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.
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
25 - 15win/loss
56
56
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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.
Varvara Gracheva
15 - 16win/loss
92
39
Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
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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).
H2H Performance in the tournament
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 | ||
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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 |
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