The projected seeds for the 2026 Cincinnati Open women\u2019s singles tournament have been confirmed, and Alex Eala is set to make more history.<\/p>\n
Eala<\/a> is in fine form heading into Cincinnati, having won 10 of her last 12 matches across her previous three tournaments.<\/p>\n After reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon \u2014 her best Grand Slam result to date \u2014 Eala began her North American hard-court season at the Washington Open.<\/p>\n The Filipina won five matches at the WTA<\/a> 500 event in Washington DC to secure her maiden title, and she extended her win streak to seven matches with two victories at the Canadian Open. Her run in Toronto ended with a fourth round loss to Belinda Bencic.<\/p>\n Eala is at a career-high ranking of world No 20 after her stellar recent form, but she is set to be seeded 17th due to the withdrawals of three higher ranked players: Karolina Muchova, Jasmine Paolini and Victoria Mboko.<\/p>\n This will be Eala\u2019s highest-ever seeding position at a WTA 1000 tournament, and also the highest seeding occupied by a player from the Philippines at this level of event.<\/p>\n Alex Eala: Coco Gauff reveals what she \u2018really respects\u2019 about the Filipina star<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Alex Eala signs mega-money sponsorship deal as she cashes in on her star status<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Want more from Tennis365? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Aryna Sabalenka As a seeded player, Eala will receive an opening round bye in Cincinnati, and she will face an unseeded player in the second round.<\/p>\n The 21-year-old will learn her path when the Cincinnati Open singles draw ceremony takes place at 3pm local time on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Main draw action at the Lindner Family Tennis Center will get underway on Thursday 13 August and conclude on Sunday 23 August.<\/p>\n Following her campaign in Toronto, Eala revealed she would take a short break before appearing in Cincinnati.<\/p>\n \u201cI definitely will take maybe two days off, a day or two. I do have to travel to Cincinnati. I need to get a haircut. I haven\u2019t gotten a haircut in a while. My nails are grown out (laughing),\u201d said Eala.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, yeah, I\u2019ll do a couple things, just to get my mind off tennis. I think Toronto\u2019s a great place to do that. Yeah, reunite maybe with some friends in Cincinnati, and just try to have fun.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ll be back on court (snaps fingers) like that, so I got to enjoy what I have. I got to enjoy the time that I have that I\u2019m not on court.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Alex Eala\u2019s Canadian Open ranking points and prize money after fourth round exit<\/a> The post WTA Cincinnati Open 2026 seeds: Alex Eala\u2019s record position revealed<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The projected seeds for the 2026 Cincinnati Open women\u2019s singles tournament have been confirmed, and Alex Eala is set to make more history. Eala is in fine form heading into Cincinnati, having won 10 of her last 12 matches across her previous three tournaments. After reaching the fourth round at Wimbledon \u2014 her best Grand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tennisring.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}WTA Tour News<\/h2>\n
2026 Cincinnati Open projected WTA seeds<\/h2>\n
\n2. Elena Rybakina
\n3. Jessica Pegula
\n4. Coco Gauff
\n5. Mirra Andreeva
\n6. Linda Noskova
\n7. Iga Swiatek
\n8. Elina Svitolina
\n9. Amanda Anisimova
\n10. Marta Kostyuk
\n11. Naomi Osaka
\n12. Belinda Bencic
\n13. Iva Jovic
\n14. Diana Shnaider
\n15. Sorana Cirstea
\n16. Ekaterina Alexandrova
\n17. Alex Eala
\n18. Anna Kalinskaya
\n19. Maja Chwalinska
\n20. Madison Keys
\n21. Elise Mertens
\n22. Marie Bouzkova
\n23. Barbora Krejcikova
\n24. Anastasia Potapova
\n25. Emma Navarro
\n26. Jelena Ostapenko
\n27. Clara Tauson
\n28. Ann Li
\n29. Maria Sakkari
\n30. Leylah Fernandez
\n31. Donna Vekic
\n32. Janice Tjen<\/p>\n
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