Julia Riera

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Julia Riera
Julia Riera (2023 US Open) 08 (cropped).jpg
Riera at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Born (2002-05-29) 29 May 2002 (age 22) [1]
Pergamino, Argentina
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$292,104
Singles
Career record180–99 (64.5%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 93 (20 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 115 (27 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2024)
French Open 1R (2024)
Wimbledon Q2 (2023)
US Open Q2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record59–66 (47.2%)
Career titles1 WTA 125, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 179 (25 December 2023)
Current rankingNo. 216 (27 May 2024)
Team competitions
BJK Cup 14–4
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Santiago Singles
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2023 Santiago Doubles
Last updated on: 27 May 2024.

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.

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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 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 & top 150

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 SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA0 / 00–0 – 
French Open AA0 / 00–0 – 
Wimbledon A Q2 0 / 00–0 – 
US Open A Q2 0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00 / 00–0 – 
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup [lower-alpha 1] PO PO 0 / 05–0100%
Career statistics
Tournaments02Career total: 2
Overall win–loss0–09–20 / 29–282%
Year-end ranking [lower-alpha 2] 260158$151,546

Doubles

Current after the 2023 Lausanne Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA0 / 00–0 – 
French Open AA0 / 00–0 – 
Wimbledon AA0 / 00–0 – 
US Open AA0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–00–00 / 00–0 – 
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup [lower-alpha 1] PO PO 0 / 03–175%
Career statistics
Tournaments0 [lower-alpha 3] 1Career total: 1
Overall win-loss2–11–10 / 13–260%
Year-end ranking [lower-alpha 4] 423251

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Dec 2023 Montevideo Open, UruguayClay Flag of Argentina.svg María Lourdes Carlé Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Freya Christie
Flag of Colombia.svg Yuliana Lizarazo 		7–6(5), 7–5

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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2021ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Flag of Spain.svg Rosa Vicens Mas 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(1)
Win2–0Nov 2021ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tian Fangran 7–6(3), 6–1
Loss2–1Aug 2022ITF Koksijde, Belgium25,000Clay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Marie Benoît 5–7, 3–6
Win3–1Sep 2022ITF Trieste, Italy25,000Clay Flag of Romania.svg Oana Georgeta Simion 6–1, 6–4
Loss3–2Jan 2023ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina25,000Clay Flag of Italy.svg Nuria Brancaccio 4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win4–2Apr 2023ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador25,000Clay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Francesca Jones 6–2, 7–5
Win5–2Apr 2023ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador25,000Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Solana Sierra 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win6–2 Apr 2024 ITF Chiasso, Switzerland60,000Clay Flag of Hungary.svg Anna Bondár 6–3, 7–6(2)
Win7–2 May 2024 ITF Wiesbaden, Germany100,000Clay Flag of Germany.svg Jule Niemeier 3–6, 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Sep 2022ITF Marbella, Spain25,000Clay Flag of Chile.svg Daniela Seguel Flag of Spain.svg Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
Flag of Spain.svg Leyre Romero Gormaz 		4–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Mar 2023ITF Tucumán, Argentina25,000Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermina Naya Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriya Strakhova
Flag of Latvia.svg Daniela Vismane 		3–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win1–2Mar 2023ITF Sopo, Colombia25,000Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermina Naya Flag of the United States.svg Victoria Hu
Flag of Argentina.svg Melany Krywoj 		7–5, 6–4
Win2–2Aug 2023ITF Brasília, Brazil80,000Hard Flag of Brazil.svg Carolina Alves Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eden Silva
Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriya Strakhova		6–2, 6–3

Notes

  1. 1 2 Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ↑ 2019: WTA ranking–1108,
    2020: WTA ranking–1201,
    2021: WTA ranking–654.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 2019: WTA ranking–1361,
    2020: WTA ranking–1425,
    2021: WTA ranking–1024.

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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).
  3. ↑ https://www.wtatennis.com/photos/3013222/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. ↑ https://www.tennismajors.com/wta-tour-news/morocco-open-riera-advances-to-semi-finals-682391.html
  7. ↑ https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3488878/bronzetti-ousts-stephens-in-rabat-will-face-grabher-in-final
  8. ↑ "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).
  9. ↑ "Argentine Tennis Player Julia Riera Is Eliminated In The Brisbane Tournament" (in Spanish).
  10. ↑ "Rankings Watch: Raducanu climbs more than 80 spots; Kostyuk makes leap". 22 April 2024.
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