Emma Navarro | |
Residence: | Charleston, South Carolina |
Birth Date: | May 18, 2001 |
Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
Coach: | Peter Ayers[1] |
Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Careerprizemoney: | US$ 2,395,195 |
Singlestitles: | 1 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 13 (12 August 2024) |
Currentsinglesranking: | No. 13 (12 August 2024) |
Australianopenresult: | 3R (2024) |
Frenchopenresult: | 4R (2024) |
Wimbledonresult: | QF (2024) |
Usopenresult: | 1R (2021, 2023, 2024) |
Othertournaments: | yes |
Olympicsresult: | 3R (2024) |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 93 (12 August 2024) |
Currentdoublesranking: | No. 93 (12 August 2024) |
Australianopendoublesresult: | 3R (2024) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | QF (2024) |
Wimbledondoublesresult: | 2R (2024) |
Usopendoublesresult: | 1R (2019, 2021, 2023) |
Updated: | 12 August 2024 |
Emma Navarro (born May 18, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of No. 13 by the WTA and a doubles ranking of No. 93, achieved on 12 August 2024.[2] She played college tennis at Virginia and won the NCAA Singles Championship in 2021. Navarro won her first WTA Tour title at the 2024 Hobart International.
Navarro finished runner-up in the junior 2019 French Open singles draw,[3] and won the junior 2019 French Open in doubles with Chloe Beck,[4] and they also finished runners-up in the junior 2019 Australian Open.[4]
Navarro made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Charleston Open, after receiving a wildcard for the singles and doubles events.[5]
Navarro was rated as the best tennis recruit in the nation and joined the Virginia Cavaliers for the fall of 2020 after having previously committed to Duke.[6] In her freshman year, she went 25–1 in singles and reached the No. 1 ranking in the country. She avenged her only loss of the season in the final of the 2021 NCAA singles championship, beating defending champion Estela Perez-Somarriba of Miami.[7] She also made it to the NCAA doubles semifinals partnering Rosie Johanson. She was named the ITA Rookie of the Year and was a finalist for the Honda Sports Award.[8] With her NCAA win, she earned a wild card into the 2021 US Open main draw where she made her Grand Slam debut.
Navarro went 26–2 in singles as a sophomore, ending the year ranked No. 2 nationally after losing to Abigail Rencheli of NC State in the round of 16 of the 2022 NCAA singles championship.[8] [9] She was again an All-American in singles and doubles and was a finalist for the Honda Sports Award.[8] She left Virginia after her second season.[10]
On her debut at the French Open as a wildcard, she reached the second round defeating lucky loser, Erika Andreeva for her first win at a major.[11]
She reached a WTA Tour semifinal for the first time in her career at the 2023 Bad Homburg Open as an alternate defeating Alizé Cornet and Rebeka Masarova by retirement.[12]
She reached the top 50 at world No. 49, following a first-round showing at the US Open, and another semifinal at the San Diego Open,[13] on 18 September. She became the third American to crack the top 50 in 2023, joining Alycia Parks and Peyton Stearns.[14]
She finished the season ranked No. 38 in the singles rankings, her highest year-end in her career.[15]
She reached a third semifinal at the Auckland Classic, defeating seventh seed Petra Martić[16] in straight sets, and another back-to-back semifinal at the Hobart International, defeating lucky loser Viktoriya Tomova in three sets.[17] She defeated Chinese qualifier Yuan Yue and reached her first WTA Tour final on her debut at the tournament.[18] She won her maiden title defeating former two-time Hobart champion Elise Mertens.[19] [20] [21]
Seeded for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament at the 2024 Australian Open as No. 27,[22] she defeated Wang Xiyu in the first round and Elisabetta Cocciaretto to reach the third round of a major for the first time in her career. As a result, she reached the top 25 in the singles rankings at No. 23, on 29 January 2024.[15] Seeded third at the San Diego Open, she reached the semifinals defeating Katerina Siniaková and qualifier Daria Saville.Seeded 23rd in Indian Wells, she advanced to the fourth round with wins over Ukrainians Lesia Tsurenko and 16th seed Elina Svitolina. She reached her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal by defeating world No. 2 and previous year runner-up, Aryna Sabalenka, her biggest win by ranking in her career. Navarro became the first American to defeat a top-2 opponent at the tournament since Serena Williams in 2001 against Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals.As a result, she broke into the top 20 in the singles rankings.[23] [24]
Seeded 20th at the next WTA 1000, the 2024 Miami Open, she reached the fourth round defeating qualifier Storm Hunter[25] and 12th seed Jasmine Paolini.[26] She eventually lost to Jessica Pegula in three sets.[27]
Navarro reached the fourth round of a major for the first at the 2024 French Open with a win over 14th seed Madison Keys in two sets in the third round.[28] She eventually lost to second seed Aryna Sabalenka.[29] This moved her up to a new career-high ranking of world No. 17 on 10 June 2024.
At the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, Navarro reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal with wins over Wang Qiang,[30] Naomi Osaka,[31] Diana Shnaider[32] and world No. 2 Coco Gauff[33] [34] before losing to world No. 7 and eventual finalist, Jasmine Paolini.[35] Due to her run, she reached the top 15 in the singles rankings on 15 July 2024.
Seeded eighth at the Canadian Open, Navarro defeated Magda Linette, 11th seed Marta Kostyuk and lucky loser Taylor Townsend to reach the first WTA 1000 semifinal in her career.
Navarro is the daughter of billionaire[36] businessman Ben Navarro and the granddaughter of Frank Navarro, a former American football player and coach. While her family name is of Spanish origin, she is of Italian descent.[37] Emma attended Ashley Hall, an all-girls private school in downtown Charleston, where she played on the Varsity Tennis Team.
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.[38]
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% | |||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
style=text-align:left | Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||||
style=text-align:left; | French Open | A | A | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | style=background:#afeeee | 4R | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | |||
style=text-align:left | Wimbledon | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#ffebcd | QF | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | ||
style=text-align:left | US Open | style=background:#f0f8ff | Q1 | A | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | A | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |||
style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 9–3 | 0 / 7 | 10–7 | |||||
National representation | ||||||||||||||
style=text-align:left | Summer Olympics | style=color:#767676 colspan=2 | not held | A | not held | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | |||||
WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||||
style=text-align:left | Qatar Open | A | A | A | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||||
style=text-align:left | Dubai | A | A | A | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | 1 / 1 | 1–1 | ||||
style=text-align:left | Indian Wells Open | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | style=background:#ffebcd | QF | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | |
style=text-align:left | Miami Open | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | A | style=background:#f0f8ff | Q2 | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||
style=text-align:left | Madrid Open | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||
style=text-align:left | Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
style=text-align:left | Canadian Open | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | A | A | style=background:yellow | SF | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | |||
style=text-align:left | Cincinnati Open | A | A | style=background:#f0f8ff | Q1 | A | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||
style=text-align:left | Guadalajara Open | NH | A | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | style=color:#767676 | NMS | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | |||||
style=text-align:left | Wuhan Open | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||
style=text-align:left | China Open | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||
style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 12–8 | 0 / 12 | 15–12 | |||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% | ||||||
style=text-align:left | Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | Career total: 38 | ||||||
style=text-align:left | Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Career total: 1 | ||||||
style=text-align:left | Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Career total: 1 | ||||||
style=text-align:left; | Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 16–14 | 40–16 | 1 / 38 | 59–38 | |||||
style=text-align:left | Year-end ranking | 486 | 463 | 233 | 143 | 38 | $1,847,241 |
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Result | class=unsortable | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | class=unsortable | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jan 2024 | Hobart International, Australia | WTA 250 | Hard | Elise Mertens | 6–1, 4–6, 7–5 |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | ||
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Loss | 0–1 | bgcolor=silver | Båstad Open, Sweden | Clay | Olga Danilović | 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 3–6 | ||
Loss | 0–2 | May 2024 | bgcolor=silver | Clarins Open, France | Clay | Diana Shnaider | 2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Legend | |
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$100,000 tournaments (2–1) | |
$80,000 tournaments (1–0) | |
$60,000 tournaments (2–3) | |
$25,000 tournaments (2–0) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | ||
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 2021 | bgcolor=lightblue | ITF Orlando, United States | bgcolor=lightblue | 25,000 | Clay | Allie Kiick | 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2022 | Amstelveen Open, Netherlands | 60,000 | Clay | Simona Waltert | 6–7(10–12), 0–6 | ||
Win | 2–1 | Jul 2022 | Liepāja Open, Latvia | 60,000 | Clay | Yuan Yue | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2022 | Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland | 60,000 | Clay | Tamara Korpatsch | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
Win | 3–2 | Jan 2023 | bgcolor=lightblue | ITF Naples, United States | bgcolor=lightblue | 25,000 | Hard | Peyton Stearns | 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 3–3 | Jan 2023 | ITF Vero Beach, United States | 60,000 | Clay | Marie Benoît | 2–6, 5–7 | ||
Win | 4–3 | Apr 2023 | ITF Charleston Pro, United States | 100,000 | Clay | Peyton Stearns | 2–6, 6–2, 7–5 | ||
Win | 5–3 | Apr 2023 | ITF Charlottesville, United States | 60,000 | Clay | Ashlyn Krueger | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 5–4 | Jun 2023 | Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom | 100,000 | Grass | Mirjam Björklund | 4–6, 5–7 | ||
Win | 6–4 | Oct 2023 | Tyler Pro Challenge, United States | 80,000 | Hard | Kayla Day | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Win | 7–4 | Nov 2023 | ITF Charleston Pro, United States (2) | 100,000 | Clay | Panna Udvardy | 6–1, 6–1 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
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Loss | 2019 | Australian Open | Hard | Chloe Beck | Adrienn Nagy Natsumi Kawaguchi | 4–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 2019 | French Open | Clay | Chloe Beck | Alina Charaeva Anastasia Tikhonova | 6–1, 6–2 |
Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | class=unsortable | Score | ||
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2023 | ||||||||
1. | Maria Sakkari | 9 | San Diego, United States | Hard | QF | 6–4, 0–6, 7–6(4) | 61 | |
2024 | ||||||||
2. | Aryna Sabalenka | 2 | Indian Wells, United States | Hard | 4R | 6–3, 3–6, 6–2 | 23 | |
3. | Coco Gauff | 2 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grass | 4R | 6–4, 6–3 | 17 | |