Emiliana Arango

Emiliana Arango (Spanish pronunciation: [emiˈljana aˈɾaŋɡo]; born 28 November 2000) is a Colombian tennis player.[1]

Emiliana Arango
Arango at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Colombia
ResidenceBradenton, Florida, U.S.
Born (2000-11-28) 28 November 2000
Medellín, Colombia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$265,950
Singles
Career record178–120 (59.7%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 120 (25 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 120 (25 September 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ2 (2023)
WimbledonQ3 (2023)
US OpenQ2 (2023)
Doubles
Career record21–22 (48.8%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 561 (10 August 2020)
Current rankingNo. 654 (3 July 2023)
Team competitions
BJK Cup11–8 (57.9%)
Last updated on: 20 September 2023.

She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 120, achieved on 25 September 2023. Up to date, she has won three singles titles on the ITF Circuit.[2] Playing for Colombia Fed Cup team, Arango has a win–loss record of 7–8.[3]

Junior career

Grand Slam performance

Singles

  • Australian Open: –
  • French Open: 2R (2017)
  • Wimbledon: 1R (2016, 2017)
  • US Open: SF (2017)

Doubles

  • Australian Open: –
  • French Open: 2R (2017)
  • Wimbledon: QF (2017)
  • US Open: QF (2017)

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Arango has a career-high ranking of world No. 8, achieved in January 2018. In singles, she reached the semifinals at the 2017 Junior US Open. In doubles, she reached two quarterfinals, both in 2017, at Wimbledon and US Open, respectively. As a junior, she won three singles and three doubles titles.[4]

Professional career

Arango made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2016 Copa Colsanitas, where she lost in the first round to Irina Falconi, winning only one game.

At the 2018 Copa Colsanitas, she secured her first tour-level win with a three-set victory over fourth seed Verónica Cepede Royg from Paraguay.[5]

2022: Grand Slam debut

Arango entered a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in the French Open qualifying competition in 2022, and she also competed and lost in qualifying at the Wimbledon Championships.

2023: WTA 125 semifinal, WTA 1000 debut, first top 30 win and quarterfinal, top 125

Arango reached the semifinal at the 2023 Copa Oster, losing to eventual champion Nadia Podoroska in straight sets, 5–7, 1–6. Having received an invitation to the San Luis Open Challenger, she reached the quarterfinals. Arango also received a wildcard for the qualifying competition for the Madrid Open. She qualified for the Catalonia Open, and in the main draw, she lost in the second round to Jil Teichmann, 6–3, 6–4.

Arango entered and lost in the qualifying at Roland Garrros and in the qualifying at Wimbledon.

At the 2023 Guadalajara Open Akron she defeated 11th seed Anastasia Potapova for her first WTA 1000 and top-30 win.[6][7] Next she defeated Sloane Stephens in straight sets in one hour to reach the round of 16 of a WTA 1000 tournament for the first time in her debut at the WTA 1000 level.[8] Next she defeated Taylor Townsend to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA tournament for the first time. She became the first Colombian player to make a WTA 1000 quarterfinal since Fabiola Zuluaga at Berlin 2004.[9] As a result she moved 60 positions up into the top 120 in the singles rankings on 25 September 2023.

Performance timelines
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[10]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Cluj Open.

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A A Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A A NH A Q1 Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A A A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 1] Z1 A Z1 Z1 Z1[lower-alpha 2] A PO 0 / 0 9–6 60%
WTA 1000
Miami Open A A Q1 A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A A NH A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Guadalajara Open NH A QF 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 1 1 1 0[lower-alpha 3] 1 0 4 Career total: 9
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win-loss 2–2 0–1 3–2 0–4 2–1 0–1 0–0 10–4 0 / 9 17–15 53%
Year-end ranking 826 494 437 599 493 249 377 $329,300

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup[lower-alpha 1] Z1 A Z1 Z1 Z1[lower-alpha 2] A PO 0 / 0 9–6 60%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0[lower-alpha 3] 0 0[lower-alpha 3] 0[lower-alpha 3] 0 1 0 1 Career total: 2
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Overall win-loss 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 2 2–4 33%
Year-end ranking n/a n/a n/a 594 578 648 n/a

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (2–2)
$10/15,000 tournaments (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2016 ITF Pereira, Colombia 10,000 Clay Colombia María Herazo González 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Israel Vlada Ekshibarova 6–2, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Aug 2017 ITF Fort Worth, United States 25,000 Hard United States Katerina Stewart 4–6, 1–6
Win 2–2 Sep 2021 ITF Medellín, Colombia 25,000 Clay Brazil Laura Pigossi 6–0, 6–0
Win 3–2 Oct 2021 ITF Florence, United States 25,000 Hard China Wang Xiyu 6–3, 0–6, 7–6(0)
Loss 3–3 Mar 2023 ITF Mosquera, Colombia 25,000 Clay Austria Sinja Kraus 7–6(4), 6–7(6), 3–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (0–2)
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2019 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador 25,000 Clay United States Katerina Stewart Chinese Taipei Hsu Chieh-yu
Mexico Marcela Zacarías		 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2019 ITF Cúcuta, Colombia 25,000 Clay Argentina Victoria Bosio Brazil Carolina Alves
Mexico Renata Zarazúa		 1–6, 0–0 ret.

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

Arango's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.[11]

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last match
Number 2 ranked players
Russia Vera Zvonareva 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (6–3, 6–1) at 2023 Catalonia Open
Number 3 ranked players
United States Sloane Stephens 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–1, 6–2) at 2023 Guadalajara Open Akron
Greece Maria Sakkari 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost 3-6, 4-6 at 2023 Guadalajara Open Akron
Total 2–1 67% 1–1
(50%)		 1–0
(100%)		 –
( – )		 Statistics correct as of 22 September 2023.

Notes
  1. Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but as matches counted.

References
  1. "WTA Profile".
  2. "ITF Profile".
  3. "Fed Cup Profile".
  4. "Junior ITF Profile".
  5. "Emiliana Arango ganó su primer partido WTA". El Espectador. 11 April 2018.
  6. "Arango upsets Potapova in Guadalajara opener for first Top 30 win".
  7. "Vickery advances after Collins retires; Bencic withdraws".
  8. "Five things to know about Colombia's Emiliana Arango".
  9. "Five things to know about Colombia's Emiliana Arango".
  10. "Emiliana Arango [COL] | French Open". French Open. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  11. "Head to Head". Wtatennis.com. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
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