Victoria Azarenka and Clervie Ngounoue will play each other in the 1^st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM 2. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Victoria Azarenka who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Victoria Azarenka is the pick to win this match.
Victoria Azarenka -> 1.48
Clervie Ngounoue -> 2.65

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Prediction and head to head Victoria Azarenka vs. Clervie Ngounoue

There is no head to head record between Victoria Azarenka and Clervie Ngounoue since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Victoria Azarenka

Ranked no. 35, the Belarussian will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-0 6-2 to Swiatek in the 2^nd round on the 18^th of February.

Victoria has an overall 2-4 win-loss record in 2025, 2-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Victoria has an overall 651-263 record. She has a positive 399-148 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, she won this tournament twice in 2012 and 2016. See her history.

Clervie Ngounoue

Ranked no. 259, Clervie got to the 1^st round after defeating Rebecca Marino 6-4 7-6(3) and Sonay Kartal 3-6 7-5 7-5.

In the qualifications against Kartal, The American recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 7-5 7-5). During the match Ngounoue and Kartal scored the same amount of points (99). However, the world no. 35 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The American was pretty aggressive to blast 36 winners.

About the serving games, Ngounoue fired 4 aces and she committed only 6 double faults. Clervie Ngounoue lost the serve 5 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Ngounoue put 60% of her first serves in, winning 64% (36/56) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. Ngounoue broke Kartal 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Ngounoue started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.

Her best result of the year was conquering the title the W50 Birmingham where she overcame Viktoria Hruncakova in the final 4-6 6-2 6-3.

The American has an overall 15-3 win-loss record in 2025, 10-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See her history.

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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• 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
• Thomas FancuttFancutt – Simon BeaupainBeaupain (6-3 5-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Ivan Mikhaylyuk
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• 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
• 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

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