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Alycia Parks
Parks at the 2023 US Open
Full nameAlycia Michelle Parks
Country (sports) United States
ResidencePort St. Lucie, Florida
Born (2000-12-31) December 31, 2000 (age 23)[1]
Atlanta, Georgia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMichael Parks (father)
Prize moneyUS$ 1,803,447
Singles
Career record194–190
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 40 (August 14, 2023)
Current rankingNo. 84 (December 9, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2024)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US Open1R (2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record98–105
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 27 (September 11, 2023)
Current rankingNo. 79 (December 9, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2023)
French Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2024)
US Open3R (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open2R (2023, 2024)
Last updated on: 9 December 2024.

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.[2]

Career

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

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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[3] that the tournament had ever recorded (129 mph).

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

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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.[4]

Ranked No. 144 at the Ostrava Open, she defeated as a qualifier former world No. 1, Karolína Plíšková, for her first top-20 win[5] 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.[6] At the same tournament in doubles, she won her maiden WTA Tour title, partnering Caty McNally.[7]

In December, Parks won back-to-back WTA Challenger singles titles in Andorrà[8] and Angers,[9] the latter of which she also claimed the doubles title at alongside Zhang Shuai.[9] As a result of these successes, she reached the top 75 in singles and top 60 in doubles.[citation needed]

2023: WTA Tour title & top-5 win, top 40 in singles & doubles, WTA 1000 doubles title

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As the top seed in the qualifying draw at the 2023 Australian Open, Parks lost in the second round to Sára Bejlek.[10][11][12] 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.[citation needed]

At the Lyon Open she reached her first WTA semifinal defeating Julia Grabher,[13] fourth seed Petra Martić[14][15] and seventh seeded Danka Kovinić.[16][17] She defeated Maryna Zanevska to reach her first WTA Tour final.[18] Next, she defeated top seed Caroline Garcia, recording her first top-5 win, to claim her maiden career title.[19] 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.[2]

At the Madrid Open, she defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová[20] and 15th seed Viktoria Azarenka,[21] 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.[22]

Parks reached her second WTA Tour doubles final in Birmingham with Storm Hunter, losing to Barbora Krejčíková and Marta Kostyuk.[23]

She qualified for Wimbledon[24] and defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam in the first round,[25] before losing to Ana Bogdan.[26] Parks also reached the second rounds of the Canadian Open, losing to Belinda Bencic,[27] and in Cincinnati, losing to Aliaksandra Sasnovich.[28] 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.[29]

2024: Australian Open third round, back to top 100

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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[30] and 32nd seed Leylah Fernandez,[31] before being eliminated in the third round by fourth seed Coco Gauff in straight sets.[32] 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.[2]

In doubles, at the Miami Open, she reached the semifinals with Asia Muhammad before losing to second seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe.[citation needed] As a result, she returned to the top 30 in the doubles rankings, at No. 29 on 1 April.[2]

Parks won the title at the WTA 125 Veneto Open, defeating eighth seed Bernarda Pera in straight sets in the final. [33] 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.[33]

Ranked No. 121, she qualified for the main draw of the Wimbledon,[34] losing in the first round to Caroline Wozniacki.[35]

In July, she won her second WTA 125 title for the season at the Polish Open, defeating fifth seed Maya Joint in the final.[36] As a result, she moved 22 positions up on 29 July and a week later to No. 99.[2]

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,[37] before losing to 23rd seed Magdalena Fręch in the second round.[38]

Parks reached the final at the WTA 125 Dow Tennis Classic with wins over Lina Glushko,[39] Caty McNally,[40] Astra Sharma[41] and Lauren Davis[42] before losing to Rebecca Marino.[43]

In December, she won the WTA 125 Open Angers Arena Loire, overcoming Belinda Bencic in the final,[44][45][46] having defeated Julie Belgraver,[47] Tamara Korpatsch,[48] Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva[49] and Mona Barthel[50] en route to the championship match. As a result she re-entered the top 100 at world No. 84, which was the same position she started the year off at.[51]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.[52][53]

Singles

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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 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Dubai[a] 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 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Open Q1 A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH Q1 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open NH 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
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
Titles 0 0 1 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 1 0 Career total: 1
Overall win-loss 2–4 3–3 13–19 4–12 1 / 38 22–38 37%
Year–end ranking[b] 237 118 47 112 $1,082,020

Significant finals

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WTA 1000 tournaments

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2023 Cincinnati Open Hard United States Taylor Townsend United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Australia Ellen Perez 		6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–6]

WTA Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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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) France Caroline Garcia 7–6(9–7), 7–5

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

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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) United States Caty McNally Poland Alicja Rosolska
New Zealand Erin Routliffe 		6–3, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Jun 2023 Birmingham Classic,
United Kingdom 		WTA 250 Grass Australia Storm Hunter Ukraine Marta Kostyuk
Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková 		2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Win 2–1 Aug 2023 Cincinnati Open,
United States 		WTA 1000 Hard United States Taylor Townsend United States Nicole Melichar-Martinez
Australia Ellen Perez 		6–7(1–7), 6–4, [10–6]

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

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

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

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

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

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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 Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2019 ITF Redding, United States 25,000 Hard Romania Gabriela Talabă 1–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 Nov 2020 ITF Orlando, United States 25,000 Hard United States Robin Montgomery 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–3 Nov 2021 ITF Daytona Beach, United States 25,000 Hard Romania Irina Fetecău 1–6, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Feb 2022 Georgia's Rome Open, United States 60,000 Hard (i) Germany Tatjana Maria 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss 1–5 Mar 2022 Arcadia Pro Open, United States 60,000 Hard Canada Rebecca Marino 6–7(0), 1–6

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (1–0)
$60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
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 United States Rasheeda McAdoo United States Jamie Loeb
New Zealand Erin Routliffe 		4–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Loss 1–1 Nov 2021 ITF Daytona Beach,
United States 		25,000 Hard Australia Alexandra Osborne United States Elysia Bolton
United States Kylie Collins 		4–6, 7–6(5), [5–10]
Win 2–1 Jan 2022 Bendigo International, Australia 60,000+H Hard Mexico Fernanda Contreras Gómez Australia Alison Bai
Australia Alana Parnaby 		6–3, 6–1
Loss 2–2 Apr 2022 Charlottesville Open,
United States 		60,000 Clay Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou United States Sophie Chang
United States Angela Kulikov 		6–2, 3–6, [4–10]
Win 3–2 Jul 2022 ITF Charleston Pro,
United States 		100,000 Clay United States Sachia Vickery Hungary Tímea Babos
Mexico Marcela Zacarías 		6–4, 5–7, [10–5]

Top 10 wins

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

Notes

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ 2017: WTA ranking–1208, 2018: WTA ranking–984, 2019: WTA ranking–410, 2020: WTA ranking–364.

References

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