Bernarda Pera
American tennis player

Bernarda Pera

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American tennis player
Gender:
Female
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Birth:
3 December 1994(Zadar, Croatia)
Star sign:
Sagittarius
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Introduction

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

Career

Pera has won nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 02 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 wild card with Tornado Alicia Black in the doubles tournament. 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main-draw debut at the 2018 Australian Open, where she received entry as a lucky loser, after Margarita Gasparyan had withdrawn from the tournament. In the second round of the same tournament, Pera knocked out ninth seed Johanna Konta. In the third round, she was beaten by Barbora Strýcová.

World TeamTennis

Pera will be making her World TeamTennis debut in 2020 and will be joining the Washington Kastles when the WTT season begins July 12. at The Greenbrier.

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 and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

Singles

Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 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 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A A A 1R 1R NH 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open Q1 Q1 A Q3 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–4 0–3 0–1 0 / 9 4–9 50%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A A A Q2 2R P 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open A A A A 2R Q1 P 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Madrid Open A A A A 3R A P 0 / 1 2–1 67%
China Open A A A A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open A A A A 1R 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Italian Open A A A A Q1 A P 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A A Q2 A P 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wuhan Open A A A Q2 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 1 13 16 3 Career total: 34
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 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 2–3 0 / 22 14–22 39%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–4 9–4 0–0 0 / 8 15–8 65%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 13–13 15–16 2–3 0 / 33 30–33 48%
Win (%)  –   –   –  0% 50% 48% 40% Career total: 48%
Year-end ranking 348 255 318 127 68 65 $1,286,556

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Finals by surface
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 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)
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
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Clay (7–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss Apr 2012 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Anaïs Laurendon 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss Jun 2012 ITF Sarajevo, Bosnia&Herzegovina 10,000 Clay Camelia Hristea 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss Oct 2012 ITF Solin, Croatia 10,000 Clay Ana Savić 7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Loss Mar 2013 ITF Madrid, Spain 10,000 Clay (i) Réka Luca Jani 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss Mar 2013 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Ágnes Bukta 7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Win Jun 2013 ITF Alkmaar, Netherlands 10,000 Clay Natalija Kostić 6–1, 6–2
Win Jun 2013 ITF Breda, Netherlands 10,000 Clay Isabella Shinikova 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
Win Sep 2013 ITF Rotterdam, Netherlands 10,000 Clay Amandine Hesse 1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win Apr 2014 ITF Gloucester, Great Britain 10,000 Hard (i) Klaartje Liebens 6–3, 6–1
Loss Jun 2014 ITF Amstelveen, Netherlands 10,000 Clay Quirine Lemoine 6–2, 4–6, 2–6
Win Jun 2014 ITF Breda, Netherlands 15,000 Clay Beatriz Haddad Maia 6–1, 7–6
Win Jul 2015 ITF Imola, Italy 25,000 Carpet Sherazad Reix 6–2, 6–3
Loss Apr 2016 ITF Pelham, United States 25,000 Clay Grace Min 4–6, 4–6
Loss Apr 2017 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Bianca Andreescu 7–6, 2–6, 6–7
Loss Apr 2017 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Georgia Brescia 1–6, 2–6
Loss May 2017 ITF Dunakeszi, Hungary 25,000 Clay Marta Kostyuk 4–6, 3–6
Win Jul 2017 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 25,000 Clay Anna Zaja 6–4, 6–4
Loss Jul 2017 ITF Darmstadt, Germany 25,000 Clay Anhelina Kalinina 2–6, 6–0, 3–6
Win Jul 2017 ITS Cup, Czech Republic 80,000+H Clay Kristýna Plíšková 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Win May 2019 Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia 100,000 Clay Anna Blinkova 7–5, 7–5

Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Finals by surface
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (7–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Hard (1–2)
Clay (7–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Apr 2013 ITF Bol,
Croatia 		10,000 Clay Jana Fett Barbora Krejčíková
Polina Leykina 		3–6, 3–6
Loss Jun 2013 ITF Alkmaar,
Netherlands 		10,000 Clay Gaia Sanesi Kim van der Horst
Monique Zuur 		3–6, 6–7
Win Aug 2013 ITF Enschede,
Netherlands 		10,000 Clay Sviatlana Pirazhenka Anna Katalina Alzate Esmurzaeva
Rosalie van der Hoek 		6–2, 6–1
Win Jun 2014 ITF Amstelveen,
Netherlands 		10,000 Hard Viktoriya Tomova Tatiana Búa
Beatriz Haddad Maia 		6–0, 2–1 ret.
Win Jun 2014 ITF Alkmaar,
Netherlands 		10,000 Clay Beatriz Haddad Maia Charlotte van der Meij
Mandy Wagemaker 		6–1, 1–6, [10–5]
Loss Aug 2014 ITF Koksijde,
Belgium 		25,000 Clay Demi Schuurs Ysaline Bonaventure
Richèl Hogenkamp 		4–6, 4–6
Loss Nov 2014 John Newcombe Pro Challenge,
United States 		50,000 Hard Alexa Glatch Mariana Duque
Verónica Cepede Royg 		0–6, 3–6
Win Jun 2015 ITF Helsingborg,
Sweden 		25,000 Clay Pemra Özgen Ekaterine Gorgodze
Cornelia Lister 		6–2, 6–0
Loss Jul 2015 ITF Imola,
Italy 		25,000 Carpet Despina Papamichail Claudia Giovine
Xenia Knoll 		5–7, 2–6
Win Aug 2015 Advantage Cars Prague Open,
Czech Republic 		75,000 Clay Kateřina Kramperová Miriam Kolodziejová
Markéta Vondroušová 		7–6, 5–7, [10–1]
Loss Feb 2016 ITF Kreuzlingen,
Switzerland 		50,000 Carpet (i) Tena Lukas Antonia Lottner
Amra Sadiković 		7–5, 2–6, [5–10]
Win Mar 2016 ITF Le Havre,
France 		10,000 Clay Sabrina Santamaria Georgina García Pérez
Diana Marcinkevica 		6–2, 6–2
Loss Oct 2016 ITF Redding,
United States 		25,000 Hard Julia Elbaba Ema Burgić Bucko
Sabrina Santamaria 		3–6, 6–7
Win Apr 2017 ITF Pula,
Italy 		25,000 Clay Lina Gjorcheska Prarthana Thombare
Eva Wacanno 		6–2, 6–3
Win 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