Alycia Michelle Parks (born December 31, 2000) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings of No. 40, achieved 14 August 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 27, set on 11 September 2023.
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
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
In December, Parks won back-to-back WTA Challenger singles titles in Andorrà[ As a result of these successes, she reached the top 75 in singles and top 60 in doubles.]
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.
At the Lyon Open she reached her first WTA semifinal defeating Julia Grabher,
At the Madrid Open, she defeated Anna Karolína Schmiedlová
Parks reached her second WTA Tour doubles final in Birmingham with Storm Hunter, losing to Barbora Krejčíková and Marta Kostyuk.
She qualified for Wimbledon
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
In doubles, at the Miami Open, she reached the semifinals with Asia Muhammad before losing to second seeds Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe.[
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Ranked No. 121, she qualified for the main draw of the Wimbledon,
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,
Parks reached the final at the WTA 125 Midland Tennis Classic with wins over Lina Glushko,
2025: First WTA Tour semifinal since 2023
Parks began the season by reaching the semifinals at the Auckland Open, where she defeated third seed Amanda Anisimova, Greet Minnen and Katie Volynets, before losing to seventh seed Naomi Osaka. This was her first Tour semifinal since her title run in Lyon almost two years before.
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 2025 Cincinnati Open.
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| Grand Slam tournaments |
| Australian Open | A | Q2 | Q2 | 3R | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | |
| French Open | A | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| Wimbledon | A | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | |
| US Open | 1R | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0 / 9 | 4–9 | |
| WTA 1000 |
| Qatar Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
| Dubai | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
| Indian Wells Open | 1R | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | |
| Miami Open | A | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| Madrid Open | A | A | 3R | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | |
| Italian Open | A | A | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
| Canadian Open | A | A | 2R | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| Cincinnati Open | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | Q1 | 2R | NMS | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
| China Open | NH | 1R | 2R | | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| Wuhan Open | NH | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–7 | 1–1 | 5–8 | 0 / 17 | 10–17 | |
| Career statistics |
| | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Tournaments | 4 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 16 | Career total: 54 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 |
| Overall win-loss | 2–4 | 3–3 | 13–21 | 4–10 | 12–16 | 1 / 54 | 34–54 | |
| Year-end ranking | 237 | 118 | 47 | 112 | | $1,815,417 |
Significant finals
WTA 1000 tournaments
Doubles: 1 (title)
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 1 (title)
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Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
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WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)
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| Win | 1–0 | | Andorrà Open, Andorra la Vella | Hard (i) | Rebecca Peterson | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | | Open Angers, France | Hard (i) | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | | Veneto Open, Italy | Grass | Bernarda Pera | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–0 | | Kozerki Open, Poland | Hard | Maya Joint | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–1 | | Midland Tennis Classic, US | Hard (i) | Rebecca Marino | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 5–1 | | Open Angers (2), France | Hard (i) | Belinda Bencic | 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–0 |
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)
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| 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 Lee | 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 |
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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| 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 |
Top 10 wins
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| Season | 2022 | 2023 | Total |
| Wins | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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| 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 |
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