Mika Stojsavljevic receives Tokyo main draw wildcard
Mika Stojsavljevic returns to Tokyo on a wildcard, with fellow US Open junior champion Alexandra Eala awaiting in the main draw.
Mika Stojsavljevic has received a Pan Pacific Open main draw wildcard. The British teenager returns to the tournament where she made her WTA Tour debut, with Alexandra Eala awaiting.
A return to the main draw
Mika Stojsavljevic has received a Pan Pacific Open wildcard, returning the British teenager to the tournament where she first appeared on the WTA Tour. Her debut also required an invitation. She lost that opening match in three sets, leaving this return as another opportunity to earn a main draw win in Tokyo.
The invitation follows experience at Grand Slam level as well as on the main tour, although she has yet to make her WTA breakthrough. Wimbledon offered another opening. She entered its main draw as a wildcard in 2025 and lost in the opening round, then received another invitation in 2026.
A junior champion's background
Born in London in December 2008, Stojsavljevic has Serbian roots through her father, Peter, while her mother, Ewa, comes from Warsaw in Poland. Junior success followed. She turned professional in April 2024 and went on to win the US Open girls' singles title later that year.
Her opponent in that final was Wakana Sonobe, and the victory placed Stojsavljevic among the junior champions now trying to establish themselves in senior tennis. Eala had won that title two years earlier. Their shared achievement provides a connection ahead of Tokyo, but their senior results offer a clearer distinction between them.
Senior results remain a work in progress
Court Shark lists Stojsavljevic at No. 278, with a 3-7 record across her last ten completed matches, a mixed stretch ahead of her Tokyo return. Results remain uneven. That record describes her recent form, rather than determining how she will perform against Eala.
There has been progress below the main tour: Stojsavljevic reached the Birmingham Open quarterfinals in June at WTA 125 level, adding a deeper senior run. The rankings gap remains substantial. With Elena Rybakina at No. 1, Stojsavljevic is still building her position well below the top of the women's game.
Eala sets the next test
Stojsavljevic will face Alexandra Eala in Tokyo's round of thirty-two on Monday, October 26, with their meeting scheduled as the final match on Centre Court. Eala brings more senior success. Her first WTA title came in Washington in August, and she has also reached Wimbledon's fourth round and the Dubai quarterfinals.
Ranked No. 20 and seeded eighth at the Pan Pacific Open, Eala arrives with achievements beyond the junior title that connects these opponents. That is the immediate challenge. Stojsavljevic's Birmingham run shows progress at a lower level, while this meeting offers a test against an opponent who has already won a main tour title.
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