Alycia Parks

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 February 13, 2023, and in singles of No. 50 on February 27, 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 onFebruary 5, 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 April 1.^[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 July 29, 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 December 9, which was the same position she started off the year.^[53]

2025: Two WTA Tour semifinals

Parks began the season at the Auckland Open, where she defeated third seed Amanda Anisimova,^[54] Greet Minnen^[55] and Katie Volynets,^[56] before losing to seventh seed Naomi Osaka in what was her first WTA Tour semifinal since her title ein in Lyon almost two years earlier.^[57]

In August at the Monterrey Open, she recorded wins over qualifier Cristina Bucșa,^[58] top seed Emma Navarro^[59] and Rebecca Šramková to reach the semifinals,^[60] at which point her run was ended by third seed and eventual champion Diana Shnaider.^[61]

Seeded third at the Jiangxi Open in October she overcame wildcard entrant Zhu Lin^[62] and Kaja Juvan to make it through to the quarterfinals,^[63] where she lost to eventual champion Anna Blinkova.^[64]

2026: Ostrava quarterfinal

At the Ostrava Open, Parks defeated Julia Grabher^[65] and Elina Avanesyan,^[66] before losing in the quarterfinals to Katie Volynets in three sets.^[67]

Singles

Current through the 2026 BNP Paribas Open.

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 1 (title)

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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]

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Singles: 1 (title)

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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

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

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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, UK	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]

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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)	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	Kozerki Open, Poland	Hard	Maya Joint	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–1	Nov 2024	Midland Tennis Classic, US	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

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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, US	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

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

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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

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

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2020	ITF Orlando, US	25,000	Hard	Rasheeda McAdoo	Jamie Loeb Erin Routliffe	4–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Loss	1–1	Oct 2021	Tennis Classic of Macon, US	80,000	Hard	Alana Smith	Quinn Gleason Catherine Harrison	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 2021	ITF Daytona Beach, US	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, US	60,000	Clay	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Sophie Chang Angela Kulikov	6–2, 3–6, [4–10]
Win	3–3	Jul 2022	ITF Charleston Pro, US	100,000	Clay	Sachia Vickery	Tímea Babos Marcela Zacarías	6–4, 5–7, [10–5]

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