Alex Eala earns over $900K in prize money after banner year — but there’s more to it

Описание: Alex Eala earns over $900K in prize money after banner year — but there’s more to it
MANILA, Philippines – Filipina tennis star Alex Eala concludes a scintillating 2025 not only with several milestones under her belt but also with deeper pockets.
Peaking at a career-high No. 50 and currently sitting at No. 53 in the WTA rankings, Eala ends the year in the top 100 of the 2025 WTA prize money leaders with earnings of $907,777 (over P53 million) for the 74th spot.
Eala more than tripled her earnings after raking in $289,628 in 2024, where she placed No. 159 in prize money.
So, how did Eala win that much?
Reward for winning
The more prestigious the tournament is and the farther the player goes, the bigger the prize money is.
When it comes to the top-tier WTA Tour, the four Grand Slams — the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open — offer the biggest purse.
This year, all of the Grand Slam champions in singles play received at least $2.5 million, with the biggest coming from the US Open as men’s winner Carlos Alcaraz and women’s titlist Aryna Sabalenka got $5 million each.
Alcaraz and Sabalakena topped the prize money ladder for the ATP and WTA in 2025 with $21,354,778 and $15,008,519, respectively.
Below the Grand Slams are the WTA 1000, WTA 500, and WTA 250 tournaments. Then there is the WTA 125 or WTA Challengers, which is the second-highest level of women’s competition, a rung below the WTA Tour.
It was in a WTA 1000 event, the Miami Open, where Eala won her biggest prize money as she pocketed $332,160, following her historic run to the semifinals that saw her beat Grand Slam champions Iga Swiatek, Madison Keys, and Jelena Ostapenko.
But perhaps more important than the prize money were the crucial points Eala gained that allowed her to enter the world top 100 for the first time — the Filipina jumping from No. 140 to a then-career-high No. 75 by the end of March.
Cracking the top 100 meant direct entry to Grand Slams, where a single appearance in the main draw guarantees a bigger prize money than a deep run in lower-tier tournaments.
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