Tereza Martincova and Heather Watson will square 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 11:00 am on STADIUM 4. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Tereza Martincova who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Tereza Martincova is the pick to win this match.
Tereza Martincova -> 1.61
Heather Watson -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Tereza Martincova vs. Heather Watson
There is no head to head record between Tereza Martincova and Heather Watson since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.
Tereza Martincova
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24-15 | 11-5 | 7-4 | 2-4 | 4-2 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 18-21 | 7-6 | 3-7 | 5-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-27 | 12-13 | 10-7 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 22-26 | 13-14 | 2-5 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 40-26 | 20-11 | 2-6 | 10-6 | 8-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 42, the Czech will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-1 3-6 6-3 to Jabeur in the 3rd round on the 23rd of February.
Tereza has an aggregate 5-5 win-loss record in 2022, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Tereza has an overall 304-241 record. She has a positive 104-82 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See her history.
Heather Watson
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14-18 | 9-10 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 26-20 | 16-11 | 1-4 | 8-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 32-25 | 18-13 | 2-4 | 6-3 | 6-5 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-26 | 14-13 | 4-6 | 6-3 | 5-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 11-21 | 6-13 | 0-3 | 1-1 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 113, heather reached the 1st round after beating Rebeka Masarova 7-5 6-2 and Mai Hontama 4-6 6-2 6-1.
In the qualifications against Hontama, The Brit recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 6-2 6-1). During the match Watson scored 88 points vs Hontama’s 65. Heather was very aggressive to blast 30 winners.
Talking about serving, Watson managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Overall, Heather Watson was exceptionally effective on serve to win 71% (30/42) of her 1st serve and 62% (16/26) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent her to concede the serve 3 times. Heather broke Hontama 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Heather started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 57% of the points she played.
Watson has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2022, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2015. See her history.
Head 2 Head
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