Julia Riera (born 29 May 2002) is an Argentine tennis player. Riera has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 93, achieved on 20 May 2024. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 179 which she reached December 2023.
She began playing tennis at the age of seven at Gimnasia y Esgrima de Pergamino. At the age of nine, she moved to Viajantes de Pergamino, where she started being coached by Emilio Palena.
In 2016, she began traveling regularly to the CeNARD, and finished the year competing in the under-14 category at the Orange Bowl.
In 2017 and 2018, she represented Vélez Sarsfield in the interclub competitions organized by the AAT.
In 2019, she began representing River Plate in the interclub championships and, with a 5–1 record, reached the final.[3]
2021
She won her first two professional titles in Antalya, Turkey, capturing two W15 titles in consecutive weeks.[4]
Riera made her WTA Tour debut at the Morocco Open in Rabat.[7] In her first match, she defeated former top-ten player Kristina Mladenovic.[8] In the following round, she defeated third seed Mayar Sherif to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal.[9] She then defeated sixth seed Yulia Putintseva, reaching a WTA Tour-level semifinal on her tour debut.[10] However, she lost to Julia Grabher in three sets.[11]
In August, Riera competed in an ITF W80 tournament event in Brasília. In doubles , she partnered with Brazilian player Carolina Alves and won the title, defeating the British-Ukrainian duo Eden Silva and Valeriya Strakhova in the final.[12][13]
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.[17][18]
Following her lifting the biggest singles trophy of her career at the W75 in Chiasso, she reached the top 100 in the rankings at No. 94, on 22 April 2024.[19]
In May, she qualified into the 2024 French Open for her major main-draw debut, after facing Alexandra Eala in the last match of the qualifying rounds and winning in three sets.[21]
In November, with the Argentine Billie Jean King Cup team, she went to São Paulo to face the Brazilian team. Partnering with Jazmín Ortenzi, she lost to Carolina Alves and Beatriz Haddad Maia in the decisive doubles match of the tie, in which Brazil secured a place in the 2025 Finals qualifiers.[23]
2025: Australian Open debut
In January, Riera qualified for the main draw of the singles competition of the Australian Open for the first time in her career and lost to Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia in a three set match on the first round. [24][25][26]
In her first round match, Riera was leading British player Francesca Jones 5–3 in the third set when the match ended dramatically, after Jones collapsed due to the effects of playing at high altitude without acclimatisation. Riera assisted medics as her opponent was lifted into a wheelchair and taken off court.[28]
At the 2025 French Open Julia Riera among Lourdes Carlé and Paula Ormaechea successfully advanced from the qualifying rounds into the main draw of the women's singles. This marked the first time in 39 years that three Argentine women achieved this feat in the same edition of the tournament, matching the milestone last reached in 1986. [29]
In September, Riera played at the first edition of the SP Open, a WTA 250 held in São Paulo, Brazil. She advanced to the second round of the singles draw, but was defeated in straight sets by Alexandra Eala.[30]
In December, Riera took part in the first edition of the exhibition tournament “Road to Australia” in Buenos Aires. She was crowned women’s champion after defeating Jazmín Ortenzi in the final, 6–4 6–3.[31]
Riera in 2025 at the Road to Australia final
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.
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