Julia Riera (born 29 May 2002) is an Argentine tennis player.
Riera has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 115, achieved on 5 February 2024.
She also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 179, set on 25 December 2023.
She has won one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as five singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Riera competes for Argentina in the Billie Jean King Cup, where she has a win/loss record of 9–2.
Riera reached the top 200 on 8 May 2023, at world No. 193.
She made her WTA Tour debut at the Morocco Open in Rabat.
In her first match, she defeated former top-ten player Kristina Mladenovic.
In the following round, she defeated third seed Mayar Sherif to reach her first WTA Tour quarterfinal.
She then defeated sixth seed Yulia Putintseva, reaching a WTA Tour-level semifinal on her tour debut.
However, she lost to Julia Grabher in three sets.
As a result, she reached the top 150 in the singles rankings.
In January, Riera qualified for the 2024 Brisbane International after defeating Priscilla Hon and Mai Hontama, both in three sets, respectively.
In the first round, she defeated Viktoriya Tomova in straight sets, notching both her first WTA 500 main-draw win as well as her first tour-level victory on hardcourts.
In the following round, Riera proceeded to defeat seventh seed and world No. 21, Ekaterina Alexandrova, to confirm a spot in the round of 16, where she lost to Linda Nosková, after pushing her to three sets.
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.
