Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez
Mexican tennis player (born 2005)
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Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez (born 25 April 2005) is a Mexican professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 196 achieved on 22 September 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 132 achieved on 2 March 2026.[1] He is currently the No. 1 singles player from Mexico.[2]
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Pacheco Méndez at the 2023 French Open | |
| Full name | Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Mexico |
| Born | 25 April 2005 |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Turned pro | 2022 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Alain Lemaitre |
| Prize money | US$ 438,433 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 7–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 196 (22 September 2025)[1] |
| Current ranking | No. 300 (2 March 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q1 (2026) |
| French Open | Q1 (2025) |
| US Open | Q2 (2025) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 2–7 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 3 Challenger |
| Highest ranking | No. 132 (2 March 2026) |
| Current ranking | No. 132 (2 March 2026) |
| Last updated on: 3 March 2026. | |
Pacheco Méndez reached an ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 on 29 May 2023.[3]
Career
2022: Turned Pro, ATP debut
Pacheco reached the quarterfinals of the Junior Australian Open and the Junior French Open in 2022.[4]
Pacheco made his ATP debut at the 2022 Los Cabos Open in the main singles draw.[5]
2023: Juniors: French Open doubles champion, world No. 1
Pacheco Méndez received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2023 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco.[6] He also received a wildcard for the inaugural 2023 edition of the Challenger in Mexico City. He reached a career high junior ranking of No. 1 on 29 May 2023.[4][3] Rodrigo Pacheco won the Junior 2023 French Open in doubles.
2024-2025: First ATP quarterfinal, Top 250 debut
For a third consecutive year, he received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2024 Los Cabos Open where he lost in the first round to the No. 72 ranked Australian Aleksandar Vukic in straight sets with two tiebreaks.[7] He again received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2024 Abierto Mexicano Telcel but lost to the No. 55 ranked Serbian Dušan Lajović.[8]
On 22 April 2024, he reached the top 600 at world No. 589, following a quarterfinal showing at the 2024 GNP Seguros Tennis Open Challenger in Acapulco with wins over second seed Michael Mmoh and Nicolás Mejía.[1]
In May, ranked No. 585, he won the biggest title of his career defeating Bernard Tomic in the final of the M25 Xalapa in Mexico. He reached the top 500 on 20 May 2024, climbing more than 120 positions up in the rankings,[1] following another final showing as a wildcard, at the M15 Villahermosa also in Mexico.[9]
Ranked No. 356, Pacheco received a main draw wildcard for the ATP 500 2025 Abierto Mexicano Telcel,[10] where he defeated world No. 66 Aleksandar Vukic recording the biggest win of his career.[11] He became the youngest Mexican man to win an ATP Tour match since 1996 (Alejandro Hernandez in Santiago). Next Pacheco Mendez reached his first ATP Tour quarterfinal and first at the 500-level after getting a walkover from second seed Casper Ruud and moved 124 positions up in the rankings into the top 250 on 3 March 2025. Pacheco Mendez became the first Mexican tour-level quarterfinalist since 1998, when Hernandez reached the last eight on Mexico City’s clay courts.[12][13][14][1]
Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
| Tournament | 2025 | 2026 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||
| Australian Open | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| ATP 1000 tournaments | |||||
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0-0 | – |
| Italian Open | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Canadian Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Cincinnati Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Shanghai Masters | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Paris Masters | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
|
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2025 | Yucatán Open, Mexico | Challenger | Clay |  Kilian Feldbausch |
 George Goldhoff Trey Hilderbrand |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2025 | Uruguay Open, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay |  Facundo Mena |
 Gonzalo Escobar Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela |
3–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
| Win | 3–0 | Nov 2025 | Challenger de Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Alex Hernández |
Lucio Ratti Victor Hugo Remondy Pagotto |
7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Jan 2026 | Soma Bay Open, Egypt | Challenger | Hard | Alex Hernández |
 Erik Grevelius Adam Heinonen |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Mar 2026 | Banorte Tennis Open, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Facundo Mena |
 Jake Delaney Tristan Schoolkate |
4–6, 6–7(2–7) |
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2023 | M15 Belém, Brazil | WTT | Hard | Gilbert Klier Jr. |
6–1, 6–0 |
| Win | 2–0 | May 2024 | M25 Xalapa, Mexico | WTT | Hard | Bernard Tomic |
6–7(1–7), 7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–1 | May 2024 | M15 Villahermosa, Mexico | WTT | Hard | Ernesto Escobedo |
3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Nov 2024 | M15 Guatemala City, Guatemala | WTT | Hard | Evan Zhu |
3–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Nov 2024 | M15 Morelia, Mexico | WTT | Hard | Jacob Brumm |
7–5, 6–1 |
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | May 2024 | M15 Villahermosa, Mexico | WTT | Hard | Alex Hernández |
Noah Schachter Herbert Jody Maginley |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jan 2025 | M15 Antalya, Turkiye | WTT | Clay | Kilian Feldbausch |
 Vít Kalina Nikita Mashtakov |
3–6, 6–2, [10–5] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jan 2025 | M15 Antalya, Turkiye | WTT | Clay | Alex Hernández |
 Gökberk Sarıtaş Mert Naci Türker |
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–12] |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2023 | French Open | Clay |  Yaroslav Demin |
 Lorenzo Sciahbasi Gabriele Vulpitta |
6–2, 6–3 |
