Katie Boulter and Irina-Camelia Begu will clash against each other in the 2^nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Friday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 7. 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 Katie Boulter who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Katie Boulter is the pick to win this match.
Katie Boulter -> 1.56
Irina-Camelia Begu -> 2.43

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Prediction and head to head Katie Boulter vs. Irina-Camelia Begu

There is no head to head record between Katie Boulter and Irina-Camelia Begu since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Katie Boulter

Ranked no. 38, Katie will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match at the Melbourne where she lost 7-6(3) 2-6 6-2 to Kudermetova in the 2^nd round on the 16^th of January.

Boulter has an aggregate 3-2 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Brit has an overall 329-200 record. She has a positive 174-115 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1^st round in 2022 and 2024. See her history.

Irina-Camelia Begu

Ranked no. 74, Begu reached the 2^nd round after beating Ann Li 7-5 3-6 6-1.

In the 1^st round, The Romanian defeated Li (7-5 3-6 6-1). During the match Begu scored 86 points vs Li’s 75. The Romanian was extremely aggressive to blast 27 winners.

About the serving games, Begu managed to score 2 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Irina-Camelia Begu lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Begu put 53% of her first serves in, winning 66% (27/41) of the points behind her 1st serve and 64% (23/36) on the 2nd serve. Irina-Camelia broke Li 5 times after converting 42% of her break points (5/12).

The Romanian has a compiled 4-4 win-loss record in 2025, 4-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2017 and 2021. See her history.

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• Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Tomas Lipovsek PuchesLipovsek Puches (6-1 0-6 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Bogdan Ionut ApostolIonut Apostol – Calin MandaManda (6-4 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Albert Alcaraz IvorraAlcaraz Ivorra – Nicolae FrunzaFrunza (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexander IgoshinIgoshin – Joao Lucas Reis Da SilvaLucas Reis Da Silva (7-5 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Maxime ChazalChazal – Matvey MininMinin (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexandar LazarovLazarov – Mats Rosenkranz
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