Updated 28th October 2024
Karen Khachanov is a 28-year-old Russian tennis player with seven ATP Tour singles titles and a career high ranking of 8th, but what racquet does Khachanov use?
Karen Khachanov’s Tennis Racquet
Khachanov is using the Wilson Blade from 2015
with 18×20 string pattern. Weirdly, Wilson hasn’t given him a paint job version of his racquets for the French Open and so he’s endorsing an older model than the current line with Countervail or the limited edition with reversed colours (read a review for the Wilson Blade with Countervail here).
It is even weirder that he was using the Wilson Blade Countervail paint job earlier in the year as you can see in the below paint job. Does this mean he tried the new Countervail series but didn’t like them or that he’s superstitious or is his racquet really a pro stock version, for example a Wilson H22? If you want to know more about pro stock tennis racquets, I suggest you read this post.
Khachanov’s racquet specs (unstrung) are according to his Spanish customizer:
310 grams without overgrip and with synthetic base grip
31.8cm balance
Luxilon ALU Power
at 25/23 kg.
A lot of pro player racquets are a complete mystery since it is rarely what you see, but what is underneath the paint.
I got a question about Khachanov’s dampener and can report that he’s using a green Kimony Quake Buster.
Here are some facts about Karen Khachanov:
AGE 28 (1996.05.21) |
TURNED PRO
2013
| WEIGHT 194LBS (88KG) |
HEIGHT
6’6″(198CM)
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BIRTHPLACE
MOSCOW, RUSSIA
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RESIDENCE
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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PLAYS
RIGHT-HANDED, TWO-HANDED BACKHAND
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COACH
GALO BLANCO
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- Karen Khachanov is currently ranked 21 in the world
- He’s won seven ATP titles
- Total price money won: $17,277,026
- Speaks Russian, English and Spanish
- Favourite surfaces: Clay and indoor hard court
Titles won
| 2024 | 2 | Almaty, Doha |
| 2023 | 1 | Zhuhai |
| 2018 | 3 | Paris Masters, Moscow, Marseille |
| 2016 | 1 | Chengdu |
Serve Stats
| Category | Statistic |
| Aces | 3589 |
| Double Faults | 1175 |
| 1st Serve Success Rate | 62% |
| 1st Serve Points Won | 74% |
| 2nd Serve Points Won | 52% |
| Break Points Faced | 2872 |
| Break Points Saved | 63% |
| Service Games Played | 5948 |
| Service Games Won | 82% |
| Total Service Points Won | 65% |
Return Stats
| Category | Statistic |
| 1st Serve Return Points Won | 29% |
| 2nd Serve Return Points Won | 50% |
| Break Point Opportunities | 3157 |
| Break Points Converted | 40% |
| Return Games Played | 5956 |
| Return Games Won | 21% |
| Total Return Points Won | 37% |
| Total Points Won | 51% |
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5 comments
By seeing his rackets in RG’s stringin room, I am pretty sure he is actually using at is a H22.
I would say that he tried the New Countervail tech and did not like it, so he came back to his old ones.
Thanks for your comment! Sounds reasonable enough. H22 is a popular Wilson pro stock.
Does anyone know which vibration dampener Karen Khachanov is using ?
Hi Johnny,
It is, believe or not, a Kimony Quake Buster. Cheers / Jonas
More info: http://kimonyusa.com/QuakeBuster.html
Looks like he’s now using an actual Blade.