Mike and Rizza Maniego-Eala: What To Know About Alex Eala Parents

Regarding her parents, Alex considers herself fortunate to have come from a rival household. Mike and Rizza, her parents, were involved in athletics when they were young.

Her mother, Rizza, who currently serves as Globe Telecom’s CFO, won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke competition at the 1985 Southeast Asian Games.

The late Noli Eala, the magistrate of the Philippine Basketball Association, was also related to Alex through her aunt. Michael (Miko) Eala, her younger brother, is a talented tennis player at Pennsylvania State University in the United States.

In Portugal for the Lousada Junior Cup II in 2020, Miko returned with the Doubles Championship. In addition, he triumphed in Cyprus’ 2019 Hellenic Bank Masters Tennis Academy competition. Miko also won the junior men’s singles title at the 2018 CPSP-Philta International Junior Tennis Championship, moving to 98 in the ITF junior world rankings.

Win or lose; Mike Eala understands how to talk to his daughter after a game.

The proud father discovered this after participating in nine of Alex’s 20 tournaments across continents. The entire family frequently travels here to see her play. In Philippine sports, this kind of support is uncommon. However, so too is a talent like Eala.

Mike said his daughter had raised the bar for many female tennis hopefuls in the Philippines. Being with my daughter as much as possible is a conscious effort on my part as her parent to assist her achieve her dream of becoming a great tennis competitor on the international stage, Mike said.

After Alex and his older brother Mikko received scholarships at the Rafael Nadal Academy in Mallorca, Spain, Mike and his wife Rizza changed from being one of the parents that hung around the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex for age-group events to loitering around in updated facilities.

The tennis pro is no stranger to athletics, as members of both sides of her family are well-known athletes in the Philippines. At the 1985 Southeast Asian Games, Rizza Maniego-Eala, her mother, won the bronze medal in the women’s 100-meter backstroke event.

Rizza’s sister and brother are current or former national tennis players for the University of the Philippines (UP) tennis team. Miko, Alex’s older brother, is a rising tennis star at the Rafael Nadal Academy.

The 2020 Australian Open juniors competition saw Miko, then 17 years old, come close to making the main draw but lost in the finals.

In November last year, he also won the Hellenic Bank Masters Tennis Academy tournament in Cyprus, dedicating the victory to his late grandfather Bobby Maniego. The latter had introduced the two Eala siblings to tennis. Noli Eala, a former sports analyst and PBA commissioner who ran the professional basketball league from 2003 to 2005, is also connected to Alex.

Tennis player Alexandra “Alex” Maniego Eala was born in the Philippines on May 23, 2005, and is of Filipino ethnicity

Ella’s ITF junior combined ranking of 4 was attained on February 3, 2020. Eala comes from a family of athletes. Her mother, Rizza, who won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke event at the 1985 Southeast Asian Games, is currently Globe Telecom’s Chief Financial Officer. One of the young rising tennis talents is her brother Michael Francis II.

At the San Miguel Corp.-Philippine Sportswriters Association (PSA) Annual Awards Night, Alexandra Eala was recognized as the Milo Junior Athlete of the Year for 2019.

Fresh off a spectacular 2019 campaign in which she qualified for her first Grand Slam event at the US Open, Eala got off to a strong start this year by moving up the global juniors circuit rankings and winning her first Grand Slam title.

In the global rankings, Alex is now 587th (up from 505 in August last year) and has won a women’s ITF championship. She has advanced to the semifinals of a girls’ Grand Slam singles match and won the girl’s doubles titles at the Australian and French Opens (2020 French Open).

This is especially true for Alex at this point in his career. She struggled with a foot injury and COVID-19 last season, and she is currently going through a tricky spell because her team has been concentrating more on women’s circuit events.

Athletes’ parents used to get a bad rap for being “constantly around,” but Mike said they attempt to maintain their distance from Alex’s instructors.

In the future, when they want to be present to “watch her play the finals of a grand slam tournament,” Mike said the family would make an effort to be as current as they can be around Alex.

Alex Eala is a tennis player from the Philippines with a $5 million fortune. On May 23, 2005, Alex Eala was born, according to the latest news website.

One of the first round’s quickest games was won by the 17-year-old Filipina, who lived up to her reputation as the 10th seed by defeating the unseeded Canadian in just 1 hour and 17 minutes.

The younger player, Eala, kept up with Xu early on and trailed 3-4 in the first set until the elder player took the next two games to take control of the match.

Eala blanked Xu in the second set with momentum on her side as she easily won the match with 17 victories, more than double the Canadian’s total of 8.