Jessica Pegula and Anna Blinkova will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:00 pm on STADIUM 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Jessica Pegula who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Jessica Pegula is the pick to win this match.
Jessica Pegula -> 1.142
Anna Blinkova -> 5.7

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Prediction and head to head Jessica Pegula vs. Anna Blinkova

This will be the 4th time that Jessica Pegula and Anna Blinkova square off. The head to head is 3-0 for Pegula (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Pegula won 6-1 2-6 6-2 in the quarter in San Diego back in March 2024.

Highlights Jessica Pegula vs Anna Blinkova – San Diego 01-March-2024

Jessica Pegula

Jessica Pegula

6 - 4win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
0-0
Rank
5
High
3
WWLWWWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 14-6 11-5 3-1 0-0 0-0 0-0
2023 59-18 45-12 8-4 0-0 6-2 0-0
2022 42-21 28-15 11-4 1-1 2-1 0-0
2021 39-19 29-12 6-4 0-0 4-3 0-0
2020 17-9 16-7 0-1 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 5, Pegula will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in San Diego where she lost 7-6(4) 6-1 to Kostyuk in the semifinal on the 2nd of March.

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

Jessica’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide and San Diego.

Talking about her overall career, The American has an overall 400-233 record. She has a positive 228-120 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2021. See her history.

Indian Wells
Pegula's Record

Anna Blinkova

Anna Blinkova

7 - 6win/loss

Hard
6-4
I Hard
1-2
Rank
46
High
34
LLLLLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2024 7-11 6-6 0-3 1-2 0-0 0-0
2023 33-28 15-15 10-7 3-3 5-3 0-0
2022 46-29 7-8 16-10 21-7 1-3 1-1
2021 15-24 5-11 6-6 2-4 2-3 0-0
2020 9-14 4-10 4-3 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 45, the Russian got to the 2nd round after beating Karolina Pliskova 6-1 2-6 6-4.

In the 1st round, Anna defeated Pliskova (6-1 2-6 6-4). During the match Blinkova scored 90 points vs Pliskova’s 81. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Blinkova made 3 aces and she committed only 7 double faults. Anna Blinkova lost the serve 3 times and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Blinkova put 60% of her first serves in, winning 65% (31/48) of the points behind her 1st serve and 59% (19/32) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Pliskova 4 times after converting 36% of her break points (4/11).

Anna has a composed 6-6 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2023. See her history.

Indian Wells
Blinkova's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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