Alycia Parks

American tennis player (born 2000)

Alycia Parks
Singles
Parks at the 2023 US Open
Full name	Alycia Michelle Parks
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Port St. Lucie, Florida
Born	(2000-12-31) December 31, 2000 (age 23)^[1] Atlanta, Georgia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $1,468,301
Career record	159–161 (49.7%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 40 (August 14, 2023)
Current ranking	No. 123 (February 12, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2024)
French Open	1R (2023)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	1R (2021, 2023)
Doubles
Career record	86–89 (49.1%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 27 (September 11, 2023)
Current ranking	No. 29 (April 15, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2023)
French Open	2R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2023)
US Open	3R (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	2R (2023)
Last updated on: 20 April 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 WTA 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^[2] that the tournament had ever recorded (129 mph).

2022: Breakthrough, top-10 win & first 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.^[3]

Ranked No. 144 at the Ostrava Open, she defeated as a qualifier former world No. 1, Karolína Plíšková, for her first top-20 win^[4] 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.^[5] At the same tournament in doubles, she won her maiden WTA Tour title, partnering Caty McNally. As a result, she made her top 125 debut in singles and top 100 debut in doubles, at No. 79 on 10 October 2022.

In December, she reached the top 75 in singles and top 60 in doubles following two back-to-back WTA Challenger singles titles and one in doubles.

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

As the top seed in the qualifying draw at the 2023 Australian Open, she lost in the second round to Sára Bejlek.^[6]^[7]^[8] At the same tournament Parks reached the third round in doubles on her debut at this major, partnering with Oksana Kalashnikova. They lost to eventual champions, Barbora Krejčíková and Katerina Siniaková.

At the Lyon Open she reached her first WTA semifinal defeating Julia Grabher, fourth seeded Petra Martić^[9]^[10] and seventh seeded Danka Kovinić.^[11]^[12] She defeated Maryna Zanevska to reach her first WTA Tour final.^[13] Next, she defeated top seed Caroline Garcia, recording her first top-5 win, to claim her maiden WTA Tour title.^[14] 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 15th seed Viktoria Azarenka, in straight sets, to move into the third round for the first time at a WTA 1000 level.

She reached her second WTA Tour doubles final in Birmingham with Storm Hunter. She reached the second round of Wimbledon 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 doubles in Cincinnati, Parks paired with Taylor Townsend for the first time. Parks and Townsend won the title, defeating Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final.^[15]

2024: Major third round, out of 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-seeded 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 WTA Lyon Open which was cancelled in the 2024 season.

At the 2024 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 at No. 29 in the doubles rankings on 1 April 2024.

Performance timelines

**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.^[16]^[17]

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		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	A	Q1	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
US Open	1R	Q1	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	1–3	2–1	0 / 5	3–5	38%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open^[a]	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Dubai^[a]	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	1R	Q1	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Miami Open	A	Q2	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Madrid Open	A	A	3R		0 / 1	2–1	67%
Italian Open	A	A	1R		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		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	4–7		0 / 8	4–8	33%
Career statistics
	2021	2022	2023		SR	W–L	Win%
Tournaments	4	3	19		Career total: 26
Titles	0	0	1		Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	1		Career total: 1
Overall win-loss	2–4	3–3	13–19		1 / 26	18–26	41%
Year–end ranking^[b]	237	118	47		$1,082,020

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 (title)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

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
WTA 1000 (1–0)
WTA 500 (1–0)
WTA 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

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 Krejčiková	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: 2 (2 titles)

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

Doubles: 3 (2 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]

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 Talaba	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 Fetecau	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 Women's Open, United States	60,000	Hard	Rebecca Marino	6–7⁽⁰⁾, 1–6

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

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

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

Parks's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.^[18]

Player	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Karolína Plíšková	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–0, 7–6^(7–3)) at 2022 Ostrava
Number 2 ranked players
Barbora Krejčíková	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–7^(7–9), 3–6) at 2022 Ostrava
Ons Jabeur	0–3	0%	0–1	0–1	0–1	Lost (2–6, 2-6) at 2023 Guadalajara
Number 3 ranked players
Maria Sakkari	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (5–7, 7–5, 7–5) at 2022 Ostrava
Number 4 ranked players
Caroline Garcia	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Won (7–6^(9–7), 7–5) at 2023 Lyon
Number 9 ranked players
CoCo Vandeweghe	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2022 Concord
Total	3–5	38%	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	last updated February 2023

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

Notes

^ ^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.
^ 2017: WTA ranking–1208, 2018: WTA ranking–984, 2019: WTA ranking–410, 2020: WTA ranking–364.

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