%

2nd serve points won

58%

64%

Break points saved

38%

35%

Return points won

35%

33%

Break points won

39%

9.8

Aces a match

6.4

1.6

Double faults a match

6.0

Last 14 days

2

Matches

1

7

Sets

5

2

Days since last match

2

Last 10 matches going in

LatestKaren KhachanovNishesh Basavareddy
1Won🇺🇸A. MichelsenAlex MichelsenNo. 37No. 37 · 20 JanMelbourne R128 · 20 JanWon🇦🇺C. O'ConnellChristopher O'ConnellNo. 118No. 118 · 20 JanMelbourne R128 · 20 Jan
2Lost🇺🇸M. MmohMichael MmohR16 · 8 JanHong Kong R16 · 8 JanLost🇷🇺D. MedvedevDaniil MedvedevNo. 18No. 18 · 20 SepHangzhou R16 · 20 Sep
3Lost🇦🇺A. de MinaurAlex de MinaurNo. 7No. 7 · 30 OctParis R16 · 30 OctWon🇭🇷M. CilicMarin CilicNo. 60No. 60 · 18 SepHangzhou R32 · 18 Sep
4Won🇧🇷J. FonsecaJoao FonsecaNo. 46No. 46 · 29 OctParis R32 · 29 OctLost🇷🇺K. KhachanovKaren KhachanovNo. 9No. 9 · 25 AugNew York R128 · 25 Aug
5Won🇺🇸E. QuinnEthan QuinnNo. 71No. 71 · 27 OctParis R64 · 27 OctLost🇨🇦G. DialloGabriel DialloNo. 35No. 35 · 19 AugWinston-Salem R32 · 19 Aug
6Lost🇳🇱T. GriekspoorTallon GriekspoorNo. 27No. 27 · 20 OctVienna R32 · 20 OctWon🇧🇪R. CollignonRaphael CollignonNo. 107No. 107 · 18 AugWinston-Salem R64 · 18 Aug
7Lost🇩🇪J. StruffJan-Lennard StruffNo. 98No. 98 · 16 OctAlmaty R16 · 16 OctLost🇩🇪A. ZverevAlexander ZverevNo. 3No. 3 · 10 AugCincinnati R64 · 10 Aug
8Lost🇨🇳J. ShangJuncheng ShangNo. 238No. 238 · 4 OctShanghai R64 · 4 OctWon🇦🇺A. VukicAleksandar VukicNo. 99No. 99 · 8 AugCincinnati R128 · 8 Aug
9Lost🇫🇷A. MullerAlexandre MullerNo. 38No. 38 · 25 SepBeijing R32 · 25 SepLost🇦🇺A. WaltonAdam WaltonNo. 90No. 90 · 16 JulLos Cabos R16 · 16 Jul
10Lost🇵🇱K. MajchrzakKamil MajchrzakNo. 78No. 78 · 28 AugNew York R64 · 28 AugWon🇨🇴N. MejiaNicolas MejiaNo. 243No. 243 · 15 JulLos Cabos R32 · 15 Jul