Alex Eala Biography – Alex Eala Wiki
Alex Eala is a Filipino tennis player. She won her first junior singles title at the 2022 US Open. She was the Australian Open girls’ doubles titleholder and won the Roland Garros junior girls’ doubles championship on June 12, 2021. She was also the No. 2 ranked ITF junior, a title she achieved on October 6, 2020. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 624 achieved on May 31, 2021. She has a career-high singles ranking by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) of 280, achieved on August 1, 2022. 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.
She 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. 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. Eala made 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 Goergeta Simion, 6-3, 7-5, in the final.
At the age of 12, she 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. She won the 2020 Australian girls’ doubles event, partnering with Priska Madelyn Nugroho. They defeated Ziva Falkner and Matilda Mutavdzic in the finals. Eala peaked in the Girl’s Junior rankings at No. 2 after reaching the semifinals at the 2020 French Open girls’ singles competition. She 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 and won after knocking off Maria Bondarenko of Russia and Amarissa Klara Toth of Hungary, 6-0, 7-5, in the final.
She is the highest-ranked Filipino female singles player in WTA history, surpassing Maricris Gentz, who peaked at world No. 284 on 18 October 1999. Eala won her first junior singles title at the 2022 US Open. She becomes the first Filipino to win a junior Grand Slam singles title as she beats Lucie Havlickova of the Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the US Open in New York on Saturday, September 10 (Sunday, September 11, 2022, Manila time).
Alex Eala Age
She was born Alexandra Maniego Eala on May 23, 2005, in Quezon City, Philippines.
Alex Eala Parents
She is the daughter of Mike Eala, and her mother Rizza Maniego-Eala is a 1985 Southeast Asian Games bronze medalist in the 100-meter backstroke and currently serves as the chief financial officer of Globe Telecom. Her sibling and brother, Michael (Miko) plays tennis for the Pennsylvania State University.
Alex Eala Ranking
She is the highest-ranked Filipino female singles player in WTA history, surpassing Maricris Gentz, who peaked at world No. 284 on 18 October 18, 1999. Eala won her first junior singles title at the 2022 US Open. She becomes the first Filipino to win a junior Grand Slam singles title as she beats Lucie Havlickova of the Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4 in the final of the US Open in New York on Saturday, September 10 (Sunday, September 11, 2022, Manila time). Her ranking on May 24, 2021, was at number 661 while her second highest ranking remains at number 659 as of May 10, 2021.
Alex Eala Height
Her formally listed height stands at 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 meters) tall.
Alex Eala Instagram
She is on Instagram as @alex.eala.
