Alexandra Eala may be preparing for her return to Roland Garros, but is already seemingly looking ahead to the grass-court season.
After all, the Filipina sensation has just added another tournament to her ever-increasing schedule, clearly keen to make the most of this all-too-short swing.
And, this will certainly be an exciting one for her legion of fans.
That is, if she can get through qualifying.
Alex Eala enters qualifying for Queen’s Club Championship
The tournament in question is the Queen’s Club Championships, which will be just the second time that women will play at this event since 1973.
Last year saw Tatjana Maria enjoy a fairytale run to the title, beating out stars like Qinwen Zheng, Emma Raducanu, Amanda Anisimova and Elena Rybakina.
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This should provide more than enough inspiration for Alexandra Eala, who is second on the rankings for qualifying, only behind Cristina Bucsa.
That means that, if two seeded players withdraw, the 21-year-old will gain free passage into the main draw.
Considering she also plans to play the Birmingham Open, which runs from the 2nd June to the 8th, and the Queen’s qualifying starts on the 6th of June, Eala would certainly benefit from missing out on qualifiers.
Eala’s only ever tour-level final came on grass at Eastbourne, where she dramatically lost to Maya Joint in 2025.
Alex Eala’s career record on grass
If clay is a surface where many expected Eala to have performed better than she has done this season, grass is likely the opposite.
After all, the slower conditions should favour her hard-working play style, and yet she has won just four matches throughout this entire clay-court campaign despite having played five tournaments.
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Eala’s record on clay across her entire career does not make for better reading, having won just 44% of matches played on the surface.
Rather surprisingly, this win rate rises to 64% on grass, although that is only represented across 25 tour-level matches.
Following what will hopefully be a redeeming run at Roland Garros this year, Eala will hope to strengthen this record on grass by succeeding in Birmingham, Queen’s and Wimbledon.
