Donna Vekic and Elina Avanesyan 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 12:00 pm 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 Elina Avanesyan who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Elina Avanesyan is the pick to win this match.
Elina Avanesyan -> 1.727
Donna Vekic -> 2.11

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Prediction and head to head Donna Vekic vs. Elina Avanesyan

This will be the 2nd time that Donna Vekic and Elina Avanesyan clash against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Vekic (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.

The last time that they squared off, Vekic won 6-2 7-6(0) in the quarter in Berlin back in 2023.

Donna Vekic

Donna Vekic

4 - 7win/loss

Hard
4-7
I Hard
0-0
Rank
72
High
17
LWWLLLWLWL
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 14-23 9-15 3-4 0-0 2-4 0-0
2024 32-20 12-10 8-5 2-1 10-4 0-0
2023 29-20 16-9 4-5 2-3 7-3 0-0
2022 28-20 10-9 9-6 2-1 7-4 0-0
2021 19-16 10-12 0-1 5-0 4-3 0-0

Ranked no. 22, the Croatian will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Merida where she lost 6-1 6-2 to Joint in the 2nd round on the 26th of February.

Donna has an overall 3-7 win-loss record in 2025, 3-7 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Talking about her overall career, Donna has an overall 397-290 record. She has a positive 224-158 record on hard.

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 2nd round in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023 and 2024. See her history.

Indian Wells
Vekic's Record

Elina Avanesyan

Elina Avanesyan

10 - 8win/loss

Hard
9-7
I Hard
1-1
Rank
120
High
36
LLLWLLLLLW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 12-16 10-9 1-5 1-1 0-1 0-0
2024 29-24 12-13 11-7 1-1 5-3 0-0
2023 31-24 7-12 20-9 0-0 4-3 0-0
2022 38-26 11-7 25-17 2-1 0-1 0-0
2021 48-19 0-0 48-18 0-1 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 39 (career-high), the Armenian got to the 2nd round after beating Lauren Davis 6-4 6-2.

In the 1st round, Avanesyan had a good straight sets win against Davis (6-4 6-2). During the match Avanesyan scored 65 points vs Davis’s 52. Elina was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

About the serving games, Avanesyan scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 5 double faults. Elina Avanesyan lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Avanesyan put 61% of her first serves in, winning 54% (20/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 46% (11/24) on the 2nd serve. Elina broke Davis 7 times after converting 50% of her break points (7/14).

Avanesyan’s best result of the year was reaching the semifinal in Hobart and Merida.

Elina has a composed 10-7 win-loss record in 2025, 9-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the 1st round in 2024. See her history.

Indian Wells
Avanesyan's Record

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

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