World number 51 Veronika Kudermetova will face the 79th-ranked Jaqueline Cristian in the first round of the 2025 WTA Indian Wells Open which will be played on Wednesday, March 5. Get all the Veronika Kudermetova v Jaqueline Cristian predictions, betting tips and odds for this encounter in the section below.
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Veronika Kudermetova v Jaqueline Cristian Head to Head
They have faced off three times in the past – once on the ITF circuit where Kudermetova won, once in the Billie Jean King Cup and then again in the 2021 Linz Open. The last two matches were won by Cristian.
Veronika Trying to Inch Back to Her Best
Once ranked ninth in the world, Veronika Kudermetova had a rather underwhelming 2024 season and that caused her ranking to plummet to 72nd at the start of this season.
She lost her opener at the Brisbane International to kick-start 2025 but since then Kudermetova has been showing some sparkle.
Kudermetova made the quarterfinals at the Hobart International and shocked Beatriz Haddad Maia on her way to the fourth round at Australian Open – her best ever performance at that tournament.
Over the next three tournaments held in the Middle East, Kudermetova was forced to come through the qualifiers and won a round at two of them.
That’s allowed her to jump back into the top 50 again and she will now hope to get close to her previous performances in Indian Wells – a quarterfinal in 2022 and third round showings in 2023 and 2024.
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Cristian Looking to Improve On Her Ranking
Jaqueline Cristian was once looking to make it into the top 50 of the rankings but from her career-best ranking of 56, she has slipped down to 85th.
And some of that can be seen from how she has gone about her tennis this year.
At the Australian Open, it looked like she was in some kind of rhythm and even made the third round and looked good to enter the round of 16 as she took the first set against lucky loser Eva Lys. Unfortunately for Cristian, her game fell away after that.
Other than that performance in the season’s opening major, Cristian has won just two matches – the first round at Auckland and the opener in Merida last week. She will need to do a lot better to come through.
Kudermetova v Cristian Predictions
With Kudermetova showing signs of slowly getting back to her best, we could see her dominate this contest. Backing the Russian to grab a win here.
Kudermetova v Cristian Tips
- Kudermetova to win: 8/11
