He was born in Toowoomba, Queensland and now lives in Noosa, Queensland. He stands at 1.83 m and weighs 90 kg, and is classified as a doubles specialist. Eagles is married to former professional tennis player Barbara Schett.
They have a son named Noah (b 2009).
In January 2013 he was appointed as the Australian Davis Cup coach, having previously won Tennis Australia"s elite coaching excellence award in 2012 for helping Australian Marinko Matosevic break into the top 50 from outside 200. Eagle has won five Association of Tennis Professionals doubles titles.
