H2H, prediction of Bernarda Pera vs Sorana Cirstea in Indian Wells with odds, preview, pick

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Prediction and head to head Bernarda Pera vs. Sorana Cirstea

Bernarda Pera and Sorana Cirstea will clash against each other in the 3rd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 4. 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 Sorana Cirstea who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Sorana Cirstea is the pick to win this match.
Sorana Cirstea -> 1.9
Bernarda Pera -> 1.9

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Prediction and head to head Bernarda Pera vs. Sorana Cirstea

There is no head to head record between Bernarda Pera and Sorana Cirstea since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.

Bernarda Pera

Bernarda Pera
Bernarda Pera

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
77
High
27
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 2-4 2-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 37-24 21-16 10-5 0-0 6-3 0-0
2023 20-23 9-12 10-7 0-1 1-3 0-0
2022 33-20 10-9 19-6 4-4 0-1 0-0
2021 19-24 5-11 8-8 4-3 2-2 0-0

Ranked no. 43, Pera got to the 3rd round after beating Lucia Bronzetti 7-5 4-6 6-3 and Liudmila Samsonova 2-6 7-68 7-66.

In the 2nd round against Samsonova, Bernarda recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 7-68 7-66).During the match, Pera scored less points (5) than Samsonova. In fact, the world no. 43 won 116 points vs Samsonova’s. That means that Pera was more focused during the important points. Pera was exceptionally aggressive to blast 44 winners.

Talking about the service games, Pera scored 5 aces and she committed only 8 double faults. Bernarda Pera lost the serve 5 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Pera put 55% of her first serves in, winning 71% (44/62) of the points behind her 1st serve and 48% (24/50) on the 2nd serve. Pera broke Samsonova 3 times after converting 23% of her break points (3/13).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The American has conceded 2 set in this competition to win 51% of the points she played.

Pera has a winning win-loss record in the last 8 years having won 58% of her matches (208-150). 7-5 on hard in 2023. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this competition, Pera has a compiled71-74 record in the last 8 years on hard.

Bernarda has a compiled 7-6 win-loss record in 2023, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Pera
Indian Wells
Pera's Record

Sorana Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea
Sorana Cirstea

0 - 0win/loss

Rank
70
High
21
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 1-2 0-2 0-0 1-0 0-0 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. 83, Sorana got to the 3rd round after defeating Kimberly Birrell 6-3 6-2 and Madison Keys 6-1 ret..

In the 2nd round against Keys, Sorana had a free pass after Keys retired on a 6-1 . scoreline.

Sorana has a compiled 6-6 win-loss record in 2023, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2022. See her history.

Cirstea
Indian Wells
Cirstea's Record
Bonus
Soccer Tonic Predictions

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

B.Pera
S.Cirstea
!
5h:53
5h:53
Time on court​
1h:55
1h:55
!
3h:01
3h:01
Last match​
!
0h:35
0h:35
2
2
Match played
2
2
65
65
Games Played​
24
24
6
6
Set played​​
4
4
238
238
Total points​
97
97
119
119
Avg point​
48.5
48.5
93
93
Winners
42
42
46.5
46.5
Avg Winners​
21
21
39%
39%
Ratio winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
15
15
Aces
3
3
7.5
7.5
Avg Aces
1.5
1.5
21
21
Double Faults
4
4
!
10.5
10.5
Avg Double Faults
2
2
93/128
93/128
1st won total​
42/58
42/58
!
73%
73%
1st won %
!
72%
72%
45/101
45/101
2nd won total​
16/34
16/34
45%
45%
2nd won %
47%
47%
-- Break Points --
8/28
8/28
BP won
7/13
7/13
4/14
4/14
Avg BP won
3.5/6.5
3.5/6.5
!
29%
29%
Won
!
54%
54%
25
25
Conceded
7
7
12.5
12.5
Avg Conceded
3.5
3.5
9
9
Broken
2
2
!
4.5
4.5
Avg Broken
1
1
16
16
Saved
5
5

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Pera Cirstea
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 6 4
Tot Games 65 24
Pts 238-233 97-59
Total Points 471 156
Winners 93 42
%Winners 39% 43%

Both Pera and Cirstea played 2 matches. At the moment, Bernarda Pera surrendered 2 sets while Sorana Cirstea hasn’t conceded a set so far. Pera has played 2 sets more than Cirstea (6 vs 4). Therefore, Pera played 41 games more than Cirstea. Pera scored 93 winners (39% of the total points). On the other side, The Romanian scored 42 winners (43%).

Serve Performance

Serve Pera Cirstea
Aces 15 3
Avg per match 7.5 1.5
1st in 128/229 58/92
%1st in 56% 63%
1st pts 93/128 42/58
%1st pts 73% 72%
2nd pts 45/101 16/34
%2nd pts 45% 47%

Pera made 15 aces (7.5 per match). Cirstea blasted 3 aces (1.5 per match). Pera won 73% points behind her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 45% of the points. On the other side, Cirstea won 72% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 47% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Pera Cirstea
Won 8 7
Converted 8/28 7/13
% Converted 29% 54%
Conceded 25 7
Saved 16 5
% Saved 64% 71%
Times Broken 9 2

The American broke her opponents 8 times with a 29% conversion rate. Pera lost her serve 9 times and she saved 64% of the break points that she conceded. Sorana broke her opponents 7 times with a 54% conversion rate. Cirstea conceded her serve twice and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.

Pera
R1
Bronzetti
R2
Samsonova
Total
Score 7-5 4-6 6-3 2-6 7-68 7-66
Tot Set 3 3 6
Tot Games 31 34 65
pts 122-112 116-121 238-233
Total points 234 237 471
Winners 49 44 93
%Winners 40% 38% 39%
SERVE
Aces 10 5 15
Double Faults 13 8 21
1st in 66/117 62/112 128/229
% 1st in 56% 55% 56%
1st pts 49/66 44/62 93/128
% 1st pts 74% 71% 73%
2nd pts 21/51 24/50 45/101
% 2nd pts 41% 48% 45%
Breaks
Won 5 3 8
Converted 5/15 3/13 8/28
Converted % 33% 23% 29%
Conceded 13 12 25
Saved 9/13 7/12 16
Saved % 69% 58% 64%
Times Broken 4 5 9
Cirstea
R1
Birrell
R2
Keys
Total
Score 6-3 6-2 6-1 ret.
Tot Set 2 1 3
Tot Games 17 7 24
pts 66-42 31-17 97-59
Total points 108 48 156
Winners 24 18 42
%Winners 36% 58% 43%
SERVE
Aces 2 1 3
Double Faults 3 1 4
1st in 32/60 26/32 58/92
% 1st in 53% 81% 63%
1st pts 24/32 18/26 42/58
% 1st pts 75% 69% 72%
2nd pts 13/28 3/6 16/34
% 2nd pts 46% 50% 47%
Breaks
Won 5 2 7
Converted 5/10 2/3 7/13
Converted % 50% 67% 54%
Conceded 4 3 7
Saved 2/4 3/3 5
Saved % 50% 100% 75%
Times Broken 2 0 2

Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Pera
LLLLWW
Cirstea
WLL
2025 2024 2023
2 - 4
1 - 2
2-3
Hard
0-2
0-1
I Hard
1-0

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