H2H, prediction of Claire Liu vs Mai Hontama in Indian Wells with odds, preview, pick | 5th March 2024

PREVIEW. Indian Wells. Liu and Hontama will square off in the qualifications of the BNP Paribas Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Tuesday the 5th of March

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Mark Hall
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Prediction and head to head Claire Liu vs. Mai Hontama

Claire Liu and Mai Hontama will clash against each other in the qualifications of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM 6. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Claire Liu who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Claire Liu is the pick to win this match.
Claire Liu -> 1.74
Mai Hontama -> 2.02

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Prediction and head to head Claire Liu vs. Mai Hontama

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

Claire Liu

Claire Liu
Claire Liu

5 - 6win/loss

Hard
5-6
I Hard
0-0
Rank
114
High
52
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 15-12 8-7 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
2020 16-10 8-8 4-1 4-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 111, Claire reached the qualifications after beating Maria Timofeeva 7-65 6-2.

In the qualifications, Claire had a good straight sets win against Timofeeva (7-65 6-2). During the match, Liu scored 80 points vs Timofeeva’s 68. Claire was extremely aggressive to blast 30 winners.

Talking about the service games, Liu wasn’t able to score even 1 ace in the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Claire Liu lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Liu put 58% of her first serves in, winning 71% (30/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. The American broke Timofeeva 4 times after converting 40% of her break points (4/10).

Liu has favorable match record in the last 10 years having won 58% of her matches (217-158). 5-5 on hard in 2024. Regarding her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Liu has a composed 118-102 match record in the last years on hard.

Liu has a composed 5-5 win-loss record in 2024, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Liu
Indian Wells
Liu's Record

Mai Hontama

Mai Hontama
Mai Hontama

8 - 6win/loss

Hard
8-6
I Hard
0-0
Rank
111
High
108
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 19-19 16-12 3-5 0-0 0-2 0-0
2023 55-28 38-18 6-5 9-2 2-3 0-0
2022 38-25 25-15 5-5 3-3 5-2 0-0
2021 41-15 32-12 8-2 1-1 0-0 0-0
2020 7-4 6-3 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 120, Mai reached the qualifications after defeating Laura Siegemund 6-1 3-6 6-4.

In the qualifications, Hontama defeated Siegemund (6-1 3-6 6-4). During the match Hontama scored 76 points vs Siegemund’s 72. Hontama was extremely aggressive to blast 34 winners.

Talking about serving, Hontama wasn’t able to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was very consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Mai Hontama lost the serve 6 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Hontama put 80% of her first serves in, winning 57% (34/60) of the points behind her 1st serve and 27% (4/15) on the 2nd serve. The Japanese broke Siegemund 8 times after converting 80% of her break points (8/10).

Hontama has an aggregate 7-6 win-loss record in 2024, 7-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

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

Hontama
Indian Wells
Hontama's Record
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H2H Performance in the tournament

C.Liu
M.Hontama
1h:59
1h:59
Time on court​
2h:05
2h:05
1h:59
1h:59
Last match​
!
2h:05
2h:05
1
1
Match played
1
1
21
21
Games Played​
26
26
2
2
Set played​​
3
3
80
80
Total points​
76
76
80
80
Avg point​
76
76
30
30
Winners
34
34
30
30
Avg Winners​
34
34
38%
38%
Ratio winners
45%
45%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
0
0
0
0
Avg Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
0
0
3
3
Avg Double Faults
0
0
30/42
30/42
1st won total​
34/60
34/60
!
71%
71%
1st won %
57%
57%
15/30
15/30
2nd won total​
4/15
4/15
50%
50%
2nd won %
!
27%
27%
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
BP won
8/10
8/10
4/10
4/10
Avg BP won
8/10
8/10
40%
40%
Won
!
80%
80%
5
5
Conceded
11
11
5
5
Avg Conceded
11
11
2
2
Broken
6
6
2
2
Avg Broken
!
6
6
3
3
Saved
5
5
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Liu Hontama
Match played 1 1
Tot Set 2 3
Tot Games 21 26
Pts 80-68 76-72
Total Points 148 148
Winners 30 34
%Winners 38% 45%

Both Liu and Hontama played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.At the moment, Mai Hontama conceded 1 set while Claire Liu hasn’t surrendered a set so far. Liu has played 1 set(s) less than Hontama (2 vs 3). Therefore, Liu played 5 games less than Hontama. Claire scored 30 winners (38% of the total points). On the other side, Mai managed to score 34 winners (45%).

Serve Performance

Serve Liu Hontama
Aces 0 0
Avg per match 0 0
1st in 42/72 60/75
%1st in 58% 80%
1st pts 30/42 34/60
%1st pts 71% 57%
2nd pts 15/30 4/15
%2nd pts 50% 27%

Liu didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Hontama also didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Liu won 71% points behind her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Hontama won 57% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 27% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Liu Hontama
Won 4 8
Converted 4/10 8/10
% Converted 40% 80%
Conceded 5 11
Saved 3 5
% Saved 60% 45%
Times Broken 2 6

Claire broke her opponent 4 times with a 40% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. The Japanese broke her opponent 8 times with a 80% conversion rate. Hontama conceded her serve 6 times and she saved 45% of the break points that she conceded.

Liu
Q1
Timofeeva		 Total
Score 7-65 6-2
Tot Set 2 2
Tot Games 21 21
pts 80-68 80-68
Total points 148 148
Winners 30 30
%Winners 38% 38%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 3 3
1st in 42/72 42/72
% 1st in 58% 58%
1st pts 30/42 30/42
% 1st pts 71% 71%
2nd pts 15/30 15/30
% 2nd pts 50% 50%
Breaks
Won 4 4
Converted 4/10 4/10
Converted % 40% 40%
Conceded 5 5
Saved 3/5 3
Saved % 60% 60%
Times Broken 2 2
Hontama
Q1
Siegemund		 Total
Score 6-1 3-6 6-4
Tot Set 3 3
Tot Games 26 26
pts 76-72 76-72
Total points 148 148
Winners 34 34
%Winners 45% 45%
SERVE
Aces 0 0
Double Faults 0 0
1st in 60/75 60/75
% 1st in 80% 80%
1st pts 34/60 34/60
% 1st pts 57% 57%
2nd pts 4/15 4/15
% 2nd pts 27% 27%
Breaks
Won 8 8
Converted 8/10 8/10
Converted % 80% 80%
Conceded 11 11
Saved 5/11 5
Saved % 45% 45%
Times Broken 6 6

Head 2 Head

Claire Liu
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 7ITF
  • 1Minor
Mai Hontama
  • 0Slam
  • 0Main
  • 4ITF
  • 0Minor

Claire
Liu

0:1

Mai
Hontama

Rank

114

High

52

0Hard1

Rank

111

High

108

Win Loss
Liu
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Hontama
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2024 2023 2022
15 - 12
19 - 19
8-7
Hard
16-12
7-5
Clay
3-5

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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Hontama Mai Hontama