Jessica Pegula vs Alexandra Eala Prediction 3/27/25 Miami Tennis Picks

Jessica Pegula and Alexandra Eala clash in the semifinal of the 2025 WTA Miami Open on Thursday, March 27, 2025. Here’s our Jessica Pegula vs Alexandra Eala prediction. This preview will also include a Jessica Pegula vs Alexandra Eala pick.

Jessica Pegula Preview

Jessica Pegula is coming off a three-set win over Britain’s Emma Raducanu in the quarterfinals. The match took 31 games to decide. Pegula won 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 in two hours and 18 minutes.

In the victory, Pegula hammered 53 winners and 27 unforced errors, including six aces and one double fault. Pegula landed 78% of first serve points and won 74% of first serve points (59/80). The American fourth seed won 50% of second serve points (11/22) and saved five of six break points.

Pegula compiled 38% of return points (35/93) and broke Raducanu four times in the match. This is Pegula’s third career semifinal in Miami. She owns a 19-5 record for the tournament. 

Alexandra Eala Preview

Alexandra Eala stunned second seed Iga Swiatek for the biggest win of her career to reach a maiden WTA 1000 semifinal. Eala beat Swiatek 6-2, 7-5 in an hour and 41 minutes of nerveless tennis.

In the victory, Eala planted 18 winners and 12 unforced errors including one ace and three double faults. Eala landed 67% of first serves in play and won 52% of first serve points (23/44). The Filipina wild card won 50% of second serve points (11/22) and saved four of nine break points.

Eala won 61% of return points (43/70) and converted eight of 10 break points in the match. She is the first woman from the Philippines to reach a WTA semifinal. 

Her reward is a meeting with fourth seed Pegula. This will be her third career meeting against a top 10 player in the fortnight.

Jessica Pegula vs Alexandra Eala Head-To-Head

• Pegula and Eala have never met at any level. This will be their first meeting.

Jessica Pegula vs Alexandra Eala Prediction 

Eala is the Cinderella story of this year’s Miami Open and potentially a candidate for the WTA Newcomer of the Year, and we’re only three months into the 2025 season. She’s fearless and self-driven, but what really stands out is her composure under pressure. This is a player who opened up with three-digit odds to win this tournament and she’s now just two wins from a remarkable achievement. Her semifinal run this week has earned her a place in the tennis history books as the first Filipina to reach a WTA semifinal and a Top 100 debut already guaranteed. But even on the back of upsets of biblical proportions, I’m picking Pegula to win this. Maybe this might be too big a moment for Eala.