Alex Eala

Alexandra "Alex" Maniego Eala (born May 23, 2005) is a Filipino tennis player.

Alex Eala
Full nameAlexandra Maniego Eala
Country (sports) Philippines
Born (2005-05-23) May 23, 2005
Quezon City, Philippines
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,143
Singles
Career record4–2 (at WTA Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Fed Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 942 (February 1, 2021)
Current rankingNo. 942 (February 1, 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior3R (2020)
French Open JuniorSF (2020)
US Open Junior2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at WTA Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Fed Cup)
Career titles0
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open JuniorW (2020)
French Open Junior1R (2020)
US Open Junior2R (2019)
Last updated on: February 4, 2021.

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 942 achieved on February 1, 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]

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.[8] 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.[9]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 titles)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win2020Australian OpenHard Priska Madelyn Nugroho Živa Falkner
Matilda Mutavdzic		6–1, 6–2

ITF finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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

ITF Junior Finals
Grand Slam
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles: 8 (3 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

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 Jan 2020 Australian Open, Melbourne Grand Slam Hard Priska Madelyn Nugroho Živa Falkner
Matilda Mutavdzic		 6–1, 6–2
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Adrienn Nagy / Park So-hyun		 Orange Bowl Girl's Doubles Champion
2019
With: Evialina Laskevich		 Succeeded by
Reese Brantmeier / Kimmi Hance

References
  1. "Alexandra Eala". October 12, 2020 – via www.itftennis.com.
  2. "Michael Francis Eala Overview".
  3. "Lilov & Eala win at Les Petits As". tenniseurope. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  4. "Filipina Alex Eala makes US Open juniors debut vs tough Aussie". Philippine Daily Inquirer. September 1, 2019.
  5. "Top Juniors Honored". Business Mirror. February 22, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  6. "Alex Eala wins first juniors Grand Slam title in 2020 Australian Open". Rappler. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  7. "Alex Eala clinches juniors world No. 2 after French Open romp". Rappler. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  8. "Alex Eala to make pro debut in Tunisian tourney". Philstar. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  9. "Alex Eala enters top 1000 in Women's Tennis Association World Ranking". msm news. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
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