Alexandra Eala and Varvara Gracheva will face off in the semifinal of the Rothesay International for the 2nd time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Friday at 11:00 am on CENTRE COURT. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.

Prediction, odds and live streaming

The pick for Tennis Tonic is Alexandra Eala who should win in 3 sets.

See updated oddsAs per the initial odds, Alexandra Eala is the pick to win this match.
Alexandra Eala -> 1.49
Varvara Gracheva -> 2.62

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Prediction and head to head Alexandra Eala vs. Varvara Gracheva

This will be the 2nd time that Alexandra Eala and Varvara Gracheva play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Eala (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on grass.

The last time that they played each other, Eala won 6-3 3-6 6-3 in the qualifications in Nottingham back in June 2025.

Alexandra Eala

Alexandra Eala

25 - 15win/loss

Hard
11-5
I Hard
3-3
Clay
2-4
Grass
9-3
Rank
56
High
56
LWWWWWWLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 26-16 11-5 2-4 3-3 10-4 0-0
2024 42-31 27-18 3-6 7-4 5-3 0-0
2023 45-23 37-16 0-3 8-4 0-0 0-0
2022 45-20 30-13 0-1 15-6 0-0 0-0
2021 17-13 10-7 5-4 2-2 0-0 0-0

Ranked no. 74, Eala reached the semifinal after defeating Zeynep Sonmez 6-1 6-3, Hailey Baptiste 6-7(1) 7-6(4) 6-1, Lucia Bronzetti 6-0 6-1, Jelena Ostapenko 0-6 6-2 3-2 ret. and Dayana Yastremska 6-1 6-2.

In the quarter, The Filipino had a good straight sets win against Yastremska (6-1 6-2). During the match, Eala scored 57 points vs Yastremska’s 37. Eala was quite aggressive to blast 20 winners.

Talking about the service games, Eala wasn’t able to score even 1 ace throughout the encounter and she committed only 1 double fault. Alexandra Eala lost the serve 3 times and she saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Eala put 74% of her first serves in, winning 54% (20/37) of the points behind her 1st serve and 54% (7/13) on the 2nd serve. Eala broke Yastremska 7 times after converting 58% of her break points (7/12).

Overall Performance in this tournament

Eala started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has surrendered 1 set in this tournament to win 59% of the points she played.

Eala has a solid match record in the last 7 years having won 63% of her matches (179-106). 9-3 on grass in 2025. Talking about her performance on the same surface of this tournament, Eala has an overall14-6 win-loss record in the last 7 years on grass.

The Filipino’s best result of the current year was getting to the semifinal in the Canberra and Miami.

Alexandra has a compiled 25-15 win-loss record in 2025, 9-3 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Previously in Eastbourne

The Filipino has never competed in this tournament before.

Eastbourne
Eala's Record

Varvara Gracheva

Varvara Gracheva

15 - 16win/loss

Hard
4-6
I Hard
1-3
Clay
6-6
Grass
4-1
Rank
92
High
39
LWWWWLLLWW
Year Total Hard Clay I.hard Grass Carpet
2025 15-17 4-6 6-6 1-3 4-2 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
2021 27-31 11-10 7-10 9-9 0-2 0-0

Ranked no. 111, Gracheva reached the semifinal after defeating Caroline Dolehide 6-3 3-6 6-4, Viktorija Golubic 2-6 7-6(3) 6-4, Maria Camila Osorio Serrano 6-4 4-6 7-5, Rebecca Sramkova 7-5 6-3 and Barbora Krejcikova w/o.

In the quarter, Varvara defeated Krejcikova (w/o). During the match Gracheva and Krejcikova scored the same amount of points (). However, the world no. 74 was stronger during the important points and that was the most significant difference in the match. The French player was not very aggressive do strike just winners.

Talking about serving, Gracheva was unable to score even 1 ace for the entire match and she was quite solid in conceding no double faults for the entire match. Varvara Gracheva conceded no breaks for the entire match to put 0% of her first serves in, win 0% (/) of the points behind her 1st serve and 0% (/) on the 2nd serve.

Overall Performance in this tournament

Gracheva started her run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, she has conceded 3 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points she played.

Varvara’s best result of the current season was getting to the semifinal in the Paris.

Gracheva has a compiled 15-16 win-loss record in 2025, 4-1 on grass (See FULL STATS).

Eastbourne
Gracheva's Record

H2H Performance in the tournament

A.Eala
V.Gracheva
7h:43
7h:43
Time on court​
8h:04
8h:04
1h:06
1h:06
Last match​
1h:21
1h:21
!
5
5
Match played
4
4
96
96
Games Played​
112
112
13
13
Set played​​
11
11
354
354
Total points​
367
367
70.8
70.8
Avg point​
91.8
91.8
119
119
Winners
173
173
23.8
23.8
Avg Winners​
43.3
43.3
34%
34%
Ratio winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
8
8
0
0
Avg Aces
2
2
7
7
Double Faults
9
9
1.4
1.4
Avg Double Faults
2.3
2.3
119/202
119/202
1st won total​
173/270
173/270
59%
59%
1st won %
64%
64%
55/86
55/86
2nd won total​
67/118
67/118
!
64%
64%
2nd won %
57%
57%
-- Break Points --
30/61
30/61
BP won
14/34
14/34
6/12.2
6/12.2
Avg BP won
3.5/8.5
3.5/8.5
49%
49%
Won
41%
41%
23
23
Conceded
38
38
4.6
4.6
Avg Conceded
9.5
9.5
14
14
Broken
11
11
2.8
2.8
Avg Broken
2.8
2.8
9
9
Saved
27
27

Matches, sets, games and points

Points Eala Gracheva
Match played 5 4
Tot Set 13 11
Tot Games 96 112
Pts 354-266 367-347
Total Points 620 714
Winners 119 173
%Winners 34% 47%

Eala played 5 matches while Gracheva competed in 4 matches. Both players lost a set in the event. Alexandra Eala conceded 2 sets, while Varvara Gracheva dropped 3 sets. Eala has played 2 sets more than Gracheva (13 vs 11). However, it’s interesting to notice that Eala played 16 games less than Gracheva. Eala scored 119 winners (34% of the total points). On the other side, The French player struck 173 winners (47%).

Serve Performance

Serve Eala Gracheva
Aces 0 8
Avg per match 0 2
1st in 202/288 270/388
%1st in 70% 70%
1st pts 119/202 173/270
%1st pts 59% 64%
2nd pts 55/86 67/118
%2nd pts 64% 57%

Eala didn’t manage to fire a single ace to far. Gracheva struck 8 aces (2 per match). Eala won 59% points on her first serve. She pretty effective on her second serve to win 64% of the points. On the other side, Gracheva won 64% of the points behind her first serve. She had a solid display on her second serve to win 57% of the points.

How they played the important points

Breaks Eala Gracheva
Won 30 14
Converted 30/61 14/34
% Converted 49% 41%
Conceded 23 38
Saved 9 27
% Saved 39% 71%
Times Broken 14 11

The Filipino broke her opponents 30 times with a 49% conversion rate. The Filipino dropped her serve 14 times and she saved 39% of the break points that she conceded. Gracheva broke her opponents 14 times with a 41% conversion rate. The French player conceded her serve 11 times and she saved 71% of the break points that she conceded.

Eala
Q1
Sonmez
Q3
Baptiste
R1
Bronzetti
R2
Ostapenko
1/4
Yastremska
Total
Score 6-1 6-3 6-71 7-64 6-1 6-0 6-1 0-6 6-2 3-2 ret. 6-1 6-2
Tot Set 2 3 2 3 2 12
Tot Games 16 33 13 19 15 96
pts 67-41 111-99 55-25 64-64 57-37 354-266
Total points 108 210 80 128 94 620
Winners 21 37 22 19 20 119
%Winners 31% 33% 40% 30% 35% 34%
SERVE
Aces 0 0 0 0 0 0
Double Faults 0 4 0 2 1 7
1st in 30/46 74/101 28/39 33/52 37/50 202/288
% 1st in 65% 73% 72% 63% 74% 70%
1st pts 21/30 37/74 22/28 19/33 20/37 119/202
% 1st pts 70% 50% 79% 58% 54% 59%
2nd pts 12/16 16/27 8/11 12/19 7/13 55/86
% 2nd pts 75% 59% 73% 63% 54% 64%
Breaks
Won 5 10 5 3 7 30
Converted 5/12 10/18 5/9 3/10 7/12 30/61
Converted % 42% 56% 56% 30% 58% 49%
Conceded 2 11 0 3 7 23
Saved 1/2 4/11 0/0 0/3 4/7 9
Saved % 50% 36% 0% 57% 29%
Times Broken 1 7 0 3 3 14
Gracheva
Q1
Dolehide
Q3
Golubic
R1
Camila Osorio Serrano
R2
Sramkova
1/4
Krejcikova
Total
Score 6-3 3-6 6-4 2-6 7-63 6-4 6-4 4-6 7-5 7-5 6-3 w/o
Tot Set 3 3 3 2 11
Tot Games 28 31 32 21 112
pts 87-82 100-105 112-111 68-49 367-347
Total points 169 205 223 117 714
Winners 40 47 58 28 173
%Winners 46% 47% 52% 41% 47%
SERVE
Aces 3 0 2 3 8
Double Faults 0 4 4 1 9
1st in 60/92 81/115 93/126 36/55 270/388
% 1st in 65% 70% 74% 65% 70%
1st pts 40/60 47/81 58/93 28/36 173/270
% 1st pts 67% 58% 62% 78% 64%
2nd pts 21/32 15/34 16/33 15/19 67/118
% 2nd pts 66% 44% 48% 79% 57%
Breaks
Won 2 5 4 3 14
Converted 2/6 5/10 4/9 3/9 14/34
Converted % 33% 50% 44% 33% 41%
Conceded 8 17 12 1 38
Saved 7/8 11/17 9/12 0/1 27
Saved % 88% 65% 75% 0% 46%
Times Broken 1 6 3 1 11

Tennis Scores in Eastbourne

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