Veronika Kudermetova and Jaqueline Cristian will fight against each other in the 1^st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 4:00 pm on STADIUM 6. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Veronika Kudermetova who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Veronika Kudermetova is the pick to win this match.
Veronika Kudermetova -> 1.48
Jaqueline Cristian -> 2.65

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Prediction and head to head Veronika Kudermetova vs. Jaqueline Cristian

This will be the 4^th time that Veronika Kudermetova and Jaqueline Cristian fight against each other. The head to head is 2-1 for Cristian (see full H2H stats), but Kudermetova leads 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Cristian won 6-3 7-6(5) in the quarter in Linz back in 2021.

Veronika Kudermetova

Ranked no. 51, Kudermetova will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-3 6-4 to Sabalenka in the 2^nd round on the 18^th of February.

Veronika has a composed 12-7 win-loss record in 2025, 12-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Kudermetova has an overall 365-252 record. She has a positive 185-132 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2022. See her history.

Jaqueline Cristian

Ranked no. 79, Cristian will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Merida where she lost 6-2 6-1 to Badosa in the 2^nd round on the 26^th of February.

Jaqueline has an overall 5-6 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Jaqueline has an overall 320-226 record. She has a positive 91-75 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

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

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

• Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto – Renata ZarazuaZarazua (6-4 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Xinyu WangWang – Mayar SherifSherif (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Magda LinetteLinette – Peyton StearnsStearns (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Caroline DolehideDolehide – Kamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-2 7-6³) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Lulu SunSun – Rebecca SramkovaSramkova (6-3 1-6 7-6²) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Bernarda PeraPera (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Ann LiLi (7-5 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Hailey BaptisteBaptiste – Whitney OsuigweOsuigwe (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – Petra KvitovaKvitova (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Suzan LamensLamens – Marie BouzkovaBouzkova (3-6 6-3 6-3) – 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 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 Madaras
  Nicolae Madaras (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mats RosenkranzRosenkranz – Razvan Marius CodescuMarius Codescu (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Calin MandaManda – Nicolo TurchettiTurchetti (7-6² 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
• Katerina SiniakovaKaterina – Maria Lourdes CarleMaria (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Anna BlinkovaBlinkova – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Anhelina KalininaKalinina – Lucia BronzettiBronzetti (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Claire LiuLiu – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maddison InglisInglis – Sofia KeninKenin (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Ajla TomljanovicTomljanovic – Caty McNallyMcNally (0-0) – 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
• Sorana CirsteaCirstea – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Lauren DavisDavis – Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Viktorija GolubicGolubic – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jessica Bouzas ManeiroBouzas Maneiro – Anastasia PotapovaPotapova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano – Naomi OsakaOsaka (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jule NiemeierNiemeier – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Yue YuanYuan (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Elena RybakinaRybakina – Suzan LamensLamens (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Irina-Camelia BeguBegu – Katie BoulterBoulter (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Varvara GrachevaGracheva – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jelena OstapenkoOstapenko – Xin Yu WangYu Wang (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Magda LinetteLinette – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Lulu SunSun – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline DolehideDolehide – Paula Badosa GibertBadosa Gibert (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Caroline GarciaGarcia – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-4) – H2H and prediction