Alex Eala

Alex Eala

Full name	Alexandra Maniego Eala
ITF name	Alexandra Eala
Country (sports)	Philippines
Born	(2005-05-23) May 23, 2005 (age 16) Quezon City, Philippines
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
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)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2021	ITF Manacor, Spain	15,000	Hard	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers	5–7, 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 1 runner–up[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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[]

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)[]

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	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
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[]

External links[]

• Alexandra Eala at the International Tennis Federation
• Alexandra Eala at the Women's Tennis Association

Sporting positions
Preceded by Adrienn Nagy / Park So-hyun	Orange Bowl Girls' Doubles Champion 2019 With:	Succeeded by Reese Brantmeier /