Sorana Cirstea and Ajla Tomljanovic will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 9. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sorana Cirstea who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.7
Ajla Tomljanovic -> 2.21

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Prediction and head to head Sorana Cirstea vs. Ajla Tomljanovic

This will be the 3rd time that Sorana Cirstea and Ajla Tomljanovic square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Tomljanovic (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Tomljanovic won 6-3 6-2 in the qualifications in Cincinnati back in 2018.

Sorana Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea

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Rank
44
High
21
LWWLWWWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-20 26-14 3-2 1-2 0-2 0-0
2024 12-16 9-8 3-5 0-0 0-3 0-0
2023 31-22 21-14 7-4 0-1 3-3 0-0
2022 22-21 10-10 4-6 4-2 4-3 0-0
2021 24-18 11-10 11-3 0-2 2-3 0-0

Ranked no. 27, Sorana will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Lyon where she lost 7-6(5) 4-6 6-4 to Yastremska in the semifinal on the 5th of March.

The Romanian has a composed 9-6 win-loss record in 2022, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The Romanian’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in Lyon.

Talking about her overall career, The Romanian has an overall 485-375 record. She has a positive 218-173 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2013 and 2021. See her history.

Indian Wells
Cirstea's Record

Ajla Tomljanovic

Ajla Tomljanovic

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Rank
83
High
32
LWLWLWWWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 27-26 14-15 8-6 0-1 5-4 0-0
2024 22-20 12-12 2-4 0-1 8-3 0-0
2023 7-3 2-2 5-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2022 38-27 19-14 7-6 5-4 7-3 0-0
2021 30-24 11-12 10-6 3-3 6-3 0-0

Ranked no. 39, the Australian reached the 2nd round after defeating Hailey Baptiste 6-2 2-6 6-2.

In the 1st round, Ajla defeated Baptiste (6-2 2-6 6-2). During the match Tomljanovic scored 80 points vs Baptiste’s 72. Tomljanovic was pretty aggressive to blast 24 winners.

About the serving games, Tomljanovic struck 3 aces and she committed only 5 double faults. Ajla Tomljanovic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Tomljanovic put 51% of her first serves in, winning 57% (24/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 53% (21/40) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Baptiste 6 times after converting 67% of her break points (6/9).

Ajla has a composed 5-6 win-loss record in 2022, 5-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021. See her history.

Indian Wells
Tomljanovic's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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