Stefanos Tsitsipas and Pedro Martinez Portero will square off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday 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 Stefanos Tsitsipas who should win in 2 sets.
Stefanos Tsitsipas -> 1.083
Pedro Martinez Portero -> 8.00
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Prediction and head to head Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Pedro Martinez Portero
This will be the 2nd time that Stefanos Tsitsipas and Pedro Martinez Portero fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Tsitsipas (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Tsitsipas won 6-3 6-4 6-3 in the 2nd round in at the French Open back in June 2021.
Highlights Stefanos Tsitsipas vs Pedro Martinez Portero – French Open 02-June-2021
Stefanos Tsitsipas
Ranked no. 3 (career-high), he will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in the Laver Cup where he beat 6-3 6-4 to Kyrgios in the round robin on the 25th of September.
The Greek has an aggregate 51-15 win-loss record in 2021, 23-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the year was winning the title in in Carlo where he overcame Andrey Rublev in the final 6-3 6-3 and in in Lyon where he defeated Cameron Norrie in the final 6-3 6-3.
Talking about his overall career, Tsitsipas has an overall 328-151 record. He has a positive 128-67 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2018 and 2019. See his history.
Pedro Martinez Portero
Ranked no. 59 (career-high), Pedro got to the 2nd round after defeating Roberto Marcora 6-4 6-0.
In the 1st round, Martinez Portero had a good straight sets win against Marcora (6-4 6-0). During the match Martinez Portero scored 60 points vs Marcora’s 40. Martinez Portero was pretty aggressive to blast 27 winners.
Talking about serving, Martinez Portero scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Pedro Martinez Portero conceded no breaks for the entire match to save 3 break points. Furthermore, Martinez Portero put 70% of his first serves in, winning 84% (27/32) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (7/14) on the 2nd serve. Martinez Portero broke Marcora 4 times after converting 57% of his break points (4/7).
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Seville Challenger where he overcame Roberto Carballes Baena in the final 6-4 6-1.
Pedro has an aggregate 29-20 win-loss record in 2021, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Tennys SandgrenSandgren (6-4 5-7 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-1 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Sebastian KordaKorda (6-0 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Casper RuudRuud – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Guido PellaPella (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Maxime CressyCressy (6-2 3-6 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel EvansEvans – Kei NishikoriNishikori (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Vasek PospisilPospisil (3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Taro DanielDaniel (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- John IsnerIsner – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Gianluca MagerMager (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kevin AndersonAnderson – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- John MillmanMillman – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emilio GomezGomez – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Daniel EvansEvans (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marcos GironGiron – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (5-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christian GarinGarin – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tommy PaulPaul – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Lloyd HarrisHarris – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Andy MurrayMurray (0-0) – H2H and prediction