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

Alex Eala
Eala in 2022
Full nameAlexandra Maniego Eala
ITF nameAlexandra Eala
Country (sports) Philippines
Born (2005-05-23) 23 May 2005 (age 17)
Quezon City, Philippines
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned proMarch 2020
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 59,968
Singles
Career record66–36 (64.7%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 214 (31 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 214 (31 October 2022)
Doubles
Career record10–12 (45.5%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 597 (31 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 597 (31 October 2022)
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing  Philippines
Southeast Asian Games
2021 Vietnam Singles
2021 Vietnam Mixed doubles
2021 Vietnam Team
Last updated on: 31 October 2022.

Eala was the No. 2-ranked ITF junior on 6 October 2020.[1] She has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 214, achieved on 31 October 2022. Eala is the highest-ranked Filipino female singles player in WTA Tour history, surpassing Maricris Gentz, who peaked at No. 284 on 18 October 1999.[2] 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 currently serves as the 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), plays tennis for the Pennsylvania State University.[3] She has been a student of the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar in Manacor (Mallorca, Spain), since she was 12 years old.[4]


Junior career


Junior Grand Slam performance - singles:

Junior Grand Slam performance - doubles:


2018


At the age of 12, Eala won the 2018 Les Petit As 14-and-under tournament, beating Linda Nosková in the finals.[5] She made her junior Grand Slam debut at the 2019 US Open.[6] She was named the 2019 Milo Junior Athlete of the Year. [7]


2020: First junior doubles title


Eala won the 2020 Australian girls' doubles event, partnering Priska Madelyn Nugroho. They defeated Živa Falkner and Matilda Mutavdzic in the final.[8]

Eala peaked in the junior rankings at No. 2, after reaching the semifinals at the 2020 French Open girls' singles competition.[9]


2021: Second junior doubles title


Eala paid tribute to her roots on Independence Day following another major 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 out Maria Bondarenko of Russia and Amarissa Kiara Tóth of Hungary, 6–0, 7–5, in the final.[10]


2022: First junior Grand Slam singles title


On September 11, 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 Havlickova of the Czech Republic, 6–2, 6–4, at the girls' singles final of the 2022 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City.[11]


Professional career



2020: Debut


Eala made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit on 4 March 2020, as she played in the $15k event at Monastir, where she won her first professional match.[12]


2021: First ITF senior title & top 1000


She leaped to the top 1000 in the WTA rankings, after winning the title at the first leg of the $15k Manacor event in Spain in January 2021.[13]

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 Mikulskyte and Romanian Oana Georgeta Simion, 3-6, 5-7.[14]


Performance timeline


Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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 2022 Cincinnati Open.

Tournament 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0   
French Open A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Wimbledon A A 0 / 0 0–0   
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0   
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Indian Wells Open A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Miami Open Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A Q1 0 / 0 0–0   
Italian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Canadian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Cincinnati Open A A 0 / 0 0–0   
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0   
China Open NH 0 / 0 0–0   
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 Career total: 2
Overall win–loss 1–1 0–1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win % 50% 0% Career total: 33%
Year-end ranking 529 $59,968

ITF Circuit finals



Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)


Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
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
Win 2–0 Apr 2022 ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand 25,000 Hard Luksika Kumkhum 6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Jun 2022 ITF Madrid, Spain 60,000 Hard Marina Bassols Ribera 4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)


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

Junior Grand Slam finals



Singles: 1 title


Result Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win2022US OpenHard Lucie Havlíčková6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 2 titles


Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win2020Australian OpenHard Priska Madelyn Nugroho Živa Falkner
Matilda Mutavdzic
6–1, 6–2
Win2021French OpenClay Oksana Selekhmeteva Maria Bondarenko
Amarissa Kiara Tóth
6–0, 7–5

ITF Junior finals


Legend
Grade A
Grade 1
Grade 2
Grade 3
Grade 4
Grade 5

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 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: 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]

Notes


  1. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References


  1. "Alexandra Eala". October 12, 2020 via www.itftennis.com.
  2. Mina, Rosy (September 11, 2022). "Alex Eala reigns at US Open for first major junior girls' singles title". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  3. "Michael Francis Eala Overview".
  4. "Alex Eala".
  5. "Lilov & Eala win at Les Petits As". tenniseurope. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
  6. "Filipina Alex Eala makes US Open juniors debut vs tough Aussie". Philippine Daily Inquirer. September 1, 2019.
  7. "Top Juniors Honored". Business Mirror. February 22, 2019. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  8. "Alex Eala wins first juniors Grand Slam title in 2020 Australian Open". Rappler. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  9. "Alex Eala clinches juniors world No. 2 after French Open romp". Rappler. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  10. "Alex Eala wins Grand Slam on Independence Day: 'I hope I made my contribution to the country'". Inquirer.net. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  11. "Alex Eala reigns at US Open for first major junior girls' singles title". abs-cbn.com. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  12. "Alex Eala to make pro debut in Tunisian tourney". Philstar. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  13. "Alex Eala enters top 1000 in Women's Tennis Association World Ranking". msm news. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  14. "Alex Eala, partner finish second place at W25 Spain". sports.inquirer.net. Retrieved May 28, 2021.


Sporting positions
Preceded by Orange Bowl Girls' Doubles Champion
2019
With: Evialina Laskevich
Succeeded by
Reese Brantmeier / Kimmi Hance

На других языках


[de] Alexandra Eala

Alexandra „Alex“ Maniego Eala[1] (* 23. Mai 2005 in Quezon City) ist eine philippinische Tennisspielerin.
- [en] Alex Eala



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