Karen Abgarovich Khachanov is a Russian professional tennis player.
Khachanov started playing tennis at the age of three in kindergarten when his parents put him into the tennis group.
His father Abgar, an Armenian from Yerevan, played volleyball before studying medicine, while his mother, Natalia, a Russian, also studied medicine.
Khachanov’s maternal grandfather was also half Armenian while his maternal grandmother was Eritrean.
For a time, Khachanov was coached by Igor Bitsenko in Moscow and Vedran Martić in Split, Croatia.
In 2014 he joined 4Slam Tennis Academy led by Galo Blanco. Khachanov parted ways with Blanco in November 2017.
He is training for a few years now with his previous coach Vedran Martić.
Khachanov has won four ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2018 Paris Masters. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 on 15 July 2019, buoyed by reaching the quarterfinals of the 2019 French Open.
Karen Khachanov Wife: Who is Veronika Shkliaeva?
Veronika Shkliaeva is the celebrity wife of the Russian professional tennis player Karen Khachanov.
In April 2016, Khachanov married Veronika Shkliaeva, his childhood sweetheart whom he dated since 2011. They welcomed their child, a boy named David, on 14 September 2019.