Belinda Bencic and Tatjana Maria will fight 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 Thursday at 3:30 pm on STADIUM 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Belinda Bencic who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Belinda Bencic is the pick to win this match.
Belinda Bencic -> 1.25
Tatjana Maria -> 3.94

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Prediction and head to head Belinda Bencic vs. Tatjana Maria

This will be the 3rd time that Belinda Bencic and Tatjana Maria face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Bencic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Bencic won 6-4 7-5 in the 3rd round in Miami back in 2015.

Belinda Bencic

Belinda Bencic

14 - 4win/loss

Hard
14-4
I Hard
0-0
Rank
11
High
4
WWWWWWLWWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 39-17 31-12 3-3 0-0 5-2 0-0
2024 8-2 0-0 0-0 8-2 0-0 0-0
2023 31-13 24-10 4-2 0-0 3-1 0-0
2022 42-18 13-9 13-4 10-2 6-3 0-0
2021 37-20 22-9 5-5 5-3 5-3 0-0

Ranked no. 58, Bencic will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 7-6(6) 2-6 6-3 to Navarro in the 2nd round on the 19th of February.

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

Her best result of the year was winning the title in Abu Dhabi where she beat Ashlyn Krueger in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.

Talking about her overall career, Belinda has an overall 409-205 record. She has a positive 201-103 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history.

Indian Wells
Bencic's Record

Tatjana Maria

Tatjana Maria

8 - 6win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
1-1
Rank
41
High
36
LLLWWLLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 30-32 16-18 2-9 1-1 11-4 0-0
2024 35-36 16-19 5-10 9-3 5-4 0-0
2023 43-31 24-17 12-8 0-1 7-5 0-0
2022 47-29 17-12 14-6 6-6 10-5 0-0
2021 7-15 3-8 3-5 1-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 87, the German will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Austin where she lost 6-2 6-2 to Blinkova in the 2nd round on the 26th of February.

Tatjana has a composed 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 7-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current year was winning the title the W100 Bengaluru where she defeated Leolia Jeanjean in the final 6-7(0) 6-3 6-4.

In terms of her career, The German has an overall 626-490 record. She has a positive 210-203 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2019, 2023 and 2024. See her history.

Indian Wells
Maria's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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