Alexandra Eala

At age 12, Eala won the 2018 Les Petits As tournament. In October, she claimed her first under-18 title at the ITF Trofeo David Ferrer tournament in Alicante, Spain, winning both singles and doubles (with Joelle Lilly Sophie Steur).

Eala made her junior major debut at the 2019 US Open, where she reached the second round. At the 2020 Australian Open, she reached the third round in singles and won the girls' doubles title with Priska Madelyn Nugroho. She reached the semifinals of the 2020 French Open, boosting her ITF junior ranking to world No. 2.

In 2021, Eala captured her second junior major doubles title at the French Open, teaming up with Oksana Selekhmeteva. The following July, she dominated the 61st Trofeo Bonfiglio in Milan, clinching both the singles and doubles crowns alongside Madison Sieg. At Wimbledon, Eala advanced to the second round, and later that year, she reached the quarterfinals of the US Open. Her breakthrough came in 2022, when she claimed her first junior Grand Slam singles title.

In March 2020, Eala made her ITF debut at the W15 Monastir series of tournaments in Tunisia, winning her first professional match. 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. She received a wildcard to the 2021 Miami Open qualifiers in March but lost in the tournament's first round. At the W25 Platja d'Aro event, she reached her first ITF doubles final (with Oksana Selekhmeteva).

Eala made her WTA Tour debut as a wildcard at the 2021 Romanian Open, becoming the first Filipino to win a tour-level match, before losing in the second round. She received another wildcard into the main draw of the 2022 Miami Open, where she was eliminated at the first round. In 2023, she participated in her first professional Grand Slam, losing in the qualifying round of the Australian Open. She received wildcards to the Miami Open and Madrid Open and qualified for the Thailand Open, exiting in the first round of all three tournaments. Despite earlier setbacks, she broke into the WTA top 200 on August 28 and climbed to a career-high No. 191 on September 18, following a second-round finish at the ITF W100 Tokyo and a first-round appearance at the WTA 250 Japan Open in Osaka.

In 2024, Eala (with Laura Pigossi) reached the semifinals of the WTA 125 Canberra Tennis International doubles event. That year, Eala was eliminated in the qualifiers of the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open.

Eala began 2025 by reaching the semifinals of the Canberra International. 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. Eala became the first Filipino to reach a WTA 1000 semifinal, defeat a major champion at tour level, and beat three major champions in straight sets as a wildcard at a single event. On March 31, 2025, she entered the WTA's top 100, ranking at No. 75.

On clay, she exited in the second round of the Oeiras Ladies Open, then fell in the same round at the Madrid Open. While Eala exited in the first round of the Italian Open, she reached the doubles quarterfinals with Coco Gauff. Eala debuted at the French Open with a first-round singles loss but reached the second round in doubles.

On grass, Eala reached the Ilkley Open quarterfinals and made her first WTA Tour final at Eastbourne, where she lost to Maya Joint. Her Wimbledon debut ended with first-round exits in both singles and doubles.

During the North American hard court swing, Eala lost in the first round of the Canadian Open. At the US Open, she defeated Clara Tauson to become the first Filipino to win a Grand Slam main draw match, before falling to Cristina Bucșa in the second round.

Seeded second, Eala won her first WTA 125 title at the Guadalajara Open, defeating Panna Udvardy in the final and becoming the first Filipino to win a WTA singles title. She later reached the quarterfinals of the Sao Paolo Open, where she lost to Janice Tjen.

In Asia, Eala reached the semifinals of the Jingshan Open, where she lost to eventual champion Lulu Sun. She followed with a quarterfinal run at the Suzhou Open, falling to Viktorija Golubic. She exited in Wuhan qualifying and suffered first-round losses in Osaka and Guangzhou. In doubles, she reached the Guangzhou semifinals with Lyudmyla Kichenok and advanced to the second round in Hong Kong.

Eala finished the season ranked No. 50 in the world, the highest singles ranking ever achieved by a player from the Philippines.