Sebastian Baez and Nick Kyrgios will face off in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Nick Kyrgios who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Nick Kyrgios is the pick to win this match.
Nick Kyrgios -> 1.5
Sebastian Baez -> 2.66
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Baez vs. Nick Kyrgios
There is no head to head record between Sebastian Baez and Nick Kyrgios since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Sebastian Baez
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20-27 | 3-9 | 17-14 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 5-9 | 26-11 | 0-5 | 0-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 33-27 | 9-7 | 22-13 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 35-32 | 6-12 | 27-12 | 0-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 56-16 | 2-1 | 52-12 | 2-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 60 (career-high), he will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in 0 where he overcame 7-6(4) 6-3 to Lehecka in the Rubber 1 on the 4th of March.
Baez has a composed 15-8 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Sebastian’s best result of the season was reaching the final in Santiago.
Talking about his overall career, Baez has an overall 167-70 record. He has a positive 18-9 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Sebastian has never competed in this tournament before.
Nick Kyrgios
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-10 | 23-6 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 12-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 7-8 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 132, Nick will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match at the Australian Open where he lost 7-6(1) 6-4 4-6 6-2 to Medvedev in the 2nd round on the 20th of January.
The Australian has a composed 1-1 win-loss record in 2022, 1-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, Nick has an overall 228-127 record. He has a positive 143-73 record on hard.
Head 2 Head
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LWLLL Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-2 7-64) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Denis KudlaKudla (0-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Vasek PospisilPospisil (7-65 7-5) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Joao SousaSousa (7-64 7-64) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (7-67 6-0) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-63 6-2) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (5-7 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-3 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Daniel MasurMasur (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Joao SousaSousa (7-6(4) 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Stefan KozlovKozlov (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Liam BroadyBroady – Christopher O’ConnellO’Connell (7-6(7) 6-0) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Illya MarchenkoMarchenko (5-7 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-2 7-6(4)) – See score progression
- Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis – Vasek PospisilPospisil (7-6(5) 7-5) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Aleksandar VukicVukic (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Juncheng ShangShang – Mats MoraingMoraing (6-3 0-0 ret.) – See score progression
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Denis KudlaKudla (0-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Daniel Elahi GalanElahi Galan (7-6(3) 6-2) – See score progression
- Taro DanielDaniel – Daniel MasurMasur (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
