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 WTA, she is the highest-ranked 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 series of tournaments in Tunisia, winning her first professional match.[18] In January 2021, Eala, as the youngest and lowest-seeded junior reserve, won the W15 Manacor final in Spain and subsequently entered the WTA top 1000 rankings.[19] She received a wildcard to the 2021 Miami Open qualifiers in March but lost in the tournament's first round.[20] At the W25 Platja d'Aro event, she reached her first ITF doubles final (with Oksana Selekhmeteva).[21]
Eala began 2025 by competing in two Challenger-level WTA 125 events, reaching the semifinals and the second round of the Canberra Tennis International and Mumbai Open, respectively.[43][44] At the Australian Open, Eala lost in round one of the qualifiers.[45] Ranked No. 140, Eala was awarded a wildcard for the Miami Open, where she defeated Jeļena Ostapenko, Madison Keys, and Iga Świątek before losing to Jessica Pegula in the semifinals.[46][47][48] Following these results, Eala became the first Filipino to reach a WTA semifinal, the first Filipino woman to defeat a major champion at a tour-level event in the Open Era, and the first wildcard in history to defeat three major champions in straight sets at a single WTA event.[49] On March 31, 2025, she entered the WTA's top 100 as the first Filipino to achieve the feat, ranking at No. 75.[50][51]
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.[75] Starting from her junior career, she has been sponsored by French tennis brand Babolat.[76][77] In 2019, she signed a sponsorship deal to represent Nike.[78] In 2022, Eala was announced as an endorser for Filipino bank BPI.[79][80] 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.[81][82]
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.[83][84] During the same month, Eala was announced as a brand ambassador for Filipino juice brand Locally.[85] 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".[86]
(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.[89]
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