Simona Halep and Aliaksandra Sasnovich will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Sunday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Simona Halep who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Simona Halep is the pick to win this match.
Simona Halep -> 1.24
Aliaksandra Sasnovich -> 4.25

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Prediction and head to head Simona Halep vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich

This will be the 2nd time that Simona Halep and Aliaksandra Sasnovich clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Halep (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Halep won 6-4 7-5 in the 1st round in London back in 2019.

Simona Halep

Ranked no. 17, Simona reached the 3rd round after defeating Marta Kostyuk 7-62 6-1.

In the 2nd round, Simona had a good straight sets win against Kostyuk (7-62 6-1). During the match, Halep scored 79 points vs Kostyuk’s 62. The Romanian was very aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Regarding the service games, Halep scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Simona Halep lost the serve twice and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Halep put 64% of her first serves in, winning 65% (34/52) of the points behind her 1st serve and 62% (18/29) on the 2nd serve. Simona broke Kostyuk 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Halep has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 73% of her matches (400-149). 12-4 on hard in 2021. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Halep has an overall 210-82 record in the last years on hard.

The Romanian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Stuttgart.

Halep has a compiled 16-7 win-loss record in 2021, 12-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, she won this tournament once in 2015. See her history.

Indian Wells
Halep's Record

Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Ranked no. 100, the Belarussian reached the 3rd round after defeating Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-0 6-4 and Emma Raducanu 6-2 6-4.

In the 2nd round, Sasnovich had a good straight sets win against Raducanu (6-2 6-4). During the match Sasnovich scored 64 points vs Raducanu’s 51. The Belarussian was quite aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Sasnovich scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Aliaksandra Sasnovich lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Sasnovich put 66% of her first serves in, winning 68% (27/40) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. The Belarussian broke Raducanu 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Belarussian started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Aliaksandra has a composed 23-19 win-loss record in 2021, 10-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Indian Wells
Sasnovich's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

S.Halep
A.Sasnovich
1h:33
1h:33
Time on court​
!
2h:59
2h:59
1h:33
1h:33
Last match​
1h:25
1h:25
1
1
Match played
!
2
2
20
20
Games Played​
34
34
2
2
Set played​​
4
4
79
79
Total points​
138
138
79
79
Avg point​
69
69
34
34
Winners
56
56
34
34
Avg Winners​
28
28
43%
43%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
2
2
1
1
Avg Aces
1
1
1
1
Double Faults
5
5
1
1
Avg Double Faults
2.5
2.5
34/52
34/52
1st won total​
56/84
56/84
65%
65%
1st won %
67%
67%
18/29
18/29
2nd won total​
20/43
20/43
!
62%
62%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
5/8
5/8
BP won
10/24
10/24
5/8
5/8
Avg BP won
5/12
5/12
!
63%
63%
Won
42%
42%
4
4
Conceded
15
15
4
4
Avg Conceded
7.5
7.5
2
2
Broken
3
3
2
2
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
2
2
Saved
12
12
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Halep Sasnovich
Match played 1 2
Tot Set 2 4
Tot Games 20 34
Pts 79-62 138-104
Total Points 141 242
Winners 34 56
%Winners 43% 41%

Halep played 1 match while Sasnovich competed in 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Halep has played 2 set(s) less than Sasnovich (2 vs 4). Therefore, Halep played 14 games less than Sasnovich. Halep scored 34 winners (43% of the total points). On the other side, The Belarussian made 56 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Halep Sasnovich
Aces 1 2
Avg per match 1 1
1st in 52/81 84/127
%1st in 64% 66%
1st pts 34/52 56/84
%1st pts 65% 67%
2nd pts 18/29 20/43
%2nd pts 62% 47%

Halep struck 1 ace . Sasnovich also recorded 2 aces (1 per match). Halep won 65% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 62% of the points. On the other side, Sasnovich won 67% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Halep Sasnovich
Won 5 10
Converted 5/8 10/24
% Converted 63% 42%
Conceded 4 15
Saved 2 12
% Saved 50% 80%
Times Broken 2 3

The Romanian broke her opponent 5 times with a 63% conversion rate. Simona conceded her serve twice and she saved 50% of the break points that she conceded. Aliaksandra broke her opponents 10 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Belarussian conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 80% of the break points that she conceded.

Halep
R2
Kostyuk		 Total
Score 7-62 6-1
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 20 20
pts 79-62 79-62
Total points 141 141
Winners 34 34
%Winners 43% 43%
SERVE
Aces 1 1
Double Faults 1 1
1st in 52/81 52/81
% 1st in 64% 64%
1st pts 34/52 34/52
% 1st pts 65% 65%
2nd pts 18/29 18/29
% 2nd pts 62% 62%
Breaks
Won 5 5
Converted 5/8 5/8
Converted % 63% 63%
Conceded 4 4
Saved 2/4 2
Saved % 50% 50%
Times Broken 2 2
Sasnovich
R1
Camila Osorio Serrano		 R2
Raducanu		 Total
Score 6-0 6-4 6-2 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 18 34
pts 74-53 64-51 138-104
Total points 127 115 242
Winners 29 27 56
%Winners 39% 42% 41%
SERVE
Aces 1 1 2
Double Faults 2 3 5
1st in 44/66 40/61 84/127
% 1st in 67% 66% 66%
1st pts 29/44 27/40 56/84
% 1st pts 66% 68% 67%
2nd pts 11/22 9/21 20/43
% 2nd pts 50% 43% 47%
Breaks
Won 5 5 10
Converted 5/13 5/11 10/24
Converted % 38% 45% 42%
Conceded 10 5 15
Saved 9/10 3/5 12
Saved % 90% 60% 150%
Times Broken 1 2 3

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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