Grigor Dimitrov and Nuno Borges will face off in the 2^nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2^nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 5:00 pm on STADIUM 3. 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 Grigor Dimitrov who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Grigor Dimitrov is the pick to win this match.
Grigor Dimitrov -> 1.78
Nuno Borges -> 2.04

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Prediction and head to head Grigor Dimitrov vs. Nuno Borges

This will be the 2^nd time that Grigor Dimitrov and Nuno Borges fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Borges (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Borges won 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 7-6(6) in the 3^rd round in at the Australian Open back in 2024.

Highlights Nuno Borges vs Grigor Dimitrov – Australian Open 20-January-2024

Grigor Dimitrov

Ranked no. 15, Grigor will start his run in Indian Wells after he played his last match in Dubai where he lost 6-0 ret. to O in the 1^st round on the 25^th of February.

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

Grigor’s best result of the current season was reaching the semifinal in Brisbane.

Talking about his overall career, Grigor has an overall 611-364 record. He has a positive 270-158 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the semifinal in 2021. See his history.

Nuno Borges

Ranked no. 36, the Portuguese got to the 2^nd round after beating Arthur Rinderknech 6-1 5-7 6-2.

In the 1^st round, The Portuguese defeated Rinderknech (6-1 5-7 6-2). During the match Borges scored 117 points vs Rinderknech’s 95. Nuno was pretty aggressive to blast 53 winners.

Talking about serving, Borges fired 6 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Nuno Borges lost the serve twice and he saved 11 break points. Furthermore, Borges put 72% of his first serves in, winning 68% (53/78) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (15/30) on the 2nd serve. Borges broke Rinderknech 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Nuno’s best result of the current year was reaching the semifinal in Auckland.

Borges has a composed 11-7 win-loss record in 2025, 9-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 1^st

round in 2024. See his history.

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• Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (3-6 6-4 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Zizou BergsBergs (7-6⁴ 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Alex MichelsenMichelsen – Colton SmithSmith (6-3 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard – Fabian Marozsan
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• Tommy PaulPaul – Tristan BoyerBoyer (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marcos GironGiron – Casper RuudRuud (7-6⁴ 3-6 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Ugo HumbertHumbert – Kei NishikoriNishikori (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Holger RuneHolger – Corentin MoutetCorentin (6-2 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Sebastian KordaKorda (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• David GoffinGoffin – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-6) – H2H and prediction
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-2) – H2H and prediction
• Marcos GironGiron – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Quentin HalysHalys – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Andrey RublevRublev – (2-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Cameron NorrieNorrie (2-3) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Adam WaltonWalton (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (1-0) – H2H and prediction
• Rinky HijikataHijikata – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (1-2) – H2H and prediction
• Tomas MachacMachac – Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Bu YunchaoketeYunchaokete – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Jack DraperDraper – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Mariano NavoneNavone – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-0) – H2H and prediction