Francisco Cerundolo and Botic Van De Zandschulp will square off in the 3^rd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1^st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Monday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 3. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Botic Van De Zandschulp who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Botic Van De Zandschulp is the pick to win this match.
Botic Van De Zandschulp -> 1.82
Francisco Cerundolo -> 1.99

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Prediction and head to head Francisco Cerundolo vs. Botic Van De Zandschulp

There is no head to head record between Francisco Cerundolo and Botic Van De Zandschulp since this will be the first time that they will face off in the main tour.

Francisco Cerundolo

Ranked no. 26, Francisco got to the 3^rd round after defeating Unknown Player bye and Mackenzie Mcdonald 4-6 7-6(3) 6-1.

In the 2^nd round against Mcdonald, Francisco recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (4-6 7-6³ 6-1). During the match, Cerundolo scored 106 points vs Mcdonald’s 95. Cerundolo was pretty aggressive to blast 31 winners.

Regarding the service games, Cerundolo struck 4 aces and he committed only 3 double faults. Francisco Cerundolo lost the serve 3 times and he saved 1 break points. Furthermore, Cerundolo put 61% of his first serves in, winning 63% (31/49) of the points behind his 1st serve and 65% (20/31) on the 2nd serve. Francisco broke Mcdonald 5 times after converting 42% of his break points (5/12).

Cerundolo has a solid match record in the last 10 years having won 65% of his matches (324-172). 3-2 on hard in 2025. Talking about his performance on the same surface of this event, Cerundolo has a compiled 36-35 win-loss record in the last years on hard.

Francisco’s best result of the current season was getting to the final in Buenos Aires.

Francisco has a compiled 11-5 win-loss record in 2025, 3-2 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Ranked no. 85, Van De Zandschulp reached the 3^rd round after defeating Lukas Klein 5-7 6-3 6-3, Matteo Gigante 7-5 6-0, Nick Kyrgios 7-6(7) 3-0 ret. and Novak Djokovic 6-2 3-6 6-1.

In the 2^nd round, Van De Zandschulp defeated Djokovic (6-2 3-6 6-1). During the match Van De Zandschulp scored 87 points vs Djokovic’s 68. Botic was extremely aggressive to blast 35 winners.

About the serving games, Van De Zandschulp recorded 4 aces and he committed only 4 double faults. Botic Van De Zandschulp lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Van De Zandschulp put 71% of his first serves in, winning 60% (35/58) of the points behind his 1st serve and 71% (17/24) on the 2nd serve. The Dutch broke Djokovic 5 times after converting 63% of his break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Van De Zandschulp started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he has conceded 2 set in the tournament to win 54% of the points he played.

The Dutch has an aggregate 7-8 win-loss record in 2025, 7-5 on hard (See FULL STATS)

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Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, his best result was reaching the 3^rd round in 2022. See his history.

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Cerundolo	Van De Zandschulp
Match played	1	3
Tot Set	3	9
Tot Games	30	70
Pts	106-95	284-240
Total Points	201	524
Winners	31	102
%Winners	29%	36%

Cerundolo played 1 match while Van De Zandschulp competed in 3 matches. Van De Zandschulp started his run from the qualifications while Cerundolo had a direct access to the main draw. Both players lost a set in the event. Francisco Cerundolo conceded 1 set, while Botic Van De Zandschulp conceded 2 sets. Cerundolo has played 6 set(s) less than Van De Zandschulp (3 vs 9). Therefore, Cerundolo played 40 games less than Van De Zandschulp. The Argentine scored 31 winners (29% of the total points). On the other side, The Dutch struck 102 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Cerundolo	Van De Zandschulp
Aces	4	13
Avg per match	4	4.3
1st in	49/80	156/265
%1st in	61%	59%
1st pts	31/49	102/156
%1st pts	63%	65%
2nd pts	20/31	57/109
%2nd pts	65%	52%

Cerundolo blasted 4 aces . Van De Zandschulp recorded 13 aces (4.3 per match). Cerundolo won 63% points behind his first serve. He very solid his second serve to win 65% of the points. On the other side, Van De Zandschulp won 65% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 52% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Cerundolo	Van De Zandschulp
Won	5	15
Converted	5/12	15/31
% Converted	42%	48%
Conceded	4	31
Saved	1	22
% Saved	25%	71%
Times Broken	3	9

Francisco broke his opponent 5 times with a 42% conversion rate. The Argentine lost his serve 3 times and he saved 25% of the break points that he conceded. Botic broke his opponents 15 times with a 48% conversion rate. Botic conceded his serve 9 times and he saved 71% of the break points that he conceded.

Cerundolo
	R2 Mcdonald	Total
Score	4-6 7-63 6-1
Tot Set	3	3
Tot Games	30	30
pts	106-95	106-95
Total points	201	201
Winners	31	31
%Winners	29%	29%
SERVE
Aces	4	4
Double Faults	3	3
1st in	49/80	49/80
% 1st in	61%	61%
1st pts	31/49	31/49
% 1st pts	63%	63%
2nd pts	20/31	20/31
% 2nd pts	65%	65%
Breaks
Won	5	5
Converted	5/12	5/12
Converted %	42%	42%
Conceded	4	4
Saved	1/4	1
Saved %	25%	25%
Times Broken	3	3

Van De Zandschulp
	Q1 Klein	Q3 Gigante	R1 Kyrgios	R2 Djokovic	Total
Score	5-7 6-3 6-3	7-5 6-0	7-67 3-0 ret.	6-2 3-6 6-1
Tot Set	3	2	2	3	10
Tot Games	30	18	16	24	88
pts	132-119	–	65-53	87-68	284-240
Total points	251	0	118	155	524
Winners	42		25	35	102
%Winners	32%	0%	38%	40%	36%
SERVE
Aces	7	0	2	4	13
Double Faults	7		3	4	14
1st in	63/124	/	35/59	58/82	156/265
% 1st in	51%	0%	59%	71%	59%
1st pts	42/63	/	25/35	35/58	102/156
% 1st pts	67%	0%	71%	60%	65%
2nd pts	27/61	/	13/24	17/24	57/109
% 2nd pts	44%	0%	54%	71%	52%
Breaks
Won	7		3	5	15
Converted	7/19	/	3/4	5/8	15/31
Converted %	37%	0%	75%	63%	48%
Conceded	20		7	4	31
Saved	15/20	0/	5/7	2/4	22
Saved %	75%	–	71%	50%	196%
Times Broken	5		2	2	9

Tennis Scores in Indian Wells

• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Giovanni Mpetshi PerricardMpetshi Perricard (7-6³ 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alex MichelsenMichelsen (2-0 ret.) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Tommy PaulPaul – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 7-5) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Marcos GironGiron – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (5-7 6-3 6-3) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Holger RuneHolger – Ugo HumbertUgo (5-7 6-4 7-5) – See score progression

Upcoming matches in the draw

• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Gael MonfilsMonfils (2-4) – H2H and prediction
• Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Francisco CerundoloCerundolo (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – (0-0) – H2H and prediction
• Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (1-1) – H2H and prediction
• Tommy PaulPaul – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (1-3) – H2H and prediction
• Alejandro TabiloTabilo – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-3) – H2H and prediction
• Yosuke WatanukiWatanuki – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia (0-1) – H2H and prediction
• Jack DraperDraper – Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby (2-0) – H2H and prediction
• Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Ugo HumbertHumbert (3-0) – H2H and prediction