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Coco Gauff has only never lost her opening match in Indian Wells (6-0), Roland Garros (6-0), and Rome (6-0), after at least 4 main draw appearances
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Brandon Nakashima (10-5) is already the 5th player representing the United States with 10 ATP wins in 2026 (out of 17 in total), after Sebastian Korda (10-4), Tommy Paul (11-5), Ben Shelton (11-2), and Frances Tiafoe (10-5)
🎾Indian Wells 2026🎾
Ben Shelton has won each of his last 6 ATP matches against players representing the United States, since a loss to Learner Tien at Mallorca 2025 (including 2 wins against Taylor Fritz). It is already his longest ATP winning streak against compatriots (was 4 in April-August 2024)
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Anna Kalinskaya has won all of her 7 WTA matches in 2026 against players ranked outside the top 20 (7-0), with the lowest-ranked opponent to defeat Kalinskaya being #19 Karolina Muchova in the Doha quarterfinals (2-5 against top-20 opponents)
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In 10 main draw appearances, Ajla Tomljanovic has reached the 3rd round of Indian Wells for the 2nd time, after defeating Usue Maitane Arconada, Garbine Muguruza, and Tamara Zidansek to reach round 4 in 2021
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Marton Fucsovics defeats an ATP top-10 opponent for the 1st time since defeating #8 Taylor Fritz at Stuttgart 2023 (0-9 since), and defeats a top-10 player for the 1st time on hardcourt (was 0-21)
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Sorana Cirstea has won each of her last 4 WTA matches against seeded opponents (2 in Cluj-Napoca, 1 in Dubai, 1 at Indian Wells), equalling the longest WTA winning streak against seeded opponents of her career (4 wins at Canada 2013)
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Aryna Sabalenka has won each of her last 20 WTA matches against players ranked outside the top 10, since a loss to #12 Amanda Anisimova at Wimbledon 2025. Sabalenka's last loss against a player outside the top 10 on hard was #11 Mirra Andreeva at Indian Wells 2025 (23-0 since)
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Emma Raducanu wins a match at a WTA 1000 for the 1st time since defeating Cristina Bucsa at Beijing 2025 - Raducanu lost in the opening round of Wuhan 2025 (to Ann Li), Doha 2026 (to Camila Osorio), and Dubai 2026 (to Antonia Ruzic)
🎾Indian Wells 2026🎾
Victoria Mboko has won each of her last 16 WTA matches against players ranked outside the top 20, since a loss to #30 Dayana Yastremska at Ningbo 2025.
This winning streak of 16 against players outside the top 20 is almost half of Mboko's total WTA main draw wins (34-15)
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Jessica Bouzas Maneiro is yet to defeat a top-25 opponent in a "regular" WTA main draw on hardcourt (0-6) - Bouzas Maneiro has 2 wins over top-25 players on hardcourt in team events: #3 Coco Gauff at the United Cup in 2026 and #17 Beatriz Haddad Maia at the Billie Jean King Cup
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Since first dropping out of the WTA top-10 after Brisbane 2026, Ekaterina Alexandrova has only won matches in Abu Dhabi (lost the final to Sara Bejlek) - Alexandrova lost in the opening rounds of Adelaide, the Australian Open, Doha, Dubai, and Indian Wells (3-6 in total)
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Alexander Zverev defeats a player outside the ATP top 60 for the 1st time in 2026 (1-2), after losses to #72 Hubert Hurkacz (United Cup) and #84 Miomir Kecmanovic (Acapulco).
Zverev is 7-1 against top-60 players in 2026, with the loss against #1 Alcaraz at the Australian Open
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Learner Tien records his 2nd win in a Grand Slam/Masters tournament held in the United States (2-9 at US Open, Indian Wells, Miami, Cincinnati including qualifying), after defeating #522 Leandro Riedi in round 1 of Cincinnati 2025
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Indian Wells was the only ATP tournament in which Flavio Cobolli had competed multiple times in the main draw without ever winning a match (0-2) - Cobolli lost in the opening round in 2024 (to Roberto Carballes Baena) and 2025 (to Colton Smith)
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Peyton Stearns is only the 2nd player to lose their 1st match directly after winning a WTA title in 2026 (lost to Solana Sierra after winning the Austin title), after Elisabetta Cocciaretto (lost to Julia Grabher at the Australian Open after winning the title in Hobart)
🎾Indian Wells 2026🎾
Storm Hunter wins consecutive WTA matches against top-50 opponents for the 1st time (5-20 in her career), after her win against #40 Jessica Bouzas Maneiro at the Australian Open
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Botic van de Zandschulp has played at least 4 matches in ATP tournaments and Challengers (including qualifying) against Ugo Humbert (0-5), Matteo Berrettini (0-5), Daniil Medvedev (0-4), Alex de Minaur (0-4), and Juan Manuel Cerundolo (0-4) without winning at least once
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Nuno Borges won each of his last 5 ATP main draw matches against home players, since a loss to Tommy Paul at the US Open 2025 (5-0 since). In these 6 months, Borges lost all 4 Davis Cup matches he played against home players (0-4)
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Sofia Kenin won her opening match of 2026 (against Elena-Gabriela Ruse in Brisbane) but lost all 7 WTA matches that followed.
Kenin's current 7-match WTA losing streak (January-March 2026) is the 3rd longest of her career, after January-August 2022 (9) and January-April 2024 (8)
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Katie Volynets has only won her opening match in 2 of her last 11 WTA tournaments held in the United States (2-9 in opening rounds since Washington 2024): at Charleston 2025 (against Katherine Sebov) and Indian Wells 2026 (retirement win against Rebecca Sramkova)
🎾Indian Wells 2026🎾
Including qualifying, Alejandro Tabilo has played at least 5 opponents outside the ATP top 20 at Indian Wells (11-0) and Chengdu (6-0) without losing at least once.
The lowest-ranked player to defeat Tabilo at Indian Wells was #16 Frances Tiafoe in 2023
🎾Indian Wells 2026🎾
Lilli Tagger plays in her 2nd WTA main draw, after reaching the final of Jiujiang 2025 (lost to Anna Blinkova).
Tagger is 19-2 in her last 5 main draws (since September), after winning the titles in ITF W75 in Kursumlijska Banja in September and ITF W100 in Fujairah in January
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Behind Daniel Altmaier (0-7) and Shintaro Mochizuki (0-6), Valentin Royer (11.1%, 1-8) is the ATP player with the lowest win percentage in 2026, after at least 5 ATP matches played (followed by James Duckworth on 12.5%)
🎾Indian Wells 2026🎾
Venus Williams has lost her last 10 WTA matches against players outside the top 50, since defeating #113 Katie Volynets at Auckland 2023.
Since the start of 2023, Williams has defeated 3 top-50 opponents (3-7), most recently #35 Peyton Stearns at Washington 2025
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Including qualifying, Indian Wells (5-0) is the only WTA tournament in which Cristina Bucsa has played more than 3 opponents ranked outside the top 100 without losing at least once (3-0 in Portoroz, 2-0 in 8 different tournaments)
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Donna Vekic is the 3rd player to record her 1st WTA win of 2026 at Indian Wells (was 0-3), after Anna Blinkova (was 0-4) and Kayla Day (was 0-0).
Vekic defeated a top-100 opponent for the 1st time since defeating #40 Jessia Bouzas Maneiro at US Open 2025 (0-7 since)
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Aleksandar Kovacevic wins a main draw match in an ATP Masters for the 2nd time (2-16), after defeating Jaume Munar in round 1 of Miami 2023.
Kovacevic had lost his last 21 main draw matches in Grand Slams and Masters tournaments (since round 2 of the Australian Open in 2024)
🎾Indian Wells 2026🎾
With his 9th ATP match win on hardcourt in 2026 (9-2), Sebastian Baez has already exceeded his number of ATP wins on the surface from 2024 and 2025 combined (8-26)
🎾Indian Wells 2026🎾
Kayla Day has won her 1st WTA main draw match since defeating Moyuka Uchijima at Tokyo 2023 (0-9 since). It is Day's 1st WTA main draw win in the United States since winning against Misaki Doi at Stanford 2017 (0-8 since)
