Ekaterina Alexandrova and Polina Kudermetova will play each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 9. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Ekaterina Alexandrova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Ekaterina Alexandrova is the pick to win this match.
Ekaterina Alexandrova -> 1.35
Polina Kudermetova -> 3.2

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Prediction and head to head Ekaterina Alexandrova vs. Polina Kudermetova

This will be the 2nd time that Ekaterina Alexandrova and Polina Kudermetova clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Kudermetova (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Kudermetova won 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in Seoul back in 2024.

Highlights Polina Kudermetova vs Ekaterina Alexandrova – Seoul 18-September-2024

Ekaterina Alexandrova

Ekaterina Alexandrova

9 - 6win/loss

Hard
5-6
I Hard
4-0
Rank
10
High
10
LLWLWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 47-25 22-16 13-5 4-1 8-3 0-0
2024 26-25 17-13 1-7 3-2 5-3 0-0
2023 33-21 17-13 6-5 0-1 10-2 0-0
2022 35-18 12-10 13-5 4-2 6-1 0-0
2021 26-23 10-9 6-5 7-7 3-2 0-0

Ranked no. 19, Ekaterina will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 3-6 6-4 6-3 to Kudermetova in the 1st round on the 17th of February.

Alexandrova has a compiled 9-5 win-loss record in 2025, 5-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Her best result of the current year was winning the title in Linz where she beat Dayana Yastremska in the final 6-2 3-6 7-5.

Talking about her overall career, The Russian has an overall 336-222 record. She has a positive 112-91 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 3rd round in 2019. See her history.

Indian Wells
Alexandrova's Record

Polina Kudermetova

Polina Kudermetova

13 - 6win/loss

Hard
13-5
I Hard
0-1
Rank
90
High
54
LLLLWWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-26 18-18 1-5 0-1 0-2 0-0
2024 53-35 28-13 21-14 4-6 0-1 0-1
2023 33-26 5-5 13-13 10-5 3-2 2-1
2022 54-19 30-14 8-3 16-2 0-0 0-0
2021 21-13 3-2 9-7 9-4 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 60, Polina got to the 2nd round after defeating Claire Liu 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round, Polina had a good straight sets win against Liu (6-4 6-2). During the match Kudermetova scored 77 points vs Liu’s 66. Polina was very aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Talking about serving, Kudermetova was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she committed only 4 double faults. Polina Kudermetova lost the serve twice and she saved 13 break points. Furthermore, Kudermetova put 58% of her first serves in, winning 61% (31/51) of the points behind her 1st serve and 49% (18/37) on the 2nd serve. The Russian broke Liu 5 times after converting 56% of her break points (5/9).

The Russian’s best result of the year was reaching the final in Brisbane.

The Russian has an aggregate 12-6 win-loss record in 2025, 12-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Kudermetova has never competed in this tournament before.

Indian Wells
Kudermetova's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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