Alex Eala
Full name | Alexandra Maniego Eala |
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ITF name | Alexandra Eala |
Country (sports) | Philippines |
Born | Quezon City, Philippines | May 23, 2005
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | March 4, 2020 |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 14,570 |
Singles | |
Career record | 22–16 (57.9%) |
Career titles | 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 505 (Aug 9, 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 513 (Aug 30, 2021) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open Junior | 3R (2020) |
French Open Junior | SF (2020) |
Wimbledon Junior | 2R (2021) |
US Open Junior | QF (2021) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 4–2 (66.7%) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 753 (Jul 12, 2021) |
Current ranking | No. 754 (Aug 30, 2021) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open Junior | W (2020) |
French Open Junior | W (2021) |
Wimbledon Junior | 2R (2021) |
US Open Junior | SF (2021) |
Last updated on: September 7, 2021. |
Alexandra Maniego Eala (born May 23, 2005) is a Filipina tennis player.
Eala is the current Australian Open girls' doubles title holder. She is the No. 2 ranked ITF junior, achieved on October 6, 2020.[1] Eala has a career high WTA singles ranking of 505 achieved on Aug 9, 2021.
Her mother Rizza is a 1985 Southeast Asian Games bronze medalist in the 100-meter backstroke and currently serves as the chief financial officer of Globe Telecom. She is the niece of former Philippine Basketball Association commissioner Noli Eala. Her brother, Michael, plays tennis for the Pennsylvania State University.[2]
Junior career[]
At the age of 12, Eala won the 2018 Les Petit As 14-and-under tournament, beating Linda Nosková in the finals.[3] She made her junior Grand Slam debut at the 2019 US Open.[4] She was named the 2019 Milo Junior Athlete of the Year. [5]
Eala won the 2020 Australian girls' doubles event, partnering Priska Madelyn Nugroho. They defeated Živa Falkner and Matilda Mutavdzic in the finals.[6]
Eala peaked in the Girl's Junior rankings at No. 2 after reaching the semifinals at the 2020 French Open girls' singles competition.[7]
Eala paid tribute to her roots on Independence Day following another Grand Slam triumph this time on the clay court in Paris. Eala and her Russian partner Oksana Selekhmeteva captured the French Open girls' doubles title Saturday. They were the top seeds in the tournament, won after knocking off Maria Bondarenko of Russia and Amarissa Kiara Tóth of Hungary, 6–0, 7–5, in the final.[8]
Professional career[]
Eala made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit on March 4, 2020 as a junior reserved in the $15K event at Monastir, where she won her first professional match.[9] She leaped to the top 1000 in the WTA that was established by tennis legend Billie Jean King for professional women players comes after the teen prodigy secured her first pro tennis championship title at the first leg of the ITF W15 Manacor in Spain held in January 2021.[10]
Eala made to her first final for ITF doubles with Oksana Selekhmeteva and ended their run in the W25 Platja D’Aro in Spain Saturday night after falling short to Lithuania’s Justina Mikulskyte and Romanian Oana Georgeta Simion, 6-3, 7-5, in the final.[11]
Junior Grand Slam finals[]
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)[]
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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 Circuit finals[]
Singles: 1 (1 title)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jan 2021 | ITF Manacor, Spain | 15,000 | Hard | Yvonne Cavallé Reimers | 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
Doubles: 1 runner–up[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2021 | ITF Platja D'Aro, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | Oksana Selekhmeteva | Oana Georgeta Simion Justina Mikulskytė |
3–6, 5–7 |
ITF Junior Finals[]
Legend |
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Grand Slam |
Category GA |
Category G1 |
Category G2 |
Category G3 |
Category G4 |
Category G5 |
Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)[]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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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 | Jessica 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 Bartunkova | 6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)[]
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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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] |
References[]
- ^ "Alexandra Eala". October 12, 2020 – via www.itftennis.com.
- ^ "Michael Francis Eala Overview".
- ^ "Lilov & Eala win at Les Petits As". tenniseurope. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
- ^ "Filipina Alex Eala makes US Open juniors debut vs tough Aussie". Philippine Daily Inquirer. September 1, 2019.
- ^ "Top Juniors Honored". Business Mirror. February 22, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ "Alex Eala wins first juniors Grand Slam title in 2020 Australian Open". Rappler. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ "Alex Eala clinches juniors world No. 2 after French Open romp". Rappler. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ "Alex Eala wins Grand Slam on Independence Day: 'I hope I made my contribution to the country'". Inquirer.net. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
- ^ "Alex Eala to make pro debut in Tunisian tourney". Philstar. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
- ^ "Alex Eala enters top 1000 in Women's Tennis Association World Ranking". msm news. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
- ^ "Alex Eala, partner finish second place at W25 Spain". sports.inquirer.net. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
External links[]
- Sportspeople from Quezon City
- Living people
- 2005 births
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
- Filipino female tennis players
- French Open junior champions
- Australian Open (tennis) junior champions