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Born | [1] Pergamino, Argentina | 29 May 2002|||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) | |||||||||||||||||
Prize money | $430,992 | |||||||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 183–103 | |||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 7 ITF | |||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 93 (20 May 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 122 (12 August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | ||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | Q3 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
French Open | 1R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
US Open | Q2 (2023, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 62–68 | |||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger, 2 ITF | |||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | No. 179 (25 December 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | No. 221 (12 August 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Team competitions | ||||||||||||||||||
BJK Cup | 14–4 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 18 August 2024. |
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 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
[edit]2023: WTA Tour debut, first semifinal & top 150
[edit]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 & Major debuts
[edit]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 W75 Chiasso, she reached the top 100 in the rankings at No. 94, on 22 April 2024.[10]
In May, she qualified into the 2024 French Open, making her Grand Slam main draw debut.
Performance timelines
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
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
[edit]Current through the 2023 US Open.
Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | |
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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 | 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
[edit]Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
[edit]Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Dec 2023 | Montevideo Open, Uruguay |
Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(5), 7–5 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2024 | Båstad Open, Sweden |
Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 3–6 |
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Singles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 5–7, 7–6(1) |
Win | 2–0 | Nov 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(3), 6–1 |
Loss | 2–1 | Aug 2022 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 2022 | ITF Trieste, Italy | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–2 | Jan 2023 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
Win | 4–2 | Apr 2023 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 5–2 | Apr 2023 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
Win | 6–2 | Apr 2024 | Chiasso Open, Switzerland | W75 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(2) |
Win | 7–2 | May 2024 | Wiesbaden Open, Germany | W100 | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2022 | ITF Marbella, Spain | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2023 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–3, [11–13] |
Win | 1–2 | Mar 2023 | ITF Sopo, Colombia | W25 | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 2–2 | Aug 2023 | Aberto da República, Brazil |
W80 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Julia Riera". www.tennisexplorer.com.
- ^ "Victoria de Argentina en el debut de la Billie Jean King Cup". espndeportes.espn.com (in Spanish).
- ^ https://www.wtatennis.com/photos/3013222/photos-the-players-contesting-their-first-wta-main-draw-in-2023
- ^ "Rabat: Riera takes out Mladenovic in WTA main-draw debut [Video]". WTA Tennis.
- ^ "Rabat: Riera upsets Sherif to make quarters on WTA debut [Video]". WTA Tennis.
- ^ https://www.tennismajors.com/wta-tour-news/morocco-open-riera-advances-to-semi-finals-682391.html
- ^ https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3488878/bronzetti-ousts-stephens-in-rabat-will-face-grabher-in-final
- ^ "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).
- ^ "Argentine Tennis Player Julia Riera Is Eliminated In The Brisbane Tournament" (in Spanish).
- ^ "Rankings Watch: Raducanu climbs more than 80 spots; Kostyuk makes leap". 22 April 2024.