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Alexandra Eala

Eala at the 2024 US Open
Full name	Alexandra Maniego Eala
ITF name	Alexandra Eala
Country (sports)	Philippines
Born	(2005-05-23) May 23, 2005 (age 19) Quezon City, Philippines
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	March 4, 2020
Plays	Left (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$504,935
Singles
Career record	164–98 (62.6%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 134 (January 27, 2025)
Current ranking	No. 140 (March 17, 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2023, 2024, 2025)
French Open	Q3 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2024)
US Open	Q3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	39–33 (54.17%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 192 (August 12, 2024)
Current ranking	No. 339 (March 17, 2025)
Medal record Women's tennis Representing the  Philippines Asian Games Bronze 2022 Hangzhou Singles Bronze 2022 Hangzhou Mixed doubles Southeast Asian Games Bronze 2021 Vietnam Singles Bronze 2021 Vietnam Mixed doubles Bronze 2021 Vietnam Team

Alexandra Maniego Eala (born May 23, 2005) is a Filipino professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 134, by the WTA, achieved on 27 January 2025. She is the highest-ranked Filipino female singles player in WTA Tour history, surpassing Maricris Gentz, who peaked at No. 284 on 18 October 1999. Eala was the No. 2 ranked ITF junior on 6 October 2020. Eala won her first junior singles title at the 2022 US Open, making her the first Filipino player to win a junior Grand Slam singles title.

Personal life

Her mother Rosemarie "Rizza" Maniego-Eala is a 1985 Southeast Asian Games bronze medalist in the 100-meter backstroke and retired chief financial officer of Globe Telecom. She is the niece of Philippine Sports Commission chairperson and former Philippine Basketball Association commissioner Noli Eala. Her brother, Michael (Miko), played tennis for the Pennsylvania State University Nittany Lions from 2020 to 2024. She has been a student of the Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor (Mallorca, Spain), since she was 12 years old.

Career

2018: Juniors beginning

At the age of 12, Eala won the 2018 Les Petit As 14-and-under tournament, beating Linda Nosková in the finals. She made her junior Grand Slam debut at the 2019 US Open. She was named the 2019 Milo Junior Athlete of the Year.

2020–2022: First junior Grand Slam doubles and singles titles

Eala won the 2020 Australian girls' doubles event, partnering Priska Madelyn Nugroho. They defeated Živa Falkner and Matilda Mutavdzic in the final.

Eala peaked in the junior rankings at No. 2, after reaching the semifinals at the 2020 French Open girls' singles competition.

Following a major triumph at the French Open in 2021, Eala paid tribute to her roots on Independence Day. Partnering Russia’s Oksana Selekhmeteva, she claimed the girls' doubles title as the tournament’s top seed. The pair defeated Maria Bondarenko of Russia and Amarissa Kiara Tóth of Hungary, 6–0, 7–5, in the final.

In September 2022, Eala became the first Filipino to win a junior Grand Slam singles championship and the only Filipino with multiple junior Grand Slam titles. She defeated the No. 2 seed, Lucie Havlíčková of the Czech Republic, in the girls' singles final of the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

Juniors Grand Slam performance

Grand Slam performance - singles:

• Australian Open: 3R (2020)
• French Open: SF (2020)
• Wimbledon: 2R (2021)
• US Open: W (2022)

Grand Slam performance - doubles:

• Australian Open: W (2020)
• French Open: W (2021)
• Wimbledon: 2R (2021)
• US Open: SF (2021)

Pro beginnings, First ITF title, WTA Tour and 1000 debuts

Eala with her bronze medals from the 2021 SEA Games

In March 2020, Eala made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit, as she played in the $15k event at Monastir, Tunisia, where she won her first professional match.

In January 2021, she leaped to the top 1,000 in the WTA rankings, after winning the title at the first leg of the $15k Manacor event in Spain.

She received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the Miami Open where she lost to Viktória Kužmová in three sets in the first round.

Eala made her first ITF doubles final at the $25k Platja d'Aro in Spain, playing with Oksana Selekhmeteva. They lost to Lithuania's Justina Mikulskytė and Romanian Oana Georgeta Simion, 3–6, 5–7.

In August 2021, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Winners Open in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, after receiving a wildcard. In her first match, she defeated Paula Ormaechea in straight sets. She lost in the second round to Mayar Sherif, also in straight sets.

She received a wildcard making her WTA 1000 debut at the 2022 Miami Open, losing to Madison Brengle in the first round.

Eala represented the Philippines at the 2021 SEA Games in Hanoi, Vietnam, which were postponed to May 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She earned a bronze medal in each of the three events she participated in: women's team (with Marian Capadocia, Shaira Hope Rivera, and Jenaila Rose Prulla), mixed doubles (with Treat Huey), and women's singles.

2023–2025: Major debut, historic top-10 win & Masters quarterfinal

In 2023, Eala made her debut in the qualifying draw of the Australian Open but she lost her first match to Misaki Doi in three sets. She qualified for the 2023 Thailand Open but lost in the first round to sixth seed Tatjana Maria.

She received wildcards for the main draw at the 2023 Miami Open and at the 2023 Madrid Open. She entered the top 200 in August 2023, and reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 191 on 18 September 2023. At the Asian Games, she won two bronze medals, one in the women's singles and the second in the mixed doubles with Francis Alcantara.

She received wildcards for the qualifying draw at the 2024 Miami Open, and for the main draw at the Madrid Open. During the 2024 Miami Open, she stunned former world No. 5, Sara Errani, during the first round of qualifying winning in straight sets. However, in the second round of qualifying, she suffered cramps and lost to Emiliana Arango. At the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open, she recorded her first WTA 1000 win over Lesia Tsurenko. She then lost in three sets against 27th seed Sorana Cirstea.

Eala entered the qualifying rounds of the 2024 French Open where she beat Ma Yexin of China and Taylah Preston of Australia to reach the final round, where she lost in another three-set match to Julia Riera of Argentina. For the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, she entered the qualifying rounds and reached the final qualifying match where she lost to eventual quarterfinalist Lulu Sun.

After Wimbledon, Eala entered the 2024 Open Araba en Femenino, a W100 tournament, where she triumphed in both singles and doubles. She won the title in singles without dropping a set. In doubles, she and her partner Estelle Cascino, won their second doubles crown. She reached a new career-high ranking in both singles and doubles, at world No. 143 and No. 208 respectively on 22 July 2024.

Eala entered the 2024 US Open qualifying competition, where she again reached the final qualifying round, losing to 20th seed Elena-Gabriela Ruse. She qualified for the main draw of the WTA 500 2024 Guadalajara Open Akron, losing in the first round to sixth seed Marie Bouzková.

Given a main draw wildcard entry at the 2025 Miami Open, Eala defeated Katie Volynets and 25th seed Jeļena Ostapenko to reach the third round for the first time at the WTA 1000-level. She went one step further and defeated world No. 5 Madison Keys to reach a WTA 1000 fourth round for the first time, her first top-10 and also top-5 win. Eala became the first Filipino player in the Open Era to beat a top-10 player, since the WTA Tour rankings for women’s tennis were first published in 1975. Eala was also the first player ranked outside the Top 100 to reach the round of 16 in a 1000 event in the season. Eala reached her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal after receiving a walkover from Paula Badosa. As a result she reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 102 on 31 March 2025.

Performance timeline

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2025 Miami.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2021	ITF Manacor, Spain	W15	Hard	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	5–7, 6–1, 6–2
Win	2–0	Apr 2022	ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand	W25	Hard	Luksika Kumkhum	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Jun 2022	ITF Madrid Open, Spain	W60	Hard	Marina Bassols Ribera	4–6, 5–7
Win	3–1	Jun 2023	ITF Yecla, Spain	W25	Hard	Valentina Ryser	6–3, 7–5
Win	4–1	Aug 2023	ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom	W25	Hard	Arina Rodionova	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4–2	Aug 2023	ITF Aldershot, United Kingdom	W25	Hard	Destanee Aiava	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	4–3	Nov 2023	ITF Pétange, Luxembourg	W40	Hard (i)	Océane Dodin	1–6, 5–7
Win	5–3	July 2024	Open Araba en Femenino, Spain	W100	Hard	Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2021	ITF Platja d'Aro, Spain	W25	Clay	Oksana Selekhmeteva	Oana Georgeta Simion Justina Mikulskytė	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Jan 2024	ITF Pune Open, India	W50	Hard	Darja Semeņistaja	Naiktha Bains Fanny Stollár	7–6(8), 6–3
Win	2–1	Mar 2024	Open de Seine-et-Marne, France	W75	Hard (i)	Estelle Cascino	Maia Lumsden Jessika Ponchet	7–5, 7–6(4)
Win	3–1	Jul 2024	Open Araba en Femenino, Spain	W100	Hard	Estelle Cascino	Lia Karatancheva Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–3, 2–6, [10–4]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2022	US Open	Hard	Lucie Havlíčková	6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2020	Australian Open	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	Živa Falkner Matilda Mutavdzic	6–1, 6–2
Win	2021	French Open	Clay	Oksana Selekhmeteva	Maria Bondarenko Amarissa Kiara Tóth	6–0, 7–5

ITF Junior finals

Singles (4–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2018	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	G4	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2018	ITF Alicante, Spain	G5	Clay	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–1	Nov 2018	ITF Makati City, Philippines	G4	Clay	Dasha Plekhanova	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Nov 2018	ITF Manila, Philippines	G4	Clay	Janice Tjen	3–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	2–3	Jan 2019	ITF New Delhi, India	G2	Hard	Federica Sacco	5–7, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 2019	ITF Kolkata, India	G2	Clay	Mai Napatt Nirundorn	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
Win	3–4	Sep 2019	ITF Cape Town, South Africa	GA	Hard	Linda Fruhvirtová	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–5	Oct 2019	ITF Osaka, Japan	GA	Hard	Diane Parry	2–6, 4–6
Win	4–5	Jul 2021	ITF Milan, Italy	GA	Clay	Nikola Bartůňková	6–3, 6–3

Doubles (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2018	ITF Alicante, Spain	G5	Clay	Joelle Lilly Sophie Steur	Maria Dzemeshkevich Lily Hutchings	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jun 2019	ITF Offenbach, Germany	G1	Clay	Annerly Poulos	Selena Janicijevic Carole Monnet	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Sep 2019	ITF Cape Town, South Africa	G2	Hard	Elvina Kalieva	Weronika Baszak Matilda Mutavdzic	3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Win	2–2	Dec 2019	ITF Plantation, United States	GA	Clay	Evialina Laskevich	Jada Bui Melodie Collard	6–3, 6–7(3), [10–5]
Win	3–2	Jul 2021	ITF Milan, Italy	GA	Clay	Madison Sieg	Lucija Ciric Bagaric Sofia Costoulas	6–4, 4–6, [13–11]

See also

In Spanish: Alexandra Eala para niños