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Alycia Parks
American tennis player (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alycia Michelle Parks (born December 31, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 40, achieved on 14 August 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 27, set on 11 September 2023.[3] Parks has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including a WTA 1000 doubles title at the 2023 Western & Southern Open. She has also won five singles titles and three doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour.
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2021: WTA Tour & major debuts, 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[4] 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.[5]
Ranked No. 144 at the Ostrava Open, she defeated as a qualifier former world No. 1, Karolína Plíšková, for her first top-20 win[6] 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.[7] At the same tournament in doubles, she won her maiden WTA Tour title, partnering Caty McNally.[8]
In December, Parks won back-to-back WTA Challenger singles titles in Andorrà[9] and Angers,[10] the latter of which she also claimed the doubles title at alongside Zhang Shuai.[10] As a result of these successes, she reached the top 75 in singles and top 60 in doubles.[3]
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.[11][12][13] 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,[14] fourth seed Petra Martić[15][16] and seventh seeded Danka Kovinić.[17][18] She defeated Maryna Zanevska to reach her first WTA Tour final.[19] Next, she defeated top seed Caroline Garcia, recording her first top-5 win, to claim her maiden career title.[20] 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.[3]
At the Madrid Open, she defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová[21] and 15th seed Viktoria Azarenka,[22] 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.[23]
Parks reached her second WTA Tour doubles final in Birmingham with Storm Hunter, losing to Barbora Krejčíková and Marta Kostyuk.[24]
She qualified for Wimbledon[25] and defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam in the first round,[26] before losing to Ana Bogdan.[27] Parks also reached the second rounds of the Canadian Open, losing to Belinda Bencic,[28] and in Cincinnati, losing to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.[29] 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.[30]
2024: Australian Open third round, back to top 100
At the Australian Open, Parks reached the third round of a major for the first time in her career with wins over Daria Snigur[31] and 32nd seed Leylah Fernandez,[32] before being eliminated in the third round by fourth seed Coco Gauff in straight sets.[33] 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.[3]
In doubles, at the Miami Open, she reached the semifinals with Asia Muhammad before losing to second seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe.[34] As a result, she returned to the top 30 in the doubles rankings, at No. 29 on 1 April.[3] Parks won the title at the WTA 125 Veneto Open, defeating eighth seed Bernarda Pera in straight sets in the final. [35] 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.[35]
Ranked No. 121, she qualified for the main draw of the Wimbledon,[36] losing in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki.[37] In July, she won her second WTA 125 title for the season at the Polish Open, defeating fifth seed Maya Joint in the final.[38] As a result, she moved 22 positions up on 29 July 2024 and a week later to world No. 99.[3]
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,[39] before losing to 23rd seed Magdalena Fręch in the second round.[40]
Parks reached the final at the WTA 125 Midland Tennis Classic with wins over Lina Glushko,[41] Caty McNally,[42] Astra Sharma[43] and Lauren Davis[44] before losing to Rebecca Marino.[45] In December, she won the WTA 125 Open Angers, overcoming Belinda Bencic in the final,[46][47][48] having defeated Julie Belgraver,[49] Tamara Korpatsch,[50] Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva[51] and Mona Barthel[52] 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.[53]
2025: First WTA Tour semifinal since 2023
Parks began the season by reaching the semifinals at the Auckland Open, where she defeated third seed Amanda Anisimova, Greet Minnen and Katie Volynets, before losing to seventh seed Naomi Osaka. This was her first WTA Tour semifinal since her title run in Lyon almost two years before.[54]
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| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[55][56]
Singles
Current through the China Open.
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Significant finals
WTA 1000 tournaments
Doubles: 1 (title)
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (title)
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
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WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
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ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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Top 10 wins
| Season | 2022 | 2023 | Total |
| Wins | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Notes
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009 until 2024. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
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