Fernanda Contreras Gómez (born October 8, 1997) is a Mexican tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 139 achieved on 3 October 2022 and a doubles ranking of world No. 116 achieved on 17 October 2022. She played collegiately for Vanderbilt University.[1]

Fernanda Contreras Gómez

Contreras at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Mexico
Born	(1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 25) San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
College	Vanderbilt University
Coach	Christo Van Rensburg
Prize money	US $337,345
Singles
Career record	93–60 (60.8%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 139 (3 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 143 (24 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	69–35 (66.3%)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 116 (17 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 116 (17 October 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	13–3
Last updated on: 24 October 2022.

College career

As a junior at Vanderbilt, Contreras won the USTA/ITA All-American Intercollegiate Championship to become Vanderbilt's first Riviera/ITA Singles Tournament Champion on 8 October 2017.[2] She defeated Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov in the championship match.[3]

Contreras finished the season with a 44–10 record, setting the program record for most victories in a season, and was named singles and doubles All-American.[4] She reached the semifinals of the Oracle ITA Fall National Championships[5] and the semifinals in the NCAA singles draw.[6] Contreras ended her collegiate career with the most wins in Commodore history with 138 career wins.[7]

Professional career

2018–2020

She made her debut for the Mexico Fed Cup team in 2018, winning all three matches she played.[8]

Contreras also participated in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games with partner Giuliana Olmos taking gold in doubles and silver in team. She lost to reigning Olympic champion Monica Puig in singles before defeating Team Puerto Rico in doubles with Giuliana Olmos for the gold medal.[9][10]

In February 2020, Contreras participated in the 2020 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – Play-offs, representing Mexico. After defeating Peru, Mexico beat Team Chile in the semifinals, squaring off to face Paraguay in the finals. [11][12] Mexico defeated Paraguay 2–1 securing their spot in the Fed Cup World Group Qualifiers. [13][14] For her performance, Contreras was awarded the Fed Cup 2020 Americas Heart Award. [15]

2022: Grand Slam & WTA debut and first wins, top 150

At the French Open, Contreras qualified for the main draw to make her Grand Slam tournament debut.[16][17] She defeated Panna Udvardy in the first round for her first major and top-100 win.[18]

She qualified for her second and third major in a row at Wimbledon and the US Open.[19][20]

At the Pan Pacific Open, she earned her first main draw qualification in a WTA tournament and won against former top-10 player Sofia Kenin.[21] As a result, she reached the top 150 in the rankings.

Personal life

Contreras was born in San Luis Potosí City, Mexico and grew up in Austin, Texas where she attended Westlake High School.

Contreras graduated from Vanderbilt University in May 2019 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Her grandfather Francisco Contreras Serrano was a Davis Cup member, a Pan American Games medalist and a Wimbledon semi-finalist in mixed doubles.

Grand Slam performance

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current after the 2022 Guadalajara Open.

ITF finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2019	ITF Cancún, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Patricia Maria Tig	0–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2019	ITF Cancún, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Aleksandra Pitak	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–1	Oct 2019	Waco Showdown, United States	25,000	Hard	Leylah Fernandez	6–3, 2–6, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Jun 2021	ITF Sumter, United States	25,000	Clay	Peyton Stearns	1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2019	ITF Cancún, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Jessica Hinojosa Gómez	Melany Krywoj Fernanda Labraña	2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win	2–0	Jun 2019	ITF Cancún, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Nazari Urbina	Tiphanie Fiquet Daria Kuczer	3–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Loss	2–1	Aug 2019	ITF Cancún, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Ana-Paula de la Pena	Haine Ogata Aiko Yoshitomi	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–1	Sep 2019	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Chiara Scholl	Monica Cappelletti Melania Delai	6–4, 6–1
Win	4–1	May 2021	ITF Pelham, ​United States	25,000	Clay	Marcela Zacarías	Erina Hayashi Kanako Morisaki	6–0, 6–3
Win	5–1	Jan 2022	Bendigo International, Australia	60,000+H	Hard	Alycia Parks	Alison Bai Alana Parnaby	6–3, 6–1
Win	6–1	Jan 2022	ITF Manacor, Spain	25,000	Hard	Andrea Lázaro García	Tereza Mihalíková Linda Nosková	6–1, 6–4
Win	7–1	Feb 2022	ITF Manacor, Spain	25,000	Hard	Andrea Lázaro García	Tereza Mihalíková Linda Nosková	6–1, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss	7–2	Apr 2022	Canberra International, Australia	60,000	Clay	Alana Parnaby	Ankita Raina Arina Rodionova	6–4, 2–6, [9–11]
Win	8–2	May 2022	Open Saint-Gaudens, France	60,000	Clay	Lulu Sun	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Anastasia Tikhonova	7–5, 6–2
Loss	8–3	Jun 2022	Surbiton Trophy, UK	100,000	Grass	Catherine Harrison	Ingrid Neel Rosalie van der Hoek	3–6, 3–6

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

Contreras Gómez's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.[22]

Player	Years	MP	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
Number 2 ranked players
Barbora Krejčíková	2022	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (0–6, 4–6) at 2022 US Open 1R
Number 4 ranked players
Sofia Kenin	2022	1	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (7–6(9–7), 6–4) at 2022 Tokyo 1R
Number 9 ranked players
Daria Kasatkina	2022	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (0–6, 3–6) at 2022 French Open 2R
Total	2022	3	1–2	56%	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–0 ( – )	current after the 2022 Tokyo

Notes

References

External links

• Fernanda Contreras Gómez at the Women's Tennis Association
• Fernanda Contreras Gómez at the International Tennis Federation
• Fernanda Contreras Gómez at the Billie Jean King Cup

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