Rafael Nadal and Sebastian Korda will square off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday 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 Rafael Nadal who should win in 2 sets.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.198
Sebastian Korda -> 4.85
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Sebastian Korda
This will be the 2nd time that Rafael Nadal and Sebastian Korda face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they locked horns, Nadal won 6-1 6-1 6-2 in the 4th round in at the French Open back in 2020.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs Sebastian Korda – French Open 04-October-2020
Rafael Nadal
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12-8 | 2-1 | 10-6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 39-8 | 23-3 | 10-2 | 1-3 | 5-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 24-5 | 5-2 | 19-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 27-7 | 13-3 | 9-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 4, Rafael will start his run in Indian Wells after he won the title in Acapulco after beating 6-4 6-4 Norrie in the final.
Nadal has a composed 15-0 win-loss record in 2022, 15-0 on hard (See FULL STATS).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in in Melbourne where he defeated Maxime Cressy in the final 7-6(6) 6-3 and in at the Australian Open where he beat Daniil Medvedev in the final 2-6 6-7(5) 6-4 6-4 7-5 and in in Acapulco where he beat Cameron Norrie in the final 6-4 6-4.
Talking about his overall career, Nadal has an overall 1082-219 record. He has a positive 433-106 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, he won this tournament 3 times in 2007, 2009 and 2013. See his history.
Sebastian Korda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 31-19 | 17-9 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-16 | 18-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 13-9 | 8-6 | 12-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 12-8 | 6-5 | 13-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 22-10 | 6-4 | 6-1 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 7-1 |
Ranked no. 38 (career-high), Korda got to the 2nd round after defeating Thanasi Kokkinakis 6-3 6-4.
In the 1st round, The American had a good straight sets win against Kokkinakis (6-3 6-4). During the match Korda scored 65 points vs Kokkinakis’s 50. Korda was pretty aggressive to blast 29 winners.
Talking about serving, Korda recorded 2 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Sebastian Korda lost the serve twice and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Korda put 65% of his first serves in, winning 74% (29/39) of the points behind his 1st serve and 43% (9/21) on the 2nd serve. Sebastian broke Kokkinakis 4 times after converting 50% of his break points (4/8).
Korda has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2022, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021. See his history.
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Taro DanielDaniel (1-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-611 7-5) – See score progression
- Federico CoriaCoria – Pablo CuevasCuevas (6-4 7-65) – See score progression
- Laslo DjereDjere – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (2-6 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Tomas MachacMachac – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Marcos GironGiron (6-3 7-5) – See score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Joao SousaSousa (6-4 7-5) – See score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Dusan LajovicLajovic (7-5 4-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Borna CoricCoric (6-75 6-0 7-5) – See score progression
- Jeff WolfWolf – Hugo GastonGaston (7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Sebastian BaezBaez (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Maxime CressyCressy (5-7 7-68 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Pablo AndujarAndujar (3-6 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jack SockSock – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (6-1 6-1) – See score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Juncheng ShangShang (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Benoit PairePaire (2-6 7-5 6-4) – See score progression
- Oscar OtteOtte – Richard GasquetGasquet (6-2 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Andy MurrayMurray – Taro DanielDaniel (1-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – David GoffinGoffin (4-6 7-5 7-6(3)) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Facundo BagnisBagnis – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Liam BroadyBroady – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Aljaz BedeneBedene (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Ilya IvashkaIvashka – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Tommy PaulPaul (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Tomas MachacMachac (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-3) – H2H and prediction
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jeff WolfWolf – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jack SockSock – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rafael NadalNadal – Sebastian KordaKorda (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico CoriaCoria – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Laslo DjereDjere (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Federico DelbonisDelbonis – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Christopher EubanksEubanks – Casper RuudRuud (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Andrey RublevRublev – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Oscar OtteOtte – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Andy MurrayMurray (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-0) – H2H and prediction