Kimberly Birrell and Viktorija Golubic will face off in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Thursday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM 7. In the following lines you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

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The pick for Tennis Tonic is Kimberly Birrell who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Kimberly Birrell is the pick to win this match.
Kimberly Birrell -> 1.78
Viktorija Golubic -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Kimberly Birrell vs. Viktorija Golubic

This will be the 2nd time that Kimberly Birrell and Viktorija Golubic fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Golubic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played, Golubic won 6-2 2-6 6-4 in the qualifications in at the U.S. Open back in 2022.

Kimberly Birrell

Kimberly Birrell

16 - 4win/loss

Hard
14-3
I Hard
2-1
Rank
76
High
75
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 16-4 14-3 0-0 2-1 0-0 0-0
2024 41-30 22-19 1-1 1-6 12-4 5-0
2023 42-33 32-21 4-7 0-1 1-4 5-0
2022 41-25 38-20 3-2 0-0 0-3 0-0
2021 2-4 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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Ranked no. 76, Birrell reached the 1st round after beating Kristina Penickova 6-3 6-0 and Cristina Bucsa 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, Kimberly had a good straight sets win against Bucsa (6-4 6-4). During the match, Birrell scored 68 points vs Bucsa’s 65. Birrell was exceptionally aggressive to blast 21 winners.

Talking about the service games, Birrell was unable to score even 1 ace during the match and she committed only 3 double faults. Kimberly Birrell lost the serve twice and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Birrell put 54% of her first serves in, winning 60% (21/35) of the points behind her 1st serve and 60% (18/30) on the 2nd serve. The Australian broke Bucsa 4 times after converting 50% of her break points (4/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Kimberly started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t lost yet a set in this competition to win 55% of the points she played.

Birrell has good win-loss record in the last 10 years having won 55% of her matches (206-168). 14-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this event, Birrell has a composed 153-109 record in the last years on hard.

Her best result of the current season was conquering the title the W75 Brisbane where she defeated Maddison Inglis in the final 6-2 4-6 7-6(2).

The Australian has a composed 16-4 win-loss record in 2025, 14-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Indian Wells
Birrell's Record

Viktorija Golubic

Viktorija Golubic

8 - 5win/loss

Hard
6-3
I Hard
2-2
Rank
101
High
35
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Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 8-5 6-3 0-0 2-2 0-0 0-0
2024 29-20 15-11 2-4 7-0 5-5 0-0
2023 34-21 14-9 2-5 10-3 8-4 0-0
2022 31-25 12-10 4-7 11-4 4-4 0-0
2021 48-22 15-11 9-4 12-2 9-4 3-1
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Ranked no. 101, Viktorija got to the 1st

round after beating Jodie Anna Burrage 6-3 6-1 and Greetje Minnen 6-4 6-4.

In the qualifications, The Swiss had a good straight sets win against Minnen (6-4 6-4). During the match Golubic scored 79 points vs Minnen’s 66. Viktorija was extremely aggressive to blast 33 winners.

About the serving games, Golubic recorded 2 aces and she committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Viktorija Golubic lost the serve 3 times and she saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Golubic put 60% of her first serves in, winning 70% (33/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 35% (11/31) on the 2nd serve. Viktorija broke Minnen 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

The Swiss started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she hasn’t dropped yet a set in this tournament to conquer 57% of the points she played.

Golubic has an aggregate 8-5 win-loss record in 2025, 6-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Indian Wells
Golubic's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

K.Birrell
V.Golubic
2h:37
2h:37
Time on court​
2h:43
2h:43
1h:27
1h:27
Last match​
1h:33
1h:33
2
2
Match played
2
2
35
35
Games Played​
36
36
4
4
Set played​​
4
4
131
131
Total points​
139
139
65.5
65.5
Avg point​
69.5
69.5
39
39
Winners
57
57
19.5
19.5
Avg Winners​
28.5
28.5
30%
30%
Ratio winners
41%
41%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
3
3
0.5
0.5
Avg Aces
1.5
1.5
7
7
Double Faults
3
3
3.5
3.5
Avg Double Faults
1.5
1.5
39/58
39/58
1st won total​
57/74
57/74
67%
67%
1st won %
!
77%
77%
30/50
30/50
2nd won total​
19/45
19/45
60%
60%
2nd won %
42%
42%
-- Break Points --
9/20
9/20
BP won
9/16
9/16
4.5/10
4.5/10
Avg BP won
4.5/8
4.5/8
45%
45%
Won
!
56%
56%
5
5
Conceded
10
10
2.5
2.5
Avg Conceded
5
5
2
2
Broken
3
3
1
1
Avg Broken
1.5
1.5
3
3
Saved
7
7
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Matches, sets, games and points

Points Birrell Golubic
Match played 2 2
Tot Set 4 4
Tot Games 35 36
Pts 131-108 139-103
Total Points 239 242
Winners 39 57
%Winners 30% 41%

Both Birrell and Golubic played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not surrendered a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Birrell and Golubic have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Birrell played 1 game less than Golubic. The Australian scored 39 winners (30% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss blasted 57 winners (41%).

Serve Performance

Serve Birrell Golubic
Aces 1 3
Avg per match 0.5 1.5
1st in 58/108 74/119
%1st in 54% 62%
1st pts 39/58 57/74
%1st pts 67% 77%
2nd pts 30/50 19/45
%2nd pts 60% 42%

Birrell made 1 ace (0.5 per match). Golubic also bagged 3 aces (1.5 per match). Birrell won 67% points behind her first serve. She very solid her second serve to win 60% of the points. On the other side, Golubic won 77% of the points on her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 42% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Birrell Golubic
Won 9 9
Converted 9/20 9/16
% Converted 45% 56%
Conceded 5 10
Saved 3 7
% Saved 60% 70%
Times Broken 2 3

Kimberly broke her opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Birrell dropped her serve twice and she saved 60% of the break points that she conceded. Golubic broke her opponents 9 times with a 56% conversion rate. Golubic conceded her serve 3 times and she saved 70% of the break points that she conceded.

Birrell
Q1
Penickova		 Q3
Bucsa		 Total
Score 6-3 6-0 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 15 20 35
pts 63-43 68-65 131-108
Total points 106 133 239
Winners 18 21 39
%Winners 29% 31% 30%
SERVE
Aces 1 0 1
Double Faults 4 3 7
1st in 23/43 35/65 58/108
% 1st in 53% 54% 54%
1st pts 18/23 21/35 39/58
% 1st pts 78% 60% 67%
2nd pts 12/20 18/30 30/50
% 2nd pts 60% 60% 60%
Breaks
Won 5 4 9
Converted 5/12 4/8 9/20
Converted % 42% 50% 45%
Conceded 0 5 5
Saved 0/0 3/5 3
Saved % – 60% 30%
Times Broken 0 2 2
Golubic
Q1
Anna		 Q3
Minnen		 Total
Score 6-3 6-1 6-4 6-4
Tot Set 2 2 4
Tot Games 16 20 36
pts 60-37 79-66 139-103
Total points 97 145 242
Winners 24 33 57
%Winners 40% 42% 41%
SERVE
Aces 1 2 3
Double Faults 2 1 3
1st in 27/41 47/78 74/119
% 1st in 66% 60% 62%
1st pts 24/27 33/47 57/74
% 1st pts 89% 70% 77%
2nd pts 8/14 11/31 19/45
% 2nd pts 57% 35% 42%
Breaks
Won 4 5 9
Converted 4/8 5/8 9/16
Converted % 50% 63% 56%
Conceded 0 10 10
Saved 0/0 7/10 7
Saved % – 70% 35%
Times Broken 0 3 3

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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