Alex Eala joins an esteemed club of players who have won the Birmingham Open as she survives Nikola Bartunkova in the final, marking her first victory over a Czech player on the WTA Tour

Top seed Alex Eala battles back from a precarious three-game deficit in the second set as she sees off Russia's Alina Charaeva to advance to the last eight of the Birmingham Open

A familiar face stands in the way of Alex Eala in the 2026 Birmingham Open quarterfinals set on Friday at the Edgbaston Priory Club, United Kingdom.