Bernarda Pera

Bernarda Pera (/bərˈnɑːrdə ˈpɛrə/ bər-NAR-də PERR-ə;[1] Croatian pronunciation: [běrnaːrda pêra];[2][3] born 3 December 1994) is a Croatian-born American tennis player.

Bernarda Pera

Pera at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)	Croatia (2009 – January 2013)  United States (March 2013– present)
Born	3 December 1994 Zadar, Croatia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Guillermo Cañas
Prize money	US$1,543,703
Singles
Career record	293–169 (63.4%)
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 59 (2 March 2020)
Current ranking	No. 62 (21 December 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2018)
French Open	2R (2018, 2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2018, 2019)
US Open	2R (2018, 2020)
Doubles
Career record	75–67 (52.8%)
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 147 (21 September 2020)
Current ranking	No. 147 (21 December 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (2020)
US Open	3R (2019)
Last updated on: 24 December 2020.

Early life and career

Bernarda was born in Zadar in Croatian family. Besides English, she speaks Croatian as well. Pera has won nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 2 March 2020, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 59.

She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 US Open, having received a wildcard with Tornado Alicia Black in the doubles tournament.[4] She made her Grand Slam singles main-draw debut at the 2018 Australian Open, where she received entry as a lucky loser, after Margarita Gasparyan had withdrawn from the tournament.[5] In the second round of the same tournament, Pera knocked out ninth seed Johanna Konta.[6] In the third round, she was beaten by Barbora Strýcová.

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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.[7]

Singles

Current through 2021 Gippsland Trophy.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	1R		0 / 3	2–3	40%
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R		0 / 3	2–3	40%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	NH		0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	Q1	Q1	A	Q3	2R	1R	2R		0 / 3	2–3	40%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–4	0–4	2–3	0–0	0 / 11	6–11	35%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R		0 / 3	1–3	25%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	2R	NH		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	2R	Q1	NH		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	3R	A	NH		0 / 1	2–1	67%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	1R	2R		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wuhan Open	A	A	A	Q2	1R	2R	NH		0 / 2	1–2	33%
China Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	NH		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	0	0	1	13	16	10	2	Career total: 42
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Career total: 0
Hard Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	7–8	5–10	4–7	2–2	0 / 28	18–28	39%
Clay Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	6–4	9–4	1–3	0–0	0 / 11	16–11	59%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	13–13	15–16	5–10	2–2	0 / 42	35–42	45%
Win (%)	–	–	–	0%	50%	48%	33%	50%	Career total: 45%
Year-end ranking	348	255	318	127	68	65			$1,543,703

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner–ups)

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

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (7–11) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2012	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Anaïs Laurendon	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2012	ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	10,000	Clay	Camelia Hristea	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Oct 2012	ITF Solin, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Ana Savić	7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	0–4	Mar 2013	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Clay (i)	Réka Luca Jani	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–5	Mar 2013	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Ágnes Bukta	7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Win	1–5	Jun 2013	ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Natalija Kostić	6–1, 6–2
Win	2–5	Jun 2013	ITF Breda, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Isabella Shinikova	6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Win	3–5	Sep 2013	ITF Rotterdam, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Amandine Hesse	1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	4–5	Apr 2014	ITF Gloucester, Great Britain	10,000	Hard (i)	Klaartje Liebens	6–3, 6–1
Loss	4–6	Jun 2014	ITF Amstelveen, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Quirine Lemoine	6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Win	5–6	Jun 2014	ITF Breda, Netherlands	15,000	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	6–1, 7–6^(10–8)
Win	6–6	Jul 2015	ITF Imola, Italy	25,000	Carpet	Sherazad Reix	6–2, 6–3
Loss	6–7	Apr 2016	ITF Pelham, United States	25,000	Clay	Grace Min	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6–8	Apr 2017	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Bianca Andreescu	7–6^(10–8), 2–6, 6–7^(8–10)
Loss	6–9	Apr 2017	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Georgia Brescia	1–6, 2–6
Loss	6–10	May 2017	ITF Dunakeszi, Hungary	25,000	Clay	Marta Kostyuk	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–10	Jul 2017	ITF Stuttgart, Germany	25,000	Clay	Anna Zaja	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–11	Jul 2017	ITF Darmstadt, Germany	25,000	Clay	Anhelina Kalinina	2–6, 6–0, 3–6
Win	8–11	Jul 2017	ITS Cup, Czech Republic	80,000+H	Clay	Kristýna Plíšková	7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Win	9–11	May 2019	ITF Trnava, Slovakia	100,000	Clay	Anna Blinkova	7–5, 7–5

Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (7–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2013	ITF Bol, Croatia	10,000	Clay	Jana Fett	Barbora Krejčíková Polina Leykina	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2013	ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Gaia Sanesi	Kim van der Horst Monique Zuur	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	1–2	Aug 2013	ITF Enschede, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Sviatlana Pirazhenka	Anna Katalina Alzate Esmurzaeva Rosalie van der Hoek	6–2, 6–1
Win	2–2	Jun 2014	ITF Amstelveen, Netherlands	10,000	Hard	Viktoriya Tomova	Tatiana Búa Beatriz Haddad Maia	6–0, 2–1 ret.
Win	3–2	Jun 2014	ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Charlotte van der Meij Mandy Wagemaker	6–1, 1–6, [10–5]
Loss	3–3	Aug 2014	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	25,000	Clay	Demi Schuurs	Ysaline Bonaventure Richèl Hogenkamp	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Nov 2014	John Newcombe Challenge, United States	50,000	Hard	Alexa Glatch	Mariana Duque Mariño Verónica Cepede Royg	0–6, 3–6
Win	4–4	Jun 2015	ITF Helsingborg, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Pemra Özgen	Ekaterine Gorgodze Cornelia Lister	6–2, 6–0
Loss	4–5	Jul 2015	ITF Imola, Italy	25,000	Carpet	Despina Papamichail	Claudia Giovine Xenia Knoll	5–7, 2–6
Win	5–5	Aug 2015	ITF Prague Open, Czech Republic	75,000	Clay	Kateřina Kramperová	Miriam Kolodziejová Markéta Vondroušová	7–6^(7–4), 5–7, [10–1]
Loss	5–6	Feb 2016	ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland	50,000	Carpet (i)	Tena Lukas	Antonia Lottner Amra Sadiković	7–5, 2–6, [5–10]
Win	6–6	Mar 2016	ITF Le Havre, France	10,000	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Georgina García Pérez Diāna Marcinkēviča	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6–7	Oct 2016	ITF Redding, United States	25,000	Hard	Julia Elbaba	Ema Burgić Bucko Sabrina Santamaria	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	7–7	Apr 2017	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Lina Gjorcheska	Prarthana Thombare Eva Wacanno	6–2, 6–3
Win	8–7	Apr 2017	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Georgina García Pérez	Cristiana Ferrando Camilla Rosatello	6–4, 6–3

Wins over top-10 players

No.	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2018
1.	Johanna Konta	No. 10	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	2nd round	6–4, 7–5

References

1. United States Tennis Association (USTA) (2015-06-24). "Bernarda Pera". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
2. "Bèrnard". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-18. Bèrnārda
3. "Pètar". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2018-03-18. Pȅra
4. "US Open 2014 – Women's Doubles" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
5. Macpherson, Alex (14 January 2018). "Among those making their Grand Slam debuts at the Australian Open . . . Bernarda Pera". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
6. "Croatian-American Bernarda Pera Shocks World No. 10 at Australian Open". croatiaweek.com. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
7. "Player & Career overview".

External links

• Bernarda Pera at the Women's Tennis Association
• Bernarda Pera at the International Tennis Federation