Leylah Annie Fernandez and Jaqueline Cristian will play each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 6:30 pm on STADIUM 6. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Leylah Annie Fernandez who should win in 2 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Leylah Annie Fernandez is the pick to win this match.
Leylah Annie Fernandez -> 1.41
Jaqueline Cristian -> 2.91

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Prediction and head to head Leylah Annie Fernandez vs. Jaqueline Cristian

There is no head to head record between Leylah Annie Fernandez and Jaqueline Cristian since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Leylah Annie Fernandez

Leylah Annie Fernandez

9 - 7win/loss

Hard
9-7
I Hard
0-0
Rank
24
High
13
LWWWWWLWLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 21-18 15-9 2-5 0-0 4-4 0-0
2024 31-25 18-15 6-6 0-1 7-3 0-0
2023 41-24 28-16 5-6 6-0 2-2 0-0
2022 21-15 12-10 6-4 3-1 0-0 0-0
2021 25-17 19-10 3-5 2-0 1-2 0-0

Ranked no. 27, Annie Fernandez will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-2 6-2 to Mertens in the 1st round on the 16th of February.

The Canadian has a compiled 9-6 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Annie Fernandez has an overall 207-134 record. She has a positive 134-82 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2021 and 2022. See her history.

Indian Wells
Annie Fernandez's Record

Jaqueline Cristian

Jaqueline Cristian

7 - 6win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
0-1
Rank
52
High
49
LWWLWWWLLL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-17 14-7 12-6 0-1 0-3 0-0
2024 28-32 5-15 17-11 5-4 1-2 0-0
2023 51-28 4-7 28-11 15-6 1-3 3-1
2022 13-16 9-8 0-0 4-8 0-0 0-0
2021 37-26 5-5 15-12 17-7 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 79, Cristian got to the 2nd round after defeating Veronika Kudermetova 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, Cristian had a good straight sets win against Kudermetova (6-2 6-3). During the match Cristian scored 76 points vs Kudermetova’s 63. The Romanian was pretty aggressive to blast 32 winners.

About the serving games, Cristian managed to score 4 aces and she committed only 3 double faults. Jaqueline Cristian lost the serve once and she saved 5 break points. Furthermore, Cristian put 61% of her first serves in, winning 74% (32/43) of the points behind her 1st serve and 37% (10/27) on the 2nd serve. The Romanian broke Kudermetova 4 times after converting 67% of her break points (4/6).

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

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the qualifications in 2024. See her history.

Indian Wells
Cristian's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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