Daniil Medvedev and Grigor Dimitrov will clash against each other in the 4th round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 1. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Daniil Medvedev who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Daniil Medvedev is the pick to win this match.
Daniil Medvedev -> 1.195
Grigor Dimitrov -> 5.15

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Prediction and head to head Daniil Medvedev vs. Grigor Dimitrov

This will be the 5th time that Daniil Medvedev and Grigor Dimitrov face off. The head to head is 3-1 for Medvedev (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Medvedev won 6-3 6-3 in the 3rd round in Cincinnati back in August 2021.

Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs Grigor Dimitrov – Cincinnati 19-August-2021

Daniil Medvedev

Ranked no. 2 (career-high), Daniil got to the 4th round after defeating Mackenzie Mcdonald 6-4 6-2 and Filip Krajinovic 6-2 7-61.

In the 3rd round, The Russian had a good straight sets win against Krajinovic (6-2 7-61). During the match, Medvedev scored 68 points vs Krajinovic’s 51. Daniil was exceptionally aggressive to blast 23 winners.

Talking about the service games, Medvedev bagged 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Daniil Medvedev lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Medvedev put 58% of his first serves in, winning 70% (23/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 63% (15/24) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Krajinovic 4 times after converting 67% of his break points (4/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Daniil started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this competition to conquer 58% of the points he played.

Medvedev has a fantastic match record in the last 9 years having won 70% of his matches (366-158). 33-4 on hard in 2021. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Medvedev has a compiled155-53 win-loss record in the last 9 years on hard.

His best result of the current year was winning the title in in Marseille where he defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the final 6-4 6-7(4) 6-4 and in in Mallorca where he defeated Sam Querrey in the final 6-4 6-2 and in in Toronto where he overcame Reilly Opelka in the final 6-4 6-3 and in at the U.S. Open where he beat Novak Djokovic in the final 6-4 6-4 6-4.

Daniil has a composed 50-10 win-loss record in 2021, 33-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2018 and 2019. See his history.

Indian Wells
Medvedev's Record

Grigor Dimitrov

Ranked no. 28, Dimitrov got to the 4th round after defeating Daniel Altmaier 6-4 6-2 and Reilly Opelka 6-3 6-4.

In the 3rd round, Grigor had a good straight sets win against Opelka (6-3 6-4). During the match Dimitrov scored 61 points vs Opelka’s 42. Grigor was very aggressive to blast 32 winners.

Talking about serving, Dimitrov scored 4 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Grigor Dimitrov was quite effective on serve to win 86% (32/37) of his 1st serve and 73% (8/11) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. Grigor broke Opelka twice after converting 33% of his break points (2/6).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Bulgarian started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this event to conquer 60% of the points he played.

Dimitrov’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in San Diego.

Grigor has an aggregate 20-15 win-loss record in 2021, 16-9 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Indian Wells
Dimitrov's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

D.Medvedev
G.Dimitrov
2h:42
2h:42
Time on court​
2h:39
2h:39
1h:30
1h:30
Last match​
1h:13
1h:13
2
2
Match played
2
2
39
39
Games Played​
37
37
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
128
128
Total points​
129
129
64
64
Avg point​
64.5
64.5
46
46
Winners
59
59
23
23
Avg Winners​
29.5
29.5
36%
36%
Ratio winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
8
8
Aces
4
4
4
4
Avg Aces
2
2
5
5
Double Faults
3
3
2.5
2.5
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
46/61
46/61
1st won total​
59/68
59/68
!
75%
75%
1st won %
!
87%
87%
29/43
29/43
2nd won total​
18/25
18/25
!
67%
67%
2nd won %
!
72%
72%
-- Break Points --
7/13
7/13
BP won
5/12
5/12
3.5/6.5
3.5/6.5
Avg BP won
2.5/6
2.5/6
!
54%
54%
Won
42%
42%
3
3
Conceded
2
2
1.5
1.5
Avg Conceded
1
1
2
2
Broken
0
0
1
1
Avg Broken
!
0
0
1
1
Saved
2
2

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Medvedev Dimitrov
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 39 37
Pts 128-93 129-86
Total Points 221 215
Winners 46 59
%Winners 36% 46%

Both Medvedev and Dimitrov played 2 matches. Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Medvedev and Dimitrov have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Medvedev played 2 games more than Dimitrov. Daniil scored 46 winners (36% of the total points). On the other side, Dimitrov blasted 59 winners (46%).

Serve Performance

Serve Medvedev Dimitrov
Aces 8 4
Avg per match 4 2
1st in 61/104 68/93
%1st in 59% 73%
1st pts 46/61 59/68
%1st pts 75% 87%
2nd pts 29/43 18/25
%2nd pts 67% 72%

Medvedev blasted 8 aces (4 per match). Dimitrov scored 4 aces (2 per match). Medvedev won 75% points on his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 67% of the points. On the other side, Dimitrov won 87% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 72% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Medvedev Dimitrov
Won 7 5
Converted 7/13 5/12
% Converted 54% 42%
Conceded 3 2
Saved 1 2
% Saved 33% 100%
Times Broken 2 0

Daniil broke his opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. The Russian dropped his serve twice and he saved 33% of the break points that he conceded. Grigor broke his opponents 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Bulgarian was rock solid on his serve as he has never conceded a single service game after saving 2 break points.

Medvedev
R2
Mcdonald
R3
Krajinovic
Total
Score 6-4 6-2 6-2 7-61
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 21 39
pts 60-42 68-51 128-93
Total points 102 119 221
Winners 23 23 46
%Winners 38% 34% 36%
SERVE
Aces 4 4 8
Double Faults 2 3 5
1st in 28/47 33/57 61/104
% 1st in 60% 58% 59%
1st pts 23/28 23/33 46/61
% 1st pts 82% 70% 75%
2nd pts 14/19 15/24 29/43
% 2nd pts 74% 63% 67%
Breaks
Won 3 4 7
Converted 3/7 4/6 7/13
Converted % 43% 67% 54%
Conceded 0 3 3
Saved 0/0 1/3 1
Saved % 33% 17%
Times Broken 0 2 2
Dimitrov
R2
Altmaier
R3
Opelka
Total
Score 6-4 6-2 6-3 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 18 19 37
pts 68-44 61-42 129-86
Total points 112 103 215
Winners 27 32 59
%Winners 40% 52% 46%
SERVE
Aces 0 4 4
Double Faults 1 2 3
1st in 31/45 37/48 68/93
% 1st in 69% 77% 73%
1st pts 27/31 32/37 59/68
% 1st pts 87% 86% 87%
2nd pts 10/14 8/11 18/25
% 2nd pts 71% 73% 72%
Breaks
Won 3 2 5
Converted 3/6 2/6 5/12
Converted % 50% 33% 42%
Conceded 2 0 2
Saved 2/2 0/0 2
Saved % 100% 50%
Times Broken 0 0 0

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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