Maria Sakkari and Diana Shnaider will square off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 3. 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 Maria Sakkari who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.48
Diana Shnaider -> 2.66

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Diana Shnaider

This will be the 2nd time that Maria Sakkari and Diana Shnaider square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Sakkari won 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the 2nd round in at the Australian Open back in 2023.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Diana Shnaider – Australian Open 18-January-2023

Maria Sakkari

Maria Sakkari

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Rank
52
High
3
LWWLLWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-29 14-19 7-5 1-1 3-4 0-0
2024 25-17 12-8 11-6 0-0 2-3 0-0
2023 38-25 26-17 5-4 3-1 4-3 0-0
2022 40-23 21-12 8-5 4-2 7-4 0-0
2021 38-20 23-13 9-4 5-2 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 9, Maria will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-4 6-2 to Paolini in the 3rd round on the 21st of February.

Sakkari has a compiled 5-4 win-loss record in 2024, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Sakkari has an overall 435-283 record. She has a positive 217-148 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2022. See her history.

Indian Wells
Sakkari's Record

Diana Shnaider

Diana Shnaider

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Rank
21
High
11
LWLWWWLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 28-25 16-16 8-5 0-0 4-4 0-0
2024 55-23 31-15 15-5 0-0 9-3 0-0
2023 25-22 14-13 10-8 0-0 1-1 0-0
2022 58-17 11-4 46-11 1-2 0-0 0-0
2021 9-3 0-0 8-2 1-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 74, Shnaider reached the 2nd round after defeating Ana Bogdan 5-7 7-66 6-3.

In the 1st round against Bogdan, Shnaider recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (5-7 7-66 6-3). During the match Shnaider scored 118 points vs Bogdan’s 114. The Russian was extremely aggressive to blast 44 winners.

About the serving games, Shnaider fired 2 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Diana Shnaider lost the serve 6 times and she saved 8 break points. Furthermore, Shnaider put 63% of her first serves in, winning 59% (44/75) of the points behind her 1st serve and 51% (23/45) on the 2nd serve. Shnaider broke Bogdan 7 times after converting 70% of her break points (7/10).

Her best result of the season was conquering the title in Hua Hin where she overcame Lin Zhu in the final 6-3 2-6 6-1.

Diana has an aggregate 8-4 win-loss record in 2024, 8-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

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

Indian Wells
Shnaider's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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