Varvara Gracheva and Lilli Tagger will fight against each other in the 1st round of the BNP Paribas Open for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to play on Thursday at 3:00 pm on STADIUM 3. Here the head to head stats and relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Varvara Gracheva who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Varvara Gracheva is the pick to win this match.
Varvara Gracheva -> 1.53
Lilli Tagger -> 2.49
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Prediction and head to head Varvara Gracheva vs. Lilli Tagger
There is no head to head record between Varvara Gracheva and Lilli Tagger since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Varvara Gracheva
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8-7 | 8-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 34-28 | 20-14 | 9-8 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 29-28 | 13-15 | 15-10 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 36-30 | 23-18 | 7-6 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 29-32 | 7-11 | 12-14 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 58, the French player will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in Dubai where she lost 6-4 6-0 to Pegula in the 2nd round on the 17th of February.
Varvara has a composed 8-5 win-loss record in 2026, 8-5 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Talking about her overall career, Gracheva has an overall 306-224 record. She has a positive 104-95 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
Previously, her best result was reaching the 4th round in 2023. See her history.
Lilli Tagger
| Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30-19 | 24-10 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0-0 |
| 2025 | 34-9 | 5-4 | 29-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 15-11 | 1-2 | 13-8 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 8-6 | 6-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 119, Lilli will start her run in Indian Wells after she played her last match in the Mumbai where she lost 6-4 6-3 to Sawangkaew in the final on the 8th of February.
Tagger has a compiled 12-3 win-loss record in 2026, 12-3 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Her best result of the current season was winning the title the W100 Fujairah where she defeated Harriet Dart in the final 6-4 6-2.
In terms of her career, Lilli has an overall 72-33 record. She has a positive 24-11 record on hard.
Previously in Indian Wells
The Austrian has never competed in this tournament before.
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