Kimberly Birrell and Cristina Bucsa will play each other in the qualifications of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Tuesday at 2:00 pm on STADIUM 5. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kimberly Birrell who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Kimberly Birrell is the pick to win this match.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.74
Cristina Bucsa -> 2

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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Cristina Bucsa

This will be the 2^nd time that Kimberly Birrell and Cristina Bucsa square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Bucsa (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Bucsa won 6-3 3-6 7-5 in the qualifications in Washington back in 2022.

Kimberly Birrell

Ranked no. 76, Birrell got to the qualifications after beating Kristina Penickova 6-3 6-0.

In the qualifications, Birrell had a good straight sets win against Penickova (6-3 6-0). During the match, Birrell scored 63 points vs Penickova’s 43. Birrell was quite aggressive to blast 18 winners.

Regarding the service games, Birrell scored just 1 ace in the encounter and she committed only 4 double faults. Kimberly Birrell was exceptionally effective on serve to win 78% (18/23) of her 1st serve and 60% (12/20) on the second serve. This was the main reason for not conceding a single break during the match. The Australian broke Penickova 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

Birrell has positive win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (205-168). 13-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Birrell has an overall 152-109 record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W75 Brisbane where she overcame Maddison Inglis in the final 6-2 4-6 7-6(2).

Kimberly has an overall 15-4 win-loss record in 2025, 13-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Cristina Bucsa

Ranked no. 96, the Spaniard got to the qualifications after beating Sara Errani 6-3 6-4.

In the qualifications, Bucsa had a good straight sets win against Errani (6-3 6-4). During the match Bucsa scored 66 points vs Errani’s 46. Cristina was exceptionally aggressive to blast 14 winners.

Talking about serving, Bucsa couldn’t to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Cristina Bucsa lost the serve 5 times and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Bucsa put 58% of her first serves in, winning 50% (14/28) of the points behind her 1st serve and 55% (11/20) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Errani 8 times after converting 62% of her break points (8/13).

The Spaniard has a composed 10-8 win-loss record in 2025, 9-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

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

H2H Performance in the tournament

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Birrell	Bucsa
Match played	1	1
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	19
Pts	63-43	66-46
Total Points	106	112
Winners	18	14
%Winners	29%	21%

Both Birrell and Bucsa played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Birrell and Bucsa have played the same amount of sets 2. However, Birrell played 4 games less than Bucsa. The Australian scored 18 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard made 14 winners (21%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Birrell	Bucsa
Aces	1	0
Avg per match	1	0
1st in	23/43	28/48
%1st in	53%	58%
1st pts	18/23	14/28
%1st pts	78%	50%
2nd pts	12/20	11/20
%2nd pts	60%	55%

Birrell managed to score 1 ace . Bucsa didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Birrell won 78% points on her first serve. She was rock solid on her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Bucsa won 50% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 55% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Birrell	Bucsa
Won	5	8
Converted	5/12	8/13
% Converted	42%	62%
Conceded	0	7
Saved	0	2
% Saved	0%	29%
Times Broken	0	5

Birrell broke her opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. Kimberly pretty effective on her serve as she has never dropped a single service game after saving 0 break points. Cristina broke her opponent 8 times with a 62% conversion rate. Cristina conceded her serve 5 times and she saved 29% of the break points that she conceded.

Birrell
	Q1 Penickova	Total
Score	6-3 6-0
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	15	15
pts	63-43	63-43
Total points	106	106
Winners	18	18
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	1	1
Double Faults	4	4
1st in	23/43	23/43
% 1st in	53%	53%
1st pts	18/23	18/23
% 1st pts	78%	78%
2nd pts	12/20	12/20
% 2nd pts	60%	60%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	0	0
Saved	0/0	0
Saved %	–	0%
Times Broken	0	0

Bucsa
	Q1 Errani	Total
Score	6-3 6-4
Tot Set	2	2
Tot Games	19	19
pts	66-46	66-46
Total points	112	112
Winners	14	14
%Winners	21%	21%
SERVE
Aces	0	0
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	28/48	28/48
% 1st in	58%	58%
1st pts	14/28	14/28
% 1st pts	50%	50%
2nd pts	11/20	11/20
% 2nd pts	55%	55%
Breaks
Won	8	8
Converted	8/13	8/13
Converted %	62%	62%
Conceded	7	7
Saved	2/7	2
Saved %	29%	29%
Times Broken	5	5

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