Fernanda Contreras Gómez (born October 8, 1997) is a Mexican

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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 world No. 110, achieved on 6 March 2023. She played collegiately for

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College career

As a junior at Vanderbilt, Contreras won the

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/ ITA All-American Intercollegiate Championship to become Vanderbilt's first Riviera/ITA Singles Tournament Champion on 8 October 2017. She defeated Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov 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

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in 2018, winning all three matches she played. Contreras also participated in the

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with partner

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taking gold in doubles and silver in team. She lost to reigning Olympic champion

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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

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in the first round for her first major and top-100 win. She qualified for her second and third major in a row at

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and the US Open. At the

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, she earned her first main draw qualification in a WTA tournament and won against former top-10 player

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. 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 home tournament in Guadalajara as a wildcard.

2023: First WTA Tour final & top 110 in doubles

Ranked No. 143 in doubles, she reached her first WTA doubles final at the 2023 Monterrey Open, partnering Kimberly Birrell after receiving a wildcard. As a result, she reached the top 110 in the rankings in doubles. She received a wildcard for the WTA 1000

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. Initially she was entered in the qualifying draw but after

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entered directly with her own ranking, she was promoted to the main draw.

Personal life

Contreras was born in San Luis Potosí City, Mexico and grew up in

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, 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

semi-finalist 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 after the 2023 Monterrey Open.''

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

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

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