H2H, prediction of Andrey Rublev vs Matteo Arnaldi in Indian Wells with odds, preview, pick | 8th March 2025

PREVIEW. Indian Wells. Rublev and Arnaldi will square off in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open. See the prediction, H2H stats, odds, and preview of their upcoming match on Saturday the 8th of March

Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Matteo Arnaldi

Andrey Rublev and Matteo Arnaldi will fight against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 4th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 1:30 pm on STADIUM 4. 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 Andrey Rublev who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Andrey Rublev is the pick to win this match.
Andrey Rublev -> 1.32
Matteo Arnaldi -> 3.38

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Prediction and head to head Andrey Rublev vs. Matteo Arnaldi

This will be the 4th time that Andrey Rublev and Matteo Arnaldi square off. The head to head is 2-1 for Rublev (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Rublev won 6-4 6-2 in the semifinal in Montreal back in 2024.

Highlights Andrey Rublev vs Matteo Arnaldi – Montreal 11-August-2024

Andrey Rublev

Andrey Rublev
Andrey Rublev

9 - 6win/loss

Hard
5-4
I Hard
4-2
Rank
17
High
5
WLLLWLWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-11 5-5 3-4 4-2 0-0 0-0
2024 43-26 26-11 11-6 6-7 0-2 0-0
2023 56-26 23-12 19-5 6-7 8-2 0-0
2022 51-20 19-7 14-6 18-6 0-1 0-0
2021 53-23 25-10 9-5 12-6 7-2 0-0

Ranked no. 8, Rublev will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Dubai where he lost 3-6 6-4 7-6(5) to Halys in the 1st round on the 25th of February.

Rublev has an overall 9-5 win-loss record in 2025, 5-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

His best result of the year was conquering the title in Doha where he beat Jack Draper in the final 7-5 5-7 6-1.

Talking about his overall career, Andrey has an overall 487-267 record. He has a positive 196-100 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2022. See his history.

Rublev
Indian Wells
Rublev's Record

Matteo Arnaldi

Matteo Arnaldi
Matteo Arnaldi

7 - 5win/loss

Hard
5-4
I Hard
2-1
Rank
39
High
30
WLLWWWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 13-11 6-6 5-4 2-1 0-0 0-0
2024 29-26 17-13 10-9 1-2 1-2 0-0
2023 51-26 21-15 23-7 4-3 3-1 0-0
2022 50-35 9-3 37-20 4-11 0-1 0-0
2021 56-24 2-1 51-18 3-5 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 35, the Italian got to the 2nd round after defeating Aleksandar Kovacevic 6-3 5-7 6-4.

In the 1st round, The Italian defeated Kovacevic (6-3 5-7 6-4). During the match Arnaldi scored 101 points vs Kovacevic’s 97. Arnaldi was extremely aggressive to blast 41 winners.

Talking about serving, Arnaldi managed to score 7 aces and he committed only 6 double faults. Matteo Arnaldi lost the serve 3 times and he saved 12 break points. Furthermore, Arnaldi put 58% of his first serves in, winning 67% (41/61) of the points behind his 1st serve and 53% (24/45) on the 2nd serve. Matteo broke Kovacevic 4 times after converting 40% of his break points (4/10).

The Italian’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Delray Beach.

Matteo has an overall 6-5 win-loss record in 2025, 4-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See his history.

Arnaldi
Indian Wells
Arnaldi's Record
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Head 2 Head

Win Loss
Rublev
WLLLWLWLLL
Arnaldi
WLLWWWWLLL
2025 2024 2023
12 - 11
13 - 11
5-5
Hard
6-6
4-2
I Hard
2-1
3-4
Clay
5-4

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