# Julieta Pareja
**Julieta Pareja** (born 2009) is an American professional tennis player from [Carlsbad, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/carlsbad-california), who plays left-handed and reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 250 on October 12, 2026.[1](https://bnpparibasopen.com/players/detail/julieta-pareja) • [2](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/x/record) As a junior she reached world No. 1 and finished runner-up in the girls' singles final at the 2025 [Wimbledon Championships](https://www.edgepedia.org/wimbledon-championships).[3](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/pareja-17-wins-biggest-title-yet-in-style-on-mexican-clay/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 2009; Carlsbad, California; plays left-handed[1](https://bnpparibasopen.com/players/detail/julieta-pareja) |
| Career-high singles ranking | No. 250 (October 12, 2026)[2](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/x/record) |
| Career-high junior ranking | No. 7 combined (June 2025); later junior world No. 1[1](https://bnpparibasopen.com/players/detail/julieta-pareja) • [3](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/pareja-17-wins-biggest-title-yet-in-style-on-mexican-clay/) |
| WTA breakthrough | Bogota 2025: main-draw debut as a No. 550-ranked qualifier, reached the semifinal[4](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/julieta-pareja) |
| Grand Slam debut | 2025 US Open, lost in the first round to Elena Rybakina 6-3, 6-0[5](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/x/record) |
| Pro singles titles | Two: W15 Rancho Santa Fe (2024) and W50 Chihuahua (2026)[3](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/pareja-17-wins-biggest-title-yet-in-style-on-mexican-clay/) • [4](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/julieta-pareja) |
| Junior highlights | Wimbledon girls' singles and doubles finalist (2025); J300 Barranquilla and J300 Indian Wells titles[1](https://bnpparibasopen.com/players/detail/julieta-pareja) |
## Junior career
Pareja began on the ITF circuit in 2023 at 14 years old, coming through qualifying to reach the main draw of W15 San Diego.[4](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/julieta-pareja) Her junior rise came in 2025. She reached a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 7 that June and went on to hold the junior world No. 1 position.[1](https://bnpparibasopen.com/players/detail/julieta-pareja) • [3](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/pareja-17-wins-biggest-title-yet-in-style-on-mexican-clay/)
**2025 results.** At Wimbledon she reached both the girls' singles and doubles finals, finishing runner-up to Mia Pohankova in the singles, and she reached the quarterfinals of the girls' singles and doubles events at Roland Garros.[1](https://bnpparibasopen.com/players/detail/julieta-pareja) • [3](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/pareja-17-wins-biggest-title-yet-in-style-on-mexican-clay/) Earlier in the season she won the J300 Copa Barranquilla and the J300 Fila International Junior Championships in Indian Wells, and reached the final of the J500 Trofeo Bonfiglio.[1](https://bnpparibasopen.com/players/detail/julieta-pareja) As the top seed at the 2025 US Open junior event, she was eliminated in the round of 16 by Sweden's Lea Nilsson, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.[6](https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/AvoeaE) She ended the 2025 junior season ranked No. 5 in the ITF girls' combined year-end rankings.[7](https://www.itftennis.com/media/13748/2025-girls-year-end-rankings.pdf)
In November 2025 Pareja ended her junior career by helping the United States defend its title at the Billie Jean King Cup Junior Finals in Santiago.[3](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/pareja-17-wins-biggest-title-yet-in-style-on-mexican-clay/)
## Professional career
**First title, 2024.** Playing as a wildcard at W15 Rancho Santa Fe, Pareja claimed her first ITF title and became the youngest player, at 15 years old, to win a SoCal Pro Series women's singles title. The same year she entered US Open qualifying on a wild card and reached the final round, losing to Kimberly Birrell, and reached the final at W35 Bakersfield.[4](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/julieta-pareja)
**Bogota semifinal, 2025.** Pareja made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Copa Colsanitas in Bogota as a qualifier ranked No. 550 and reached the semifinal, where she lost to Katarzyna Kawa 7-5, 6-2. At 16 she became the youngest Tour-level semifinalist since a 15-year-old [Coco Gauff](https://www.edgepedia.org/coco-gauff) won the 2019 Linz title.[4](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/julieta-pareja) • [5](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/x/record) That result earned her a wildcard into the US Open main draw, where she lost her Grand Slam main-draw debut to 2022 Wimbledon champion [Elena Rybakina](https://www.edgepedia.org/elena-rybakina), 6-3, 6-0.[4](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/julieta-pareja) • [5](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/x/record)
**2026.** In March, on Mexican clay, Pareja won the biggest title of her professional career at W50 Chihuahua, dropping no set on the way and defeating Canadian Kayla Cross 6-3, 7-6(5) in the final. It was her second professional singles title.[3](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/pareja-17-wins-biggest-title-yet-in-style-on-mexican-clay/) Later that season she reached the semifinal of the W100 in Templeton, California, where Madison Brengle beat her 6-1, 7-6(1), and won a main-draw match at the WTA 500 in Washington, D.C., taking Wang Xinyu to three sets in the next round.[8](https://en.tennistemple.com/player/julieta-pareja/statistics) • [2](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/x/record) Her career-best ranking of No. 250 came in October 2026, with year-end rankings of 346 (2025) recorded on the WTA tour.[2](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/x/record) • [9](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/julieta-pareja/stats)
## Summary of results
Through October 2026 Pareja had won no WTA-level singles title but recorded a Tour-level win-loss record of 26-13 with career prize money of $142,567.[2](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/x/record) Her best Tour results were a WTA 250 semifinal (Bogota 2025), a WTA 500 round of 32 (Washington 2026), and two WTA 125 round-of-16 appearances.[5](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/x/record)
## References
1. [Julieta Pareja – Player profile, BNP Paribas Open](https://bnpparibasopen.com/players/detail/julieta-pareja)
2. [Julieta Pareja – Grand Slams, Activity & More, WTA Official](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/x/record)
3. [Pareja, 17, wins biggest title yet in style on Mexican clay, ITF (23 March 2026)](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/pareja-17-wins-biggest-title-yet-in-style-on-mexican-clay/)
4. [Julieta Pareja – Player Stats & More, WTA Official](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/julieta-pareja)
5. [Julieta Pareja – Player stats and record, WTA Official](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/julieta-pareja/stats)
6. [Lea Nilsson gör succé i US Open, Aftonbladet (3 September 2025)](https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/AvoeaE)
7. [ITF Junior World Ranking, Girls Combined Rollover Year-End Ranking, as at 15 December 2025](https://www.itftennis.com/media/13748/2025-girls-year-end-rankings.pdf)
8. [Julieta Pareja statistics, TennisTemple](https://en.tennistemple.com/player/julieta-pareja/statistics)
9. [Julieta Pareja – Rank history, WTA Official](https://www.wtatennis.com/players/333685/julieta-pareja/stats)
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