Julia Riera
Riera at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (2002-05-29) 29 May 2002[1]
Pergamino
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$171,006
Singles
Career record158–88 (64.2%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 123 (8 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 123 (8 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2024)
WimbledonQ2 (2023)
US OpenQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record58–63 (47.9%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 179 (25 December 2023)
Current rankingNo. 179 (25 December 2023)
Team competitions
BJK Cup8–1
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 SantiagoSingles
Bronze medal – third place2023 SantiagoDoubles
Last updated on: 25 December 2023.

Julia Riera (born 29 May 2002) is an Argentine tennis player. Riera has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 123, achieved on 8 January 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 competes for Argentina in the Billie Jean King Cup, where she has a win/loss record of 8–1.[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 125

In January, Riera qualified for the 2024 Brisbane International after defeating Priscilla Hon and Mai Hontama, both 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 tour-level victory on hard courts. In the following round, Riera proceeded to defeat seventh seed and world No. 21 Ekaterina Alexandrova to confirm a spot in the round of 16, where she lost to Linda Nosková after pushing her to three sets.[8][9]

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 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 1] PO PO 0 / 0 5–0 100%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 2 Career total: 2
Overall win–loss 0–0 9–2 0 / 2 9–2 82%
Year-end ranking[lower-alpha 2] 260 158 $151,546

Doubles

Current after the 2023 Lausanne Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 1] PO PO 0 / 0 3–1 75%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0[lower-alpha 3] 1 Career total: 1
Overall win-loss 2–1 1–1 0 / 1 3–2 60%
Year-end ranking[lower-alpha 4] 423 251

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2023 WTA 125 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Argentina María Lourdes Carlé United Kingdom Freya Christie
Colombia Yuliana Lizarazo		 7–6(5), 7–5

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (3–2)
$15,000 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (5–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Spain Rosa Vicens Mas 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(1)
Win 2–0 Nov 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay China Tian Fangran 7–6(3), 6–1
Loss 2–1 Aug 2022 ITF Koksijde, Belgium 25,000 Clay Belgium Marie Benoît 5–7, 3–6
Win 3–1 Sep 2022 ITF Trieste, Italy 25,000 Clay Romania Oana Georgeta Simion 6–1, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Jan 2023 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina 25,000 Clay Italy Nuria Brancaccio 4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win 4–2 Apr 2023 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador 25,000 Clay United Kingdom Francesca Jones 6–2, 7–5
Win 5–2 Apr 2023 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador 25,000 Clay Argentina Solana Sierra 6–4, 4–6, 6–4

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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2022 ITF Marbella, Spain 25,000 Clay Chile Daniela Seguel Spain Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro
Spain Leyre Romero Gormaz		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2023 ITF Tucumán, Argentina 25,000 Clay Argentina Guillermina Naya Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova
Latvia Daniela Vismane		 3–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win 1–2 Mar 2023 ITF Sopo, Colombia 25,000 Clay Argentina Guillermina Naya United States Victoria Hu
Argentina Melany Krywoj		 7–5, 6–4
Win 2–2 Aug 2023 ITF Brasília, Brazil 80,000 Hard Brazil Carolina Alves United Kingdom Eden Silva
Ukraine 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.

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).
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