Madrid Open 2025: Iga Swiatek vs Alexandra Eala preview, head-to-head, prediction and pick
Match Details
Fixture: Iga Swiatek (2) vs Alexandra Eala
Date: April 25, 2025
Tournament: Madrid Open 2025
Round: Second Round
Venue: Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain
Category: WTA 1000
Surface: Clay
Prize Money: $8,403,780
Live Telecast: USA - Tennis Channel / TC Plus | UK - Sky Sports | Canada - TSN
Iga Swiatek vs Alexandra Eala preview
Iga Swiatek plays young gun Alexandra Eala in the first round of the Madrid Open. Swiatek's clay court season opened with a quarterfinal loss to eventual champion Jelena Ostapenko in Stuttgart, but as the defending champion and second seed in Madrid, she'll be expecting to go further.
Alexandra Eala had been competing successfully on the ITF Tour before performing above expectations in Miami. She defeated seeded players Jelena Ostapenko, Australian Open champion Madison Keys and Swiatek without losing a set en route to the semifinal. She was beaten by Jessica Pegula, but took the fourth seed to three hard-fought sets.
19-year-old Eala lost in the second round in Oeiras, but came through her first test on the clay in Madrid with a straightforward 6-3, 6-2 defeat of Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova. She became only the second Asian teenager, after Naomi Osaka, to claim five or more WTA 1000 match wins in a calendar year.
Iga Swiatek vs Alexandra Eala head-to-head
Iga Swiatek and Alexandra Eala have played once on the WTA tour, with Eala leading the head-to-head 1-0. They played in the Miami quarterfinal, where Eala won in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5.
Iga Swiatek vs Alexandra Eala odds
(Odds to be updated when available)
Iga Swiatek vs Alexandra Eala prediction
World No. 2 Iga Swiatek has had a slow start to 2025 by her exacting standards. The Pole has reached three semifinals and three quarterfinals this year but has been unable to convert decent performances into tournament wins. Her quality on clay is undeniable, however, with four of her five Grand Slams coming at Roland Garros. Iga Swiatek will see the clay court season as her opportunity to win trophies.
19-year-old Eala is tipped to be a Major winner of the future after her Miami performances, She's currently ranked World No. 72, which seems a false position in light of her Miami heroics. US. Eala was the first Filipino player to capture a junior Grand Slam - the 2022 US Open.
Despite Eala's form and her win over Swiatek less than a month ago, the World No. 2 should prevail on her favorite surface. She may, however, need three sets to do so.
Pick: Iga Swiatek to win in three sets.