# Emiliana Arango

Emiliana Arango (Spanish pronunciation:; born 28 November 2000) is a Colombian tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 10 March 2025. She has won three singles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Playing for Colombia Billie Jean King Cup team, Arango has a win–loss record of 12–10.

## Juniors
### Grand Slam performance

Singles
* Australian Open: –
* French Open: 2R (2017)
* Wimbledon: 1R (2016, 2017)
* US Open: SF (2017)
Doubles
* Australian Open: –
* French Open: 2R (2017)
* Wimbledon: QF (2017)
* US Open: QF (2017)
On the ITF junior circuit, Arango has a career-high ranking of world No. 8, achieved in January 2018. In singles, she reached the semifinals at the 2017 Junior US Open. In doubles, she reached two quarterfinals, both in 2017, at Wimbledon and US Open, respectively. As a junior, she won three singles and three doubles titles.

## Professional

Arango made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2016 Copa Colsanitas, where she lost in the first round to Irina Falconi, winning only one game.
At the 2018 Copa Colsanitas, she secured her first tour-level win with a three-set victory over fourth seed Verónica Cepede Royg from Paraguay.

### 2022: Major debut

Arango made her major debut at the French Open qualifying competition in 2022, and she also competed and lost in qualifying at the Wimbledon Championships.

### 2023: WTA 125 semifinal, WTA 1000 quarterfinal, career high year-end ranking

Arango reached the semifinals at the 2023 Copa Oster, losing to eventual champion Nadia Podoroska in straight sets. Having received an invitation to the San Luis Open Challenger, she reached the quarterfinals. Arango also received a wildcard for the qualifying competition for the Madrid Open. She qualified for the Catalonia Open, and in the main draw, she lost in the second round to Jil Teichmann. Arango entered and lost in the qualifying at Roland Garros and in the qualifying at Wimbledon.
At the Guadalajara Open, on her WTA 1000 level debut she defeated, 11th seed Anastasia Potapova for her first WTA 1000 and top 30 win. Next, she defeated Sloane Stephens in straight sets in one hour to reach the round of 16 of a WTA 1000 tournament for the first time. She defeated Taylor Townsend to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA Tour event for the first time. She became the first Colombian player to make a WTA 1000 quarterfinal since Fabiola Zuluaga at Berlin 2004. As a result, she moved 60 positions up at world No. 120 in the singles rankings on 25 September 2023. She finished the season at a career-high ranking of world No. 109 on 20 November 2024.

### 2024: First WTA 125 final

Ranked No. 121, Arango qualified into the main draw of the Miami Open making her debut at this WTA 1000 tournament and defeated Tatjana Maria in the first round, before losing to 31st seed Leylah Fernandez.
She was runner-up at the WTA 125 Bolivia Open, losing to Anca Todoni in the final.

### 2025: WTA 125 title and WTA 500 final, top 100 debut

Arango won her first WTA 125 title at the Cancún Open, defeating qualifier Carson Branstine in the final.
Ranked No. 133 at the 2025 Mérida Open Arango reached her fourth career WTA quarterfinal for the first time since 2023 after qualifying into the main draw and following that with wins over lucky loser María Lourdes Carlé for the second time (first was in qualifying), and then Francesca Jones, who retired injured due to heat illness in the third set. Next she defeated Rebecca Šramková to reach her first WTA semifinal and also first at the WTA 500-level. She reached her first WTA Tour final with a defeat over another qualifier Daria Saville. As a result, she rose more than 50 positions, making her debut in the top 100 , at world No. 80 on 3 March 2025. Arango was the second qualifier in the season to make a WTA 500 final after Polina Kudermetova pushed world No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka, to three sets in Brisbane. She lost by a double bagel in 55 minutes to top seed Emma Navarro.

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | 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 2025 Australian Open.
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | NH | A | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| National representation |||||||||||||
| Billie Jean King Cup | Z1 | A | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | A | PO | PO | | 0 / 0 | 9–8 | 53% |
| WTA 1000 |||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami Open | A | A | Q1 | A | NH | A | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | Q2 | 2R | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | QF | NMS | NMS | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2-2 | | 0 / 3 | 5–3 | 63% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | | Career total: 14 | Career total: 14 | Career total: 14 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Overall win–loss | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 11–4 | 3–5 | | 0 / 14 | 21–20 | 51% |
| Year-end ranking | 826 | 494 | 437 | 599 | 493 | 249 | 377 | 112 | 169 | | $712,524 | $712,524 | $712,524 |

## WTA Tour finals
### Singles: 1 (runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* WTA 1000 (0–0)
* WTA 500 (0–1)
* WTA 250 (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2025 | Mérida Open, Mexico | WTA 500 | Hard | Emma Navarro | 0–6, 0–6 |

## WTA Challenger finals
### Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2024 | Bolivia Open, Bolivia | Clay | Anca Todoni | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 0–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Feb 2025 | Cancún Tennis Open, México | Hard | Carson Branstine | 6–2, 6–1 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $25,000 tournaments (2–2)
* $10/15,000 tournaments (1–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (2–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2016 | ITF Pereira, Colombia | 10,000 | Clay | María Herazo González | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jun 2017 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Clay | Vlada Ekshibarova | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Aug 2017 | ITF Fort Worth, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Katerina Stewart | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Sep 2021 | Open Medellín, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | Laura Pigossi | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Win | 3–2 | Oct 2021 | ITF Florence, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Wang Xiyu | 6–3, 0–6, 7–6$^{(0)}$ |
| Loss | 3–3 | Mar 2023 | ITF Mosquera, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | Sinja Kraus | 7–6$^{(4)}$, 6–7$^{(6)}$, 3–6 |

### Doubles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $25,000 tournaments (0–2)
* Finals by surface
* Clay (0–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2019 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | 25,000 | Clay | Katerina Stewart | Hsu Chieh-yu Marcela Zacarías | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2019 | ITF Cúcuta, Colombia | 25,000 | Clay | Victoria Bosio | Carolina Alves Renata Zarazúa | 1–6, ret. |

## Head-to-head records
### Record against former top 10 players

Arango's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.
| Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last match |
| Former number 2 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Vera Zvonareva | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (6–3, 6–1) at 2023 Catalonia Open |
| Former number 3 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Sloane Stephens | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (6–1, 6–2) at 2023 Guadalajara Open |
| Maria Sakkari | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2023 Guadalajara Open |
| Number 4 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Jasmine Paolini | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 6–1) at 2018 Copa Colsanitas |
| Number 6 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Mirra Andreeva | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (0–6, 2–6) at 2023 French Open |
| Number 8 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Emma Navarro | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (0–6, 0–6) at 2025 Mérida Open |
| Number 10 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Beatriz Haddad Maia | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2021 Argentina Open |
| Total | 3–4 | 43% | 1–2 (33%) | 2–2 (50%) | – ( – ) | statistics correct as of 3 March 2025. |