Background
His father, Abgar, played volleyball to a very high level before studying medicine, while his Mother, Natalia, also studied medicine.
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Karen Khachanov
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Karen Khachanov, nicknamed "Djan" speaks Russian and English. He has one sister, Margarita, as well as a brother, Georgiy. His idols growing up were Marat Safin and Juan Martin del Potro and favourite sports teams are Real Madrid and the Miami Heat.
At age 17 and 157 days, he became the youngest Russian tennis player in the pro series, surpassing Mikhail Youzhny.
Khachanov upset former world Number. 8 Janko Tipsarević as a junior at the Kremlin Cup in Russia.
They lost to Brazil players Orlando Luz and Marcelo Zormann in the final. He currently trains in Moscow, Russia and Split, Croatia.
The Russian Cup in the nomination Junior of the Year Singles 7 (6–1) Participations: (1–3) indicates the outcome of the match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
Achievements
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Khachanov won the Under-18 European Championship title in July in Switzerland. In October, Khachanov defeated Dean O"Brien of South Africa to help Russia advance in the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Khachanov lost to Jerzy Janowicz of Poland in the first round of the Europe/Africa Zone Group I. Khachanov received a wild card entry to the Sony Open but lost in the first round to Daniel Gimeno-Traver. Together with Andrey Rublev they won silver medal in doubles at Summer Youth Olympics.
