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Solana Sierra

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Solana Sierra
Sierra at the 2024 US Open
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (2004-06-17) 17 June 2004 (age 21)
Mar del Plata, Argentina
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$676,948
Singles
Career record189–81
Career titles1 WTA Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 67 (14 July 2025)
Current rankingNo. 67 (14 July 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024, 2025)
French Open1R (2025)
Wimbledon4R (2025)
US Open1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record15–18
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 613 (5 February 2024)
Current rankingNo. 669 (16 June 2025)
Team competitions
Fed Cup4–1
Last updated on: 14 July 2025.

Solana Sierra (born 17 June 2004) is an Argentine tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 64, achieved on 21 July of 2025. She is the current No. 1 Argentine singles player.

Career

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2022–2023: Back-to-back WTA 125 quarterfinals

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Sierra made her Billie Jean King Cup debut for Argentina in 2022.[1][2] At the 2023 Argentina Open straight sets wins over Varvara Lepchenko[3] and Robin Montgomery[4] saw her reach her first WTA 125 quarterfinal, where she lost to fifth seed and eventual champion Laura Pigossi.[5] Seeded seventh, Sierra also made the last eight at the following week's 2023 Montevideo Open, defeating wildcard Carolina Bohrer Martins[6] and Ekaterine Gorgodze,[7] before her run was ended by top seed Diane Parry.[8]

2024: Major debut

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Sierra reached her third WTA 125 quarterfinal at the Barranquilla Open, where she overcame Jang Su-jeong[9] and Liang En-shuo,[10] only to fall at the last eight stage once again, this time to Antonia Ružić.[11]

Ranked No. 159, Sierra made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the US Open, after qualifying into the main draw.[12][13] She lost in the first round to Tatjana Maria in straight sets.[14]

2025: First WTA 125 title and major wins and fourth round, top 75

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In April, Sierra won her first title at the WTA 125 Antalya Challenger tournament in Turkey, winning five matches. She beat two higher ranked players on the way to the title, including 142nd ranked Leyre Romero Gormaz in the final. This resulted in a new career-high of No. 119 in the singles rankings on 7 April 2025.[15][16] Sierra made her top 100 debut on 16 June 2025.[17]

At Wimbledon where she entered the main draw as a lucky loser, Sierra recorded her first win and subsequently reached the fourth round – her best achievement at a major thus far. In the first three rounds, she beat Olivia Gadecki, Katie Boulter, and Cristina Bucșa. Sierra became the first lucky loser to reach the women's singles fourth round at Wimbledon in the Open Era and the seventh woman overall to do so at any major, and was the second lucky loser to reach the fourth round of a major this year after Eva Lys at the Australian Open.[18] As a result, she reached the top 75 in the WTA rankings.

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.

Singles

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Tournament 2024 2025 W–L
Australian Open Q1 Q1 0–0
French Open Q2 1R 0–1
Wimbledon Q1 4R 3–1
US Open 1R 0–1
Win–loss 0–1 3–2 3–3

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2025 Antalya Challenger 3, Turkey Clay Spain Leyre Romero Gormaz 6–3, 6–4

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 18 (14 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
W75 tournaments (2–0)
W50 tournaments (2–0)
W25/35 tournaments (7–3)
W15 tournaments (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (12–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2022 ITF Palmanova, Spain W15 Clay Spain Guiomar Maristany 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2022 ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Hard China Han Jiangxue 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(7)
Win 2–1 Aug 2022 ITF Cancún, Mexico W15 Hard Mexico Victoria Rodriguez 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–1 Oct 2022 ITF Eldorado, Argentina W15 Clay Argentina Luisina Giovannini 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–1 Feb 2023 ITF Tucumán, Argentina W25 Clay Spain Rosa Vicens Mas 6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Apr 2023 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador W25 Clay Argentina Julia Riera 4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 4–3 Jul 2023 ITF Bragado, Argentina W25 Clay Argentina Martina Capurro Taborda 4–6, 1–6
Loss 4–4 Aug 2023 ITF Junin, Argentina W25 Clay Argentina Martina Capurro Taborda 6–3, 6–7(2), 1–6
Win 5–4 Sep 2023 ITF Zaragoza, Spain W25 Clay Argentina Guillermina Naya 4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 6–4 Oct 2023 ITF Mendoza, Argentina W25 Clay Argentina Martina Capurro Taborda 6–1, 6–3
Win 7–4 Jan 2024 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina W35 Clay France Alice Ramé 6–1, 6–4
Win 8–4 Jul 2024 ITF Getxo, Spain W35 Clay (i) Spain Lucía Cortez Llorca 6–2, 6–1
Win 9–4 Jul 2024 ITF Torino, Italy W35 Clay Spain Guiomar Maristany 4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win 10–4 Jul 2024 ITF Pilar, Argentina W35 Clay Peru Lucciana Pérez Alarcón 2–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win 11–4 Sep 2024 ITF San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina W50 Clay Italy Giorgia Pedone 6–2, 6–2
Win 12–4 Sep 2024 ITF Pilar, Argentina W50 Clay France Léolia Jeanjean 6–2 ret.
Win 13–4 Jan 2025 Vero Beach Open, US W75 Clay United States Whitney Osuigwe 6–7(6), 6–4, 7–5
Win 14–4 Apr 2025 Bellinzona Ladies Open, Switzerland W75 Clay Italy Silvia Ambrosio 6–4, 6–0

Doubles: 1 (title)

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Legend
W25 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2023 ITF Zaragoza,
Spain
W25 Clay Italy Martina Colmegna United States Kimmi Hance
United States Ashley Lahey
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Girls' singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2022 French Open Clay Czech Republic Lucie Havlíčková 3–6, 3–6

Grand Slam singles performance

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Grand Slam performance – Singles:

  • Australian Open: 1R (2022)
  • French Open: F (2022)
  • Wimbledon: 1R (2021)
  • US Open: SF (2021)

Grand Slam performance – Doubles:

  • Australian Open: 1R (2022)
  • French Open: QF (2022)
  • Wimbledon: 1R (2021)
  • US Open: 1R (2021)


At the 2021 US Open, she made the semifinals in girls' singles.[19] The eventual champion Robin Montgomery defeated Sierra in three sets.[20]

At the 2022 French Open, Sierra made her first junior Grand Slam final which she lost to Lucie Havlíčková, in straight sets.[21]

Team competition

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Billie Jean King Cup

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Singles (2–0)

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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
2022 Z1 R/R Apr 2022 Salinas (ECU) Colombia Colombia Hard Yuliana Lizarazo W 6–2, 6–3
Brazil Brazil Laura Pigossi W 7–6(5), 4–6, 7–6(13)

References

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  1. ^ "Debut ideal para Solana Sierra en la Billie Jean King Cup". www.lacapitalmdp.com (in Spanish).
  2. ^ "Solana Sierra le dio el primer punto a Argentina en su debut absoluto en la Selección". quedigital.com (in Spanish).
  3. ^ "Argentina Open: Sierra reaches second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Argentina Open: Sierra moves into last eight". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  5. ^ "Argentina Open: Pigossi edges past Sierra to make semi-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Montevideo Open: Sierra advances to second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Montevideo Open: Sierra advances to last 8". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Montevideo Open: Parry beats Sierra to move into last four". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Barranquilla Open: Sierra advances to last 16". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Barranquilla Open: Liang defeated by Sierra in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  11. ^ "Barranquilla Open: Ruzic advances to semi-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  12. ^ "US Open 2024's Grand Slam debuts: Shibahara, Joint, Sierra and more". Women's Tennis Association. 24 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Sierra's stunner and Starodubtseva's feat: Meet the 2024 US Open women's qualifiers". US Open. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  14. ^ "US Open: Maria beats qualifier Sierra to move into second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Solana becomes champion in Antalya with a great victory over Romero". 6 April 2025.
  16. ^ "From lucky loser to Wimbledon standout, get to know Solana Sierra". WTATour. 2 July 2025.
  17. ^ "Rankings Watch: Maria returns to Top 50, Zheng hits No. 4". WTATennis. 16 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Sierra becomes first lucky loser to reach Wimbledon Round of 16". wtatennis.com. Women's Tennis Association. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  19. ^ "La marplatense Solana Sierra se mete en semifinales del Junior US Open". puntonoticias.com (in Spanish). 10 September 2021.
  20. ^ "Solana Sierra completó su gran semana en el Us Open". marcadeportiva.com (in Spanish). 10 September 2021.
  21. ^ "Ambitious Havlickova vows junior triumph is 'just the beginning'". rolandgarros.com. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
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