Nao Hibino and Julia Riera will fight against each other in the qualifications of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Sunday at 10:00 am on Stadium 6. 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 Nao Hibino who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Nao Hibino is the pick to win this match.
Nao Hibino -> 1.51
Julia Riera -> 2.45

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Prediction and head to head Nao Hibino vs. Julia Riera

There is no head to head record between Nao Hibino and Julia Riera since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Nao Hibino

Nao Hibino

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Rank
187
High
56
LWWLLLWWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-26 15-13 10-11 1-1 0-1 0-0
2024 27-32 21-21 2-7 2-1 2-3 0-0
2023 40-30 26-19 9-7 1-1 4-3 0-0
2022 36-29 26-19 7-8 3-2 0-0 0-0
2021 7-21 1-9 5-8 0-0 1-4 0-0

Ranked no. 81, Hibino will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 5-7 6-2 6-2 to Zheng in the 2nd round on the 20th of February.

Nao has a composed 8-7 win-loss record in 2024, 8-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Hibino has an overall 362-289 record. She has a positive 264-196 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2016, 2019 and 2021. See her history.

Indian Wells
Hibino's Record

Julia Riera

Julia Riera

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Rank
171
High
93
LWWLWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-24 8-6 21-17 0-0 1-1 0-0
2024 41-26 8-10 33-15 0-0 0-1 0-0
2023 55-27 4-5 49-20 1-1 1-1 0-0
2022 50-26 8-5 42-21 0-0 0-0 0-0
2021 41-17 21-8 20-9 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 116, Julia will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Austin where she lost 6-4 6-3 to Sevastova in the 1st round on the 27th of February.

Julia has a compiled 7-4 win-loss record in 2024, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Riera has an overall 163-85 record. She has a positive 40-22 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Riera has never competed in this tournament before.

Indian Wells
Riera's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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