Cori Gauff and Belinda Bencic will face off in the 4^th round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 4^th time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Wednesday at 11:00 am on STADIUM 1. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Cori Gauff who should win in 3 sets.

As per the initial odds, Cori Gauff is the pick to win this match.
Cori Gauff -> 1.5
Belinda Bencic -> 2.59

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Prediction and head to head Cori Gauff vs. Belinda Bencic

This will be the 4^th time that Cori Gauff and Belinda Bencic face off. The head to head is 2-1 for Gauff (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Gauff won 5-7 6-2 6-1 in the 4^th round in at the Australian Open back in January 2025.

Highlights Cori Gauff vs Belinda Bencic – Australian Open 19-January-2025

Cori Gauff

Ranked no. 3, Cori got to the 4^th round after defeating Unknown Player bye, Moyuka Uchijima 6-4 3-6 7-6(4) and Maria Sakkari 7-6(1) 6-2.

In the 3^rd round, Gauff had a good straight sets win against Sakkari (7-6¹ 6-2). During the match, Gauff scored 77 points vs Sakkari’s 57. Cori was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.

Regarding the service games, Gauff recorded 2 aces and she committed only 9 double faults. Cori Gauff lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Gauff put 64% of her first serves in, winning 77% (36/47) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (9/27) on the 2nd serve. Cori broke Sakkari 5 times after converting 63% of her break points (5/8).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Cori has surrendered 1 set in this competition to win 53% of the points she played.

Gauff has a fantastic match record in the last 9 years having won 70% of her matches (240-103). 11-3 on hard in 2025. In connection with her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Gauff has a composed141-61 match record in the last 9 years on hard.

Her best result of the season was winning the title in Australia where she overcame Iga Swiatek in the final 6-4 6-4.

Gauff has an overall 11-3 win-loss record in 2025, 11-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Belinda Bencic

Ranked no. 58, Belinda got to the 4^th round after beating Tatjana Maria 6-1 6-1, Amanda Anisimova 6-4 6-7(3) 6-1 and Diana Shnaider 6-4 6-4.

In the 3^rd round, Belinda had a good straight sets win against Shnaider (6-4 6-4). During the match Bencic scored 72 points vs Shnaider’s 56. Belinda was very aggressive to blast 27 winners.

Talking about serving, Bencic scored just 1 ace during the entire match and she committed only 3 double faults. Belinda Bencic lost the serve 4 times and she saved 3 break points. Furthermore, Bencic put 61% of her first serves in, winning 71% (27/38) of the points behind her 1st serve and 33% (8/24) on the 2nd serve. Bencic broke Shnaider 6 times after converting 55% of her break points (6/11).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Belinda has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 58% of the points she played.

Her best result of the current season was winning the title in Abu Dhabi where she beat Ashlyn Krueger in the final 4-6 6-1 6-1.

Belinda has a compiled 16-4 win-loss record in 2025, 16-4 on hard (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Indian Wells

Previously, her best result was reaching the semifinal in 2019. See her history

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H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)

Matches, sets, games and points

Points	Gauff	Bencic
Match played	2	3
Tot Set	5	7
Tot Games	53	64
Pts	197-173	230-169
Total Points	370	399
Winners	90	82
%Winners	46%	36%

Gauff played 2 matches while Bencic competed in 3 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Cori Gauff lost 1 set, while Belinda Bencic surrendered 1 set. Gauff has played 2 set(s) less than Bencic (5 vs 7). Therefore, Gauff played 11 games less than Bencic. Cori scored 90 winners (46% of the total points). On the other side, Bencic bagged 82 winners (36%).

Serve Performance

Serve	Gauff	Bencic
Aces	6	5
Avg per match	3	1.7
1st in	128/199	119/197
%1st in	64%	60%
1st pts	90/128	82/119
%1st pts	70%	69%
2nd pts	20/71	39/78
%2nd pts	28%	50%

Gauff recorded 6 aces (3 per match). Bencic managed to score 5 aces (1.7 per match). Gauff won 70% points on her first serve. She quite strong on her second serve to win 28% of the points. On the other side, Bencic won 69% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 50% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks	Gauff	Bencic
Won	12	18
Converted	12/19	18/32
% Converted	63%	56%
Conceded	26	17
Saved	15	9
% Saved	58%	53%
Times Broken	11	8

The American broke her opponents 12 times with a 63% conversion rate. The American conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 58% of the break points that she conceded. Belinda broke her opponents 18 times with a 56% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded her serve 8 times and she saved 53% of the break points that she conceded.

Gauff
	R2 Uchijima	R3 Sakkari	Total
Score	6-4 3-6 7-64	7-61 6-2
Tot Set	3	2	5
Tot Games	32	21	53
pts	120-116	77-57	197-173
Total points	236	134	370
Winners	54	36	90
%Winners	45%	47%	46%
SERVE
Aces	4	2	6
Double Faults	21	9	30
1st in	81/125	47/74	128/199
% 1st in	65%	64%	64%
1st pts	54/81	36/47	90/128
% 1st pts	67%	77%	70%
2nd pts	11/44	9/27	20/71
% 2nd pts	25%	33%	28%
Breaks
Won	7	5	12
Converted	7/11	5/8	12/19
Converted %	64%	63%	63%
Conceded	19	7	26
Saved	11/19	4/7	15
Saved %	58%	57%	58%
Times Broken	8	3	11

Bencic
	R1 Maria	R2 Anisimova	R3 Shnaider	Total
Score	6-1 6-1	6-4 6-73 6-1	6-4 6-4
Tot Set	2	3	2	7
Tot Games	14	30	20	64
pts	55-25	103-88	72-56	230-169
Total points	80	191	128	399
Winners	20	35	27	82
%Winners	36%	34%	38%	36%
SERVE
Aces	0	4	1	5
Double Faults	3	2	3	8
1st in	24/39	57/96	38/62	119/197
% 1st in	62%	59%	61%	60%
1st pts	20/24	35/57	27/38	82/119
% 1st pts	83%	61%	71%	69%
2nd pts	9/15	22/39	8/24	39/78
% 2nd pts	60%	56%	33%	50%
Breaks
Won	5	7	6	18
Converted	5/8	7/13	6/11	18/32
Converted %	63%	54%	55%	56%
Conceded	0	10	7	17
Saved	0/0	6/10	3/7	9
Saved %	–	60%	43%	52%
Times Broken	0	4	4	8

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• Qinwen ZhengZheng – Marta KostyukKostyuk (6-3 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Mirra AndreevaAndreeva – Elena RybakinaRybakina (6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings
• Elina SvitolinaSvitolina – Jessica PegulaPegula (5-7 6-1 6-2) – Stats, scores, rankings

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