{"id":66253,"date":"2026-09-05T10:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/66253\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T10:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T10:32:15","slug":"who-are-alex-ealas-parents-meet-the-supportive-family-behind-the-filipino-tennis-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/66253\/","title":{"rendered":"Who are Alex Eala\u2019s parents? Meet the supportive family behind the Filipino tennis star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twenty-one-year-old Alex Eala<\/a> is currently riding a career high. This summer has seen Eala beat Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon and also win her first WTA title. She\u2019s at a career-best 18th in the world, and she breezed into the second round of the US Open with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Mary Stoiana \u2013 closing it out with a confident smile.\"FansFans of Alex Eala show their support after she defeated Caty McNally in the third round of the National Bank Open in Toronto in August. Photo: Dan Hamilton-Imagn Images\/Reuters<\/p>\n

Her victory saw the court \u2013 filled with Eala\u2019s fans, many bearing the Philippine flag, erupt into cheers. It was hardly surprising, given the ardent, ever-growing fan base that now surrounds the charismatic tennis star.<\/p>\n

Hailing from the Philippines, Eala has become the nation\u2019s pride as its biggest sporting sensation since professional boxer Manny Pacquiao<\/a>. The Filipino has achieved stardom thanks to her ability to dominate on the court and is reportedly on track to become one of the highest-paid female athletes, per Forbes.\"AlexAlex Eala, the Filipino tennis sensation, has sports in her blood. Photo: @alex.eala\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Instrumental in Alex Eala\u2019s success so far are her supportive parents, Mike and Rizza \u2013 here\u2019s everything you need to know about them.<\/p>\n

Her father Mike Eala is a prominent corporate executive\"AlexAlex Eala has a supportive family behind her tennis success. Photo: @alex.eala\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Eala comes from a prominent Filipino family. Dad Michael \u201cMike\u201d Eala is the brother of sports executive Noli Eala, who formerly served as the 11th chairperson of the Philippine Sports Commission and was a commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).<\/p>\n

There is little information available about Mike, who is reported to be a corporate executive in the Philippines. He made headlines in August when he took to the court at the Arthur Ashe Stadium during the 2026 US Open Fan Week for an impromptu doubles rally with other father-daughter duos.<\/p>\n

The proud father has also expressed his support for his daughter calling her a \u201cfast learner\u201d in an interview with the Manila Standard. \u201cShe never gets dispirited with every loss; in fact, it makes her stronger and fiercer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her mother Rizza Maniego-Eala is a former competitive swimmer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Twenty-one-year-old Alex Eala is currently riding a career high. This summer has seen Eala beat Iga Swiatek at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66254,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[312,25608,740,10789,17447,15435,247,25603,2662,22570,25606,25605,25604,8463,25607,28],"class_list":["post-66253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-arthur-ashe-stadium","tag-bangkok","tag-coleman-wong","tag-forbes","tag-globe-telecom","tag-hong-kong","tag-iga-swiatek","tag-manila-standard","tag-manny-pacquiao","tag-mary-stoiana","tag-michael-eala","tag-noli-eala","tag-philippine-sports-commission","tag-philippines","tag-rizza-maniego-eala","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66253"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66253\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/tennis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}