Alexandra Eala and Emma Raducanu are set to feature in both singles and doubles at Indian Wells this year.
Eala has been handed a tough singles draw for her debut appearance at Indian Wells this year, as she looks to continue rising up the rankings.
However, that will not be the only focus for the Filipina, with Eala also signing up for her fourth doubles tournament of the year.
Eala will be reuniting with a previous partner from earlier this year, while Raducanu will be playing just the fourth doubles tournament of her career on the WTA Tour.
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Eala played doubles alongside American teenager Iva Jovic, who went on to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals, in Auckland earlier this year.
The pair reached the semifinals at the ASB Classic, before being beaten by Yifan Xu and Zhaoxuan Yang.
As Eala and Jovic join forces once again at Indian Wells, they face a tough first round match against Jelena Ostapenko and Hailey Baptiste.
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While in the top half of the draw, Raducanu will be partnering her friend Elena-Gabriela Ruse for the first time after receiving a wildcard for the tournament.
They face perhaps an even tougher test in the first round, as they take on third seeds and two-time Grand Slam champion pairing of Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova.
Eala and Raducanu are not the only star singles players featuring in the women’s doubles draw, with Mirra Andreeva and Victoria Mboko, Sloane Stephens and Donna Vekic, as well as Belinda Bencic and Sorana Cirstea also joining forces for a blockbuster tournament.
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Despite only really making her breakthrough onto the WTA Tour over the past year, Eala has already played three times the amount of doubles matches as 2021 US Open champion Raducanu.
Raducanu has only played three WTA doubles tournaments so far in her career, with her best result coming in Washington D.C. last year alongside Elena Rybakina.
Eala actually has a negative win-loss record in doubles, but she has reached the quarterfinals of the WTA 1000 tournament in Rome with Coco Gauff, and most recently the semifinals of the Abu Dhabi Open with Janice Tjen.
| WTA Doubles Records | Alexandra Eala | Emma Raducanu |
| Win-loss Record | 8-10 (44.4%) | 3-3 (50%) |
| Best Result | Italian Open Quarterfinal 2025 (With Coco Gauff), Abu Dhabi Open Semifinal 2026 (With Janice Tjen) | Washington Open Semifinals 2025 (With Elena Rybakina) |
The women’s doubles draw at Indian Wells gets underway from Thursday, March 5.
As seeded players in the singles draw, both Eala and Raducanu receive automatic byes to the second round and will play their first singles matches on Friday, March 6.
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