Fernanda Contreras Gómez

Fernanda Contreras
	Contreras at the 2017 Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American
Full name	Fernanda Contreras Gómez
Country (sports)	Mexico
Born	October 8, 1997 (age 26); San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
College	Vanderbilt University
Coach	Geoff Macdonald
Career record	100–74
Career record	83–43

Fernanda Contreras Gómez (born October 8, 1997) is a Mexican tennis player. She played collegiately for Vanderbilt University. On October 8, 2017, Contreras won the 2017 Riviera All-American Championship.^[1] She made her debut for the Mexico Fed Cup team in 2018, winning all 3 matches she played.

Early life and college career

Contreras was born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico and grew up in Austin, Texas where she attended Westlake High School.

As a junior at Vanderbilt, Contreras won the USTA/ITA All-American Intercollegiate Championship to become Vanderbilt's first Riviera/ITA Singles Tournament Champion.^[2] 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.^[3] She reached the semifinals of the Oracle ITA Fall National Championships^[4] and the semifinals in the NCAA singles draw.^[5] Contreras ended her collegiate career with the most wins in Commodore history with 138 career wins.^[6] Contreras also participated in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games with 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 partner Giuliana Olmos for the gold medal.^[7]^[8]

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. ^[9]^[10] Mexico defeated Paraguay 2-1 securing their spot in the Fed Cup World Group Qualifiers. ^[11]^[12]

Personal life

Contreras graduated from Vanderbilt University in May 2019 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Her grandfather Francisco Contreras Serrano was a Davis Cup member and a Pan American Games medalist.

ITF finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2019	ITF Cancún, Mexico	$15,000	Hard	Patricia Maria Tig	0–6, 0–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2019	ITF Cancún, Mexico	$15,000	Hard	Aleksandra Pitak	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–1	Oct 2019	ITF Waco, United States	$25,000	Hard	Leylah Annie Fernandez	6–3, 2–6, 6–1

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	4 June 2019	$15,000	Cancún, Mexico	Hard	Jessica Hinojosa Gómez	Melany Krywoj Fernanda Labrana	2–6, 6–4 ^(10-7)
Winner	2.	11 June 2019	$15,000	Cancún, Mexico	Hard	Nazari Urbina	Tiphanie Fiquet Daria Kuczer	3–6, 6–4 ^(10-3)
Runner-up	1.	24 August 2019	$15,000	Cancún, Mexico	Hard	Ana-Paula de la Pena	Haine Ogata Aiko Yoshitomi	4–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	15 September 2019	$25,000	Pula, Italy	Clay	Chiara Scholl	Monica Cappelletti Melania Delai	6–4, 6–1