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

Sebastian Baez

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Rank
45
High
18
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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.

Indian Wells
Baez's Record

Nick Kyrgios

Nick Kyrgios

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Rank
671
High
13
LWLLL
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.

Indian Wells
Kyrgios's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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