Alexandrea Eala has ended her breakthrough 2025 by making some history.<\/p>\n
Following her final tournament of the season in Hong Kong — she defeated Katie Boulter in her opening match before falling to eventual champion Victoria Mboko in the Round of 16 — the 20-year-old has become to first Filipina to break into the Top 50 of the PIF WTA Rankings. (She moved up from No. 51 to No. 50 after last week’s results.)<\/p>\n
It’s a far cry from the start of the year, when Eala was ranked No. 147 and working her way through qualifying rounds and WTA 125 events.<\/p>\n
Her coming-out party was in Miami in March. Into the main draw of the prestigious WTA 1000 tournament as a wild card, the then-19-year-old went on a stunning run to the semifinals that featured wins over three Grand Slam champions (Jelena Ostapenko, Madison Keys and Iga Swiatek).<\/p>\n
“I’m in complete disbelief right now,” Eala said after beating Swiatek in straight sets. “I’m on cloud nine.”<\/p>\n
Never before had a Filipina beaten a Top 30 player, and Eala did it three times in that week alone. She also became the first Filipina to reach a tour-level semifinal, and the first player from her nation to enter the Top 100.<\/p>\n
Proving that Miami wasn’t a fluke, she followed it up by making the final in Eastbourne and winning the Guadalajara WTA Open in September.<\/p>\n
“My season comes to an end,” she wrote on Instagram “I have no words to describe what 2025 has brought me. My dreams have truly come alive. It\u2019s such a privilege to look back at this year and relive these amazing moments through memory. All that\u2019s happened this season and the emotions that come with it is a love letter to my family, friends, team, every supporter across my journey in tennis, and of course, baby Alex.<\/p>\n
“This marks the beginning of what I hope to be a long, happy and fruitful career on tour! Thank you every body, see you in 2026!”<\/p>\n
Eala finished her campaign with a 40-26 record.<\/p>\n
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