Carlos Alcaraz and Matteo Arnaldi will face off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 6:00 pm on STADIUM 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Carlos Alcaraz who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Carlos Alcaraz is the pick to win this match.
Carlos Alcaraz -> 1.068
Matteo Arnaldi -> 8.6

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Prediction and head to head Carlos Alcaraz vs. Matteo Arnaldi

This will be the 2nd time that Carlos Alcaraz and Matteo Arnaldi fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Alcaraz (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they competed against each other, Alcaraz won 6-3 6-3 6-4 in the 4th round in at the U.S. Open back in 2023.

Highlights Carlos Alcaraz vs Matteo Arnaldi – U.S. Open 04-September-2023

Carlos Alcaraz

Carlos Alcaraz

7 - 3win/loss

Hard
5-1
I Hard
0-0
Clay
2-2
Rank
3
High
1
WWLWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 20-5 13-2 7-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 65-12 26-6 25-3 2-3 12-0 0-0
2022 57-13 21-4 27-4 6-4 3-1 0-0
2021 48-19 15-8 22-7 10-3 1-1 0-0
2020 39-7 10-0 29-7 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 2, Alcaraz will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Rio De Janiero where he lost 1-1 ret. to Moura Monteiro in the 1st round on the 20th of February.

Carlos has an overall 6-3 win-loss record in 2024, 4-1 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Alcaraz’s best result of the season was reaching the semifinal in Buenos Aires.

Talking about his overall career, The Spaniard has an overall 239-66 record. He has a positive 79-21 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, he won this tournament once in 2023. See his history.

Indian Wells
Alcaraz's Record

Matteo Arnaldi

Matteo Arnaldi

7 - 7win/loss

Hard
7-7
I Hard
0-0
Rank
35
High
35
WLWLWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 17-13 10-8 7-5 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 51-26 21-15 23-7 4-3 3-1 0-0
2022 50-35 9-3 37-20 4-11 0-1 0-0
2021 56-24 2-1 51-18 3-5 0-0 0-0
2020 17-9 16-4 0-1 1-3 0-0 0-1

Ranked no. 40, Arnaldi reached the 2nd round after beating Luca Van Assche 7-66 7-63.

In the 1st round, Arnaldi had a good straight sets win against Van Assche (7-66 7-63). During the match Arnaldi scored 82 points vs Van Assche’s 79. Matteo was exceptionally aggressive to blast 38 winners.

Talking about serving, Arnaldi managed to score 11 aces and he was extremely consistent in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Matteo Arnaldi lost the serve twice and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Arnaldi put 60% of his first serves in, winning 79% (38/48) of the points behind his 1st serve and 47% (15/32) on the 2nd serve. The Italian broke Van Assche twice after converting 22% of his break points (2/9).

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

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the qualifications in 2023. See his history.

Indian Wells
Arnaldi's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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