Julieta Pareja

Julieta Pareja is an American tennis player. She has a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 7, achieved on June 9, 2025. She also has career-high WTA rankings of No. 317 in singles, achieved on May 19, 2025, and No. 1,489 in doubles, achieved on October 7, 2024.

Early life

Pareja was born in Carlsbad, California, to father Pablo and mother Adriana. She is of Colombian descent; her father is a second-generation American who was born to a Colombian immigrant father, while her mother is originally from Bogotá. Her older sisters, Raquel and Antonia, are also tennis players.

Junior career

In July 2024, Pareja won back-to-back titles at the J100 Copa Ciudad and the J200 Copa Liga de Tenis de Bogotá. Later that year, she represented the United States at the Junior Billie Jean King Cup and won the tournament with Tyra Caterina Grant and Kristina Penickova.
In January 2025, she won the J300 Copa Barranquilla, defeating compatriot Ishika Ashar in the final. She later won the J300 Fila International Junior Championships in Indian Wells and reached the final of the J500 Trofeo Bonfiglio. In June, she reached both the girls' singles and doubles quarterfinals of the French Open and won the J300 Lexus British Open in Roehampton. The following month, she reached both the girls' singles and doubles finals of Wimbledon.

Professional career

In June 2024, Pareja won her first professional title at the W15 SoCal Pro Series event in Rancho Santa Fe, becoming the youngest player to win a SoCal Pro Series women's singles title. That August, she received a wildcard into the qualifying competition of the US Open, where she reached the third round.
In March 2025, she received a wildcard into the qualifying competition of the Indian Wells Open. Later that month, she qualified for her first WTA Tour main draw at the Copa Colsanitas, becoming the first player born in 2009 to compete in a WTA main draw and win a match at this level. On her debut, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal with wins over wildcard entrant, lucky loser Patricia Maria Țig, and Léolia Jeanjean, becoming the youngest WTA Tour semifinalist since Coco Gauff in 2019. Later that year, Pareja was given a wildcard entry to make her major debut at the US Open, but lost to ninth seed Elena Rybakina in the first round.

Endorsements

In June 2025, Pareja signed with On, becoming the first American female tennis player to sign with the brand.

Performance timelines

Singles

''Current through the 2025 US Open.''

Doubles

''Current through the 2025 US Open.''

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result

W–L

Date

Tournament

Tier

Surface

Opponent

Score

Win

1–0

ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States

W15

Hard

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