Liudmila Samsonova and Caty McNally will play each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 6:30 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 Liudmila Samsonova who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Liudmila Samsonova is the pick to win this match.
Liudmila Samsonova -> 1.24
Caty McNally -> 4.05

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Prediction and head to head Liudmila Samsonova vs. Caty McNally

There is no head to head record between Liudmila Samsonova and Caty McNally since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Liudmila Samsonova

Liudmila Samsonova

7 - 6win/loss

Hard
7-6
I Hard
0-0
Rank
21
High
12
LWWWLWLWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 9-7 9-7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 26-23 12-15 6-5 0-0 8-3 0-0
2023 34-24 25-15 4-4 1-1 4-4 0-0
2022 30-17 26-10 3-4 0-0 1-3 0-0
2021 39-22 15-9 6-9 8-3 10-1 0-0

Ranked no. 25, Samsonova will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-0 6-4 to Pegula in the 2nd round on the 18th of February.

Ludmilla has an aggregate 6-6 win-loss record in 2025, 6-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Samsonova’s best result of the year was getting to the semifinal in Adelaide.

Talking about her overall career, The Russian has an overall 300-181 record. She has a positive 116-75 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2022. See her history.

Indian Wells
Samsonova's Record

Caty McNally

Caty McNally

6 - 4win/loss

Hard
6-3
I Hard
0-1
Rank
414
High
54
LWLWWWWWLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 6-4 6-3 0-0 0-1 0-0 0-0
2024 8-5 2-2 5-0 1-3 0-0 0-0
2023 16-13 5-6 9-4 0-0 2-3 0-0
2022 32-23 7-9 1-6 17-5 7-3 0-0
2021 22-20 10-11 4-5 3-1 5-3 0-0

Ranked no. 491, Caty got to the 2nd round after beating Ajla Tomljanovic 6-4 ret..

In the 1st round against Tomljanovic, Caty had a free pass after Tomljanovic retired on a 6-4 . scoreline.

Caty’s best result of the season was getting to the semifinal in the W50 Spring.

Caty has an aggregate 6-3 win-loss record in 2025, 6-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2019, 2022 and 2023. See her history.

Indian Wells
McNally's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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