Alex Eala seeded 13th at Wuhan Open, awaits qualifier after receiving first-round bye
Alex Eala during the WTA 125 Philippine Women’s Open quarterfinals at the Rizal Memorial Tennis Center in Manila on January 29, 2026. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News/File World No. 18 Alex Eala is seeded 13th at the Wuhan Open, a WTA 1000 event in China running from October 12 to 18.
She has received a first-round bye and will face a qualifier when play begins.
In the lower half of the draw, Eala’s potential second-round opponent will be the winner between Leylah Fernandez and Ekaterina Alexandrova.
The tournament boasts one of the strongest fields of the Asian swing.
World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka leads the draw as the top seed, followed by No. 3 Jessica Pegula as second seed and No. 5 Mirra Andreeva as third seed.
Rounding out the top eight are Linda Noskova as fourth seed, Elina Svitolina as fifth seed, Karolina Muchova as sixth seed, Iga Swiatek as seventh seed, and Marta Kostyuk as eighth seed.
For Eala, Wuhan is the next stop in a packed Asian following her Asian Games bronze in Nagoya.