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.
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.
(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.
↑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.
↑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.
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