Alycia Michelle Parks (born December 31, 2000) is an American

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player. She has career-high

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of 50 in singles and world No. 42 in doubles, achieved 2023, on February 27 and March 20, respectively.

Career

2021: WTA Tour & Grand Slam debut, fastest serve record

She made her

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main-draw debut at the 2021 MUSC Health Open in Charleston, having made it through qualifying as an alternate. She defeated qualifier

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in the second. In her first-round match at the US Open, she tied the record by

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for the fastest serve by a woman that the tournament had ever recorded (129 mph).

2022: Breakthrough, top-10 win & first 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

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, she defeated as a qualifier former world No. 1,

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, for her first top-20 win and followed that by defeating world No. 7 and fourth seed,

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, for her first top-10 win to reach her first ever WTA quarterfinal. At the same tournament in doubles, she won her maiden WTA Tour title, partnering

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. As a result, she made her top 125 debut in singles and top 100 debut in doubles, at No. 79 on 10 October 2022. In December, she reached the top 75 in singles and top 60 in doubles following two back-to-back WTA Challenger singles titles and one in doubles.

2023: First WTA Tour title & top-5 win, top 50 in singles & doubles

As the top seed in the qualifying draw at the

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, she lost in the second round to Sára Bejlek. At the same tournament Parks reached the third round in doubles on her debut at this Major, partnering with

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. They lost to eventual champions,

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and Katerina Siniaková. At the

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she reached her first WTA semifinal defeating

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, fourth seeded Petra Martić and seventh seeded

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. She defeated

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to reach her first WTA final. Next she defeated top seed

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, recording her first top-5 win, to claim her maiden WTA title. As a result, she moved to a new career-high in singles of No. 50, on 27 February 2023.

Performance timeline

''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 after the 2023 Stuttgart Open.''

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 1 (title)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

''Parks's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.''

Top 10 wins

Notes

References

External links

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