Renata Zarazúa Ruckstuhl (; born 30 September 1997) is a Mexican
tennis
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player. She reached a best singles ranking of world No. 117 in September 2021, and she peaked at No. 135 in the doubles rankings on 8 October 2018. Zarazúa made her
WTA Tour
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singles debut at the
2016 Brasil Cup, where she reached the main draw through qualifying. On the
ITF Circuit, she has won two titles in singles and sixteen titles in doubles. On the WTA Tour, her biggest result to date was reaching the semifinals of the
2020 Mexican Open, where she defeated former No. 3,
Sloane Stephens
Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 after Wimbledon in 2018. Stephens was the 2017 US Open champion, and has won seven WTA Tour singles titles in t ...
, in the first round. In 2020, she qualified for the main draw of the
French Open
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, her Grand Slam debut. She was the first Mexican female tennis player to compete in the main draw of a Grand Slam championship since 2000.
Playing for
Mexico Fed Cup team
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History
Mexico competed in its ...
, Zarazúa has a win–loss record of 14–11 in
Fed Cup
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competition (as of December 2022).
Early life and background
Zarazúa was born on 30 September 1997 to Jose Luis and Alejandra in Mexico City. She also has an older brother named Patricio, who is a former college tennis player for Palm Beach Atlantic University. Her great-uncle
Vicente Zarazúa
Vicente Zarazúa (born August 27, 1944) is a Mexican former tennis player. He played during the 1960s and 70s, and his best achievement was winning gold medals at the demonstration and exhibition tennis tournaments at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Vi ...
, a Mexican pro tennis player, participated in 16 Davis Cup ties for Mexico and claimed gold medals in exhibition doubles at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. During an interview at the 2020 French Open, Zarazúa stated that
Simona Halep
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is the player she admires the most.
Tennis career
In February 2018 at the
Mexican Open, she defeated
Kristýna Plíšková
Kristýna Plíšková (; born 21 March 1992) is an inactive Czech professional tennis player. Plíšková has won one singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 31 Ju ...
to reach the round of 16.
In late February 2020, Zarazúa received a wildcard to play again at the
Mexican Open in Acapulco, where she reached her first WTA Tour singles semifinal. In the first round, she upset top-seeded
Sloane Stephens
Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 after Wimbledon in 2018. Stephens was the 2017 US Open champion, and has won seven WTA Tour singles titles in t ...
.
In September 2020, she qualified for the main draw of the French Open, her first appearance at a
Grand Slam tournament. Zarazúa was the first Mexican woman in a main draw of a major in 20 years. She lost in the second round to third-seeded
Elina Svitolina
Elina Mykhailivna Svitolina ( uk, Еліна Михайлівна Світоліна, ; born 12 September 1994) is a Ukrainian professional tennis player. She reached career-high rankings of world No. 3 in singles and 108 in doubles. Svitolina ...
.
In 2021, she qualified for the
Olympic Games
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in singles and in doubles, partnering
Giuliana Olmos
Giuliana Marion Olmos Dick (born 4 March 1993) is a Mexican professional tennis player.
Olmos, who graduated from the University of Southern California in 2016, has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 343 by the Women's Tennis Association ...
both making their Olympics debut.
Performance timelines
''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 2022 Copa Colsanitas.''
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner–ups)
Doubles: 26 (16 titles, 10 runner–ups)
Notes
References
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1997 births
Living people
Tennis players from Mexico City
Mexican female tennis players
Tennis players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
Tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
Pan American Games competitors for Mexico
Olympic tennis players of Mexico
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century Mexican women