Francisco Cerundolo and Botic Van De Zandschulp will square off in the 3rd round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st 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

Francisco Cerundolo

11 - 5win/loss

Hard
3-2
I Hard
0-0
Clay
8-3
Rank
26
High
19
WLWWLWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 11-5 3-2 8-3 0-0 0-0 0-0
2024 35-31 5-10 21-13 9-5 0-3 0-0
2023 39-26 10-10 19-12 4-2 6-2 0-0
2022 36-28 7-8 25-10 3-7 1-3 0-0
2021 44-24 3-2 39-21 0-0 2-1 0-0

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

In the 2nd 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

Indian Wells
Cerundolo's Record

Botic Van De Zandschulp

Botic Van De Zandschulp

7 - 8win/loss

Hard
7-5
I Hard
0-3
Rank
85
High
22
WWLWLWLWWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 7-8 7-5 0-0 0-3 0-0 0-0
2024 33-33 9-11 16-12 7-8 1-2 0-0
2023 27-25 10-9 4-6 12-7 1-3 0-0
2022 38-29 14-11 11-7 7-7 6-4 0-0
2021 53-23 17-5 24-10 9-5 3-3 0-0

Ranked no. 85, Van De Zandschulp reached the 3rd 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 2nd 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 3rd round in 2022. See his history.

Indian Wells
Van De Zandschulp's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

F.Cerundolo
B.Van Zandschulp
2h:18
2h:18
Time on court​
!
6h:14
6h:14
!
2h:18
2h:18
Last match​
!
2h:01
2h:01
1
1
Match played
!
4
4
30
30
Games Played​
88
88
3
3
Set played​​
11
11
106
106
Total points​
284
284
106
106
Avg point​
71
71
31
31
Winners
102
102
31
31
Avg Winners​
25.5
25.5
29%
29%
Ratio winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
4
4
Aces
13
13
4
4
Avg Aces
3.3
3.3
3
3
Double Faults
14
14
3
3
Avg Double Faults
3.5
3.5
31/49
31/49
1st won total​
102/156
102/156
63%
63%
1st won %
65%
65%
20/31
20/31
2nd won total​
57/109
57/109
!
65%
65%
2nd won %
52%
52%
-- Break Points --
5/12
5/12
BP won
15/31
15/31
5/12
5/12
Avg BP won
3.8/7.8
3.8/7.8
42%
42%
Won
48%
48%
4
4
Conceded
31
31
4
4
Avg Conceded
7.8
7.8
3
3
Broken
9
9
3
3
Avg Broken
2.3
2.3
1
1
Saved
22
22

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

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