Renata Zarazúa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zarazúa and the second or maternal family name is Ruckstuhl.

Renata Zarazúa

Zarazúa at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Renata Zarazúa Ruckstuhl
Country (sports)	Mexico
Residence	Tampa, United States
Born	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Prize money	$215,703
Singles
Career record	200–150 (57.1%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 149 (12 October 2020)
Current ranking	No. 149 (12 October 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2021)
French Open	2R (2020)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2018)
US Open	Q1 (2018)
Doubles
Career record	144–103 (58.3%)
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 135 (8 October 2018)
Current ranking	No. 327 (21 September 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open Junior	SF (2014)
US Open Junior	2R (2014)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	11–10 (52.4%)
Medal record Representing MEX Women's Tennis Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Veracruz Team Event
Last updated on: 24 September 2020.

Renata Zarazúa Ruckstuhl (Spanish pronunciation: [reˈnata saɾaˈsu.a]; born 30 September 1997) is a Mexican tennis player.

On 21 September 2020, Zarazúa reached her best singles ranking of world No. 178, and on 8 October 2018, she peaked at No. 135 in the doubles rankings. Renata made her WTA singles debut at the 2016 Brasil Cup, where she get to the main-draw from qualification. On ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, she has 2 titles in singles and 15 titles in doubles. On WTA Tour, her biggest result so far is semifinal of 2020 Mexican Open, where she also defeated former No. 3 Sloane Stephens in first round, but lost in semifinal from Leylah Annie Fernandez. In 2020, she qualified for the main-draw of French Open, that was her debut appearance at any grand-slam, but also she made big result for her country, becoming first female tennis to play at main-draw of some grand slam since 2000.

Playing for Mexico Fed Cup team, Zarazúa has a win–loss record of 11–10.

Early life and background

Renata Zarazúa was born on 30 September 1997 to Jose Luis and Alejandra in capital of Mexico, Mexico City. She also has older brother called Patricio, that is a former college tennis player for Palm Beach Atlantic University. She came from a family full of tennis players, dating back to her great-uncle Vicente Zarazua, a Mexican pro who played 16 Davis Cup ties for his country and claimed gold medals in doubles at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City in the demonstration and exhibition tennis events. During some interview at the 2020 French Open, Zarazúa stated that Simona Halep is one of the players she admires the most.

Tennis career

2018–19

In February 2018, at the Mexican Open, she defeated Kristýna Plíšková to reach the round of 16, but then lost to Daria Gavrilova.

2020: French Open debut

In late February 2020, Zarazúa receive wild card in order to play at the Mexican Open in Acapulco. She had success and reached her first WTA singles semifinal. In first round she upset former No. 3 Sloane Stephens, that also was seed No. 1 at this tournament. In second round, Zarazúa was better than Katie Volynets, than in quarterfinal she defeated Tamara Zidanšek, before she met with Leylah Annie Fernandez in semifinal, where she missed her chance to play her first WTA final. Good result at Acapulco, bring her back into top 200. In September, she played at the qualification of French Open. She defeated Olga Danilović, Viktoriya Tomova and Daniela Seguel, respectively, and qualification for the first time to the main-draw of some grand slam. Renata Zarazua became the first Mexican woman in a Grand Slam main draw in 20 years. In first round in main-draw, she faced wild-card player Elsa Jacquemot and won that match giving opponent only three games. In second round, her opponent was seed No. 3 Elina Svitolina. She was insecure in the beginning, losing the first set, but then made a great turnaround in winning the second set, but wasn't able to finish the match in her favor.

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(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 and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

This table is current through 2021 Australian Open.

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	Q1	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	Q1	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	2	3	3	1	0	Career total: 10
Hard Win–Loss	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	3–1	0–0	0 / 8	4–8	33%
Clay Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	0–2	2–3	1–3	3–1	0–0	0 / 10	6–10	38%
Win%	0%	0%	40%	25%	75%		Career total: 38%
Year-end ranking	291	248	258	280			$165,218

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2013	ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Denise Muresan	4–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2013	ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Ashley Weinhold	3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	1–2	Apr 2016	ITF León, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Ana Sofía Sánchez	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2–2	May 2016	La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain	10,000	Clay	Irene Burillo Escorihuela	6–7(3), 6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Jul 2017	ITF Getxo, Spain	25,000	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Jul 2017	ITF Torino, Italy	25,000	Clay	Deborah Chiesa	3–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	2–5	Oct 2017	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Polona Hercog	4–6, 1–6
Loss	2–6	Sep 2020	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	25,000	Clay	Jana Čepelová	4–6, 6–7(4)

Doubles: 24 (15 titles, 9 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2014	ITF Mérida, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Tatjana Maria	Jan Abaza Hsu Chieh-yu	7–6(1), 6–1
Win	2–0	Dec 2014	ITF Mérida, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Tatjana Maria	Andrea Gámiz Valeria Savinykh	6–4, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Apr 2015	ITF Guadalajara, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Marcela Zacarías Laura Pigossi	1–6, 2–6
Win	3–1	Jun 2015	ITF Charlotte, United States	10,000	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Lauren Herring Ellen Perez	6–4, 6–7(6), [10–8]
Win	4–1	Jun 2015	ITF Manzanillo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Zoë Gwen Scandalis	Bárbara Gatica Stephanie Petit	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–1	Oct 2015	ITF Rock Hill, United States	25,000	Hard	Ema Burgić Bucko	Elitsa Kostova Florencia Molinero	7–5, 6–2
Win	6–1	Dec 2015	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Clay	Victoria Rodríguez	Florencia Molinero Laura Pigossi	6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
Win	7–1	Apr 2016	ITF León, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	Sabastiani Leon Nazari Urbina	6–0, 6–2
Loss	7–2	May 2016	ITF Naples, United States	25,000	Clay	Sophie Chang	Gabriela Cé Justyna Jegiołka	1–6, 2–6
Win	8–2	May 2016	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Clay	Marcela Zacarías	Andrea Raaholt Jasmina Tinjić	6–4, 6–4
Loss	8–3	Sep 2016	ITF Lubbock, United States	25,000	Hard	Ema Burgić Bucko	Emina Bektas Catherine Harrison	3–6, 4–6
Loss	8–4	Nov 2016	Waco Showdown, United States	50,000	Hard	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Michaëlla Krajicek Taylor Townsend	w/o
Win	9–4	Jan 2017	ITF Wesley Chapel, United States	25,000	Clay	Chanel Simmonds	Elizabeth Halbauer Sofia Kenin	6–2, 7–6(5)
Loss	9–5	Apr 2017	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States	80,000	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Kristie Ahn Quinn Gleason	3–6, 2–6
Loss	9–6	May 2017	La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain	25,000	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	Olesya Pervushina Valeriya Strakhova	5–7, 2–6
Win	10–6	Jun 2017	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Valentyna Ivakhnenko	Quirine Lemoine Eva Wacanno	6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Win	11–6	Oct 2017	ITF Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	Luisa Stefani	Estrella Cabeza Candela Andrea Gámiz	7–6(2), 7–6(3)
Win	12–6	Nov 2017	ITF Sant Cugat, Spain	25,000	Clay	Luisa Stefani	Olga Danilović Guiomar Maristany Zuleta de Reales	6–1, 6–4
Win	13–6	Jul 2018	Tiro a Volo Internazionale, Italy	60,000	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Anastasia Grymalska Giorgia Marchetti	6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
Win	14–6	Jul 2018	Ashland Classic, United States	60,000	Hard	Jovana Jakšić	Sanaz Marand Whitney Osuigwe	6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss	14–7	Sep 2018	Open de Valencia, Spain	60,000	Clay	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Irina Khromacheva Nina Stojanović	1–6, 4–6
Loss	14–8	Nov 2018	ITF Sant Cugat, Spain	25,000	Clay	Andreea Roșca	Miriam Bulgaru Nicoleta Dascălu	1–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win	15–8	Oct 2019	ITF Cucuta, Colombia	25,000	Clay	Carolina Meligeni Alves	Emiliana Arango Victoria Bosio	6–1, ret.
Loss	15–9	Nov 2019	ITF Orlando, United States	25,000	Clay	Carolina Meligeni Alves	Katharine Fahey Stephanie Wagner	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]

External links

• Renata Zarazúa at the Women's Tennis Association
• Renata Zarazúa at the International Tennis Federation
• Renata Zarazúa at the Billie Jean King Cup