Sebastian Korda and Roman Safiullin will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 3:30 pm on STADIUM 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Sebastian Korda who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Sebastian Korda is the pick to win this match.
Sebastian Korda -> 1.59
Roman Safiullin -> 2.375
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Prediction and head to head Sebastian Korda vs. Roman Safiullin
This will be the 2nd time that Sebastian Korda and Roman Safiullin fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Safiullin (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Safiullin won 6-2 7-6(5) in the 2nd round in Rome back in 2023.
Highlights Roman Safiullin vs Sebastian Korda – Rome 12-May-2023
Sebastian Korda
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7-7 | 6-4 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-19 | 17-9 | 5-5 | 2-2 | 7-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 26-16 | 18-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 3-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 34-22 | 13-9 | 8-6 | 12-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 36-20 | 12-8 | 6-5 | 13-5 | 5-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 29, the American will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Dubai where he lost 6-4 4-3 ret. to Rublev in the quarter on the 29th of February.
Sebastian has a compiled 8-6 win-loss record in 2024, 6-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Sebastian’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Adelaide.
Talking about his overall career, Korda has an overall 219-143 record. He has a positive 88-60 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2021 and 2022. See his history.
Roman Safiullin
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-9 | 6-8 | 3-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 31-28 | 18-14 | 5-8 | 6-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 41-25 | 13-12 | 8-4 | 11-5 | 9-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 37-18 | 16-6 | 6-2 | 14-9 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 18-21 | 7-5 | 5-7 | 5-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 42, the Russian reached the 2nd round after defeating Daniel Evans 6-1 5-7 6-2.
In the 1st round, Roman defeated Evans (6-1 5-7 6-2). During the match Safiullin scored 89 points vs Evans’s 68. The Russian was pretty aggressive to blast 35 winners.
Talking about serving, Safiullin scored 11 aces and he committed only 5 double faults. Overall, Roman Safiullin was exceptionally effective on serve to win 76% (35/46) of his 1st serve and 56% (18/32) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve twice. The Russian broke Evans 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).
The Russian’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Brisbane.
Safiullin has a composed 4-5 win-loss record in 2024, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 1st round in 2023. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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- Ben SheltonShelton – Jakub MensikMensik (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Andrey RublevRublev – Andy MurrayMurray (7-63 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Taro DanielDaniel (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Nicolas JarryJarry (3-6 7-5 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 3-1 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (6-75 6-0 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Lucas PouillePouille (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (6-3 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (3-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Christopher O ConnellO Connell (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander BublikBublik – Juncheng ShangShang (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-4 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Frances TiafoeFrances – Dusan LajovicDusan (6-3 6-3) – See score progression
- Jan-Lennard StruffJan-Lennard – Borna CoricBorna (6-7(3) 6-2 7-6(9)) – See score progression
- Thiago Seyboth WildThiago – Karen KhachanovKaren (6-1 7-5) – See score progression
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- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (3-3) – H2H and prediction
- Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alexander BublikBublik – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-2) – H2H and prediction
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