{"id":511492,"date":"2026-03-08T17:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/511492\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T17:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T17:07:09","slug":"elise-mertens-vs-belinda-bencic-prediction-odds-picks-for-wta-indian-wells-open-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/511492\/","title":{"rendered":"Elise Mertens vs. Belinda Bencic prediction, odds, picks for WTA Indian Wells Open 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elise Mertens will take on Belinda Bencic in the round of 32 at the WTA Indian Wells event on Monday.<\/p>\n

Based on the latest simulations, Dimers’ proven tennis model predicts Belinda Bencic as the most likely winner of the Mertens vs. Bencic<\/a> match.<\/p>\n

This article offers a closer look at Monday’s match, including best bets and picks.<\/p>\n

Mertens vs. Bencic prediction: Who will win and advance to the round of 16?<\/p>\n

Using innovative machine learning and data, we have simulated the result of Monday’s Mertens-Bencic women’s singles match 10,000 times as part of our tennis predictions<\/a> coverage.<\/p>\n

Our famous predictive model gives Bencic a 54% chance of defeating Mertens at the WTA Indian Wells Open tournament.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Bencic has a 53% chance of winning the first set. The simulations also show Bencic (+0.5) has a 53% chance of covering the games spread, while the under 22.5 games has a 54% chance of hitting, according to our model.<\/p>\n

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Elise Mertens vs. Belinda Bencic odds<\/p>\n

We have researched the most up-to-date betting odds in America for this match, which are listed here:<\/p>\n

Bet Type
\nMertens
\nBencic<\/p>\n

Moneyline
\n+155
\n-115<\/p>\n

First Set
\n+100
\n-125<\/p>\n

Game Spread
\n-0.5 (-116)
\n+0.5 (-118)<\/p>\n

Total Games
\no22.5 (-105)
\nu22.5 (-135)<\/p>\n

All odds are correct at the time of publication and are subject to change.<\/p>\n

Mertens vs. Bencic picks and best bet<\/p>\n

After matching our predictions against the best current odds, we can reveal our picks for each of the major markets. Plus, find our best bet for the game below:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elise Mertens will take on Belinda Bencic in the round of 32 at the WTA Indian Wells event…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-511492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}