Fernanda_Contreras_Gómez

Fernanda Contreras Gómez

Fernanda Contreras Gómez

Mexican tennis player

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.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Contreras and the second or maternal family name is Gómez.
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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 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: 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.[16][17][18] She defeated Panna Udvardy in the first round for her first major and top-100 win.[19][20]

She qualified for her second and third major in a row at Wimbledon and the US Open.[21][22]

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.[23] As a result, she reached the top 150, at No. 141 climbing 41 positions in the rankings.[24]

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

2023: 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 through the 2023 China Open.

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WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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Doubles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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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.[25]

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Notes

  1. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. During the season, she did not play in the main-draw of any WTA Tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup that is not counted as a played tournament but matches counted.

References

  1. [1]
    "Archive | Fernanda Contreras | News | Vanderbilt University". news.vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Contreras Crowned All-American Champion". 8 October 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Event listing". www.itatennis.com. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Singles and Doubles All-American". 8 October 2017. Archived from the original on 19 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Contreras bows out of Fall Nationals". 4 November 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  6. [6]
    "Contreras Falls in NCAA semifinals". 4 November 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  7. [7]
    "Contreras caps record breaking career". 22 May 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.[permanent dead link]
  8. [8]
    "Billie Jean King Cup- Heart Award winner Contreras keeps it in the family". www.billiejeankingcup.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  9. [9]
    "Women's tennis doubles adds another gold for Mexico". 4 November 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  10. [10]
    "Gold for Mexico in tennis with Giuliana Olmos and Fernanda Contreras". 4 November 2017. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  11. [11]
    "Potosina da a México el pase a playoffs en Fed Cup". 7 February 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  12. [12]
    "Chile cae ante México en la Fed Cup y luchará por la permanencia". 7 February 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  13. [13]
    "Paraguay luchó bastante, pero no pudo ante México". 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  14. [14]
    "GROUP I, AMERICAS, PROMOTIONAL PLAY-OFF SEMI-FINAL". 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2020.[permanent dead link]
  15. [15]
    "HEART AWARD WINNER CONTRERAS KEEPS IT IN THE FAMILY". 13 May 2020. Archived from the original on 22 February 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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    https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2622333/zavatska-danilovic-pull-off-three-set-wins-in-roland-garros-qualifying
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    "Vekic makes main draw as French Open qualifying wraps up".
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    "Introducing the 2022 French Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
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    Clarey, Christopher (26 May 2022). "Two Outsiders Get Career Boosts at the French Open". The New York Times.
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    "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  21. [21]
    "Bjorklund, Contreras Gomez battle through Wimbledon qualifying".
  22. [22]
    "Meet the 2022 US Open women's qualifiers". usopen.org. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  23. [23]
    "Contreras Gomez ousts Kenin in Tokyo; Osaka advances after Saville injury".
  24. [24]
    "Rankings Watch: Samsonova hits career-high; Raducanu moves up 11 spots".
  25. [25]
    "Head to Head". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
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