Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez

Career

2022: Turned Pro, ATP debut Pacheco reached the quarterfinals of the Junior Australian Open and the Junior French Open in 2022.

Pacheco made his ATP debut at the 2022 Los Cabos Open in the main singles draw.

2023: Juniors: French Open doubles champion, world No. 1

Pacheco Méndez received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2023 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco. He also received a wildcard for the inaugural 2023 edition of the Challenger in Mexico City. He reached a career high junior ranking of No. 1 on 29 May 2023. He again received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2024 Abierto Mexicano Telcel but lost to the No. 55 ranked Serbian Dušan Lajović.

On 22 April 2024, he reached the top 600 at world No. 589, following a quarterfinal showing at the 2024 GNP Seguros Tennis Open Challenger in Acapulco with wins over second seed Michael Mmoh and Nicolás Mejía.

Ranked No. 356, Pacheco received a main draw wildcard for the ATP 500 2025 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, where he defeated world No. 66 Aleksandar Vukic recording the biggest win of his career. He became the youngest Mexican man to win an ATP Tour match since 1996 (Alejandro Hernandez in Santiago). Next Pacheco Mendez reached his first ATP Tour quarterfinal and first at the 500-level after getting a walkover from second seed Casper Ruud and moved 124 positions up in the rankings into the top 250 on 3 March 2025. Pacheco Mendez became the first Mexican tour-level quarterfinalist since 1998, when Hernandez reached the last eight on Mexico City’s clay courts.

Performance timeline

Singles

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (3–2)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (0–0)

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (1–2)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (title)