Jul 6, 2023; London, United Kingdom; Alexander Bublik (KAZ) tosses the ball to serve during his match against Jeffrey John Wolf (USA) on day four of Wimbledon at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

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Alexander Bublik vs. Karen Khachanov Head to Head, Prediction and Betting Odds for ATP Terra Wortmann Open 2025 Semifinal

2023 Halle champ battles 2020 Olympics silver medalist.

In a bid to continue his dream run at the 2025 Terra Wortmann Open in Halle, 2023 champion Alexander Bublik faces Karen Khachanov of Russia on OWL Arena. The duo will play out a heavy-hitting semifinal on Saturday to determine who enters the summit clash – to face either Alexander Zverev or Daniil Medvedev.

Whenever the Halle Open comes along, there seems to be an extra gear that kicks into Alexander Bublik. The World No. 45 has been serving extremely well this week, and constructed a masterful performance to outclass top seed Jannik Sinner in the Round of 16. Outside of the Challenger Tour, Bublik’s only noteworthy outing was at Roland Garros 2025 – where he reached the QF. His record this year stands at 14-14.

Karen Khachanov has kept a low-key profile at Halle this year, and quietly made his way to the final four. The No. 8 seed is yet to face a fellow seeded player at the tournament – but Bublik is playing like one so far. With an 18-14 record in 2025, the 29-year-old is vying for his first title of this campaign (so is Bublik).

Alexander Bublik vs Karen Khachanov Head to Head Record

Karen Khachanov leads the head to head against Alexander Bublik 1-0.

The only meeting between the two players was five years ago – at the 2020 Cincinnati Masters. In the Round of 64 encounter, Khachanov managed to pull off a straight sets victory. Saturday will be their first contest on grass.

Event	Round	Winner	Score
2020 Cincinnati	Round of 64	Karen Khachanov	6-4 6-4

Alexander Bublik vs Karen Khachanov Career Comparison

Alexander Bublik	Category	Karen Khachanov
0	Grand Slams	0
4	ATP Singles Titles	7
0	ATP Doubles Titles	1
0	Masters-1000 Titles	1
R1 (Tokyo 2020, Paris 2024)	Olympics Best Performance	Silver (Tokyo 2020)
No. 45	Current World Ranking	No. 22

Alexander Bublik vs Karen Khachanov ATP Halle Open 2025 Prediction

There is no doubt that both players will look to protect their service games as the first priority. Bublik is likely to get the crowd involved in order to ride a wave of momentum. Meanwhile, Khachanov needs to slow the game down and prevent giving the Kazakh entertainer too much pace to work with. Return games will be of pivotal importance.

Prediction: Alexander Bublik in three sets.

Back in the semi-finals 🔥

2023 champ Bublik continues his run to reach a first tour semi-final since May last year!#TWO25 pic.twitter.com/VyPzAyX8Mw
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) June 20, 2025

Alexander Bublik vs Karen Khachanov ATP Halle Open 2025 Betting Odds

While Bublik starts as the favourite in this match, Khachanov is the minnow. Here are the odds for the semifinal result (sourced from BetMGM):

Alexander Bublik Win: 4/7
Karen Khachanov Win: 11/8

Here are the match specific odds for Saturday’s second semifinal in Halle (sourced from BetMGM):

Total Games By Bublik >13.5: 6/5
Total Games By Khachanov <12.5: 19/20
Khachanov to Win 1 Set (Yes): 1/2
Total Number of Tiebreaks >0.5: 3/5

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Sankalp Harikrishnan

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