Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story inadvertently stated that Alex Eala’s world ranking of No. 340 is the highest by a Filipina in tennis history. Maricris Gentz holds the distinction following her No. 284 ranking in 1999. This has been corrected.
MANILA, Philippines – Alex Eala may not have gotten her first-ever career W60 title after she fell short in the women’s singles finals of the Open ITF Arcardis Brezon Osuna in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, June 19, but her runner-up finish proved more than enough to catapult her further up the world rankings.
The 17-year-old will leave the Madrid event ranked 340th in the latest Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings that came out on Monday, June 20 – a major climb from her previous ranking of 413th.
Eala sat at 572nd in the world last March before a two-week campaign in Thailand that saw her bag her second pro title in a W25 event in Chiang Rai pushed her ranking to 411th – a jump of 161 spots. She continued to climb the world rankings and posted a previous career-high of 394th in May.
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