Emma Navarro

Emma Navarro (born May 18, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. Navarro reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 15 by the WTA and a doubles ranking of No. 120 in June 2024. She played college tennis at Virginia and won the NCAA Singles Championship in 2021. She won her first WTA Tour title at the 2024 Hobart International.

2019: WTA Tour debut
Navarro finished runner-up in the junior 2019 French Open singles draw, and won the junior 2019 French Open in doubles with Chloe Beck, and they also finished runners-up in the junior 2019 Australian Open.

Navarro made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2019 Charleston Open, after receiving a wildcard for the singles and doubles events.

2020–2022: NCAA champion, major debut
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. 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. 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. 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. She was again an All-American in singles and doubles and was a finalist for the Honda Sports Award. She left Virginia after her second season.

2023: First major win & WTA semifinal, top 40
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.

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.

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, on September 18, 2023. She became the third American to crack the top 50 in 2023, joining Alycia Parks and Peyton Stearns.

She finished the season ranked No. 38 in the singles rankings, her highest year-end in her career.

2024: First career title, Wimbledon quarterfinals, top 15
She reached a third semifinal at the Auckland Classic, defeating seventh seed Petra Martić in straight sets, and another back-to-back semifinal at the Hobart International, defeating lucky loser Viktoriya Tomova in three sets. She defeated Chinese qualifier Yuan Yue and reached her first WTA Tour final on her debut at the tournament. She won her maiden title defeating former two-time Hobart champion Elise Mertens.

Seeded for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament at the 2024 Australian Open as No. 27, 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. 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.

Seeded 20th at the next WTA 1000, the 2024 Miami Open, she reached the fourth round defeating qualifier Storm Hunter and 12th seed Jasmine Paolini. She eventually lost to Jessica Pegula in three sets.

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. She eventually lost to second seed Aryna Sabalenka. 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, Naomi Osaka, Diana Shnaider and world No. 2 Coco Gauff before losing to world No. 7 and eventual finalist, Jasmine Paolini. Despite the loss, she reached the top 15 in the singles rankings on 15 July 2024.

Personal life
Navarro is the daughter of billionaire 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. Emma attended Ashley Hall, an all-girls private school in downtown Charleston, where she played on the Varsity Tennis Team.

Performance timelines
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.

Top 10 wins

 * Navarro has a 3–6 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.