Roberto Carballes Baena and Christopher O Connell will clash against each other in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 12:00 pm on STADIUM 7. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Christopher O Connell who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Christopher O Connell is the pick to win this match.
Christopher O Connell -> 1.78
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 2.04
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Christopher O Connell
This will be the 2nd time that Roberto Carballes Baena and Christopher O Connell fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Carballes Baena (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
The last time that they squared off, Carballes Baena won 6-7(7) 5-0 ret. in the 1st round in Rome back in 2024.
Roberto Carballes Baena
5 - 8win/loss
59
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LLLWWWLWLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9-12 | 5-6 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 37-31 | 10-12 | 24-13 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 25-29 | 3-8 | 19-14 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 46-33 | 3-8 | 41-23 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 41-30 | 3-5 | 33-20 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 52, Carballes Baena will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Acapulco where he lost 7-6(4) 6-3 to Rune in the 1st round on the 25th of February.
Carballes Baena has a compiled 5-7 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about his overall career, Carballes Baena has an overall 575-407 record. He has a negative 43-66 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019, 2021 and 2024. See his history.
Christopher O Connell
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13-12 | 10-7 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 28-26 | 23-16 | 2-4 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 38-34 | 19-18 | 11-9 | 4-3 | 4-4 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 50-25 | 30-16 | 12-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 22-16 | 14-9 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 75, the Australian will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Dubai where he lost 7-6(2) 6-2 to Berrettini in the 2nd round on the 26th of February.
Christopher has a composed 7-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of his career, O Connell has an overall 394-246 record. He has a positive 186-126 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.
Head 2 Head
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LLWLLLWWLW Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Colton SmithSmith – Pavel KotovKotov (6-3 7-68) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-65 6-2) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Cristian GarinGarin (7-60 6-2) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-63 6-3) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Rudy QuanQuan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-66 6-2) – See score progression
- Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Rudy QuanQuan (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak – Cristian GarinGarin (7-6(0) 6-2) – See score progression
- Matteo GiganteGigante – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (7-5 6-0) – See score progression
- Ethan QuinnQuinn – Gabriel DialloDiallo (7-6(5) 6-2) – See score progression
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Hugo GastonGaston – Eliot SpizzirriSpizzirri (6-0 6-1) – See score progression
- Colton SmithSmith – Pavel KotovKotov (6-3 7-6(8)) – See score progression
- Li TuTu – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Adam WaltonWalton – Michael MmohMmoh (6-4 2-6 6-1) – See score progression
- Giulio ZeppieriZeppieri – Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin (7-6(6) 6-2) – See score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Alexis GalarneauGalarneau (7-6(3) 6-3) – See score progression
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Yasutaka UchiyamaUchiyama (6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
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