Emiliana Arango

Emiliana Arango Restrepo (; born 28 November 2000) is a Colombian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46, achieved on 13 October 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 187, reached in July 2026. She is currently the No. 2 Colombian singles player.

Playing for Colombia Billie Jean King Cup team, Arango has a win–loss record of 12–10.

Career Junior years On the ITF Junior Circuit, Arango has a career-high ranking of world No. 8, achieved in January 2018. In singles, she reached the semifinals at the 2017 Junior US Open. In doubles, she reached two quarterfinals, both in 2017, at Wimbledon and US Open, respectively. As a junior, she won three singles and three doubles titles.

Grand Slam performance Singles Australian Open: – French Open: 2R (2017) Wimbledon: 1R (2016, 2017) US Open: SF (2017)

Doubles Australian Open: – French Open: 2R (2017) Wimbledon: QF (2017) US Open: QF (2017)

2016-2018: WTA Tour debut and first win Arango made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2016 Copa Colsanitas, where she lost in the first round to Irina Falconi, winning only one game.

At the 2018 Copa Colsanitas, she secured her first tour-level win with a three-set victory over fourth seed Verónica Cepede Royg from Paraguay.

2022: Major qualifying debut Arango made her major debut at the French Open qualifying competition in 2022, and she also competed and lost in qualifying at the Wimbledon Championships.

2023: WTA 1000 quarterfinal, top 125 year-end ranking

Arango reached the semifinals at the 2023 Copa Oster, losing to eventual champion Nadia Podoroska in straight sets. Having received an invitation to the San Luis Open Challenger, she reached the quarterfinals. Arango also received a wildcard for the qualifying competition for the Madrid Open. She qualified for the Catalonia Open, and in the main draw, she lost in the second round to Jil Teichmann. Arango entered and lost in the qualifying at Roland Garros and in the qualifying at Wimbledon.

At the Guadalajara Open, on her WTA 1000 level debut she defeated, 11th seed Anastasia Potapova for her first WTA 1000 and top 30 win. Next, she defeated Sloane Stephens in straight sets in one hour to reach the round of 16 of a WTA 1000 tournament for the first time. She defeated Taylor Townsend to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA Tour event for the first time. She became the first Colombian player to make a WTA 1000 quarterfinal since Fabiola Zuluaga at Berlin 2004. before losing to 31st seed Leylah Fernandez.

She was runner-up at the WTA 125 Bolivia Open, losing to Anca Todoni in the final.

2025: WTA 125 title & two WTA 500 finals, Colombian No. 1, top 50 Arango won her first WTA 125 title at the Cancún Open, defeating qualifier Carson Branstine in the final.

Ranked No. 133 at the 2025 Mérida Open, Arango reached her fourth career quarterfinal, the first time since 2023, after qualifying into the main draw and wins over lucky loser María Lourdes Carlé for the second time (first was in qualifying), and then Francesca Jones, who retired injured due to heat illness in the third set. Next she defeated Rebecca Šramková to reach her first WTA semifinal and also first at the WTA 500-level. She reached her first WTA Tour final with a defeat over another qualifier, Daria Saville. As a result, she rose more than 50 positions, making her debut in the top 100 on 3 March 2025, at world No. 80. Arango was the second qualifier in the season to make a WTA 500 final, after Polina Kudermetova pushed world No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka, to three sets in Brisbane. She lost by a double bagel in 55 minutes to top seed Emma Navarro.

Arango reached her second WTA 500 career final at the Guadalajara Open, and second for the season. She lost to Iva Jovic in the final again in straight sets. Arango reached the top 50 on 22 September 2025.

2026: WTA Tour semifinal in Bogota, back to top 100 Ranked No. 106, at the 2026 Copa Colsanitas, Arango advanced to her first WTA Tour semifinal at her home tournament in Bogota, Colombia. As a result she returned to the top 100 in the WTA singles rankings on 6 April 2026.

Performance timelines Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles Current through the 2026 Miami Open.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendWTA 1000 WTA 500 (0–2)WTA 250 (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–2)Indoor (0–0)

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Bolivia Open, Bolivia Clay Anca Todoni 6–7(5–7), 0–6Win 1–1 Cancún Open, Mexico Hard Carson Branstine 6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1 title, 0 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2026Swedish Open, Sweden Clay Simona Waltert Alicia Barnett Elixane Lechemia 6–4, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW25 tournaments (2–2)W10/15 tournaments (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (2–2)

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendW25 tournaments (0–2)Finals by surfaceClay (0–2)

Head-to-head records

Record against former top 10 players Arango's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, active players are in boldface.