Karen Abgarovich Khachanov, born 21 May 1996, is a Russian tennis player who competes professionally. Khachanov has won four ATP Tour singles championships, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2018 Paris Masters, won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and advanced to the semifinals of two major tournaments in 2022 and 2023. On July 15, 2019, he reached his all-time-high singles position of No. 8 in the world.
Sanctions are demanded by Azerbaijan due to a tennis player’s pro-Armenia statements at the Australian Open.
The tennis federation of Azerbaijan has demanded that Karen Khachanov be punished after the Russian player at the Australian Open showed sympathy for the residents of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh territory, who are a majority of Armenian descent.
After matches in Melbourne, Khachanov, who is of Armenian descent, wrote “Artsakh stay strong” on TV cameras.
Nagorno-Karabakh, an area in Azerbaijan with a majority of ethnic Armenians that has been the center of a protracted conflict, is known as Artsakh in Armenian.
Khachanov Country
Russia
Despite competing in Melbourne under a neutral flag, the 26-year-old Khachanov is a representative of Russia. Tennis players from Russia and Belarus have been given permission to compete in the Australian Open in light of the conflict in Ukraine, but they are required to do so “without flags or country recognition.”
Khachanov Wife
A year after making his Davis Cup debut, the Russian player married Veronika Shkliaeva in April 2016. She frequently goes with Khachanov to her bouts, and she can be seen loudly supporting her spouse. It’s interesting to note that Khachanov married at the age of just 20.
Khachanov Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $12 million as of 2022.
More than $12 million in career prizes have been awarded to Khachanov. His estimated $15 million net worth is the result of his endorsement agreements over the years.
