Bernarda Pera

Bernarda Pera
Bernarda Pera at the 2018 French Open
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	3rd December 1994
Size:	175 cm
Playing hand:	Left, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Guillermo Cañas
Prize money:	$ 1,286,556
singles
Career record:	290: 161
Career title:	0 WTA , 9 ITF
Highest ranking:	59 (March 2, 2020)
Current placement:	60
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	73:62
Career title:	0 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking:	190 (June 6, 2016)
Current placement:	208
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Bernarda Pera (born December 3, 1994 in Zadar , Croatia ) is an American tennis player .

Career

Bernarda Pera, who started playing tennis in Croatia at the age of five , moved to New Jersey with her family at the age of 16 . Before she was born, her father lived and worked in the United States. She has been working for the US Tennis Association since 2013 . She has won nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour so far.

In 2011 she gained her first experience there. After previously losing five finals, she won her first professional title in Alkmaar in 2013 . At the US Open 2014 she started with a wildcard in the qualification of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, but lost in the opening round. The following year she won her first title in a tournament in the $ 25,000 category in Imola . It wasn't until 2017 that Pera rose to the top of the tennis world rankings when she reached six ITF finals on clay court and won two more titles, including one in the $ 80,000 category in Olomouc .

At the Australian Open 2018 , she was in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time. After she was eliminated in the final round, she moved into the main draw as a lucky loser and celebrated her first win against a top 10 player in the second round against Johanna Konta before losing to Barbora Strýcová in the third round . Then she was particularly successful on clay and came in Charleston after a success over Sara Errani in the quarterfinals, in which she failed to Madison Keys . In Madrid she beat Konta and Aryna Sabalenka again after qualifying before being stopped by Carla Suárez Navarro in the round of 16 . By moving into the second round of the French Open and US Open as well as jumping into her first WTA semi-final in Guangzhou , she was able to finish the 2018 season in the top 100 of the world rankings for the first time.

In 2019 she won her biggest title to date with the ITF tournament in the $ 100,000 category in Trnava . In addition, she was in the semifinals at the WTA tournament in Prague , as well as in Lausanne and Jūrmala . At the Grand Slam tournaments of the year, she was eliminated in the first round, as well as at the Australian Open 2020 . Nevertheless, after moving into the second round in Doha , she reached her best world ranking position to date with 59th place.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 23, 2013	Alkmaar	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Natalija Kostic	6: 1, 6: 2
2.	30th of June 2013	Breda	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Isabella Schinikova	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 0
3.	September 1st 2013	Rotterdam	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Amandine Hesse	1: 6, 6: 3, 7: 5
4th	April 12, 2014	Gloucester	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court (hall)	Klaartje Liebens	6: 3, 6: 1
5.	June 29, 2014	Breda	ITF $ 15,000	sand	Beatriz Haddad Maia	6: 1, 7: 6 8
6th	July 18, 2015	Imola	ITF $ 25,000	carpet	Sherazad Reix	6: 2, 6: 3
7th	2nd July 2017	Stuttgart	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Anna Zaja	6: 4, 6: 4
8th.	23rd July 2017	Olomouc	ITF $ 80,000	sand	Kristýna Plíšková	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 3
9.	19th May 2019	Trnava	ITF $ 100,000	sand	Anna Blinkowa	7: 5, 7: 5

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	August 24, 2013	Enschede	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Sviatlana Pirazhenka	Anna Katalina Alzate Esmurzaeva Rosalie van der Hoek	6: 2, 6: 1
2.	June 14, 2014	Amstelveen	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Viktoriya Tomova	Tatiana Búa Beatriz Haddad Maia	6: 0, 2: 1 task
3.	June 22, 2014	Alkmaar	ITF $ 10,000	sand	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Charlotte van der Meij Mandy Wagemaker	6: 1, 1: 6, [10: 5]
4th	June 27, 2015	Helsingborg	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Pemra Özgen	Ekaterine Gorgodse Cornelia Lister	6: 2, 6: 0
5.	15th August 2015	Prague	ITF $ 75,000	sand	Kateřina Kramperová	Miriam Kolodziejová Markéta Vondroušová	7: 6 4 , 5: 7, [10: 1]
6th	March 25, 2016	Le Havre	ITF $ 10,000	Sand (hall)	Sabrina Santamaria	Georgina García Pérez Diāna Marcinkēviča	6: 2, 6: 2
7th	April 1, 2017	Pula	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Lina Gjorcheska	Prarthana Thombare Eva Wacanno	6: 2, 6: 3
8th.	April 15, 2017	Pula	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Georgina García Pérez	Cristiana Ferrando Camilla Rosatello	6: 4, 6: 3

Web links

Commons : Bernarda Pera  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA Profile of Bernarda Pera (English)
• ITF profile Bernarda Pera (English)
• ITF junior profile Bernarda Pera (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Get to Know Lucky Loser Bernarda Pera. In: baseline.tennis.com. January 18, 2018, accessed July 19, 2020 . 
2. ^ The 100 Club: Pera returns to roots at the US Open. In: wtatennis.com. August 28, 2018, accessed on July 19, 2020 .