{"id":2244428,"date":"2026-11-08T09:50:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T06:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2244428"},"modified":"2026-11-08T09:50:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T06:50:29","slug":"alex-eala-and-claire-lius-ranking-points-and-prize-money-after-hong-kong-open-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2244428","title":{"rendered":"Alex Eala and Claire Liu&#8217;s ranking points and prize money after Hong Kong Open final"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Alex Eala and Claire Liu\u2019s ranking points and prize money after Hong Kong Open final<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex gap-x-3 gap-y-1 md:gap-x-4 flex-wrap items-center\">\n                        <span class=\"ps-authors flex flex-wrap 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 Claire Liu and Alex Eala with their trophies after the Hong Kong final                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/alex-eala\">Alex Eala<\/a> suffered a shock one-sided defeat to Claire Liu in the final at the 2026 Hong Kong Tennis Open, but how many ranking points and how much prize money did the pair collect?<\/p>\n<p>World No 17 Eala was upset 6-3, 6-0\u00a0by 102nd-ranked Liu in the championship match at the WTA 250 tournament in Hong Kong on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Eala <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-injury-concerns-knee-strap-hong-kong-open\">played down concerns over a right knee injury<\/a> following her opening round win over Emerson Jones in Hong Kong, but she appeared to be hampered physically during the final.<\/p>\n<p>The Filipina star took a medical timeout for her right knee \u2014 which was heavily taped \u2014 when trailing 3-4 in the first set against Liu.<\/p>\n<p>Having broken to take an early 2-1 lead, Eala lost the last nine games of the match from 3-3 in the first set.<\/p>\n<h2>More Alex Eala News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-emotional-speech-after-hong-kong-final-loss\"><strong>Alex Eala sends heartfelt message in emotional speech after losing Hong Kong Open final<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/alex-eala-achieves-wta-rankings-breakthrough-reaches-hong-kong-open-final\"><strong>Alex Eala achieves major WTA Rankings breakthrough as she reaches Hong Kong Open final<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old was broken in five of her seven service games as she landed just 48% of her first serves, won 56% of points on her first serve and 41% behind her second delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Eala lost serve in a marathon 27-point opening game in the second set after fighting off four break points.<\/p>\n<p>Liu held in seven of her eight service games, having made 88% of first serves, won 63% of her first serve points and 50% of her second serve points.<\/p>\n<p>Eala was playing her third WTA final, and she was aiming to secure her second title, having captured her maiden tour-level trophy at the Washington Open in August.<\/p>\n<p>Liu\u2019s dominant triumph saw her claim her first-ever title on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/wta-tour\">WTA Tour<\/a>. The 26-year-old American did not drop a single set during an impressive title run that also featured wins over Alexandra Shubladze, Zeynep Sonmez, Katie Boulter and Tatiana Prozorova.<\/p>\n<h2>Alex Eala and Claire Liu\u2019s Hong Kong Open ranking points<\/h2>\n<p>Liu has collected the maximum 250 ranking points for winning the title in Hong Kong, while Eala has earned 163 points for her runner-up result.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hong Kong Open WTA ranking points breakdown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First round:<\/strong> 1<br \/>\n<strong>Second round:<\/strong> 30<br \/>\n<strong>Quarter-finalists:<\/strong> 54<br \/>\n<strong>Semi-finalists:<\/strong> 98<br \/>\n<strong>Finalist:<\/strong> 163<br \/>\n<strong>Champion:<\/strong> 250<\/p>\n<h2>Alex Eala and Claire Liu\u2019s Hong Kong Open prize money<\/h2>\n<p>Liu has secured $37,390 in prize money for her victory, while Eala has claimed $22,125 for her run to the final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hong Kong Open WTA prize money breakdown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First round:<\/strong>\u00a0$3,205<br \/>\n<strong>Second round:<\/strong>\u00a0$4,600<br \/>\n<strong>Quarter-finalists:<\/strong>\u00a0$7,025<br \/>\n<strong>Semi-finalists:<\/strong>\u00a0$12,331<br \/>\n<strong>Finalist:<\/strong>\u00a0$22,125<br \/>\n<strong>Champion:<\/strong>\u00a0$37,390<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/elena-rybakina-withdraws-wta-finals\">Elena Rybakina releases statement as she withdraws from the WTA Finals with replacement already named<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Eala and Claire Liu\u2019s ranking points and prize money after Hong Kong Open final Ewan West 08 Nov 2026 9:50 AM Claire Liu and Alex Eala with their trophies after the Hong Kong final Alex Eala suffered a shock one-sided defeat to Claire Liu in the final at the 2026 Hong Kong Tennis Open, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,249],"class_list":["post-2244428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-tennis365-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2244428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2244428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2244428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2244428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}