Renata Zarazúa

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Zarazúa and the second or maternal family name is Ruckstuhl.

Renata Zarazúa Ruckstuhl (born 30 September 1997), known as Renata Zarazúa (Latin American Spanish: [reˈnata saɾaˈsu.a]), is a Mexican professional tennis player. She reached a best singles ranking of world No. 51 on 25 November 2024, and peaked at No. 88 in the doubles rankings on 27 January 2025.

Renata Zarazúa

Zarazúa at the 2024 Washington Open
Full name	Renata Zarazúa Ruckstuhl
Country (sports)	Mexico
Residence	Tampa, Florida, U.S.
Born	(1997-09-30) 30 September 1997 (age 27) Mexico City, Mexico
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2012[1]
Coach	Patricio Zarazúa Ruckstuhl
Prize money	US$1,459,814
Singles
Career record	361–265
Career titles	2 WTA Challenger, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 51 (25 November 2024)
Current ranking	No. 69 (24 February 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2025)
French Open	2R (2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2024)
US Open	2R (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	204–169
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 17 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 88 (27 January 2025)
Current ranking	No. 98 (3 March 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2025)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	17–13
Medal record Women's tennis Representing  MEX Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Veracruz Team event
Last updated on: 4 March 2025.

She has won two singles and one doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour. On the ITF Circuit, she has won four titles in singles and 17 in doubles.

In 2020, she qualified for the main draw of the French Open, becoming the first Mexican female tennis player to compete in the main draw of a major in 20 years.^[2] On the WTA Tour, her biggest result to date was reaching the semifinals of the 2020 Mexican Open.

Playing for Mexico, Zarazúa has a win–loss record of 17–13 in BJK Cup competition (as of January 2025).

Early life and background

Zarazúa was born on 30 September 1997 to Jose Luis and Alejandra in Mexico City. She also has an older brother named Patricio, who is a former college tennis player for Palm Beach Atlantic University. Her great-uncle Vicente Zarazúa, a Mexican pro tennis player, participated in 16 Davis Cup ties for Mexico and claimed gold medals in exhibition doubles at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.^[3][4] During an interview at the 2020 French Open, Zarazúa stated that Simona Halep is the player she admires the most.^[5]

Career

2016-2019: WTA Tour debut

Zarazúa made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2016 Brasil Cup, after she reached the main draw through qualifying, but to lost in the first round Catalina Pella in three sets.^[6]

Having been given a wildcard entry at the 2018 Mexican Open, she defeated Kristýna Plíšková to reach the round of 16,^[7] where she lost to third seed Daria Gavrilova.^[8]

2020: First WTA Tour semifinal, major debut

In February, Zarazúa received a wildcard to play at the Mexican Open in Acapulco, where she reached her first WTA Tour singles semifinal with wins over top seed Sloane Stephens,^[9][10] Katie Volynets^[11] and Tamara Zidanšek,^[12][13] before losing to Leylah Fernandez.^[14] Her run at the tournament saw her become the first Mexican woman to play a WTA Tour semifinal since 1993.^[11]

In September, she qualified for the main draw at the delayed French Open, making her first appearance at a Grand Slam tournament and becoming the first Mexican woman in a major main draw in 20 years.^[15] She defeated wildcard Elsa Jacquemot recording her first Grand Slam win,^[16] and becoming the first Mexican woman to do so since Angélica Gavaldón reached the second round of the 2000 Australian Open.^[17] Zarazúa lost in the second round to third seed Elina Svitolina in three sets under the newly-installed roof on Court Philippe Chatrier.^[18]

2021-2023: Olympics debut, WTA 125 title

In 2021, Zarazúa qualified for the delayed Tokyo Olympics in singles and in doubles, partnering Giuliana Olmos both making their Olympics debut.^{[citation needed]}

She reached her maiden WTA 125 final at the 2021 Concord Open, losing to Magdalena Fręch.^[19]

Zarazúa won her first WTA 125 title at the 2023 Montevideo Open defeating the top seed, Diane Parry, in the final, becoming the first Mexican woman to win a WTA Challenger Tour level singles tournament.^[20][1]

2024: Top 100 debut, second WTA 125 title

Zarazúa reached the top 100 on 8 January, and became the second Mexican player after Angélica Gavaldón in 1996, to reach the milestone.^[21][22] The following week, she qualified for the Australian Open making her debut and becoming the second Mexican woman to reach the main draw at the tournament in the Open Era, and the first since two-time quarterfinalist Angelica Gavaldon's final appearance in 2000.^[23] Zarazúa lost in the first round to Martina Trevisan in three sets.^[24] In February, playing with Iryna Shymanovich, she won her first WTA 125 doubles title on home soil at the Puerto Vallarta Open, defeating Angelica Moratelli and Camilla Rosatello in the final.^[25]

She qualified for the Italian Open, making her debut at a clay WTA 1000 event, but lost to Elisabetta Cocciaretto in the first round.^[26] Wins over seventh seed Viktorija Golubic,^[27] wildcard entrant Ajla Tomljanović^[28] and Peyton Stearns saw Zarazúa reach the semifinals at the WTA 125 Parma Open in May,^[29] where she went out to eighth seed Mayar Sherif.^[30] She could not continue her good form into that month's French Open, losing in the first round to 14th seed Madison Keys in straight sets.^[31] Partnering Angelica Moratelli, she was runner-up in the doubles at the WTA 125 Bari Open, losing in the final to top seeds Anna Danilina and Irina Khromacheva.^[32] The following week, Zarazúa and Moratelli reached the final at the WTA 125 Valencia Open, but again suffered defeat, this time to second seeds Katarzyna Piter and Fanny Stollár in a match which went to a deciding champions tiebreak.^[33]

At Wimbledon, she was eliminated in the final qualifying round but made the main draw for the first time in her career at this major as a lucky loser. She was defeated by Emma Raducanu in straight sets in a first round match.^[34]

Zarazúa also made her debut at the US Open as a direct entry benefitting from the withdrawal of Sorana Cîrstea,^[35] and recorded her first win at this Grand Slam tournament with an upset over 28th seed Caroline Garcia,^[36] before losing her next match to Caroline Wozniacki^[37]

At the WTA 500 Guadalajara Open, she defeated Anhelina Kalinina to reach the second round,^[38] where she lost to Martina Trevisan.^[39] Zarazúa moved to a new career-high of world No. 78 in the singles rankings on 16 September 2024.^[40] She won the ITF Central Coast Pro Tennis Open, defeating Usue Maitane Arconada in the final in straight sets.^[41] Zarazúa then won the ITF Tyler Pro Challenge with a win over Iva Jovic in the final.^[42] As the top seed at her home tournament, the Mérida Open, she made the quarterfinals defeating wildcard Akasha Urhobo^[43] and qualifier Maja Chwalińska,^[44][45] before losing to eventual champion Zeynep Sönmez.^[46] As a result she reached a new career-high in the top 60 in the singles rankings.^[47]

As the top seed at the Fifth Third Charleston in November, Zarazúa won her second WTA 125 singles title, defeating Alina Charaeva,^[48] Irene Burillo Escorihuela,^[49] Louisa Chirico^[50] and Lauren Davis^[51] to reach the final, where she overcame Hanna Chang in straight sets.^[52][53] As a result, she reached a new career-high of world No. 51 in the singles rankings on 25 November 2024.^[54]

2025: First Australian Open win

Zarazúa became the first Mexican player to win a match at the Australian Open in 25 years when she defeated Taylor Townsend.^[55] She lost to fourth seed Jasmine Paolini in the second round.^[56]

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.^[57]

Singles

Current through the 2024 Copa Colsanitas.

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	1R	2R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	A	Q1	A	2R	Q1	Q1	A	1R		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	A	NH	Q1	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	1–1	0 / 5	2–5	29%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open[a]	A	NTI	A	NTI	A	NTI	A	NTI	A	1R	0 / 0	0–0	–
Dubai[a]	NTI	A	NTI	A	NTI	A	NTI	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	NH	A	Q1	A	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	NH	2R	Q1	A	Q1	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	Q2	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH						Q2	1R	NTI		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wuhan Open	A	A	A	A	NH				A		0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	A	A	NH			A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	2	3	3	2	6	3	1	11	9	Career total: 25
Overall win–loss	0–1	0–2	2–3	1–3	4–2	2–6	0–3	0–1	7–11	3–9	0 / 41	19–41	32%
Win %	0%	0%	40%	25%	67%	25%	0%	0%	39%	25%	Career total: 29%
Year-end ranking	291	248	258	280	142	127	350	165	60		$446,017

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2021	Concord Open, United States	Hard	Magdalena Fręch	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	1–1	Dec 2023	Montevideo Open, Uruguay	Clay	Diane Parry	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win	2–1	Nov 2024	Charleston 125, United States	Clay	Hanna Chang	6–1, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2024	Puerto Vallarta Open, Mexico	Hard	Iryna Shymanovich	Angelica Moratelli Camilla Rosatello	6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	1–1	Jun 2024	Bari Open, Italy	Clay	Angelica Moratelli	Irina Khromacheva Anna Danilina	1–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2	Jun 2024	Internacional de Valencia, Spain	Clay	Angelica Moratelli	Katarzyna Piter Fanny Stollár	1–6, 6–4, [8–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (1–2) $60,000 tournaments (2–2) $25,000 tournaments (1–5) $10,000 tournaments (2–2)

Finals by surface Hard (4–5) Clay (2–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2013	ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Denise Muresan	4–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2013	ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Ashley Weinhold	3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	1–2	Apr 2016	ITF León, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Ana Sofía Sánchez	2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	2–2	May 2016	Solgironès Open, Spain	10,000	Clay	Irene Burillo Escorihuela	6–7(3), 6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Jul 2017	ITF Getxo, Spain	25,000	Clay	Mihaela Buzărnescu	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2–4	Jul 2017	ITF Torino, Italy	25,000	Clay	Deborah Chiesa	3–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	2–5	Oct 2017	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Polona Hercog	4–6, 1–6
Loss	2–6	Sep 2020	ITF Prague, Czech Republic	W25	Clay	Jana Čepelová	4–6, 6–7(4)
Loss	2–7	Jan 2023	ITF Malibu, United States	W25	Hard	Jamie Loeb	4–6, 1–6
Win	3–7	Jan 2023	ITF Boca Raton, US	W25	Clay	Lulu Sun	6–2, 7–5
Loss	3–8	May 2023	Pelham Pro Classic, US	W60	Clay	Veronika Miroshnichenko	6–7(5), 2–6
Win	4–8	Aug 2023	Lexington Challenger, US	W60	Hard	Caroline Dolehide	1–6, 7–6(4), 7–5
Loss	4–9	Sep 2023	ITF Templeton Pro, US	W60	Hard	Taylor Townsend	3–6, 1–6
Loss	4–10	Aug 2024	Cary Tennis Classic, US	W100	Hard	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(2)
Win	5–10	Sep 2024	ITF Templeton Pro, US	W75	Hard	Usue Maitane Arconada	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–10	Oct 2024	Tyler Pro Challenge, US	W100	Hard	Iva Jovic	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6–11	Apr 2025	Open Villa de Madrid, Spain	W100	Clay	Mayar Sherif	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 27 (17 titles, 10 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (2–0) $80,000 tournaments (0–1) $50/60,000 tournaments (2–2) $25,000 tournaments (9–6) $10/15,000 tournaments (4–1)

Finals by surface Hard (6–3) Clay (11–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2014	ITF Mérida, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Tatjana Maria	Jan Abaza Hsu Chieh-yu	7–6(1), 6–1
Win	2–0	Dec 2014	ITF Mérida, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Tatjana Maria	Andrea Gámiz Valeria Savinykh	6–4, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Apr 2015	ITF Guadalajara, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Maria Fernanda Alves	Marcela Zacarías Laura Pigossi	1–6, 2–6
Win	3–1	Jun 2015	ITF Charlotte, United States	10,000	Clay	Maria Fernanda Alves	Lauren Herring Ellen Perez	6–4, 6–7(6), [10–8]
Win	4–1	Jun 2015	ITF Manzanillo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Zoë Gwen Scandalis	Bárbara Gatica Stephanie Petit	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–1	Oct 2015	ITF Rock Hill, United States	25,000	Hard	Ema Burgić Bucko	Elitsa Kostova Florencia Molinero	7–5, 6–2
Win	6–1	Dec 2015	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Clay	Victoria Rodríguez	Florencia Molinero Laura Pigossi	6–2, 5–7, [10–7]
Win	7–1	Apr 2016	ITF León, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Chanel Simmonds	Sabastiani Leon Nazari Urbina	6–0, 6–2
Loss	7–2	May 2016	ITF Naples, United States	25,000	Clay	Sophie Chang	Gabriela Cé Justyna Jegiołka	1–6, 2–6
Win	8–2	May 2016	ITF Madrid, Spain	10,000	Clay	Marcela Zacarías	Andrea Raaholt Jasmina Tinjić	6–4, 6–4
Loss	8–3	Sep 2016	ITF Lubbock, United States	25,000	Hard	Ema Burgić Bucko	Emina Bektas Catherine Harrison	3–6, 4–6
Loss	8–4	Nov 2016	Waco Showdown, US	50,000	Hard	Mihaela Buzărnescu	Michaëlla Krajicek Taylor Townsend	w/o
Win	9–4	Jan 2017	ITF Wesley Chapel, US	25,000	Clay	Chanel Simmonds	Elizabeth Halbauer Sofia Kenin	6–2, 7–6(5)
Loss	9–5	Apr 2017	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, US	80,000	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Kristie Ahn Quinn Gleason	3–6, 2–6
Loss	9–6	May 2017	Solgironès Open, Spain	25,000	Clay	Jaqueline Cristian	Olesya Pervushina Valeriya Strakhova	5–7, 2–6
Win	10–6	Jun 2017	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Valentyna Ivakhnenko	Quirine Lemoine Eva Wacanno	6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Win	11–6	Oct 2017	ITF Seville, Spain	25,000	Clay	Luisa Stefani	Estrella Cabeza Candela Andrea Gámiz	7–6(2), 7–6(3)
Win	12–6	Nov 2017	ITF Sant Cugat, Spain	25,000	Clay	Luisa Stefani	Olga Danilović Guiomar Maristany	6–1, 6–4
Win	13–6	Jul 2018	Internazionale di Roma, Italy	60,000	Clay	Laura Pigossi	Anastasia Grymalska Giorgia Marchetti	6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
Win	14–6	Jul 2018	Ashland Tennis Classic, US	60,000	Hard	Jovana Jakšić	Sanaz Marand Whitney Osuigwe	6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss	14–7	Sep 2018	Open de Valencia, Spain	60,000	Clay	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Irina Khromacheva Nina Stojanović	1–6, 4–6
Loss	14–8	Nov 2018	ITF Sant Cugat, Spain	25,000	Clay	Andreea Roșca	Miriam Bulgaru Nicoleta Dascălu	1–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win	15–8	Oct 2019	ITF Cucúta, Colombia	W25	Clay	Carolina Alves	Emiliana Arango Victoria Bosio	6–1, ret.
Loss	15–9	Nov 2019	ITF Orlando, United States	W25	Clay	Carolina Alves	Katharine Fahey Stephanie Wagner	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win	16–9	May 2022	Solgironès Open, Spain	W100+H	Clay	Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva	Alicia Barnett Olivia Nicholls	6–4, 2–6, [10–8]
Loss	16–10	Jan 2023	ITF Boca Raton, United States	W25	Clay	Kayla Cross	Tiphanie Fiquet Ashley Lahey	6–4, 1–6, [4–10]
Win	17–10	Jul 2023	Championnats de Granby, Canada	W100	Clay	Marcela Zacarías	Carmen Corley Ivana Corley	6–3, 6–3

Notes

1. 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.