Alex Eala's World Ranking in 2026: Updated week-by-week ranking

After a breakthrough year last season, Filipino tennis star Alexandra “Alex” Eala is reaching new heights in her career in 2026.

Eala broke into the Top 30 of the WTA rankings, setting a career-high of 29 in March, and currently sits as the World No. 30 in the latest ranking released on June 22 following the Berlin Tennis Open.

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 this year affected her place in the rankings:

June
The start of the grass-court swing came with a huge boost for Eala, who won her second WTA 125 title after ruling the Birmingham Open. She reached the Round of 16 of the HSBC Championships before making another strong run in the Berlin Tennis Open, where she defeated two top 10 opponents en route to a semifinal appearance. Her performance allowed her to move back into the Top 30 ahead of the Wimbledon Championships.

June 8: 33
June 15: 35
June 22: 30

May
In May, Alex's struggles on clay continued, starting with a valiant effort in the Italian Open Round of 32 against World No. 2 Elena Rybakina. She also competed in the first round of the French Open, but made an early exit after falling short against Iva Jovic.

May 4: 42
May 18: 38
May 25: 37

April
Eala began her clay-court swing in April, which saw her struggle to advance deep into tournaments. She exited Austria's Linz Open with a loss to Jelena Ostapenko in the Round of 16, before bowing out in the Round of 32 of the Stuttgart Open opposite Leylah Fernandez. She closed out the month with a Round of 64 loss in the Madrid Open.

April 6: 46
April 13: 45
April 20: 44

March
Eala entered March 2026 at No. 32, more than 100 places above where she was this time last year at No. 140. She set a career-high ranking of #29 in March 16 following a Round of 16 appearance in the Indian Wells Open. She followed that with another run to the Round of 16 in the Miami Open, but her ranking fell to 45th after the expiry of points from her breakout performance in Miami in 2025, where she reached the semifinals.

March 2: 32
March 16: 29 (career-high)
March 30: 45

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 News