Fernanda Contreras

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

Career College years 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.

2018–2020: Professional beginnings 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.

2026: Retirement Contreras Gómez announced her retirement from professional tennis in February 2026.

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.

Performance timeline 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) LegendWTA 250 (0–1) Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendW25 tournaments (1–1)W15 tournaments (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (0–1)

Doubles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (0–1)W60 tournaments (3–2)W25 tournaments (4–0)W15 tournaments (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (5–2)Clay (4–1)Grass (0–1)

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.