Emma Navarro’s Weight Loss

American professional tennis player Emma Navarro was born on May 18, 2001. She turned professional at the age of 14 in 2015. Together with Chloe Beck, she won the junior 2019 French Open doubles title and finished second in the junior French Open singles draw. The two of them also placed second in the junior Australian Open that season. During his college career with the Virginia Cavaliers, she won the 2021 NCAA Singles Championship.

As of December 2024, Navarro had won eight professional titles, one WTA Tour, and eight ITF Circuits. Her career-high singles ranking of No. 8 was reached in September 2024. She also advanced to the 2024 US Open quarterfinals before falling to Paula Badosa in straight sets. In December, she was named the Most Improved Player and received the WTA Most Improved Player of the Year award.

Did Emma Navarro lose weight?

Emma Navarro lost five to six pounds in March 2024, according to Andrea Petkovic, a former German tennis player turned tennis pundit.

In an attempt to go through the numerous stories that transpired at the 2024 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Andrea Petkovic joined the host of Racquet's Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast. They discussed Navarro's win at the event against Aryna Sabalenka, then world No. 2, and reaching her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal. She became the first American to defeat a top-2 opponent at the event since Serena Williams defeated Lindsay Davenport in 2001. The event was eventually won by Iga Swiatek.

Regarding Navarro, Petkovic said,

"This girl [Emma Navarro] can really play and now she’s gotten so fit, she’s lost 5-6 pounds of body weight… and it always has to be said when we talk about bodies here this a lot different than when we talk about bodies in general." Perkovic added that Navarro is like a predator, smelling the nervousness on the other side and understanding the "energy of the game."

During the same podcast, Stubbs said,

"She was never overweight, she was never out of shape, but comparing her to what she used to look like which was always a good athlete, now she looks… woah."

Navarro was the 20th seed going into the next WTA 1000, the 2024 Miami Open, and defeated qualifier Storm Hunter and 12th seed Jasmine Paolini to advance to the fourth round. She eventually lost in the fourth round to Jessica Pegula in three sets. After that, she also upset the world No. 2 at the time, Coco Gauff, at the 2024 Wimbledon. With this win, she reached her first major quarterfinals but eventually lost to Jasmine Paolini.