Maya Joint and Sorana Cirstea will face off in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 6. 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 Maya Joint who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Maya Joint is the pick to win this match.
Maya Joint -> 1.67
Sorana Cirstea -> 2.2

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Prediction and head to head Maya Joint vs. Sorana Cirstea

There is no head to head record between Maya Joint and Sorana Cirstea since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Maya Joint

Maya Joint

16 - 6win/loss

Hard
13-5
I Hard
3-1
Rank
85
High
85
WWLWWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-6 13-5 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-0
2024 62-28 34-15 21-8 3-3 4-2 0-0
2023 11-8 7-6 2-1 2-1 0-0 0-0
2022 3-3 3-3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 85 (career-high), Joint got to the 1st round after beating Anastasia Zakharova 6-1 4-6 6-1 and Mirjam Bjorklund 6-2 4-6 6-3.

In the qualifications, Joint defeated Bjorklund (6-2 4-6 6-3). During the match, Joint scored 93 points vs Bjorklund’s 80. The Australian was extremely aggressive to blast 29 winners.

Regarding the service games, Joint struck 2 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Maya Joint lost the serve 7 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Joint put 49% of her first serves in, winning 69% (29/42) of the points behind her 1st serve and 30% (13/44) on the 2nd serve. Maya broke Bjorklund 9 times after converting 53% of her break points (9/17).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Maya started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 2 set in this event to conquer 54% of the points she played.

Joint has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 67% of her matches (92-45). 13-5 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this competition, Joint has a composed57-29 match record in the last 4 years on hard.

Maya’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Hobart and the Cancun.

The Australian has a compiled 16-6 win-loss record in 2025, 13-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

The Australian has never competed in this tournament before.

Indian Wells
Joint's Record

Sorana Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea

6 - 6win/loss

Hard
5-4
I Hard
1-2
Rank
111
High
21
LWWLWWWLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-6 5-4 0-0 1-2 0-0 0-0
2024 12-16 9-8 3-5 0-0 0-3 0-0
2023 31-22 21-14 7-4 0-1 3-3 0-0
2022 22-21 10-10 4-6 4-2 4-3 0-0
2021 24-18 11-10 11-3 0-2 2-3 0-0

Ranked no. 111, Sorana will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Austin where she lost 5-7 6-4 6-1 to Kessler in the quarter on the 28th of February.

Cirstea has a composed 6-6 win-loss record in 2025, 5-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

In terms of her career, Sorana has an overall 547-434 record. She has a positive 258-205 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the quarter in 2023. See her history.

Indian Wells
Cirstea's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

  • Magda LinetteLinettePeyton StearnsStearns (6-4 4-6 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Caroline DolehideDolehideKamilla RakhimovaRakhimova (6-2 7-63) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Caroline GarciaGarciaBernarda PeraPera (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Irina-Camelia BeguBeguAnn LiLi (7-5 3-6 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciarettoRenata ZarazuaZarazua (6-4 1-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Xinyu WangWangMayar SherifSherif (6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Varvara GrachevaGrachevaPetra KvitovaKvitova (4-6 6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Suzan LamensLamensMarie BouzkovaBouzkova (3-6 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Lulu SunSunRebecca SramkovaSramkova (6-3 1-6 7-62) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Hailey BaptisteBaptisteWhitney OsuigweOsuigwe (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Justin ButschButschAlessandro CoppiniCoppini (6-3 7-65) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Bogdan Ionut ApostolIonut ApostolDragos Nicolae MadarasNicolae Madaras (6-0 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Mats RosenkranzRosenkranzRazvan Marius CodescuMarius Codescu (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Alexandru Vasile ManoleVasile ManoleVlad Victor CorneaVictor Cornea (6-4 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Alexander IgoshinIgoshinGeorge BotezanBotezan (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Matheus Pucinelle De Almeida
    Pucinelle De AlmeidaDan Alexandru TomescuAlexandru Tomescu (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Tomas Lipovsek PuchesLipovsek PuchesVictor CrivoiCrivoi (5-7 5-5 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Thomas FancuttFancuttSimon BeaupainBeaupain (6-3 5-4 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Alexandar LazarovLazarovIvan MikhaylyukMikhaylyuk (6-2 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Nicolae FrunzaFrunzaBogdan BorzaBorza (4-6 6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Albert Alcaraz IvorraAlcaraz IvorraCezar Cretu (ROU)Cretu (ROU) (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Maxime ChazalChazalVlad Andrei DancuAndrei Dancu (2-6 7-5 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Giovanni FonioFonioVladislav MelnicMelnic (7-66 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Calin MandaMandaNicolo TurchettiTurchetti (7-62 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
  • Katerina SiniakovaKaterinaMaria Lourdes CarleMaria (6-2 6-1) – See score progression

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