Fernanda Contreras Gómez
Fernanda Contreras Gómez 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 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, before losing to 20th seed Daria Kasatkina.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 event 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 the 2022 Guadalajara Akron as a wildcard, losing to Ajla Tomljanović in the first round.
2023: WTA Tour final & top 100 in doubles
Ranked No. 143 in doubles, Contreras 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 main draw 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, given a wildcard.
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
''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 through the 2023 China Open.''WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 | 2023 Monterrey Open – Doubles| | Monterrey Open, Mexico | WTA 250 | Hard |  ITF Circuit finalsSingles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)
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