Alexandra Maniego Eala[a] (born May 23, 2005) is a Filipino professional tennis player. Having reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 56 on June 30, 2025, by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), she is the highest-ranking Filipino player in WTA Tour history. She is also the first to enter the top 100, as well as the first to defeat multiple top-5 players and major champions and to reach a tour-level final in the Open Era.
Eala achieved an ITF junior ranking of No. 2 on October 6, 2020, and won the girls' singles title at the 2022 US Open, becoming the first Filipino to claim a junior major title.
In March 2020, Eala made her ITF Women's Circuit debut at the W15 Monastir tournament in Tunisia, winning her first professional match.[16] In January 2021, she entered the WTA top 1000 rankings after winning the W15 Manacor final in Spain.[17] She received a wildcard to the 2021 Miami Open qualifiers in March but lost in the tournament's first round.[18] At the W25 Platja d'Aro event, she reached her first ITF doubles final (with Oksana Selekhmeteva).[19] Eala made her WTA Tour debut as a wildcard at the 2021 Winners Open in Romania, where she became the first Filipino to win a tour-level match before losing in the event's second round.[20] She was awarded another wildcard into the main draw of the 2022 Miami Open, where she was eliminated at the first round.[21]
Aside from the 2021 ITF W15 in Manacor, Eala has won four other ITF singles titles: the W25 in Chiang Rai, Thailand, in April 2022;[22] the W25 in Yecla, Spain in August 2023;[23] the W25 in Roehampton, United Kingdom, in August 2023;[24] and the W100 Open Araba en Femenino in July 2024.[25] Representing the Philippines, Eala competed at the 2021 SEA Games (postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), winning bronze medals in the women's singles, women's team, and mixed doubles.[26]
Eala with Philippine Ambassador to Spain Philippe Lhuillier in April 2025
Eala signed her first endorsement deal at eight years old, becoming an ambassador for Filipino telecommunications company Globe.[59] Starting from her junior career, she has been sponsored by French tennis brand Babolat.[60][61] In 2019, she signed a sponsorship deal to represent Nike.[62] In 2022, Eala was announced as an endorser for Filipino bank BPI.[63][64] She has appeared on fashion spreads and magazine covers, including those of the November 2022 issue of Vogue Philippines and the January 2025 issue of Tatler Philippines.[65][66]
In July 2025, for her Wimbledon debut, Nike gifted Eala with a hair tie designed in the form of a sampaguita blossom, the national flower of the Philippines.[67][68] During the same month, Eala was announced as a brand ambassador for Filipino juice brand Locally.[69] In August, Nike released an Eala-inspired limited edition shirt designed by Filipino artist Georgina Camus, featuring the "national flower of the Philippines overlaid on the All England Lawn Tennis Club's grass courts".[70]
(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.[73]
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