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

After a breakthrough year last season, Filipino tennis star Alexandra “Alex” Eala continues to reach new milestones in her career in 2026.

Eala broke into the Top 20 of the WTA rankings for the first time this month and has since climbed to a new career-high of No. 18 with the US Open — the final Grand Slam of the year — fast approaching.

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."

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

August

Eala made history by becoming the first Filipina to win a WTA Tour title after ruling the WTA 500 Mubadala DC Open in Washington DC. She hurdled a difficult draw that included wins over Olympic gold medalist Zheng Qinwen, defending champion Leylah Fernandez, World No. 10 Elina Svitolina, four-time Grand Slam champ Naomi Osaka en route to a rain-delayed final against World No. 3 Jessica Pegula, who she beat 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 to win her first title. Following that, she also finished in the Round of 16 of the Canadian Open and the Round of 32 in the Cincinnati Open, both WTA 1000 tournaments, heading into the US Open.

August 3: 20

August 10: 20

August 24: 18 (career-high)

July

Alex stormed up the rankings to a then career-high 28 after a terrific performance in Wimbledon, where she picked up wins over Renata Zarazua, Maya Joint, and defending champion Iga Swiatek to reach the fourth round, where she fell short against 13th seed Jasmine Paolini. It was another historic performance for the Filipina and her best showing in a Grand Slam to date.

July 13: 28

July 20: 29

July 27: 28

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

June 29: 32

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

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

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