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Who is Alex Eala?

Alex Eala (born May 23, 2005, in Quezon City, Philippines) is an up-and-coming Filipina tennis player who made her professional debut on the Women’s Tennis Association Tour in 2021. Eala began playing the sport as a child in the Philippines and moved to Majorca, Spain, to train at the Rafa Nadal Academy when she was 12 years old. In 2022 she won the junior U.S. Open girls’ singles championship, becoming the first person from the Philippines to do so. In August 2026 Eala won the Mubadala DC Open, which launched her into the top 20 of the WTA rankings for the first time.