Emma Navarro

Emma Navarro (born May 18, 2001) is an American professional tennis player.

Navarro has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 23, achieved on 29 January 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 231, achieved on 29 January 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.

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.

She was rated as the best tennis recruit in the nation and committed to the University of Virginia for the fall 2020 semester.

She won the NCAA Championships singles title on 28 May 2021 as a freshman.

With this win, she earned a wildcard into the 2021 US Open main draw where she made her Grand Slam debut.

She left Virginia after her sophomore season in 2022.

On her debut at the 2023 French Open as a wildcard, she reached the second round defeating lucky loser Erika Andreeva for her first Major win.

She reached a WTA Tour-level 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 2023 San Diego Open, on 18 September 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.

She reached a third semifinal at the 2024 ASB Classic defeating seventh seed Petra Martic in straight sets and another back-to-back semifinal at the 2024 Hobart International defeating lucky loser Viktoriya Tomova in three sets.

She defeated Chinese qualifier Yue Yuan and reached her first WTA 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 Major at the 2024 Australian Open as the 27th seed, 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 2024 San Diego Open she reached the semifinals defeating Katerina Siniaková and qualifier Daria Saville.

Seeded 23rd at the 2024 BNP Paribas Open, she reached the fourth round with wins over Ukrainians Lesia Tsurenko and 16th seed Elina Svitolina.

Navarro is the daughter of businessman Ben Navarro, and the granddaughter of former American football player and coach Frank Navarro.

She is of Italian descent.

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.

Current through the 2023 China Open.