Filipina teenager Alexandra Eala was the breakthrough star of the Miami Open this year, coming from virtually out of nowhere to make it all the way to the semifinals of the WTA 1000 tournament, taking out top player after top player—and rewriting all kinds of history—along the way.
Here are just 10 of the best stats from the 19-year-old’s magical run:
She became the first woman from the Philippines to defeat a Grand Slam champion at a tour-level event in the Open Era. And she did it three times: 2017 Roland Garros champion Jelena Ostapenko in the second round, 2025 Australian Open champion Madison Keys in the third round and, most famously, five-time Grand Slam winner Iga Swiatek in the quarterfinals.
Since WTA rankings began in 1975, she’s the first woman from the Philippines to defeat a Top 30 player. And she did that three times, too—Ostapenko, Keys and Swiatek are No. 25, No. 5 and No. 2, respectively.
Those were actually her first three career matches against Top 25 players. And she wasn’t far from improving to 4-0 against Top 25 players, falling to No. 4-ranked Jessica Pegula in the semifinals, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-3.
She also became the first woman from the Philippines to reach a WTA semifinal. And she did it at a 96-draw WTA 1000 event, too.
