# Alycia Parks

Alycia Michelle Parks (born December 31, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 40, achieved on 14 August 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 27, set on 11 September 2023.

## Career
### 2021: WTA Tour & Grand Slam debut, fastest serve record

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 MUSC Health Open in Charleston, having made it through qualifying as an alternate. She defeated qualifier Grace Min in the first round, before losing to top seed Ons Jabeur in the second.
In her first-round match at the US Open, she tied the record by Venus Williams for the fastest serve by a woman that the tournament had ever recorded (129 mph).

### 2022: Breakthrough, first top-10 win & doubles title, top 75

In 2022, she made her sixth career main-draw appearance advancing to the second round of the German Open in Berlin as a qualifier. As a result, she climbed to a career-high, up 34 spots from 169 to No. 135, on 20 June 2022.
Ranked No. 144 at the Ostrava Open, she defeated as a qualifier former world No. 1, Karolína Plíšková, for her first top-20 win and followed that by defeating world No. 7 and fourth seed, Maria Sakkari, for her first top-10 win to reach her first ever WTA quarterfinal. At the same tournament in doubles, she won her maiden WTA Tour title, partnering Caty McNally.
In December, Parks won back-to-back WTA Challenger singles titles in Andorrà and Angers, the latter of which she also claimed the doubles title at alongside Zhang Shuai. As a result of these successes, she reached the top 75 in singles and top 60 in doubles.

### 2023: First singles title & Top-5 win, top 40, WTA 1000 doubles title

As the top seed in the qualifying draw at the 2023 Australian Open, Parks lost in the second round to Sára Bejlek. At the same tournament, Parks reached the third round in doubles on her debut at this major, partnering with Oksana Kalashnikova, losing to eventual champions, Barbora Krejčíková and Katerina Siniaková.
At the Lyon Open she reached her first WTA semifinal defeating Julia Grabher, fourth seed Petra Martić and seventh seeded Danka Kovinić. She defeated Maryna Zanevska to reach her first WTA Tour final. Next, she defeated top seed Caroline Garcia, recording her first top-5 win, to claim her maiden career title. As a result, she moved to new career-highs in the top 50, in doubles of No. 43 on 13 February 2023, and in singles of No. 50 on 27 February 2023.
At the Madrid Open, she defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová and 15th seed Viktoria Azarenka, in straight sets, to move into the third round for the first time at a WTA 1000 level. She lost to 18th seed Martina Trevisan.
Parks reached her second WTA Tour doubles final in Birmingham with Storm Hunter, losing to Barbora Krejčíková and Marta Kostyuk.
She qualified for Wimbledon and defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam in the first round, before losing to Ana Bogdan. Parks also reached the second rounds of the Canadian Open, losing to Belinda Bencic, and in Cincinnati, losing to Aliaksandra Sasnovich. In the doubles at the Cincinnati tournament, Parks paired with Taylor Townsend for the first time, going on to win title, defeating third seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final.

### 2024: Australian Open third round, back to top 100

At the Australian Open, Parks reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in her career with wins over Daria Snigur and 32nd seed Leylah Fernandez, before being eliminated in the third round by fourth seed Coco Gauff in straight sets. Despite this result, she fell out of the top 100 on 5 February 2024, not being able to defend her points from the Lyon Open which was cancelled in the 2024 season.
In doubles, at the Miami Open, she reached the semifinals with Asia Muhammad before losing to second seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe. As a result, she returned to the top 30 in the doubles rankings, at No. 29 on 1 April. Parks won the title at the WTA 125 Veneto Open, defeating eighth seed Bernarda Pera in straight sets in the final. Partnering Hailey Baptiste, she also took the doubles title at the same event with a win over Miriam Kolodziejová and Anna Sisková in the final.
Ranked No. 121, she qualified for the main draw of the Wimbledon, losing in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki. In July, she won her second WTA 125 title for the season at the Polish Open, defeating fifth seed Maya Joint in the final. As a result, she moved 22 positions up on 29 July 2024 and a week later to world No. 99.
At the WTA 1000 China Open she qualified and recorded her first main-draw win at a WTA Tour level since January, at the Australian Open, over Wang Qiang, before losing to 23rd seed Magdalena Fręch in the second round.
Parks reached the final at the WTA 125 Dow Tennis Classic with wins over Lina Glushko, Caty McNally, Astra Sharma and Lauren Davis before losing to Rebecca Marino.
In December, she won the WTA 125 Open Angers Arena Loire, overcoming Belinda Bencic in the final, having defeated Julie Belgraver, Tamara Korpatsch, Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva and Mona Barthel en route to the championship match. As a result she re-entered the top 100 at world No. 84 on 9 December 2024, which was the same position she started the year off at.

### 2025: First WTA semifinal since 2023

Parks began the season by reaching the semifinals at the 2025 ASB Classic, where she defeated third seed Amanda Anisimova, Greet Minnen and Katie Volynets before losing to seventh seed Naomi Osaka. This was her first WTA semifinal since her title run in Lyon almost two years before.

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

### Singles

Current through the China Open.
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||
| Australian Open | A | Q2 | Q2 | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| French Open | A | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| US Open | 1R | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
| WTA 1000 ||||||||
| Qatar Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Dubai | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Indian Wells Open | 1R | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Miami Open | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | 3R | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Italian Open | A | A | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Cincinnati Open | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | Q1 | 2R | NMS | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| China Open | NH | NH | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Wuhan Open | NH | NH | NH | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–7 | 1–1 | 0 / 9 | 5–9 | 36% |
| Career statistics ||||||||
| | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Tournaments | 4 | 3 | 19 | 12 | Career total: 38 | Career total: 38 | Career total: 38 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 1 | Career total: 1 | Career total: 1 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 1 | Career total: 1 | Career total: 1 |
| Overall win-loss | 2–4 | 3–3 | 13–19 | 4–12 | 1 / 38 | 22–38 | 37% |
| Year–end ranking | 237 | 118 | 47 | 112 | $1,815,417 | $1,815,417 | $1,815,417 |

## Significant finals
### WTA 1000 tournaments
#### Doubles: 1 (title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 2023 | Cincinnati Open | Hard | Taylor Townsend | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 6–4, [10–6] |

## WTA Tour finals
### Singles: 1 (1 title)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* WTA 1000 (0–0)
* WTA 500 (0–0)
* WTA 250 (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (0–0)
* Indoor (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2023 | Lyon Open, France | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | Caroline Garcia | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 7–5 |

### Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* WTA 1000 (1–0)
* WTA 500 (1–0)
* WTA 250 (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–0)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–1)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (1–1)
* Indoor (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2022 | Ostrava Open, Czech Republic | WTA 500 | Hard (i) | Caty McNally | Alicja Rosolska Erin Routliffe | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2023 | Birmingham Classic, United Kingdom | WTA 250 | Grass | Storm Hunter | Marta Kostyuk Barbora Krejčíková | 2–6, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$ |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2023 | Cincinnati Open, United States | WTA 1000 | Hard | Taylor Townsend | Nicole Melichar-Martinez Ellen Perez | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 6–4, [10–6] |

## WTA Challenger finals
### Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Dec 2022 | Andorrà Open, Andorra la Vella | Hard (i) | Rebecca Peterson | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Dec 2022 | Open Angers, France | Hard (i) | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | Jun 2024 | Veneto Open, Italy | Grass | Bernarda Pera | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–0 | Jul 2024 | Polish Open, Poland | Hard | Maya Joint | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Nov 2024 | Midland Tennis Classic, United States | Hard (i) | Rebecca Marino | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 5–1 | Dec 2024 | Open Angers (2), France | Hard (i) | Belinda Bencic | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 3–6, 6–0 |

### Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2022 | Midland Tennis Classic, United States | Hard (i) | Asia Muhammad | Anna-Lena Friedsam Nadiia Kichenok | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Dec 2022 | Open Angers, France | Hard (i) | Zhang Shuai | Miriam Kolodziejová Markéta Vondroušová | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–1 | May 2023 | Clarins Open Paris, France | Clay | Nadiia Kichenok | Anna Danilina Vera Zvonareva | 7–5, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, [12–14] |
| Win | 3–0 | Jun 2024 | Veneto Open, Italy | Grass | Hailey Baptiste | Miriam Kolodziejová Anna Sisková | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–2 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

* Legend
* $60,000 tournaments (0–2)
* $25,000 tournaments (1–2)
* $15,000 tournaments (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–4)
* Clay (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2019 | ITF Shreveport, United States | 15,000 | Clay | Hsu Chieh-yu | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2019 | ITF Redding, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Gabriela Talabă | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Nov 2020 | ITF Orlando, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Robin Montgomery | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Nov 2021 | ITF Daytona Beach, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Irina Fetecău | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Feb 2022 | Georgia's Rome Open, United States | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Tatjana Maria | 4–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Mar 2022 | Arcadia Pro Open, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Rebecca Marino | 6–7$^{(0)}$, 1–6 |

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

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments (1–0)
* $80,000 tournaments (0–1)
* $60,000 tournaments (1–1)
* $25,000 tournaments (1–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–2)
* Clay (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2020 | ITF Orlando, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Rasheeda McAdoo | Jamie Loeb Erin Routliffe | 4–6, 6–1, [11–9] |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2021 | Tennis Classic of Macon, United States | 80,000 | Hard | Alana Smith | Quinn Gleason Catherine Harrison | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2021 | ITF Daytona Beach, United States | 25,000 | Hard | Alexandra Osborne | Elysia Bolton Kylie Collins | 4–6, 7–6$^{(5)}$, [5–10] |
| Win | 2–2 | Jan 2022 | Bendigo International, Australia | 60,000+H | Hard | Fernanda Contreras Gómez | Alison Bai Alana Parnaby | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Apr 2022 | Charlottesville Open, United States | 60,000 | Clay | Valentini Grammatikopoulou | Sophie Chang Angela Kulikov | 6–2, 3–6, [4–10] |
| Win | 3–3 | Jul 2022 | ITF Charleston Pro, United States | 100,000 | Clay | Sachia Vickery | Tímea Babos Marcela Zacarías | 6–4, 5–7, [10–5] |

## Top 10 wins

| Season | 2022 | 2023 | Total |
| Wins | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | APR |
| 2022 ||||||||
| 1. | Maria Sakkari | No. 7 | Ostrava Open, Czech Republic | Hard (i) | 2R | 5–7, 7–5, 7–5 | No. 144 |
| 2023 ||||||||
| 2. | Caroline Garcia | No. 5 | Lyon Open, France | Hard (i) | F | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 7–5 | No. 79 |