Maria Sakkari and Viktoriya Tomova will clash against each other in the 2nd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 6th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Saturday at 11:00 am 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 Maria Sakkari who should win in 2 sets.

As per the initial odds, Maria Sakkari is the pick to win this match.
Maria Sakkari -> 1.37
Viktoriya Tomova -> 3.1

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Prediction and head to head Maria Sakkari vs. Viktoriya Tomova

This will be the 6th time that Maria Sakkari and Viktoriya Tomova play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Sakkari (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Sakkari won 6-3 6-2 in the 2nd round in Linz back in January 2025.

Highlights Maria Sakkari vs Viktoriya Tomova – Linz 29-January-2025

Maria Sakkari

Maria Sakkari

5 - 9win/loss

Hard
4-8
I Hard
1-1
Rank
52
High
3
LWWLLWLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 25-29 14-19 7-5 1-1 3-4 0-0
2024 25-17 12-8 11-6 0-0 2-3 0-0
2023 38-25 26-17 5-4 3-1 4-3 0-0
2022 40-23 21-12 8-5 4-2 7-4 0-0
2021 38-20 23-13 9-4 5-2 1-1 0-0

Ranked no. 29, the Greek will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Merida where she lost 7-5 6-2 to Sonmez in the 1st round on the 25th of February.

Sakkari has an overall 4-9 win-loss record in 2025, 3-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, The Greek has an overall 459-305 record. She has a positive 227-160 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the final in 2022 and 2024. See her history.

Indian Wells
Sakkari's Record

Viktoriya Tomova

Viktoriya Tomova

4 - 7win/loss

Hard
1-5
I Hard
3-2
Rank
134
High
46
LLWLWLWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 19-26 9-13 4-7 3-2 3-4 0-0
2024 34-34 15-18 15-13 0-1 4-2 0-0
2023 42-29 16-9 20-10 4-5 2-5 0-0
2022 41-32 14-8 21-15 2-5 4-3 0-1
2021 23-32 5-9 13-12 2-7 1-3 2-1

Ranked no. 63, Tomova got to the 2nd round after defeating Olga Danilovic 6-2 6-3.

In the 1st round, Viktoriya had a good straight sets win against Danilovic (6-2 6-3). During the match Tomova scored 76 points vs Danilovic’s 57. The Bulgarian was very aggressive to blast 26 winners.

Talking about serving, Tomova blasted 4 aces and she committed only 2 double faults. Viktoriya Tomova lost the serve once and she saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Tomova put 65% of her first serves in, winning 76% (26/34) of the points behind her 1st serve and 39% (7/18) on the 2nd serve. Viktoriya broke Danilovic 5 times after converting 31% of her break points (5/16).

Viktoriya has a compiled 4-6 win-loss record in 2025, 1-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2024. See her history.

Indian Wells
Tomova's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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