{{short description|Spanish tennis player (born 2005)}} {{family name hatnote|Geerlings|Martínez|lang=Spanish}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Ariana Geerlings | fullname = Ariana Geerlings Martínez | image = | caption = | country = {{ESP}} | residence = Murcia, Spain | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2005|9|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Granada, Spain | turnedpro = | height = | plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | careerprizemoney = US$64,065 | coach = | singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=95|lost=60}} | singlestitles = 6 ITF | highestsinglesranking = No. 293 (11 August 2025) | currentsinglesranking = No. 308 (28 July 2025) | doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=19|lost=17}} | doublestitles = | highestdoublesranking = No. 440 (9 June 2025) | currentdoublesranking = No. 502 (28 July 2025) | updated = 28 July 2025 }} '''Ariana Geerlings Martínez''' (born 1 September 2005) is a Spanish professional tennis player. She has career-high rankings of No. 308 in singles, achieved on 28 July 2025, and No. 440 in doubles, achieved on 9 June 2025.
==Early life== Geerlings was born in Granada and raised in Murcia.<ref>{{cite web |last=Margalef |first=Josep |title=Miguel Avendaño y Ariana Geerlings, ganadores del Sub-14 |url=https://as.com/tenis/2019/04/28/mas_tenis/1556458723_295260.html |website=Diario AS |access-date=6 July 2024 |language=es |date=28 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Piñero |first=Julio |title=La tenista granadina Ariana Geerlings se proclama campeona de Europa júnior |url=https://www.ideal.es/deportes/provincial-granada/tenista-granadina-ariana-geerlings-proclama-campeona-europa-20230725172124-nt.html |website=Ideal |access-date=5 July 2024 |language=es |date=25 July 2023}}</ref> Her father, Arjan Geerlings, is Dutch and her mother, Alicia Martínez, is Spanish.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moya |first=Francisco J. |title=Ariana, la promesa granadina del tenis español |url=https://www.ideal.es/deportes/provincial-granada/ariana-promesa-granadina-tenis-espanol-20230802001759-nt.html |website=Ideal |access-date=5 July 2024 |language=es |date=2 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Murciego |first=Fernando |title="No voy a conformarme, quiero ser número uno" |url=https://www.puntodebreak.com/2023/11/29/no-conformarme-quiero-numero |website=Punto de Break |access-date=5 July 2024 |language=es |date=29 November 2023}}</ref> Her brother, Sergio, is a professional cyclist.<ref>{{cite web |last=García |first=Dioni |title=Ariana Geerlings, una tenista campeona de Europa juvenil criada en Murcia |url=https://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/deportes/2023/07/26/gran-renacer-ariana-geerlings-90328805.html |website=La Opinión de Murcia |access-date=5 July 2024 |language=es |date=26 July 2023}}</ref> She attended the Rafa Nadal Academy and currently trains at Real Murcia Club de Tenis 1919.<ref>{{cite web |last=Moya |first=Francisco J. |title=Ariana, del pozo a la ilusión por hacerse un hueco en el circuito |url=https://www.laverdad.es/deportes/tenis/ariana-pozo-ilusion-hacerse-hueco-circuito-20230731001459-nt.html |website=La Verdad |access-date=6 July 2024 |language=es |date=31 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Tallón |first=M. G. |title=Ariana Geerlings, del Real Murcia CT 1919, gana el torneo ITF W15 de Telde |url=https://murciaplaza.com/ariana-geerlings-del-real-murcia-ct-1919-gana-el-torneo-itf-w15-de-telde |website=Murcia Plaza |access-date=6 July 2024 |language=es |date=10 April 2024}}</ref>
==Professional career== In January 2021, Geerlings made her professional debut as a wildcard into the main draw of the $15k event at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor, but lost in the first round to Kamilla Bartone.<ref>{{cite web |last=Millán |first=Ander |title=Cuadro W15 Manacor 2 2021 |url=https://canaltenis.com/cuadro-w15-manacor-dos-2021/ |website=Canal Tenis |access-date=6 July 2024 |language=es |date=25 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Saramago |first=José |title=La tenista Ariana Geerlings Martinez se queda fuera de los octavos de final del torneo de Manacor |url=https://www.zoomnoticias.com/la-tenista-ariana-geerlings-martinez-se-queda-fuera-los-octavos-final-del-torneo-manacor-n10132 |website=Zoom Noticias |access-date=6 July 2024 |language=es |date=26 January 2021}}</ref> In March 2022, she recorded her first professional win at the $15k Vilas Academy Calvià Open in Palma Nova, defeating second seed Nina Potočnik.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mohorič |first=Jože |title=Tenis: Potočnikova do šeste lovorike med dvojicami |url=https://tednik.svet24.si/sport/27857-tenis-potocnikova-do-seste-lovorike-med-dvojicami |website=Štajerski Tednik |access-date=5 July 2024 |language=sl |date=27 March 2022}}</ref> She reached her first final in November 2023 at the $15k event in Castellón, but lost to compatriot and top seed Ángela Fita Boluda.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sansaloni |first=Jesús |title=Doble victoria de Ángela Fita en el torneo ITF de Nules |url=https://www.levante-emv.com/costera/2023/11/21/doble-victoria-angela-fita-torneo-94919853.html |website=Levante-EMV |access-date=6 July 2024 |language=es |date=21 November 2023}}</ref>
In April 2024, she won back-to-back titles at the W15 Gran Canaria Women's TDC Series PRO events in Telde.<ref>{{cite web |last=Pérez |first=Alejandro |title=Ariana Geerlings, Bruno Pujol, Alicia Herrero, Daniel Rincón, Oriol Roca y Carlos Sánchez suman títulos en la semana ITF y challenger |url=https://www.marca.com/tenis/2024/04/09/66146d1bca474177298b45bb.html |website=Marca |access-date=6 July 2024 |language=es |date=8 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Tallón |first=M. G. |title=Ariana Geerlings, del Real Murcia CT 1919, vuelve a conquistar un título ITF W15 |url=https://murciaplaza.com/ariana-geerlings-del-real-murcia-ct-1919-vuelve-a-conquistar-un-titulo-itf-w15 |website=Murcia Plaza |access-date=6 July 2024 |language=es |date=16 April 2024}}</ref> That month, she also received a wildcard into the qualifying draw of the Madrid Open, but did not advance into the main draw.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gavelán |first=Juan |title=Los wild cards del Mutua Madrid Open 2024 |url=https://canaltenis.com/wild-cards-mutua-madrid-open-2024/ |website=Canal Tenis |access-date=6 July 2024 |language=es |date=21 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Myles |first=Stephanie |title=WTA Madrid – Monday, April 22, 2024 final results |url=https://opencourt.ca/2024/04/21/wta-madrid-monday-april-22-2024-order-of-play/ |website=Open Court |access-date=6 July 2024 |date=21 April 2024}}</ref> In May, she won her third title of the year at the W15 event in Kuršumlijska Banja, defeating second seed Anja Stanković in the final.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sánchez |first=Antonio |title=Ariana Geerlings vence en la final de Kursumlijska Banja |url=https://www.ideal.es/deportes/provincial-granada/tenis-ariana-geerlings-vence-final-kursumlijska-banja-20240519144404-nt.html |website=Ideal |access-date=6 July 2024 |language=es |date=19 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Tallón |first=M. G. |title=Ariana Geerlings gana un título W15 en Serbia y Mayar Sherif es subcampeona en Italia |url=https://murciaplaza.com/ariana-geerlings-gana-un-titulo-w15-en-serbia-y-mayar-sherif-es-subcampeona-en-italia |website=Murcia Plaza |access-date=6 July 2024 |language=es |date=21 May 2024}}</ref> In October, she reached the final of the W35 Open JCastillo-Occident in Baza, but lost to Susan Bandecchi.<ref>{{cite web |last=Utrera |first=José |title=La tenista Susan Bandecchi gana a Ariana Geerlings (6-3-6-3) en la final del Open de Baza |url=https://baza.ideal.es/baza/tenista-susan-bandecchi-gana-ariana-geerlings-6363-20241006202237-nt.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fbaza.ideal.es%2Fbaza%2Ftenista-susan-bandecchi-gana-ariana-geerlings-6363-20241006202237-nt.html |website=Ideal |access-date=15 April 2025 |language=es |date=6 October 2024}}</ref>
In June 2025, she and Wakana Sonobe reached the doubles final of the W75 Internazionali Femminili di Tennis Città di Caserta, but lost to Cho I-hsuan and Cho Yi-tsen.<ref>{{cite web |title=ITF Caserta, Rame contro Lazaro Garcia in finale |url=https://www.supertennis.tv/News/Itf/caserta-itf-rame-lazaro-garcia-finale |website=SuperTennis |access-date=16 July 2025 |language=it |date=7 June 2025}}</ref> The following month, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut after qualifying for the Hamburg Open, but lost in the first round to Astra Sharma in three sets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/videos/4313541/sharma-overcomes-qualifier-geerlings-in-three-sets-in-hamburg-first-round|title=Sharma overcomes teenage qualifier Geerlings in three sets in Hamburg|publisher=Women's Tennis Association|accessdate=14 March 2026}}</ref>
==Performance timelines== {{Performance key|short=yes}}
===Singles=== ''Current through the 2025 Madrid Open.'' {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Tournament !2024 !2025 !SR !W–L !Win% |- | colspan="6" style="text-align:left" |'''WTA 1000 tournaments''' |- | style="text-align:left" |Madrid Open | style=background:#f0f8ff |Q1 | style=background:#f0f8ff |Q1 |0 / 0 |0–0 |{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}} |- style="background:#efefef;font-weight:bold" | style="text-align:left" |Win–loss |0–0 |0–0 |0 / 0 |0–0 |{{Tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}} |}
==ITF Circuit finals== ===Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner–ups)=== {|class="wikitable" style=font-size:85% ! Legend |- style="background:lightblue;" | W35 tournaments (1–1) |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | W15 tournaments (5–1) |} {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Result ! class="unsortable" | W–L ! Date ! Tournament ! Tier ! Surface ! Opponent ! class=unsortable | Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>0–1</small> | Nov 2023 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Castellón, Spain | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|ESP}} Ángela Fita Boluda | 4–6, 6–7<sup>(5)</sup> |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>1–1</small> | Apr 2024 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Telde, Spain | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|GER}} Caroline Werner | 2–6, 7–5, 7–5 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>2–1</small> | Apr 2024 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Telde, Spain | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|SUI}} Leonie Küng | 6–1, 6–1 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>3–1</small> | May 2024 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Kuršumlijska Banja, Serbia | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|SRB}} Anja Stanković | 7–6<sup>(2)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(2)</sup>, 6–4 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>4–1</small> | Aug 2024 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Monastir, Tunisia | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Hard | {{flagicon|EGY}} Lamis Alhussein Abdel Aziz | 6–4, 6–1 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>4–2</small> | Sep 2024 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Baza, Spain | style="background:lightblue;"|W35 | Hard | {{flagicon|SUI}} Susan Bandecchi | 3–6, 3–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>5–2</small> | May 2025 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Bol, Croatia | style="background:lightblue;"|W35 | Clay | {{flagicon|ROU}} Georgia Crăciun | 6–2, 6–2 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>6–2</small> | Jul 2025 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Las Palmas, Spain | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|FRA}} Nahia Berecoechea | 6–4, 6–2 |}
===Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)=== {|class="wikitable" style=font-size:85% ! Legend |- style="background:#addfad;" |W75 tournaments (0–1) |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | W15 tournaments (0–1) |} {|class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Result ! class="unsortable" | W–L ! Date ! Tournament ! Tier ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! class="unsortable" | Score |- | style="background:#FFA07A;"|Loss | <small>0–1</small> | May 2025 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|ITA}} Sofia Rocchetti | {{flagicon|ITA}} Deborah Chiesa <br /> {{flagicon|ITA}} Dalila Spiteri | w/o |- | style="background:#FFA07A;"|Loss | <small>0–2</small> | May 2025 | style="background:#addfad;"|ITF Caserta, Italy | style="background:#addfad;"|W75 | Clay | {{flagicon|JAP}} Wakana Sonobe | {{flagicon|TPE}} Cho I-hsuan <br /> {{flagicon|TPE}} Cho Yi-tsen | 3–6, 6–7<sup>(5)</sup> |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
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