Bernarda Pera

2014: WTA Tour debut

Pera made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 US Open, having been handed a wildcard into the doubles draw, partnering with Tornado Alicia Black.^[4]

2018: Major singles debut, first WTA semifinal

Pera made her major singles debut at the 2018 Australian Open, where she received entry as a lucky loser, after Margarita Gasparyan withdrew from the tournament.^[5] She defeated Anna Blinkova in the first round.^{[citation needed]} In the second round, Pera knocked out ninth seed Johanna Konta.^[6] In the third round, she was beaten by Barbora Strýcová.^[7]

She made it through to the quarterfinals at the Charleston Open, losing to seventh seed Madison Keys in three sets.^[8]

At the 2018 Guangzhou Open, Pera defeated fourth seed Aleksandra Krunić^[9] in the quarterfinals to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal, which she lost to fifth seed Yulia Putintseva.^[10]

2019–20: Three semifinals

2019 Prague Open, she defeated third seed Wang Qiang in the quarterfinals,^[11] before losing in the last four to wildcard entrant Karolína Muchová.^[12]

She also reached the semifinals at the 2019 Lausanne Open, but lost to eventual champion Fiona Ferro,^[13] and the 2019 Baltic Open, where she was defeated by Katarzyna Kawa.^[14]

Coming through qualifying at the first edition of the 2020 Adelaide International, she defeated Barbora Strýcová in the first round^[15] then lost in the second to sixth seed Aryna Sabalenka.^[16] At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to 29th seed Elena Rybakina.^{[citation needed]}

As a qualifier at the 2020 Qatar Open, Pera was defeated in the second round by third seed Karolína Plíšková.^[17] Seeded third at the Indian Wells Challenger, she lost in the third round to 13th seed Misaki Doi.^[18] The WTA Tour cancelled tournaments from March through July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[19][20]

When the WTA resumed tournament play in August, Pera competed at the 2020 Lexington Challenger where she was eliminated in the first round by top seed Serena Williams.^[21] At the 2020 Cincinnati Open, she was defeated in the second round by 16th seed Dayana Yastremska.^[22] At the US Open, she reached the second round defeating Zarina Diyas before losing to 15th seed Maria Sakkari.^[23]

At the 2020 Italian Open, Pera was defeated in the first round by Svetlana Kuznetsova.^[24] At the 2020 Internationaux de Strasbourg, she lost in the first round to Kateřina Siniaková. She suffered a second round loss at the French Open at the hands of 25th seed Amanda Anisimova.^[25]

2021: French Open doubles semifinal

Pera kicked off her 2021 season at the first edition of the Abu Dhabi Open where she beat 16th seed, Donna Vekić, in the first round^[26] before losing to Sara Sorribes Tormo.^[27] At the first edition of the Gippsland Trophy, she was defeated in the second round by fifth seed Johanna Konta.^[28] At the Australian Open, she eliminated 23rd seed and 2016 champion, Angelique Kerber, in the first round.^[29] In the second, she fell to Zarina Diyas.^[30] In Adelaide, she lost in the first round of qualifying to Storm Sanders.^[31]

In March, Pera played at the Dubai Championships where she was defeated in the first round by Anastasija Sevastova.^[32] At Miami, she lost in round one to Sara Sorribes Tormo.^[33]

Starting into the clay-court season at the Charleston Open, Pera fell in the first round to Alizé Cornet.^[34] At Istanbul, she faced third seed Veronika Kudermetova in the first round; after pushing her to three sets, she ended up losing the match.^[35] Getting past qualifying at the Madrid Open, she was defeated in the second round by eighth seed Belinda Bencic.^[36] Making it through the qualifying rounds in Rome, she lost her second-round encounter against 12th seed Garbiñe Muguruza.^[37] Competing at the first edition of the Emilia-Romagna Open, she was defeated in the first round by seventh seed Sorribes Tormo.^[38] At the French Open, she took top seed and 2019 champion, Ashleigh Barty, to three sets but ended up losing her first round match.^[39] In doubles, she and Magda Linette reached the semifinals in which they lost to second seeds Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková.^[40]

After qualifying at Eastbourne, Pera was defeated in the first round by top seed Aryna Sabalenka.^[41] At Wimbledon, she lost in the first round to Nao Hibino.^[42]

After Wimbledon, Pera played at the Hamburg European Open. Seeded seventh, she was defeated in the second round by Ysaline Bonaventure.^[43] Seeded third at the Budapest Grand Prix, she lost in the second round to eventual finalist, Anhelina Kalinina.^[44]

In August, Pera at the Canadian Open she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Harriet Dart.^[45] In the doubles at the same tournament, she reached her first WTA 1000 semifinal with Magda Linette.^{[citation needed]}

At the Cincinnati Open, she lost in the second round to eventual finalist Jil Teichmann.^[46] Before the final Grand Slam championship of the year, she competed at the first edition of the Cleveland Open where she was defeated in the first round by fifth seed Nadia Podoroska.^[47] At the US Open, she lost her first round match to Tamara Zidanšek.^[48]

2022: First career titles

Pera won her first WTA Tour title in doubles, at the Melbourne Summer Set 2, alongside Kateřina Siniaková.^[49] As a result, she reached world No. 35 in doubles on 21 February 2022.^{[citation needed]}

She qualified for the Budapest Grand Prix, and defeated Marina Bassols Ribera, fifth seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich,^[50] Elisabetta Cocciaretto and ninth seed Anna Bondár^[51] to reach her first WTA Tour singles final as a qualifier. She then defeated Aleksandra Krunić to win her maiden singles title.^[52]

She reached a second consecutive final at the Hamburg European Open by defeating defending champion Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Joanne Züger, Kateřina Siniaková and Maryna Zanevska.^{[citation needed]} Pera then upset top seed and world No. 2, Anett Kontaveit, in the final, for her second career top-10 win and her second career singles title, stretching her winning streak to 12 matches and 24 consecutive sets.^[53] With this result, she climbed to a new career-high singles ranking of No. 54.^[54]

In August, Pera reached the semifinals at Cleveland where she lost to Liudmila Samsonova in straight sets.^[55] She finished the year ranked No. 44 in the singles rankings, a career-high year-end.^{[citation needed]}

2023: French Open fourth round, top 30 in singles

As fourth seed, Pera made the quarterfinals at the Hobart International, where she was defeated by Elisabetta Cocciaretto.^[56] At the Australian Open, she reached the third round for the second time with wins over Moyuka Uchijima^[57] and 29th seed Zheng Qinwen.^[58] She lost to seventh seed Coco Gauff.^[59]

Seeded fourth at the Strasbourg Open, Pera recorded wins over lucky loser Sophie Chang^[60] and Kimberly Birrell^[61] to make it through to the quarterfinals, where she lost to Clara Burel.^[62]

At the French Open, she reached the fourth round of a major for the first time, defeating Anett Kontaveit,^[63] 22nd seed Donna Vekić^[64] and Elisabetta Cocciaretto,^[65] before losing to seventh seed Ons Jabeur.^[66] As a result, for the first time in her career, she had a world ranking in the top 30.^{[citation needed]}

Seeking to defend her title at the Hamburg European Open, Pera overcame qualifier Zeynep Sönmez^[67] and Kaia Kanepi^[68] to make it into the quarterfinals, where she lost to Diana Shnaider.^[69]

2024: Wimbledon third round

Pera was runner-up at the WTA 125 Veneto Open, losing to Alycia Parks in the final.^[70] She reached the third round at Wimbledon for the first time with wins over Anastasia Potapova^[71] and 23rd seed Caroline Garcia,^[72] before losing to 13th seed Jelena Ostapenko.^[73]

In October at the Guangzhou Open, Pera overcame qualifier Alexandra Eala^[74] and wildcard entrant Zhang Shuai^[75] to make it into the quarterfinals, at which point she lost to top seed Kateřina Siniaková.^[76] The following week at the Hong Kong Tennis Open, she again reached the quarterfinals by defeating Sara Saito^[77] and qualifier Shi Han,^[78] before losing to third seed Leylah Fernandez.^[79]

2025: Billie Jean King Cup debut

At the ASB Classic in Auckland, Pera recorded wins over qualifier Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva^[80] and Rebecca Marino,^[81] before losing to Robin Montgomery in the quarterfinals.^[82]

Pera made her debut for the United States Billie Jean King Cup team in the 2025 qualifying round held in Bratislava, defeating Johanne Svendsen^[83] and Rebecca Šramková^[84] in wins over Denmark and Slovakia respectively as her country topped the group to make it through to the finals.^[85]

At the French Open, she overcame Caroline Garcia^[86] and 18th seed Donna Vekić^[87] to reach the third round, at which point her run was ended by 13th seed Elina Svitolina.^[88]

On 13 October, after failing to win a WTA Tour main-draw match for four months, Pera fell to her lowest ranking since September 2017 at world No. 136.^[89]

Singles

Current through the 2025 Italian Open.

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Australian Open.

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2022	Budapest Grand Prix, Hungary	WTA 250	Clay	Aleksandra Krunić	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–0	Jul 2022	Hamburg European Open, Germany	WTA 250	Clay	Anett Kontaveit	6–2, 6–4

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jan 2022	Melbourne Summer Set, Australia	WTA 250	Hard	Kateřina Siniaková	Tereza Martincová Mayar Sherif	6–2, 6–7(7–9), [10–5]

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Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2022	Karlsruhe Open, Germany	Clay	Mayar Sherif	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2022	Concord Open, United States	Hard	CoCo Vandeweghe	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 2024	Veneto Open, Italy	Grass	Alycia Parks	4–6, 1–6

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Singles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner-ups)

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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, UK	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(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(8), 2–6, 6–7(8)
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	Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia	100,000	Clay	Anna Blinkova	7–5, 7–5

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Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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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)
Win	1–2	Aug 2013	ITF Enschede, Netherlands	10,000	Clay	Sviatlana Pirazhenka	Anna 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(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, US	25,000	Hard	Julia Elbaba	Ema Burgić Bucko Sabrina Santamaria	3–6, 6–7(4)
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

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Record against top 10 players

Pera's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.^[92]

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Player	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
No. 1 ranked players
Angelique Kerber	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–0, 6–4) at 2021 Australian Open
Garbiñe Muguruza	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–2, 0–6, 5–7) at 2021 Rome
Serena Williams	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–4, 4–6, 1–6) at 2020 Lexington
Iga Świątek	0–2	0%	–	0–1	0–1	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2023 Madrid
Ashleigh Barty	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 6–3, 2–6) at 2021 French Open
Naomi Osaka	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 6–7) at 2018 Washington
Karolína Plíšková	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 6–1, 1–6) at 2022 Strasbourg
No. 2 ranked players
Barbora Krejčíková	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–4, 6–1) at 2022 Cleveland
Ons Jabeur	1–1	50%	1–0	0–1	–	Won (6–4, 6–3) at 2019 Guangzhou
Anett Kontaveit	1–1	50%	–	1–0	0–1	Won (6–2, 6–4) at 2022 Hamburg
Aryna Sabalenka	1–2	33%	0–1	1–0	0–1	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2021 Eastbourne
Svetlana Kuznetsova	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–3, 6–7, 3–6) at 2020 Rome
Vera Zvonareva	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (7–5, 3–6, 4–6) at 2018 Indian Wells
Paula Badosa	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–7, 3–6) at 2013 ITF Vallduxo
Petra Kvitová	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (3–6, 5–7) at 2022 Guadalajara
No. 3 ranked players
Jessica Pegula	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2022 Australian Open
Elina Svitolina	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (1–6, 6–3, 4–6) at 2013 ITF Prague
Maria Sakkari	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Lost (6–2, 3–6, 2–6) at 2020 US Open
No. 4 ranked players
Caroline Garcia	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	Won (6–3, 6–1) at 2020 Doha
Sofia Kenin	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–2, 5–7, 6–3) at 2022 Cleveland
Johanna Konta	2–2	50%	1–2	1–0	–	Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2021 Melbourne
Bianca Andreescu	1–1	50%	–	1–1	–	Won (6–2, 6–0) at 2017 ITF Pula
Samantha Stosur	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 6–1, 6–7) at 2019 Guangzhou
Belinda Bencic	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–3, 1–6, 6–7) at 2021 Madrid
Kiki Bertens	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Lost (6–3, 4–6, 2–6) at 2019 Wuhan
Coco Gauff	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2023 Australian Open
No. 5 ranked players
Jeļena Ostapenko	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–2, 6–1) at 2019 Jurmala
Sara Errani	1–1	50%	0–1	1–0	–	Won (6–3, 2–6, 6–4) at 2018 Charleston
No. 6 ranked players
Carla Suárez Navarro	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–2, 2–6, 4–6) at 2018 Madrid
No. 7 ranked players
Elena Rybakina	1–1	50%	0–1	1–0	–	Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2020 Australian Open
Madison Keys	0–3	0%	0–2	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2018 Beijing
No. 8 ranked players
Daria Kasatkina	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 6–7(3–7)) at 2023 Charleston
No. 9 ranked players
CoCo Vandeweghe	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Lost (3–6, 7–5, 4–6) at 2022 Concord
Veronika Kudermetova	2–3	40%	2–1	0–1	0–1	Lost (4–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)) at 2021 Istanbul
Total	17–40	30%	9–20 (31%)	8–15 (35%)	0–5 (0%)	current as of 30 April 2023

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Top 10 wins

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No.	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2018
1.	Johanna Konta	No. 10	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	2R	6–4, 7–5
2022
2.	Anett Kontaveit	No. 2	Hamburg European Open, Germany	Clay	F	6–2, 6–4

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16-match win streak (2022)

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#	Tournament	Category	Date	Surface	Rd	Opponent	Rank	Score
–	Grand Est Open 88	WTA 125	5 July 2022	Clay	1R	Jasmine Paolini (3)	No. 72	6–0, 2–6, 1–6
1	Budapest Grand Prix	WTA 250	9 July 2022	Clay	Q1	Katarina Zavatska	No. 284	6–1, 6–1
2			10 July 2022		Q2	Sofia Shapatava	No. 356	6–1, 6–2
3			11 July 2022		1R	Marina Bassols Ribera (LL)	No. 226	6–2, 7–5
4			13 July 2022		2R	Aliaksandra Sasnovich (5)	No. 36	7–5, 6–2
5			15 July 2022		QF	Elisabetta Cocciaretto	No. 118	6–4, 6–3
6			16 July 2022		SF	Anna Bondár (9)	No. 53	6–3, 6–4
7			17 July 2022		F	Aleksandra Krunić	No. 105	6–3, 6–3
8	Hamburg European Open	WTA 250	19 July 2022	Clay	1R	Elena-Gabriela Ruse (9)	No. 69	6–0, 6–4
9			20 July 2022		2R	Joanne Züger (Q)	No. 165	6–1, 6–1
10			21 July 2022		QF	Kateřina Siniaková	No. 96	6–3, 6–1
11			22 July 2022		SF	Maryna Zanevska (7)	No. 72	6–2, 6–4
12			23 July 2022		F	Anett Kontaveit (1)	No. 2	6–2, 6–4
13	Thoreau Tennis Open	WTA 125	9 August 2022	Hard	1R	Kayla Day (Q)	No. 213	6–4, 7–5
14			10 August 2022		2R	Anna Blinkova	No. 155	2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–3
15			12 August 2022		QF	Katie Volynets	No. 119	6–3, 6–1
16			13 August 2022		SF	Katrina Scott (Q)	No. 241	6–4, 6–2
–			14 August 2022		F	CoCo Vandeweghe (WC)	No. 192	3–6, 7–5, 4–6

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