Julia Riera (born 29 May 2002) is an Argentine

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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

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as well as seven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Riera competes for

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in the

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, where she has a win/loss record of 14–4.

Career

2022

In April 2022, Riera participated in the

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, teaming up with Jazmin Ortenzi to be defeated by Brazilian players Carolina Alves and

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in a match lasting over three hours.

2023: WTA Tour debut, first semifinal

Riera made her

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debut at the

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in Rabat. In her first match, she defeated former top-ten player

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. In the following round, she defeated third seed

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to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal. She then defeated sixth seed

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, reaching a WTA Tour-level semifinal on her tour debut. However, she lost to

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in three sets. In August, Riera competed in an ITF W80 tournament event in

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. In doubles , she partnered with Brazilian player Carolina Alves and won the title, defeating the British-Ukrainian duo

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and

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in the final. During the

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, Riera won the bronze medal in women's doubles, partnering with

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. Riera also won the singles bronze medal, defeating

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from Canada in the bronze-medal match by 3–6, 6–4, 6–1. Partnering again with

, she was won the doubles title at the Montevideo Open, defeating

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and

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in the final.

2024: First WTA 500 win, top 100 & major debuts

In January, Riera qualified for the 2024 Brisbane International, after defeating both

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and

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in three sets, respectively. In the first round, she defeated

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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,

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, to book a spot in the round of 16. She lost to

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, after pushing her to three sets. 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. After that, Riera played at the Wiesbaden Tennis Open and won the singles title, defeating

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in the final by 3–6, 6–3, 6–2. In May, she qualified into the

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for her major main-draw debut, after facing

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in the last match of the qualifying rounds and winning in three sets. At the main draw's first round, Riera was overcome by Romanian

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. In November, with the Argentine Billie Jean King Cup team, she went to

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to face the Brazilian team. Partnering with

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, she lost to Carolina Alves and

in the decisive doubles match of the tie, in which Brazil secured a place in the 2025 Finals qualifiers.

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

in a three set match on the first round. At the

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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.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in

, Grand Slam tournaments,

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and

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are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2023 US Open.''

WTA Challenger finals

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

ITF Circuit finals

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

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Notes

References

External links

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Riera, Julia 2002 births Living people Argentine female tennis players Tennis players at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st-century Argentine sportswomen Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Pan American Games tennis players for Argentina Pan American Games bronze medalists in tennis