Nao Hibino and Venus Williams will face off in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 6:00 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 Nao Hibino who should win in 2 sets.
Nao Hibino -> 1.35
Venus Williams -> 3.22
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Prediction and head to head Nao Hibino vs. Venus Williams
There is no head to head record between Nao Hibino and Venus Williams since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Nao Hibino
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18-20 | 12-10 | 2-7 | 2-0 | 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 |
| 2020 | 13-10 | 9-7 | 4-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 80, the Japanese got to the 1st round after defeating Julia Riera 6-3 4-6 6-3 and Su-Wei Hsieh 2-6 6-1 6-2.
In the qualifications against Hsieh, The Japanese recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (2-6 6-1 6-2). During the match, Hibino scored 71 points vs Hsieh’s 59. Nao was exceptionally aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about the service games, Hibino scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 3 double faults. Nao Hibino lost the serve twice and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Hibino put 68% of her first serves in, winning 77% (36/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. Nao broke Hsieh 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Nao started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 53% of the points she played.
Hibino has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 54% of her matches (285-241). 10-7 on hard in 2024. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Hibino has an aggregate 215-166 record in the last years on hard.
Nao has an aggregate 10-7 win-loss record in 2024, 10-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Venus Williams
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 3-7 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 0-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 3-9 | 2-4 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2020 | 1-8 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 487, Williams will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match at the New York where she lost 6-1 6-1 to Minnen in the 1st round on the 29th of August.
This will be the first match of the year on hard.
In terms of her career, The American has an overall 526-211 record. She has a positive 291-125 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2018. See her history.
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Roberto Ortega-OlmedoOrtega-Olmedo (4-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Adrian Menendez-MaceirasMenendez-Maceiras – Yannick JankovitsJankovits (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maximilian NeuchristNeuchrist – Ante PavicPavic (6-3 7-64) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Aldin SetkicSetkic – Tomislav BrkicBrkic (7-5 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Joao MonteiroMonteiro – Christopher HeymanHeyman (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Filippo BaldiBaldi – Carlos Gomez-HerreraGomez-Herrera (7-66 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andres Artunedo MartinavarrArtunedo Martinavarr – Scott GriekspoorGriekspoor (3-6 6-1 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nam Hoang LyHoang Ly – Sadio DoumbiaDoumbia (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Gian Marco MoroniMarco Moroni – David GuezGuez (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Roberto QuirozQuiroz – Carlos Boluda-PurkissBoluda-Purkiss (4-6 6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Luca VanniVanni – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 4-6 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Daniel BrandsBrands – Alberto Romero De Avila SeniseRomero De Avila Senise (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Ivan NedelkoNedelko – Karim-Mohamed MaamounMaamoun (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Miguel SemmlerSemmler (4-6 7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matteo ViolaViola – Sergiy StakhovskyStakhovsky (6-3 2-6 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Cem IlkelIlkel – Jorge Hernando-RuanoHernando-Ruano (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Camila GiorgiGiorgi – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Tamara KorpatschKorpatsch – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Angelique KerberKerber – Petra MarticMartic (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Nao HibinoHibino – Venus WilliamsWilliams (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline WozniackiWozniacki – Lin ZhuZhu (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sara Sorribes TormoSorribes Tormo – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Taylor TownsendTownsend – Magda LinetteLinette (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Tatjana MariaMaria – Arantxa RusRus (3-1) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Yafan WangWang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mccartney KesslerKessler – Nuria Parrizas-DiazParrizas-Diaz (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mai HontamaHontama – Shuai ZhangZhang (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Bernarda PeraPera – Daria GavrilovaGavrilova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Yue YuanYuan (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cristina BucsaBucsa – Caroline DolehideDolehide (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Sloane StephensStephens – Mayar SherifSherif (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Oceane DodinDodin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Naomi OsakaOsaka – Sara ErraniErrani (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Xin Yu WangYu Wang – Anna SchmiedlovaSchmiedlova (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magdalena FrechFrech – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Xiyu WangWang – Clara BurelBurel (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Karolina PliskovaPliskova (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Diane ParryParry – Martina TrevisanTrevisan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Sofia KeninKenin (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Greetje MinnenMinnen (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Rebeka MasarovaMasarova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Peyton StearnsStearns (0-0) – H2H and prediction