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.
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
| 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.
Polina Kudermetova
| 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.
Tennis Scores in Indian Wells
- Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova – Yulia PutintsevaPutintseva (6-2 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Elisabetta CocciarettoCocciaretto (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Ons JabeurJabeur (6-3 6-1) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Suzan LamensLamens (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Clara TausonTauson – Maria Camila Osorio SerranoCamila Osorio Serrano (7-63 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Lulu SunSun – Linda NoskovaNoskova (6-1 6-4) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Robin MontgomeryMontgomery (6-1 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Katie BoulterBoulter – Irina-Camelia BeguBegu (6-72 6-3 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 RosenkranzRosenkranz (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Thomas FancuttFancutt – Alexandru Vasile ManoleVasile Manole (6-4 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Giovanni FonioFonio – Justin ButschButsch (6-74 7-64 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Matheus Pucinelle De AlmeidaPucinelle De Almeida – Tomas Lipovsek PuchesLipovsek Puches (6-1 0-6 6-0) – Stats, scores, rankings
- Xinyu WangXinyu – Jelena OstapenkoJelena (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Caroline DolehideCaroline – Eva LysEva (7-6(3) 6-4) – See score progression
- Iga SwiatekIga – Caroline GarciaCaroline (6-2 6-0) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Aryna SabalenkaSabalenka – Mccartney KesslerKessler (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Lucia BronzettiBronzetti – Magdalena FrechFrech (2-0) – H2H and prediction
- Ekaterina AlexandrovaAlexandrova – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Darya KasatkinaKasatkina – Sofia KeninKenin (2-3) – H2H and prediction
- Caty McNallyMcNally – Ludmilla SamsonovaSamsonova (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Leylah Annie FernandezAnnie Fernandez – Jaqueline CristianCristian (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Cori GauffGauff – Moyuka UchijimaUchijima (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Viktoriya TomovaTomova – Maria SakkariSakkari (1-4) – H2H and prediction
- Amanda AnisimovaAnisimova – Belinda BencicBencic (2-1) – H2H and prediction
- Alycia ParksParks – (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Emma NavarroNavarro – Sorana CirsteaCirstea (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elina AvanesyanAvanesyan – Donna VekicVekic (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Elise MertensMertens – Kimberly BirrellBirrell (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Anastasia PotapovaPotapova – Madison KeysKeys (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Varvara GrachevaGracheva – (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Danielle Rose CollinsRose Collins – Hailey BaptisteBaptiste (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Magda LinetteLinette – Jessica PegulaPegula (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Qinwen ZhengZheng – Victoria AzarenkaAzarenka (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Elena RybakinaRybakina – Katie BoulterBoulter (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Marta KostyukKostyuk – Caroline DolehideDolehide (1-0) – H2H and prediction
- Karolina MuchovaMuchova – Katerina SiniakovaSiniakova (0-1) – H2H and prediction
- Dayana YastremskaYastremska – Iga SwiatekSwiatek (1-1) – H2H and prediction