After recently reaching a career-high of 29th, the Filipina sensation now sits 45th, with the risk of dropping out of the top 50.

However, there are reasons to believe that Alexandra Eala has laid the foundation to achieve a new career-best ranking in the coming months.

The change to clay courts could be a welcome one for Eala, as her playing style should translate well to this surface.

With Miami concluded, attention now turns to the clay-court tennis season.

Eala has a playing style that should translate well to this surface, which could be a welcome change.

Clay demands hard work, rigor, and an undying attitude, qualities that Eala possesses in abundance, in addition to a packed schedule to hopefully pick up plenty of points.

In 2025, Eala had early losses in Madrid, Rome, and the first round of Roland Garros.

Eala will return as a much better player with a much more well-rounded game, and two additional tournaments to play.

It’s hard not to see her enjoying a far more successful few months, which should catapult her back up the rankings.

Eala’s clay-court schedule already seems pretty set, with little time for anything else to occur between the confirmed tournaments.

This swing of her season will begin in Linz, with a strong draw which includes Emma Raducanu, Jelena Ostapenko, and Karolina Pliskova.

Eala has also opted to enter qualifying in Stuttgart, highlighting her desperation to play against the world’s best and gain crucial ranking points.

These two events are free hits for the young tennis player, given she didn’t play either last year.

It’s expected that Eala will again play Madrid, Rome, and the French Open, needing only a handful of wins to gain a huge increase on last year’s dire tally.

In 2025, Eala lost in the first round of Roland Garros, the Rome tournament, and the Madrid tournament.