Fernanda Contreras Gómez

Fernanda Contreras Gómez
	Contreras at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Mexico
Born	8 October 1997; San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right (one-handed backhand)
College	Vanderbilt University
Coach	Christo Van Rensburg
Prize money	US$450,129
Singles
Career record	111–88 (55.8%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 139 (3 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 350 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2023)
French Open	2R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	1R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	92–50 (64.8%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 99 (8 May 2023)
Current ranking	No. 134 (15 January 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	13–4
	Last updated on: 26 January 2024.

Fernanda Contreras Gómez (born October 8, 1997) is a Mexican tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 139 by the WTA, achieved on 3 October 2022, and a doubles ranking of 99, achieved on 8 May 2023. She played collegiately for Vanderbilt University.

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. She defeated Aliona Bolsova in the championship match.

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. She reached the semifinals of the Oracle ITA Fall National Championships and the semifinals in the NCAA singles draw. Contreras ended her collegiate career with the most wins in Commodore history with 138 career wins.

Professional career

2018–2020

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

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.

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. Mexico defeated Paraguay 2–1 securing their spot in the Fed Cup World Group Qualifiers. For her performance, Contreras was awarded the Fed Cup 2020 Americas Heart Award.

2022: Major & WTA & 1000 level debuts and first wins, top 150 in singles

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

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

At the Pan Pacific Open, Contreras earned her first main-draw qualification in a WTA Tour tournament and defeated former top-10 player Sofia Kenin. As a result, she reached the top 150, at No. 141 climbing 41 positions in the rankings.

She made her WTA 1000 debut at her home tournament in Guadalajara as a wildcard.

2023: First WTA Tour final & top 100 in doubles

Ranked No. 143 in doubles, Contreraas reached her first WTA Tour doubles final at the 2023 Monterrey Open, partnering Kimberly Birrell, after the pair received a wildcard. As a result, she reached the top 100 in the doubles rankings.

Contreras received a wildcard for the WTA 1000 Miami Open. Initially, she was entered in the qualifying draw, but after withdrawals, Emma Raducanu entered the main draw with her own ranking instead of as a wildcard, and Contreras was promoted to the main draw.

Personal life

Contreras was born in San Luis Potosí, 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 semifinalist in mixed doubles.

Grand Slam performance

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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 2023 China Open.

Tournament	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	2R	Q1	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	NH	A	1R	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–0	0 / 3	1–3	25%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	NH	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Madrid Open	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	NH			A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH		1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Career statistics
Tournament	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	0	0	5	2	Career total: 7
Titles	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Hardcourt win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–3	0–2	0 / 5	1–5	25%
Clay win–loss	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Overall win–loss	1–0	0–0	2–5	0–3	0 / 8	3–8	27%
Win %	100%	–	29%	0%	Career total: 27%
Year-end ranking	464	276	160		$338,495

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2023	Monterrey Open, Mexico	WTA 250	Hard	Kimberly Birrell	Yuliana Lizarazo María Paulina Pérez	3–6, 7–5, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (1–1)
$15,000 tournaments (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–1)

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	ITF Waco, 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: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (2–2)
$25,000 tournaments (4–0)
$15,000 tournaments (2–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (5–2)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–1)

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	ITF Bendigo, 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	ITF Canberra, Australia	60,000	Clay	Alana Parnaby	Ankita Raina Arina Rodionova	6–4, 2–6, [9–11]
Win	8–2	May 2022	ITF Saint-Gaudens, France	60,000	Clay	Lulu Sun	Valentini Grammatikopoulou Anastasia Tikhonova	7–5, 6–2
Loss	8–3	Jun 2022	ITF Surbiton, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Catherine Harrison	Ingrid Neel Rosalie van der Hoek	3–6, 3–6
Win	9–3	Apr 2023	ITF Oerias, Portugal	60,000	Clay	Ingrid Gamarra Martins	Jesika Malečková Renata Voráčová	6–3, 6–2
Loss	9–4	Oct 2023	ITF Rome, United States	60,000	Hard (i)	Robin Anderson	Sofia Sewing Anastasia Tikhonova	6–4, 3–6, [7-10]

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

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

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 Open