# Julia Riera

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.

## Career
### 2023: WTA Tour debut, first semifinal

Riera made her WTA Tour debut at the Morocco Open in Rabat. In her first match, she defeated former top-ten player Kristina Mladenovic. In the following round, she defeated third seed Mayar Sherif to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal. She then defeated sixth seed Yulia Putintseva, reaching a WTA Tour-level semifinal on her tour debut. However, she lost to Julia Grabher in three sets.
Partnering María Lourdes Carlé, she was won the doubles title at the Montevideo Open, defeating Freya Christie and Yuliana Lizarazo in the final.

### 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.
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.
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 |
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 | PO | PO | | 0 / 0 | 5–0 |
| Career statistics ||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 2 | | Career total: 2 | Career total: 2 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 9–2 | | 0 / 2 | 9–2 |
| Year-end ranking | 260 | 158 | | $151,546 | $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 |