Alex Eala vs Xinyu Wang
Alex Eala vs Xinyu Wang, Who will win the 2nd round match at the Italian Open Tennis at Rome? Let’s find out.
Alex Eala has defeated Poland’s Magdalena Frech in the first round at the Italian open in 3 sets. Eventhough Eala has broke Frech serve 6 times, Eala has also been broken by her 3 times. As Xinyu Wang is seeded 31 in this tournament, she got 1st round bye will play her first match in the 2nd round only against Eala.
Looking at recent form, Alex Eala lost to Elise Mertens in the 2nd round at Madrid open, lost to Leylah Fernandez in the first round at Stuttgart open and lost to Jelena Ostapenko in the 2nd round at the Linz open tennis in this season on clay courts. On the other hand, Xinyu Wang has got the 1st round bye in this event and has lost all the three 2nd round matches in the last 3 tornaments she has played so far on the clay courts at Catalonia, Madrid and Rouen open tennis.
In terms of head-to-head statistics, Wang has beaten Eala once on the hard court in the ackland open in New Zealand. So far this year, Alex Eala has won 17 of 27 matches, maintaining a decent 61% win rate. Xinyu Wang has won 15 of her 26 matches and recorded 58 percent wins in this year.
Over her career, Eala has defeated 12 top-50 ranked players, including four top-10 victories. Xinyu Wang, on the other hand, has beaten 9 top-50 players. She defeated one top 10 player Coco Gauff in German open tennis in June 2025. Currently, Alex Eala is ranked world Number 42, while Xinyu Wang is ranked world Number 33, Wang is ranked slightly higher than Eala
Eala has not been so strong on clay courts, winning just 17 of her 41 matches on the surface—a 41% win rate in her whole career. Xinyu Wang has won 41 out of 38 of her matches in her whole career and has got 52% win rate.
Based on recent form and previous experiance on clay courts and overall statistics, it looks like both these players have a 50,50 win chances in this 2nd round match at Rome, Italy.