Alex Eala now ranked World No. 49
Alex Eala has achieved another huge career milestone, breaking through the Top 50 of the world's best in women's tennis with a World No. 49 ranking.
The latest WTA rankings on Monday, Jan. 12, showed Eala, 20, stepping up from her previous high of No. 50 in November, and her prior spot at No. 51.
Eala's milestone follows her impressive run at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, where she dominated Poland's Magda Linette in the quarterfinals. She then faced Wang Xinyu from China at the semifinals, ultimately bowing out of the WTA 250 event, her first tournament this season. The WTA 250 crown eventually went to top seed Elina Svitolina, her 19th title.
Tennis fans will next see Eala play at the invitational 2026 Kooyong Classic in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday, Jan. 13. She will be one of only four players invited to play an exhibition match. With Eala will be World No. 70 Donna Vekić of Croatia, No. 121 Priscilla Hon, and four-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion Daniela Hantuchova.
Eala's Kooyong Classic matches will serve as her "warm-up" session for the Australian Open, which opens Wednesday, Jan. 14.
The Rafael Nadal Academy graduate first joined the WTA Tour in 2021. Since then, according to WTA, she has won 196 matches, lost 118, and, earned $1,378,211 (roughly P81,717,575) throughout her career.
