Julia Riera

Julia Riera

Riera at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)	Argentina
Born	(2002-05-29) 29 May 2002 (age 22) [1] Pergamino, Argentina
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$432,172
Singles
Career record	183–104
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 93 (20 May 2024)
Current ranking	No. 146 (24 February 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2025)
French Open	1R (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2024)
US Open	Q2 (2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record	62–69
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 179 (25 December 2023)
Current ranking	No. 303 (3 March 2025)
Team competitions
BJK Cup	14–4
Medal record Women's tennis Representing   Argentina Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Singles 2023 Santiago Doubles
Last updated on: 8 March 2025.

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 has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as seven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Riera competes for Argentina in the Billie Jean King Cup, where she has a win/loss record of 14–4. ^[2]

Career

2023: WTA Tour debut, first semifinal

Riera 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]

Partnering María Lourdes Carlé, she was won the doubles title at the Montevideo Open, defeating Freya Christie and Yuliana Lizarazo in the final. ^[8]

2024: First WTA 500 win, top 100 & 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. ^{[9] [10]}

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. ^[11]

In May, she qualified into the 2024 French Open for her major 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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2023 US Open.

Tournament	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q3	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	1R	0 / 0	0–1
Wimbledon	A	Q2	1R	0 / 0	0–1
US Open	A	Q2	Q2	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–2	0 / 0	0–2
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup [a]	PO	PO		0 / 0	5–0
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	2		Career total: 2
Overall win–loss	0–0	9–2		0 / 2	9–2
Year-end ranking [b]	260	158		$151,546

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2023	Montevideo Open, Uruguay	Clay	María Lourdes Carlé	Freya Christie Yuliana Lizarazo	7–6(5), 7–5
Loss	1–1	Jul 2024	Båstad Open, Sweden	Clay	María Lourdes Carlé	Peangtarn Plipuech Tsao Chia-yi	5–7, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (1–0) $60,000 tournaments (1–0) $25,000 tournaments (3–2) $15,000 tournaments (2–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (7–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Rosa Vicens Mas	6–4, 5–7, 7–6(1)
Win	2–0	Nov 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Tian Fangran	7–6(3), 6–1
Loss	2–1	Aug 2022	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	W25	Clay	Marie Benoît	5–7, 3–6
Win	3–1	Sep 2022	ITF Trieste, Italy	W25	Clay	Oana Georgeta Simion	6–1, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Jan 2023	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	W25	Clay	Nuria Brancaccio	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	4–2	Apr 2023	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	W25	Clay	Francesca Jones	6–2, 7–5
Win	5–2	Apr 2023	ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador	W25	Clay	Solana Sierra	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	6–2	Apr 2024	Chiasso Open, Switzerland	W75	Clay	Anna Bondár	6–3, 7–6(2)
Win	7–2	May 2024	Wiesbaden Open, Germany	W100	Clay	Jule Niemeier	3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend W80 tournaments (1–0) W40/50 tournaments (1–0) W25 tournaments (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2022	ITF Marbella, Spain	W25	Clay	Daniela Seguel	Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro Leyre Romero Gormaz	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 2023	ITF Tucumán, Argentina	W25	Clay	Guillermina Naya	Valeriya Strakhova Daniela Vismane	3–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win	1–2	Mar 2023	ITF Sopo, Colombia	W25	Clay	Guillermina Naya	Victoria Hu Melany Krywoj	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–2	Aug 2023	Aberto da República, Brazil	W80	Hard	Carolina Alves	Eden Silva Valeriya Strakhova	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–2	Sep 2024	ITF Pilar, Argentina	W50	Clay	Carolina Alves	Nicole Fossa Huergo Zhibek Kulambayeva	6–4, 7–5

Notes

1. Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
2. 2019: WTA ranking–1108, 2020: WTA ranking–1201, 2021: WTA ranking–654.

References

1. "Julia Riera". www.tennisexplorer.com.
2. "Victoria de Argentina en el debut de la Billie Jean King Cup". espndeportes.espn.com (in Spanish). 13 April 2022.
3. "Photos: The players contesting their first WTA main draw in 2023".
4. "Rabat: Riera takes out Mladenovic in WTA main-draw debut [Video]". WTA Tennis.
5. "Rabat: Riera upsets Sherif to make quarters on WTA debut [Video]". WTA Tennis.
6. "Morocco Open: Dream WTA debut continues for Riera". 25 May 2023.
7. "Bronzetti ousts Stephens in Rabat; will face Grabher in final".
8. "Zarazua outlasts top seed Parry to win WTA 125 Montevideo title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
9. "Julia Riera strikes in Brisbane: she eliminated the 21st in the world, achieved the best victory of her career and got closer to the Top 100" (in Spanish). 3 January 2024.
10. "Argentine Tennis Player Julia Riera Is Eliminated In The Brisbane Tournament" (in Spanish).
11. "Rankings Watch: Raducanu climbs more than 80 spots; Kostyuk makes leap". 22 April 2024.

External links

• Julia Riera at the Women's Tennis Association
• Julia Riera at the International Tennis Federation
• Julia Riera at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)