Alexandra Eala def. Magda Linette — Quarterfinal, ASB Classic 2026

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ASB Classic 2026

WTA 250HardAuckland, New Zealand

Played9 Jan 2026

Rounds
  1. R32
  2. R16
  3. QF
  4. Semifinal
  5. Final

🇵🇭ranked WTA number 53 going into this drawWon

Alexandra Eala seeded 4 6 6

🇵🇱ranked WTA number 54 going into this draw

Magda Linette seeded 5 3 2

🇵🇭A. EalaAlexandra EalavM. LinetteMagda Linette🇵🇱

🇵🇭Alexandra Eala

🇵🇱Magda Linette

Match stats

Serve

0

Aces

4

2

Double faults

2

62%

1st serve in

58%

69%

1st serve points won

50%

42%

2nd serve points won

42%

59%

Service points won

47%

5/7

Break points saved

9/14

Return

53%

Return points won

41%

5/14

Break points won

2/7

70

Total points won

55

Head to head

2–1 Linette

  1. This matchAuckland QFwon by Eala
  2. 2025GrassNottingham R32won by Linette
  3. 2024HardAbu Dhabi R32won by Linette

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

5–5

Last 10 matches

4–6

2–0

Last 30 days

2–0

By surface

6–6

Hard

5–8

By round

0–1

QF

–

5–4

At WTA 250s

2–0

How their matches go

11

Completed matches

12

27%

Won in straight sets

17%

18%

Won after losing a set

25%

27%

Lost after winning a set

8%

27%

Lost in straight sets

50%

1–0

Tiebreaks

2–0

2–3

Deciding sets

3–1

4/7

Won after winning set 1

5/5

1/4

Won after losing set 1

0/7

Serve and return, last 5 matches

65%

1st serve in

60%

63%

1st serve points won

64%

45%

2nd serve points won

41%

53%

Break points saved

48%

48%

Return points won

39%

56%

Break points won

38%

1.6

Aces a match

4.0

3.0

Double faults a match

2.8

Last 14 days

2

Matches

2

5

Sets

6

1

Days since last match

1

Last 10 matches going in

LatestAlexandra EalaMagda Linette
1Won🇭🇷P. MarcinkoPetra MarcinkoNo. 84No. 84 · 8 JanAuckland R16 · 8 JanWon🇮🇹E. CocciarettoElisabetta CocciarettoNo. 83No. 83 · 8 JanAuckland R16 · 8 Jan
2Won🇭🇷D. VekicDonna VekicNo. 69No. 69 · 6 JanAuckland R32 · 6 JanWon🇺🇸V. WilliamsVenus WilliamsR32 · 6 JanAuckland R32 · 6 Jan
3Lost🇨🇦V. MbokoVictoria MbokoNo. 23No. 23 · 30 OctHong Kong R16 · 30 OctLost🇨🇭B. BencicBelinda BencicNo. 15No. 15 · 13 OctNingbo R32 · 13 Oct
4Won🇬🇧K. BoulterKatie BoulterNo. 63No. 63 · 28 OctHong Kong R32 · 28 OctLost🇭🇷A. RuzicAntonia RuzicNo. 80No. 80 · 6 OctWuhan R64 · 6 Oct
5Lost🇺🇸C. LiuClaire LiuR32 · 21 OctGuangzhou R32 · 21 OctLost🇨🇿M. BouzkovaMarie BouzkovaNo. 54No. 54 · 26 SepBeijing R64 · 26 Sep
6Lost🇨🇿T. ValentovaTereza ValentovaNo. 76No. 76 · 14 OctOsaka R32 · 14 OctLost🇨🇴E. ArangoEmiliana ArangoNo. 84No. 84 · 9 SepGuadalajara R32 · 9 Sep
7Lost🇮🇩J. TjenJanice TjenNo. 149No. 149 · 12 SepSao Paulo QF · 12 SepLost🇺🇸M. KesslerMcCartney KesslerNo. 34No. 34 · 24 AugNew York R128 · 24 Aug
8Won🇦🇷J. RieraJulia RieraNo. 175No. 175 · 10 SepSao Paulo R16 · 10 SepLost🇷🇺V. KudermetovaVeronika KudermetovaR16 · 14 AugCincinnati R16 · 14 Aug
9Won🇫🇷Y. MansouriYasmine MansouriR32 · 9 SepSao Paulo R32 · 9 SepWon🇺🇸J. PegulaJessica PegulaNo. 4No. 4 · 13 AugCincinnati R32 · 13 Aug
10Lost🇪🇸C. BucsaCristina BucsaNo. 93No. 93 · 27 AugNew York R64 · 27 AugWon🇸🇰R. SramkovaRebecca SramkovaNo. 36No. 36 · 10 AugCincinnati R64 · 10 Aug