Karen Khachanov

Karen Abgarovich Khachanov is a Russian professional tennis player, born on 21 May 1996 to an Armenian father from Yerevan and a Russian mother, both of whom studied medicine. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world number eight on 15 July 2019 and has won seven ATP Tour singles titles, including the 2018 Paris Masters, an ATP Masters 1000 event. In doubles he took the 2023 Madrid Open with compatriot Andrey Rublev. His most notable achievement is the silver medal in singles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and he has reached three major semifinals, at the 2022 US Open, the 2023 Australian Open and the 2026 US Open. He started playing at three, moved to Split in Croatia at fifteen to train with Vedran Martić, and won the Under-18 European Championship in 2013.