Julia Riera (born 29 May 2002) is an Argentine tennis player.
Riera has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 93, achieved on 20 May 2024. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 179, set on 25 December 2023.
She has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as five singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Riera reached the top 200 on 8 May 2023, at world No. 193.
She made her WTA Tour debut at the Morocco Open in Rabat.[3] In her first match, she defeated former top-ten player Kristina Mladenovic.[4] In the following round, she defeated third seed Mayar Sherif to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal.[5] She then defeated sixth seed Yulia Putintseva, reaching a WTA Tour-level semifinal on her tour debut.[6] However, she lost to Julia Grabher in three sets.[7] As a result, she reached the top 150 in the singles rankings.
2024: First WTA 500 win, top 100 and Major debuts
In January, Riera qualified for the 2024 Brisbane International after defeating both Priscilla Hon and Mai Hontama in three sets, respectively. In the first round, she defeated Viktoriya Tomova in straight sets, notching both her first WTA 500 main-draw win as well as her first WTA tour-level victory on hardcourts. In the following round, Riera defeated seventh seed and world No. 21 Ekaterina Alexandrova to book a spot in the round of 16. She lost to Linda Nosková after pushing her to three sets.[8][9]
Following her lifting the biggest singles trophy of her career at the Chiasso ITF W75, she reached the top 100 in the rankings at No. 94 on 22 April 2024.[10]
In May, she qualified at the 2024 French Open, making her Grand Slam main draw debut.
Performance timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
^2019: WTA ranking–1108,
2020: WTA ranking–1201,
2021: WTA ranking–654.
^During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches counted.
^2019: WTA ranking–1361,
2020: WTA ranking–1425,
2021: WTA ranking–1024.
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