Emiliana Arango Restrepo (; born 28 November 2000) is a Colombian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 46, achieved on 13 October 2025, and a best doubles ranking of No. 187, reached in July 2026. She is currently the No. 2 Colombian singles player.

Playing for Colombia Billie Jean King Cup team, Arango has a win–loss record of 12–10.

Career Junior years 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.

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)

2016-2018: WTA Tour debut and first win 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.

2022: Major qualifying debut Arango made her major debut at the French Open qualifying competition in 2022, and she also competed and lost in qualifying at the Wimbledon Championships.

2023: WTA 1000 quarterfinal, top 125 year-end ranking

Arango reached the semifinals at the 2023 Copa Oster, losing to eventual champion Nadia Podoroska in straight sets. 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. Arango entered and lost in the qualifying at Roland Garros and in the qualifying at Wimbledon.

At the Guadalajara Open, on her WTA 1000 level debut she defeated, 11th seed Anastasia Potapova for her first WTA 1000 and top 30 win. 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. She defeated Taylor Townsend to reach the quarterfinals of a WTA Tour event for the first time. She became the first Colombian player to make a WTA 1000 quarterfinal since Fabiola Zuluaga at Berlin 2004. As a result, she moved 60 positions up at world No. 120 in the singles rankings on 25 September 2023.

She finished the season at a career-high ranking of world No. 109 on 20 November 2023.

2024: First WTA 125 final Ranked No. 121, Arango qualified into the main draw of the Miami Open making her debut at this WTA 1000 tournament and defeated Tatjana Maria in the first round, before losing to 31st seed Leylah Fernandez.

She was runner-up at the WTA 125 Bolivia Open, losing to Anca Todoni in the final.

2025: WTA 125 title & two WTA 500 finals, Colombian No. 1, top 50 Arango won her first WTA 125 title at the Cancún Open, defeating qualifier Carson Branstine in the final.

Ranked No. 133 at the 2025 Mérida Open, Arango reached her fourth career quarterfinal, the first time since 2023, after qualifying into the main draw and wins over lucky loser María Lourdes Carlé for the second time (first was in qualifying), and then Francesca Jones, who retired injured due to heat illness in the third set. Next she defeated Rebecca Šramková to reach her first WTA semifinal and also first at the WTA 500-level. She reached her first WTA Tour final with a defeat over another qualifier, Daria Saville. As a result, she rose more than 50 positions, making her debut in the top 100 on 3 March 2025, at world No. 80. Arango was the second qualifier in the season to make a WTA 500 final, after Polina Kudermetova pushed world No. 1, Aryna Sabalenka, to three sets in Brisbane. She lost by a double bagel in 55 minutes to top seed Emma Navarro.

Arango reached her second WTA 500 career final at the Guadalajara Open, and second for the season. She lost to Iva Jovic in the final again in straight sets. Arango reached the top 50 on 22 September 2025.WTA Rankings Report – As of Sept. 22, 2025

2026: WTA Tour semifinal in Bogota, back to top 100 Ranked No. 106, at the 2026 Copa Colsanitas, Arango advanced to her first WTA Tour semifinal at her home tournament in Bogota, Colombia. As a result, she returned to the top 100 in the WTA singles rankings on 6 April 2026.

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.

Singles Current through the 2026 Miami Open. Tournament20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Win %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAAAAAAQ1Q11R0 / 10–1 French OpenAAAAAAQ1Q2Q12R1R0 / 21–2 WimbledonAAAANHAQ1Q3Q11R1R0 / 20–2 US OpenAAAAAAAQ2Q11R1R 0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–01–30–40 / 71–7National representation Billie Jean King CupZ1AZ1Z1Z1APOPOA0 / 09–8WTA 1000Qatar OpenANHANHANHANHAA1R0 / 10–1DubaiNHANHANHANHAAAA0 / 00–0Indian Wells OpenAAAANHAAAQ1A1R0 / 10–1Miami OpenAAQ1ANHAAA2RA1R0 / 21–2Madrid OpenAAAANHAAQ22R1R2R0 / 32–3Rome OpenAAAAAAAAQ12RQ10 / 11–1Canada OpenAAAANHAAAA1RQ10 / 10–1Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAAAA1R2R0 / 21–2Guadalajara OpenNH AQFNTI0 / 13–1China OpenAAAANHA2R0 / 11–1Wuhan OpenAAAANHA1R0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–03–12–22–62–50 / 149–14Career statisticsWTA TourTournaments111101045148Career total: 36Titles0000000000Career total: 0Finals0000000002Career total: 2Overall win–loss(incl. ITF matches)14–723–912–170–012–638–2012–2048–2723-3429-280 / 148211–148 Year-end ranking82649443759949324937711216948$1,330,810

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendWTA 1000 WTA 500 (0–2)WTA 250 (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–2)Indoor (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Mérida Open, MexicoWTA 500Hard Emma Navarro0–6, 0–6Loss0–2Guadalajara Open, MexicoWTA 500Hard Iva Jovic4–6, 1–6

WTA 125 finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Bolivia Open, Bolivia Clay Anca Todoni 6–7(5–7), 0–6Win 1–1 Cancún Open, Mexico Hard Carson Branstine 6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 1 (1 title, 0 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2026Swedish Open, Sweden Clay Simona Waltert Alicia Barnett Elixane Lechemia 6–4, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW25 tournaments (2–2)W10/15 tournaments (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (2–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2016ITF Pereira, ColombiaW10 Clay María Herazo González 3–6, 2–6Win 1–1 Jun 2017ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Vlada Ekshibarova 6–2, 6–3Loss 1–2 Aug 2017ITF Fort Worth, United StatesW25 Hard Katerina Stewart 4–6, 1–6Win 2–2 Sep 2021Open Medellín, ColombiaW25 Clay Laura Pigossi 6–0, 6–0Win 3–2 Oct 2021ITF Florence, United StatesW25 Hard Wang Xiyu 6–3, 0–6, 7–6(0)Loss 3–3 Mar 2023ITF Mosquera, Colombia W25 Clay Sinja Kraus 7–6(4), 6–7(6), 3–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups) LegendW25 tournaments (0–2)Finals by surfaceClay (0–2)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Aug 2019ITF Guayaquil, EcuadorW25 Clay Katerina Stewart Hsu Chieh-yu Marcela Zacarías 4–6, 2–6Loss 0–2 Oct 2019ITF Cúcuta, ColombiaW25 Clay Victoria Bosio Carolina Alves Renata Zarazúa 1–6, ret.

Head-to-head records

Record against former top 10 players Arango's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, active players are in boldface. PlayerRecordWin %HardClayGrassLast matchFormer number 1 ranked players Iga Świątek0–10–1––Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2025 US OpenFormer number 2 ranked players Vera Zvonareva1–0–1–0–Won (6–3, 6–1) at 2023 Catalonia OpenFormer number 3 ranked players Sloane Stephens1–01–0––Won (6–1, 6–2) at 2023 Guadalajara Open Maria Sakkari0–10–1––Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2023 Guadalajara OpenNumber 4 ranked players Jasmine Paolini1–0–1–0–Won (7–6(7–0), 6–1) at 2018 Copa Colsanitas Zheng Qinwen0–20–10–1–Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2025 China Open Amanda Anisimova1–0–1–0–Won (1–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)) at 2024 Madrid OpenNumber 5 ranked players Mirra Andreeva0–2–0–2–Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2025 Italian OpenNumber 8 ranked players Daria Kasatkina0–1––0–1Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2025 Wimbledon Championships Emma Navarro0–10–1––Lost (0–6, 0–6) at 2025 Mérida OpenNumber 10 ranked players Beatriz Haddad Maia0–1–0–1–Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2021 Argentina OpenTotal4–91–4 ()3–4 ()0–1 ()

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