Alexandra Eala def. Coco Gauff — Round of 32, Indian Wells Open 2026

🇺🇸
Indian Wells Open 2026

WTA 1000HardIndian Wells, USA

Played8 Mar 2026

Rounds
  1. R128
  2. R64
  3. R32
  4. R16
  5. QF
  6. Semifinal
  7. Final

🇵🇭ranked WTA number 32 going into this drawWon

Alexandra Eala seeded 31 6 2

🇺🇸ranked WTA number 4 going into this drawRetired

Coco Gauff seeded 4 2 0

🇵🇭A. EalaAlexandra EalavC. GauffCoco Gauff🇺🇸

🇵🇭Alexandra Eala

🇺🇸Coco Gauff

Match stats

Serve

0

Aces

2

0

Double faults

7

68%

1st serve in

44%

59%

1st serve points won

47%

50%

2nd serve points won

27%

56%

Service points won

36%

1/3

Break points saved

1/6

Return

64%

Return points won

44%

5/6

Break points won

2/3

39

Total points won

25

Head to head

1–1 level

  1. This matchIndian Wells R32won by Eala
  2. 2026HardDubai QFwon by Gauff

Stats, 6 months going in

Won–lost

6–4

Last 10 matches

7–3

4–2

Last 30 days

4–2

By surface

12–9

Hard

20–5

–

Indoor hard

1–2

By round

5–2

R32

4–1

4–1

R16

4–0

4–2

At WTA 1000s

13–3

How their matches go

19

Completed matches

28

37%

Won in straight sets

57%

16%

Won after losing a set

18%

21%

Lost after winning a set

11%

26%

Lost in straight sets

14%

2–1

Tiebreaks

6–1

3–4

Deciding sets

5–3

8/12

Won after winning set 1

18/18

2/7

Won after losing set 1

3/10

Serve and return, last 5 matches

67%

1st serve in

57%

62%

1st serve points won

68%

51%

2nd serve points won

36%

35%

Break points saved

54%

45%

Return points won

50%

45%

Break points won

54%

1.0

Aces a match

1.6

2.2

Double faults a match

11.6

Last 14 days

1

Matches

1

3

Sets

2

2

Days since last match

2

Common opponents, 6 monthsCommon opponents, 6 months going in

OpponentAlexandra EalaCoco Gauff
🇮🇹PaoliniNo. 7
🇮🇹PaoliniNo. 7WonDubai R32WonRiyadh RRWonWuhan SF
🇺🇸BaptisteNo. 42
🇺🇸BaptisteNo. 42WonDubai R64WonMelbourne R32
Total
Total2–03–0

Last 10 matches going in

LatestAlexandra EalaCoco Gauff
1Won🇺🇦D. YastremskaDayana YastremskaNo. 49No. 49 · 6 MarIndian Wells R64 · 6 MarWon🇺🇿K. RakhimovaKamilla RakhimovaNo. 92No. 92 · 6 MarIndian Wells R64 · 6 Mar
2Lost🇺🇸C. GauffCoco GauffNo. 5No. 5 · 19 FebDubai QF · 19 FebLost🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 9No. 9 · 20 FebDubai SF · 20 Feb
3Won🇷🇴S. CirsteaSorana CirsteaNo. 31No. 31 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 FebWon🇵🇭A. EalaAlexandra EalaNo. 40No. 40 · 19 FebDubai QF · 19 Feb
4Won🇮🇹J. PaoliniJasmine PaoliniNo. 8No. 8 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 FebWon🇧🇪E. MertensElise MertensNo. 22No. 22 · 18 FebDubai R16 · 18 Feb
5Won🇺🇸H. BaptisteHailey BaptisteNo. 39No. 39 · 15 FebDubai R64 · 15 FebWon🇷🇺A. KalinskayaAnna KalinskayaNo. 28No. 28 · 17 FebDubai R32 · 17 Feb
6Lost🇨🇿T. ValentovaTereza ValentovaNo. 44No. 44 · 9 FebDoha R64 · 9 FebLost🇮🇹E. CocciarettoElisabetta CocciarettoNo. 51No. 51 · 10 FebDoha R32 · 10 Feb
7Lost🇷🇺E. AlexandrovaEkaterina AlexandrovaNo. 11No. 11 · 5 FebAbu Dhabi QF · 5 FebLost🇺🇦E. SvitolinaElina SvitolinaNo. 12No. 12 · 27 JanMelbourne QF · 27 Jan
8Won🇧🇾A. SasnovichAliaksandra SasnovichNo. 104No. 104 · 4 FebAbu Dhabi R16 · 4 FebWon🇨🇿K. MuchováKarolína MuchováNo. 19No. 19 · 25 JanMelbourne R16 · 25 Jan
9Won🇹🇷Z. SonmezZeynep SonmezNo. 112No. 112 · 2 FebAbu Dhabi R32 · 2 FebWon🇺🇸H. BaptisteHailey BaptisteNo. 66No. 66 · 23 JanMelbourne R32 · 23 Jan
10Lost🇺🇸A. ParksAlycia ParksNo. 100No. 100 · 19 JanMelbourne R128 · 19 JanWon🇷🇸O. DanilovicOlga DanilovicR64 · 21 JanMelbourne R64 · 21 Jan