Alex Eala’s World Ranking in 2026: Week-by-week ranking

After a breakthrough year in 2025, Filipino tennis star Alexandra “Alex” Eala is back to try to reach new heights in her career.

She set a new career-high of 31 last February, and currently sits as the World No. 32 in the latest ranking released on March 2.

According to the WTA, "A player's ranking is determined by results at a maximum of 18 tournaments for singles and 12 for doubles. Points are awarded based on the level of tournament and a player's round-by-round progression at that tournament."

Here’s a look back at how her performances affected her place in the rankings:

March
Eala entered March 2026 at No. 32, more than 100 places above where she was this time last year at No. 140. This month, she is expected to compete in the Indian Wells Open and the Miami Open, both in the United States.

March 2: 32

February
In February, Eala took a step up in competition during her Middle East swing. Beginning with the Abu Dhabi Open, a WTA 500 tournament, Eala stormed into the quarterfinal round, where she lost to No. 11 Ekaterina Alexandrova. She stumbled early in a Round of 64 exit in her next competition, the WTA 1000 Qatar Open. But the Filipina made noise in the Dubai Tennis Championship, another WTA 1000, where she notched three wins, including one over Top 10 player Jasmine Paolini, before eventually falling to World No. 4 Coco Gauff in the quarterfinals.

February 23: 31
February 16: 47
February 9: 40
February 2: 45

January
In the first month of the year, Alex climbed to a new career high of 49 (at the time) as she made a strong semifinals run in the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, a WTA 250. Though she made an early first round exit in the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, Eala bounced back with a quarterfinals appearance in her newly-minted home tournament, the WTA 125 Philippine Women’s Open.

January 19: 49
January 12: 49
January 5: 53

—JMB, GMA Integrated News