Elise Mertens and Marta Kostyuk will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 9. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Elise Mertens who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elise Mertens is the pick to win this match.
Elise Mertens -> 1.61
Marta Kostyuk -> 2.375

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Prediction and head to head Elise Mertens vs. Marta Kostyuk

There is no head to head record between Elise Mertens and Marta Kostyuk since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Elise Mertens

Ranked no. 23, Elise will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Doha where she lost 6-3 0-6 6-2 to Kontaveit in the 3^rd round on the 23^rd of February.

Elise has a compiled 8-5 win-loss record in 2022, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Belgian has an overall 368-195 record. She has a positive 208-95 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2019. See her history.

Marta Kostyuk

Ranked no. 54, the Ukrainian got to the 2^nd round after beating Maryna Zanevska 6-7⁵ 7-6⁶ 7-5.

In the 1^st round against Zanevska, Marta recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (6-7⁵ 7-6⁶ 7-5). During the match Kostyuk scored 137 points vs Zanevska’s 124. Marta was quite aggressive to blast 51 winners.

Talking about serving, Kostyuk blasted 3 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Marta Kostyuk lost the serve 6 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Kostyuk put 62% of her first serves in, winning 63% (51/81) of the points behind her 1st serve and 43% (21/49) on the 2nd serve. The Ukrainian broke Zanevska 7 times after converting 47% of her break points (7/15).

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

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2^nd round in 2021. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

• Liudmila SamsonovaSamsonova – Ann LiLi (4-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Caroline GarciaGarcia (6-1 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Anhelina KalininaKalinina (5-7 6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Danka Kovinic
  Kovinic – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (2-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Petra MarticMartic – Tamara ZidansekZidansek (7-5 7-6⁶) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Simona HalepHalep – Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova (6-2 4-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (3-6 6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexandr DolgopolovDolgopolov – Horacio ZeballosZeballos (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Ernests GulbisGulbis (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Andrey KuznetsovKuznetsov – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-6 7-6⁵ 3-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Renzo OlivoOlivo (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• David FerrerFerrer – Dustin BrownBrown (6-2 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Clara TausonClara – Beatriz Haddad MaiaBeatriz (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

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• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Angelique KerberKerber (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Harriet DartDart (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kaia KanepiKanepi – Belinda BencicBencic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Madison KeysKeys – Misaki DoiDoi (5-2) – H2H and prediction
• Alison RiskeRiske – Garbine MuguruzaMuguruza (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – Tereza MartincovaMartincova (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Kaja JuvanJuvan – Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Shelby RogersRogers – Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Jessica PegulaPegula – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Naomi OsakaOsaka – Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Marketa VondrousovaVondrousova – Magdalena FrechFrech (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Kristina KucovaKucova – Anett KontaveitKontaveit (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria SakkariSakkari – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (2-2) – H2H and prediction
• Aliaksandra SasnovichSasnovich – Petra KvitovaKvitova (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Elise MertensMertens – Marta KostyukKostyuk (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Daria GavrilovaGavrilova – Ons JabeurJabeur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka – Astra SharmaSharma (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Alison Van UytvanckVan Uytvanck – Elena RybakinaRybakina (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jasmine PaoliniPaolini – Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Petra MarticMartic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova – Danka KovinicKovinic (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Iga SwiatekSwiatek – Clara TausonTauson (1-0) – H2H and prediction