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Round Of 16 By-The-Numbers: Serve Speeds, Winning Streaks And Americans On The Rise
March 11, 2025
The Round of 16 is in the set at the BNP Paribas Open, and on Tuesday, we’ll start paring down the draw even further. Before you tune into the action get primed with 16 notable numbers that jump out after three rounds or play in Tennis Paradise.
The Round of 16 is in the set at the BNP Paribas Open, and on Tuesday we’ll start paring down the draw even further. Before you tune into the action get primed with 16 notable numbers that jump out after three rounds or play in Tennis Paradise.
Only one teenager remains among the 32 singles players to have reached the round of 16 at the 2025 BNP Paribas Open: 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva. She faces Elena Rybakina in the round of 16 on Tuesday.
Only two times a man has completed a successful Indian Wells three-peat. Roger Rederer did the triple from 2004 to 2006, while Novak Djokovic completed the feat from 2014 to 2016. Carlos Alcaraz, who rides a 14-match winning streak in the California desert into the Round of 16, is bidding to become the third.
Three American women have reached the round of 16 at the 2025 BNP Paribas Open; Coco Gauff, Madison Keys, Jessica Pegula.
Five American men that reached the round of 16: Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul, Ben Shelton, Brandon Nakashima and Marcos Giron.
Stefanos Tsitsipas, 2025 Dubai champion, rides a seven-match winning streak into the round of 16.
Two-time finalist Daniil Medvedev has won eight straight matches against American players. He’ll face Tommy Paul in the round of 16 on Tuesday.
Iga Swiatek has recorded nine bagel sets in her 22 matches played at Indian Wells. The Polish juggernaut is 20-2 lifetime here, and she has won 35 of 42 completed sets. That means she has won 21.4 percent of her completed sets played at Indian Wells by the score of 6-0.
Marcos Giron snapped an 0 for 10 streak against the Top 5 when he toppled Casper Ruud in the second round, 7-6(4) 3-6 6-2.
2025 Australian Open champion Madison Keys stretched her current winning streak to 14 with her third round win over Belgian Elise Mertens.
Tallon Griekspoor had lost his first 18 matches against the Top 5, but he snapped that streak in the second round when he knocked off top-seeded Alexander Zverev, 4-6 7-6(5) 7-6(4). Griekspoor takes on qualifying sensation Yosuke Watanuki for a spot in the quarterfinal.
Ben Shelton is just 22-years-old. On Monday, he became the youngest American to make back-to-back round of 16 appearances at Indian Wells since 2012.
The combined record of the defending champions Alcaraz and Swiatek over the course of their BNP Paribas Open careers. 2024 and two-time champion Iga Swiatek (20-2), and two-time defending champion Carlos Alcaraz (18-2) kept their title defense hopes alive with stunning play during week one in Tennis Paradise.
Tommy Paul and Alex de Minaur each picked up their 50th career Masters 1000 match wins in the third round.
Among those with a minimum of 15 matches at the event since 1989, Iga Swiatek has the best winning percentage at 91 percent (20-2).
The 150mph speed of a Shelton fireball serve during his second-round win over Marion Navone of Argentina. Incredibly, Navone got it back and won the point. 11th-seeded Shelton prevailed 6-3 6-2. It’s the second consecutive year that Shelton has touched 150 on the radar. He did it last year during his round of 16 loss to Jannik Sinner.
The ranking of Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki, who at No. 349 became the lowest-ranked man to reach the round of 16 at the BNP Paribas Open since Tournament Director Tommy Haas in 1991. Watanuki is also the sixth lowest-ranked active player to reach the round of 16 at any Masters 1000 tournament.
