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Karen Khachanov is a Russian tennis player currently ranked 453th in the world.

Nickname is “Djan”…Speaks Russian and English…Started playing tennis aged three at kindergarten when his parents put him into the tennis group…Father, Abgar, played volleyball to a very high level before studying medicine; Mother, Natalia, also studied medicine; sister, Margarita; brother, Georgiy…Attended Sozvezdie school in Moscow, about to start at the University of Physical Education in Moscow… Won the Under-18 European Championship title in July 2013 in Switzerland...Favourite surface is slow indoor hard and clay…Favourite shot is serve…Idols growing up were Marat Safin and Juan Martin del Potro… Hobbies include basketball, football, listening to music (hip-hop) and hanging out with friends…Favourite sports teams are Real Madrid (football), Miami Heat (basketball)…If he wasn’t a tennis player he would like to be a basketball player or a sports manager/agent…Goal in tennis is “to be in the top 100 by the end of 2014 and eventually be World No.1”…Currently trains in Moscow and Split.

Khachanov upset former world No. 8 Janko Tipsarević as a junior at the 2013 Kremlin Cup in Russia.