Alex Eala

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

In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Maniego and the surname or paternal family name is Eala.

Alex Eala
Full nameAlexandra Maniego Eala
ITF nameAlexandra Eala
Country (sports) Philippines
Born (2005-05-23) May 23, 2005
Quezon City, Philippines
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned proMarch 4, 2020
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 14,570
Singles
Career record22–16 (57.9%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 505 (Aug 9, 2021)
Current rankingNo. 513 (Aug 30, 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior3R (2020)
French Open JuniorSF (2020)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2021)
US Open JuniorQF (2021)
Doubles
Career record4–2 (66.7%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 753 (Jul 12, 2021)
Current rankingNo. 754 (Aug 30, 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open JuniorW (2020)
French Open JuniorW (2021)
Wimbledon Junior2R (2021)
US Open JuniorSF (2021)
Last updated on: September 7, 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 505 achieved on Aug 9, 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]

Eala 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, won after knocking off Maria Bondarenko of Russia and Amarissa Kiara Tóth of Hungary, 6–0, 7–5, in the final.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10]

Eala made to 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 Georgeta Simion, 6-3, 7-5, in the final.[11]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (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 Circuit 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

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

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

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 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
Win 4–5 Jul 2021 ITF Milan, Italy GA Clay Nikola Bartunkova 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]

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 wins Grand Slam on Independence Day: 'I hope I made my contribution to the country'". Inquirer.net. Retrieved June 13, 2021.
  9. "Alex Eala to make pro debut in Tunisian tourney". Philstar. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  10. "Alex Eala enters top 1000 in Women's Tennis Association World Ranking". msm news. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
  11. "Alex Eala, partner finish second place at W25 Spain". sports.inquirer.net. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
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