Alexa Guarachi

Alexa Guarachi Bruner (née Guarachi (Spanish pronunciation: [aˈleksa ɣwaˈɾatʃi],^[a] born 17 November 1990) is an American-born Chilean former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.^[1] She reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 11 in September 2021 and won five WTA Tour titles, most notably the 2021 Dubai Championships alongside Darija Jurak.^[2] Guarachi reached her only Grand Slam tournament final at the 2020 French Open with Desirae Krawczyk,^[3][4] and the pair were semifinalists at the 2021 US Open.^[5] They also qualified for the 2021 WTA Finals.^[6]

Alexa Guarachi

Guarachi at the 2019 French Open
Full name	Alexa Guarachi Bruner
Country (sports)	Chile (since June 2015)  United States (2005–May 2015)
Residence	Destin, Florida, US
Born	(1990-11-17) 17 November 1990 (age 34) Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Retired	April 2024
Plays	Right-handed
College	University of Alabama (2010–2013)
Prize money	US$ 997,913
Singles
Career record	134–123
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 347 (2 November 2015)
Doubles
Career record	259–189
Career titles	5 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 11 (20 September 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2021, 2022)
French Open	F (2020)
Wimbledon	QF (2022)
US Open	SF (2021)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	QF (2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	QF (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	13–7 (doubles 11-5)
Medal record Representing  Chile Women's tennis Pan American Games 2019 Lima Mixed doubles South American Games 2018 Cochabamba Women's doubles 2018 Cochabamba Mixed doubles

Guarachi represented Chile in the Fed Cup, later Billie Jean King Cup, starting in 2018.^{[citation needed]} She announced her retirement from professional tennis in April 2024.^[7][8]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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.

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Madrid Open.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	2R	3R	3R	2R	0 / 5	6–5	55%
French Open	A	A	1R	F	1R	1R	1R	0 / 5	5–5	50%
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	NH	1R	QF	1R	0 / 5	3–5	38%
US Open	A	1R	3R	1R	SF	3R	1R	0 / 6	8–6	57%
Win–loss	0–0	0–2	2–4	6–3	6–4	7–4	1–4	0 / 21	22–21	51%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals	DNQ			NH	RR			0 / 1	1–2	33%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[b]	A	A	A	1R	W	2R	1R	1 / 4	6–3	67%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	NH	2R	1R	2R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Miami Open	A	A	A	NH	1R	2R	1R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	NH	2R	1R	1R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Italian Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF		0 / 3	1–3	25%
Canadian Open	A	A	1R	NH	QF	QF		0 / 2	3–3	50%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Guadalajara Open	NH					1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wuhan Open	A	A	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	2	6	20	13	24	22	14	Career total: 101
Titles	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	Career total: 5
Finals	0	2	3	3	3	0	0	Career total: 11
Overall win–loss	0–2	9–6	19–20	18–12	29–22	20–22	10–16	5 / 101	105–101	51%
Year-end ranking	151	78	59	26	13	42	69	$997,913

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win%
Australian Open	A	A	1R	2R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	A	QF	1R	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Wimbledon	1R	NH	2R	1R	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
US Open	A	A	QF	1R	1R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	5–4	1–4	0–1	0 / 10	6–10	38%

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2020	French Open	Clay	Desirae Krawczyk	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	4–6, 5–7

Other significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2021	Dubai Championships	Hard	Darija Jurak	Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	6–0, 6–3

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (0–1) WTA 1000 (1–0) WTA 500 (1–2) WTA 250 (3–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2018	Championship Gstaad, Switzerland	International[c]	Clay	Desirae Krawczyk	Lara Arruabarrena Timea Bacsinszky	4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss	1–1	Aug 2018	Washington Open, United States	International	Hard	Erin Routliffe	Han Xinyun Darija Jurak	3–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Apr 2019	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	1–6, 0–6
Loss	1–3	Sep 2019	Guangzhou International, China	International	Hard	Giuliana Olmos	Peng Shuai Laura Siegemund	2–6, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Oct 2019	Luxembourg Open	International	Hard (i)	Kaitlyn Christian	Coco Gauff Caty McNally	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–5	Feb 2020	St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia	Premier[d]	Hard (i)	Kaitlyn Christian	Shuko Aoyama Ena Shibahara	6–4, 0–6, [3–10]
Win	2–5	Sep 2020	İstanbul Cup, Turkey	International	Clay	Desirae Krawczyk	Ellen Perez Storm Sanders	6–1, 6–3
Loss	2–6	Oct 2020	French Open	Grand Slam	Clay	Desirae Krawczyk	Tímea Babos Kristina Mladenovic	4–6, 5–7
Win	3–6	Feb 2021	Adelaide International, Australia	WTA 500	Hard	Desirae Krawczyk	Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–3]
Win	4–6	Mar 2021	Dubai Championships, UAE	WTA 1000	Hard	Darija Jurak	Xu Yifan Yang Zhaoxuan	6–0, 6–3
Win	5–6	May 2021	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	WTA 250	Clay	Desirae Krawczyk	Makoto Ninomiya Yang Zhaoxuan	6–2, 6–3
Loss	5–7	Aug 2023	Washington Open, United States	WTA 500	Hard	Monica Niculescu	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2019	Båstad Open, Sweden	Clay	Danka Kovinić	Misaki Doi Natalia Vikhlyantseva	5–7, 7–6(7–4), [7–10]
Loss	0–2	May 2023	Catalonia Open, Spain	Clay	Erin Routliffe	Storm Hunter Ellen Perez	1–6, 6–7(8–10)

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Océane Dodin	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	July 2014	ITF Vancouver, Canada	10,000	Hard	Yuka Higuchi	6–3, 1–6, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	1–2	Sep 2015	ITF Monterrey, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Tereza Mrdeža	0–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6

Doubles: 28 (20 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Kate Turvy	Victoria Rodríguez Marcela Zacarías	1–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Win	1–1	May 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Kate Turvy	Barbara Bonić Ximena Hermoso	6–3, 7–6(8)
Loss	1–2	Jun 2014	ITF Civitavecchia, Italy	10,000	Clay	Sally Peers	Martina Caregaro Anna Floris	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Jul 2014	ITF Vancouver, Canada	10,000	Hard	Lauren Albanese	Yuka Higuchi Hirono Watanabe	6–4, 2–6, [5–10]
Loss	1–4	Jul 2014	ITF Austin, United States	10,000	Hard	Alexandra Cercone	Catherine Harrison Mary Weatherholt	2–6, 5–7
Loss	1–5	Aug 2014	ITF Rosarito Beach, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Alexandra Cercone	Victoria Rodríguez Marcela Zacarías	4–6, 1–6
Win	2–5	Oct 2014	ITF Oslo, Norway	10,000	Hard (i)	Nina Stojanović	Maryna Kolb Nadiya Kolb	6–4, 7–6(7)
Win	3–5	Nov 2014	ITF Oslo, Norway	10,000	Hard (i)	Daria Lodikova	Maryna Kolb Nadiya Kolb	6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Win	4–5	Dec 2014	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Hard	Lauren Albanese	Fernanda Brito Eduarda Piai	6–4, 6–1
Win	5–5	Jan 2015	ITF Fort-de-France, France	10,000	Hard	Shérazad Reix	Rosie Johanson Gloria Liang	6–2, 6–1
Win	6–5	Jan 2015	ITF Saint Martin, Guadeloupe	10,000	Hard	Ayaka Okuno	Lena Litvak Sonja Molnar	7–5, 6–3
Win	7–5	Apr 2015	ITF Jackson, United States	25,000	Clay	Caitlin Whoriskey	Kateřina Kramperová Jessica Moore	6–7(4), 6–3, [11–9]
Win	8–5	Jul 2015	ITF El Paso, United States	25,000	Hard	Jennifer Brady	Robin Anderson Maegan Manasse	3–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss	8–6	Sep 2015	ITF Monterrey, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Hsu Chieh-yu	Tadeja Majerič Conny Perrin	5–7, 3–6
Win	9–6	Feb 2017	ITF Manacor, Spain	15,000	Clay	Lauren Embree	Jaeda Daniel Quinn Gleason	6–1, 7–5
Win	10–6	Mar 2017	ITF Tampa, United States	15,000	Clay	Hsu Chieh-yu	Emina Bektas Sanaz Marand	6–3, 4–6, [10–4]
Loss	10–7	Apr 2017	ITF Jackson, US	25,000	Clay	Ronit Yurovsky	Alla Kudryavtseva Anna Zaja	2–6, 0–6
Win	11–7	May 2017	ITF Charleston Pro, US	60,000	Clay	Emina Bektas	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	5–7, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	12–7	May 2017	ITF Naples, US	25,000	Clay	Emina Bektas	Sophie Chang Ulrikke Eikeri	6–3, 6–1
Win	13–7	Jul 2017	ITF Auburn, US	25,000	Hard	Emina Bektas	Ellen Perez Luisa Stefani	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	13–8	Jul 2017	Challenger de Granby, Canada	60,000	Hard	Olivia Tjandramulia	Ellen Perez Carol Zhao	2–6, 2–6
Win	14–8	Nov 2017	Toronto Challenger, Canada	60,000	Hard	Erin Routliffe	Ysaline Bonaventure Victoria Rodríguez	7–6(4), 3–6, [10–4]
Win	15–8	Jan 2018	ITF Daytona Beach, US	25,000	Hard	Usue Maitane Arconada	Ulrikke Eikeri Ilona Kremen	6–3, 6–4
Win	16–8	Mar 2018	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Erin Routliffe	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	17–8	Apr 2018	ITF Pelham, US	25,000	Clay	Erin Routliffe	Maria Mateas María Portillo Ramírez	6–1, 6–2
Win	18–8	Apr 2018	Dothan Pro Classic, US	80,000	Clay	Erin Routliffe	Sofia Kenin Jamie Loeb	6–4, 2–6, [11–9]
Win	19–8	May 2018	ITF Charleston Pro, US (2)	80,000	Clay	Erin Routliffe	Louisa Chirico Allie Kiick	6–1, 3–6, [10–5]
Win	20–8	May 2019	Bonita Springs Championship, US	100,000	Clay	Erin Routliffe	Usue Maitane Arconada Caroline Dolehide	6–3, 7–6(5)

Notes

1. In isolation, Guarachi is pronounced [ɡwaˈɾatʃi].
2. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
3. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
4. The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.

References

1. "Alexa Guarachi | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
2. "Muguruza back in the winner's circle, beats Krejcikova for Dubai title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
3. "Alexa Guarachi Rolls into the Semifinals of the French Open with Second-Consecutive Upset Win". rolltide.com. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
4. "Guarachi, Krawczyk take college route to Slam success". rolandgarros.com. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
5. "Photos: Stosur and Zhang vs. Guarachi and Krawczyk on Day 12 at the 2021 US Open". US Open. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
6. "Doubles field set for 2021 Akron WTA Finals Guadalajara". Women's Tennis Association.
7. Cornejo, Aquiles (April 24, 2024). "Alexa Guarachi sorprende y anuncia su retiro del tenis". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved April 24, 2024.
8. "Alexa Guarachi surprises and announces her retirement from tennis". athletistic.com. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

External links

• Alexa Guarachi at the Women's Tennis Association
• Alexa Guarachi at the International Tennis Federation
• Alexa Guarachi at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
• Alexa Guarachi at ESPN.com
• Alexa Guarachi at Wimbledon
• Alexa Guarachi Climbs The Tennis Ladder
• Alexa Guarachi at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games