Alycia Parks

Alycia Michelle Parks (born December 31, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 40, reached in August 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 27, achieved in September 2023. Parks has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including a WTA 1000 doubles title at the 2023 Cincinnati Open. She has also won five singles titles and three doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour.

Career 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 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 Tour 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 125 singles titles in Andorrà and Angers, the latter of which she also claimed the doubles title at alongside Zhang Shuai. At the same tournament, partnering with Oksana Kalashnikova, she reached the third round in doubles on her debut at this major losing to eventual champions, Barbora Krejčíková and Katerina Siniaková.

At the Lyon Open, she reached her first tour 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 February 13, 2023, and in singles of No. 50 on February 27, 2023. 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 major 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 February 5, 2024, not being able to defend her points from the Lyon Open which was cancelled in the 2024 season. As a result, she returned to the top 30 in the doubles rankings, at No. 29 on April 1. 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. 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 July 29, and a week later to world No. 99. before losing to 23rd seed Magdalena Fręch in the second round.

Parks reached the final at the WTA 125 Midland 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, 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 December 9, which was the same position she started off the year.

2025: Two WTA Tour semifinals Parks began the season at the Auckland Open, where she defeated third seed Amanda Anisimova, Greet Minnen and Katie Volynets, 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.

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

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

2026: Ostrava quarterfinal At the Ostrava Open, Parks defeated Julia Grabher and Elina Avanesyan, before losing in the quarterfinals to Katie Volynets, in three sets.

Performance timelines

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 2026 Cincinnati Open.

Significant finals WTA 1000 tournaments Doubles: 1 (title)

WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (title) LegendWTA 250 (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendWTA 1000 (1–0)WTA 500 (1–0)WTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–0)Grass (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (1–1)Indoor (1–0)

WTA 125 finals Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

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

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups) LegendW60 tournaments (0–2)W25 tournaments (1–2)W15 tournaments (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–4)Clay (0–1)

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–0)W80 tournaments (0–1)W60 tournaments (1–1)W25 tournaments (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (1–1)

Top 10 wins PlayerRankEventSurfaceScore20221. Maria SakkariNo. 7Ostrava Open, Czech RepublicHard (i)2R5–7, 7–5, 7–5No. 14420232. Caroline GarciaNo. 5Lyon Open, FranceHard (i)F7–6(9–7), 7–5No. 79