Cori Gauff and Claire Liu will face off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 1. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cori Gauff who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.22
Claire Liu -> 4.5

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Claire Liu

There is no head to head record between Cori Gauff and Claire Liu since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Cori Gauff

Cori Gauff

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Rank
3
High
2
LWLWWWWWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 48-16 29-9 18-3 1-2 0-2 0-0
2024 54-18 31-10 14-5 4-1 5-2 0-0
2023 51-16 40-9 7-4 0-0 4-3 0-0
2022 38-23 23-16 10-4 0-1 5-2 0-0
2021 36-16 16-10 16-4 0-0 4-2 0-0

Ranked no. 17, Cori will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-3 6-3 to Sakkari in the quarter on the 24th of February.

The American has an overall 7-5 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

The American’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.

Talking about her overall career, The American has an overall 93-48 record. She has a positive 43-28 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

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

Indian Wells
Gauff's Record

Claire Liu

Claire Liu

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Rank
205
High
52
LWWLLWWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 24-19 20-13 4-6 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 18-12 11-7 7-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 27-29 19-19 7-8 0-0 1-2 0-0
2022 29-22 15-14 12-4 0-1 2-3 0-0
2021 39-17 17-11 17-4 0-0 5-2 0-0

Ranked no. 87 (career-high), Liu reached the 2nd round after defeating Viktoriya Tomova 7-62 6-4.

In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Tomova (7-62 6-4). During the match Liu scored 81 points vs Tomova’s 69. The American was extremely aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Liu scored 5 aces and she committed only 4 double faults. Claire Liu lost the serve 4 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Liu put 63% of her first serves in, winning 75% (38/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 30% (9/30) on the 2nd serve. Claire broke Tomova 5 times after converting 45% of her break points (5/11).

Claire has a compiled 7-5 win-loss record in 2022, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2018 and 2021. See her history.

Indian Wells
Liu's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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