THE singles’ rankings of Coco Gauff and Alexandra Eala are moving up ahead of the doubles’ second round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia’s Tennis Tournament, also known as the 2025 Italian Open.
A big shakeup in the rankings is seen and is expected to take place after Iga Swiatek and Jessica Pegula both exited the Rome netfest in the third round.
Gauff is expected to rise to the no. 2 spot in in the live Women’s Tennis Association rankings.
This was after Gauff, who is currently at no. 3 in the official WTA rankings, fought her way into the quarterfinals of the Italian Open after dominating Emma Raducanu, 6-1, 6-2 at the Grand Stand Arena on Monday evening in the last 16 at the Foro Italico.
This assured Gauff of going back to her career-high ranking of world no. 2 in the updated rankings.
Gauff’s latest win has strengthened her position, with a total of 6773 points in the official WTA rankings, ahead of the third-placed Pegula (6243).
Gauff is now 580 points at no. 2, ahead of Swiatek, who has dropped to fourth in the live standings.
Swiatek’s drop is expected after she failed to defend the 1,000 points she earned for winning the 2024 Italian Open.
As for Eala, her official ranking of no. 70 won’t hold for long, as it is seen to go up further to another career-high of no. 64, according to the live ratings.
Gauff and Eala are set to meet Italian netters Tyra Grant and Lisa Pigato in the second round.
Grant and Pigato arranged a clash with Eala and Gauff after they eliminated Kazakh bet Anna Kalinina and the Russian Irina Khromacheva, 2-6, 6-4 10-5, after an hour and 27 minutes of play.