Ann Li and Irina-Camelia Begu will clash against each other in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 3rd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ann Li who should win in 3 sets.
Ann Li -> 1.65
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 2.24
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Prediction and head to head Ann Li vs. Irina-Camelia Begu
This will be the 3rd time that Ann Li and Irina-Camelia Begu face off. The head to head is 1-1 (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played each other, Begu won 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Palermo back in 2024.
Ann Li
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8-5 | 4-4 | 0-0 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 42-27 | 16-14 | 22-9 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-28 | 16-13 | 15-9 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 16-20 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 3-4 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 25-14 | 19-8 | 1-1 | 4-2 | 1-3 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 66, the American will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 4-6 6-1 2-0 ret. to Lys in the qualifications on the 14th of February.
Ann has a compiled 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Ann’s best result of the current season was reaching the final in Singapore.
Talking about her overall career, Li has an overall 239-159 record. She has a positive 134-90 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2022. See her history.
Irina-Camelia Begu
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-4 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 30-13 | 1-2 | 29-10 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 17-14 | 5-7 | 11-5 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 32-17 | 7-9 | 20-5 | 3-2 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 21-17 | 16-10 | 3-5 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 74, Irina-Camelia will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 5-7 7-5 6-3 to Lys in the 1st round on the 17th of February.
Begu has a compiled 3-4 win-loss record in 2025, 3-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
In terms of her career, Irina-Camelia has an overall 444-323 record. She has a positive 144-143 record on hard.
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Thomas FancuttFancutt – Simon BeaupainBeaupain (6-3 5-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Ivan MikhaylyukMikhaylyuk (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Nicolae FrunzaFrunza – Bogdan BorzaBorza (4-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Albert Alcaraz IvorraAlcaraz Ivorra – Cezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Justin ButschButsch – Alessandro CoppiniCoppini (6-3 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Bogdan Ionut ApostolIonut Apostol – Dragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Razvan Marius CodescuMarius Codescu (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexandru Vasile ManoleVasile Manole – Vlad Victor CorneaVictor Cornea (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Alexander IgoshinIgoshin – George BotezanBotezan (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Dan Alexandru TomescuAlexandru Tomescu (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Tomas Lipovsek PuchesLipovsek Puches – Victor CrivoiCrivoi (5-7 5-5 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Maxime ChazalChazal – Vlad Andrei DancuAndrei Dancu (2-6 7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Vladislav MelnicMelnic (7-66 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Calin MandaManda – Nicolo TurchettiTurchetti (7-62 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Sloane StephensStephens – Sofia KeninKenin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Veronika KudermetovaKudermetova – Jaqueline CristianCristian (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Emma RaducanuRaducanu – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Olga DanilovicDanilovic – Viktoriya TomovaTomova (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Belinda BencicBencic – Tatjana MariaMaria (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Alycia ParksParks – Anna KalinskayaKalinskaya (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Lauren DavisDavis – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marie BouzkovaBouzkova – Suzan LamensLamens (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Ann LiLi (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Petra KvitovaKvitova – Varvara GrachevaGracheva (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Mayar SherifSherif – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Peyton StearnsStearns – Magda LinetteLinette (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Rebecca SramkovaSramkova – Lulu SunSun (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova – Caroline DolehideDolehide (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Renata ZarazuaZarazua – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (1-2) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Caroline GarciaGarcia – Bernarda PeraPera (0-3) – H2H and prediction