2021: WTA Tour & major debuts, fastest serve record She made her
WTA Tour main-draw debut at the
2021 MUSC Health Open in Charleston, having made it through qualifying as an alternate. She defeated qualifier
Grace Min in the first round, before losing to top seed
Ons Jabeur in the second. In her first-round match at the
US Open, she tied the record by
Venus Williams for the fastest serve by a woman that the tournament had ever recorded (129 mph).
2022: Breakthrough, first top-10 win & doubles title, top 75 In 2022, she made her sixth career main-draw appearance advancing to the second round of the
German Open in Berlin as a qualifier. As a result, she climbed to a career-high, up 34 spots from 169 to No. 135, on 20 June 2022. Ranked No. 144 at the
Ostrava Open, she defeated as a qualifier former world No. 1,
Karolína Plíšková, for her first top-20 win and followed that by defeating world No. 7 and fourth seed,
Maria Sakkari, for her first top-10 win to reach her first ever WTA quarterfinal. At the same tournament in doubles, she won her maiden WTA Tour title, partnering
Caty McNally. In December, Parks won back-to-back WTA Challenger singles titles in
Andorrà and
Angers, the latter of which she also claimed the
doubles title at alongside
Zhang Shuai. At the same tournament, Parks reached the third round in doubles on her debut at this major, partnering with
Oksana Kalashnikova, losing to eventual champions,
Barbora Krejčíková and
Katerina Siniaková. At the
Lyon Open she reached her first WTA semifinal defeating
Julia Grabher, fourth seed
Petra Martić and seventh seeded
Danka Kovinić. She defeated
Maryna Zanevska to reach her first WTA Tour final. Next, she defeated top seed
Caroline Garcia, recording her first top-5 win, to claim her maiden career title. As a result, she moved to new career-highs in the top 50, in doubles of No. 43 on February 13, 2023, and in singles of No. 50 on February 27, 2023. and 15th seed
Viktoria Azarenka, in straight sets, to move into the third round for the first time at a WTA 1000 level. She lost to 18th seed
Martina Trevisan. Parks reached her second WTA Tour doubles final in
Birmingham with
Storm Hunter, losing to Barbora Krejčíková and
Marta Kostyuk. She qualified for
Wimbledon and defeated
Anna-Lena Friedsam in the first round, before losing to
Ana Bogdan. Parks also reached the second rounds of the
Canadian Open, losing to
Belinda Bencic, and in
Cincinnati, losing to
Aliaksandra Sasnovich. In the
doubles at the Cincinnati tournament, Parks paired with
Taylor Townsend for the first time, going on to win title, defeating third seeds
Nicole Melichar-Martinez and
Ellen Perez in the final.
2024: Australian Open third round, back to top 100 At the
Australian Open, Parks reached the third round of a major for the first time in her career with wins over
Daria Snigur and 32nd seed
Leylah Fernandez, before being eliminated in the third round by fourth seed
Coco Gauff in straight sets. Despite this result, she fell out of the top 100 onFebruary 5, 2024, not being able to defend her points from the
Lyon Open which was cancelled in the 2024 season. Partnering
Hailey Baptiste, she also took the doubles title at the same event with a win over
Miriam Kolodziejová and
Anna Sisková in the final. losing in the first round to
Caroline Wozniacki. In July, she won her second WTA 125 title for the season at the
Polish Open, defeating fifth seed
Maya Joint in the final. As a result, she moved 22 positions up on July 29, and a week later to world No. 99. before losing to 23rd seed
Magdalena Fręch in the second round. Parks reached the final at the WTA 125
Midland Tennis Classic with wins over
Lina Glushko,
Caty McNally,
Astra Sharma and
Lauren Davis before losing to
Rebecca Marino. In December, she won the WTA 125
Open Angers, overcoming
Belinda Bencic in the final, having defeated
Julie Belgraver,
Tamara Korpatsch,
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva and
Mona Barthel en route to the championship match. As a result, she re-entered the top 100 at world No. 84 on December 9, which was the same position she started off the year.
2025: Two WTA Tour semifinals Parks began the season at the
Auckland Open, where she defeated third seed
Amanda Anisimova,
Greet Minnen and
Katie Volynets, before losing to seventh seed
Naomi Osaka in what was her first WTA Tour semifinal since her title ein in
Lyon almost two years earlier. In August at the
Monterrey Open, she recorded wins over qualifier
Cristina Bucșa, top seed
Emma Navarro and
Rebecca Šramková to reach the semifinals, at which point her run was ended by third seed and eventual champion
Diana Shnaider. Seeded third at the
Jiangxi Open in October she overcame wildcard entrant
Zhu Lin and
Kaja Juvan to make it through to the quarterfinals, where she lost to eventual champion
Anna Blinkova.
2026: Ostrava quarterfinal At the
Ostrava Open, Parks defeated Julia Grabher and
Elina Avanesyan, before losing in the quarterfinals to Katie Volynets in three sets. ==Performance timelines==