Bernarda Pera

Bernarda Pera (/bərˈnɑːrdə ˈpɛrə/ bər-NAR-də PERR-ə;^[1] Croatian pronunciation: [běrnaːrda pêra];^[2][3] born 3 December 1994) is a Croatian-American professional tennis player. Pera has won two singles titles and one doubles title on the WTA Tour, along with nine singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She achieved career-high rankings of world No. 27 in singles on June 12, 2023, and No. 35 in doubles on February 21, 2022. Before March 2013, Pera represented her country of birth, Croatia.

Bernarda Pera

Pera at the 2023 Washington Open
Country (sports)	Croatia (2009 – January 2013)  United States (March 2013 – present)
Born	(1994-12-03) 3 December 1994 (age 28) Zadar, Croatia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays	Left handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Guillermo Cañas
Prize money	US$ 3,485,764
Singles
Career record	363–234 (60.8%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 27 (12 June 2023)
Current ranking	No. 73 (28 August 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2018, 2023)
French Open	4R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
US Open	3R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	102–86 (54.3%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 35 (21 February 2022)
Current ranking	No. 89 (21 August 2023 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2021, 2022)
French Open	SF (2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	QF (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	1R (2022)
Wimbledon	2R (2023)
US Open	2R (2022)
Last updated on: 23 August 2023.

Early life

Bernarda was born in a Croatian-Dalmatian Italian family. In addition to English, she speaks Croatian. When she was 16, her father, who is a U.S. citizen, moved their family to the United States for the benefit of her budding tennis career. They settled in New Jersey, where friends and relatives already were living. Pera has been in a relationship with Croatian basketball player Kristijan Krajina since 2018.^[4]

Career

2014: WTA debut

She made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 US Open, having been handed a wildcard into the doubles draw, partnering with Tornado Alicia Black.^[5]

2018: Australian Open debut and third round, top 100 debut

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

2020: Top 60 debut in singles

Pera started her 2020 season at the Brisbane International where she lost in the first round of qualifying to Marta Kostyuk. Coming through qualifying at the first edition of the Adelaide International, she beat Barbora Strýcová in the first round^[8] and was defeated in the second by sixth seed Aryna Sabalenka.^[9] At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to 29th seed Elena Rybakina.

Making it through qualifying in Doha, Pera was defeated in the second round by third seed and 2017 champion, Karolína Plíšková.^[10] Seeded third at the Indian Wells Challenger, she lost in the third round to 13th seed Misaki Doi.^[11] The WTA Tour cancelled tournaments from March through July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[12][13]

When the WTA resumed tournament play in August, Pera competed at the Lexington Challenger where she was eliminated in the first round by top seed Serena Williams.^[14] At the Cincinnati Open, she was defeated in the second round by 16th seed Dayana Yastremska.^[15] At the US Open, she reached the second round defeating Zarina Diyas before losing to 15th seed Maria Sakkari.^[16]

In Rome at the Italian Open, Pera was defeated in the first round by Svetlana Kuznetsova.^[17] At the Internationaux de Strasbourg, she lost in the first round to Kateřina Siniaková. She suffered a second-round loss at Roland Garros by the hands of 25th seed and compatriot, Amanda Anisimova.^[18]

At the first edition of the Ostrava Open, Pera lost in the first round of qualifying to Tereza Martincová. Seeded eighth at the Linz Open, she was defeated in the first round by Aliaksandra Sasnovich.^[19]

Pera ended the year ranked 61.

2021: Major semifinal & top 50 in doubles

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^[20] before she lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo.^[21] At the first edition of the Gippsland Trophy, she was defeated in the second round by fifth seed Johanna Konta.^[22] At the Australian Open, she eliminated 23rd seed and 2016 champion, Angelique Kerber, in the first round.^[23] In the second, she fell to Zarina Diyas.^[24] In Adelaide, she lost in the first round of qualifying to Storm Sanders.^[25]

In March, Pera played at the Dubai Tennis Championships where she was defeated in the first round by Anastasija Sevastova.^[26] At Miami, she lost in round one to Sara Sorribes Tormo.^[27]

Starting into the clay-court season at the Charleston Open, Pera fell in the first round to Alizé Cornet.^[28] At Istanbul, she faced third seed Veronika Kudermetova in the first round; after pushing her to three sets, she ended up losing the match.^[29] Getting past qualifying at the Madrid Open, she was defeated in the second round by eighth seed Belinda Bencic.^[30] Making it through the qualifying rounds in Rome, she lost her second-round encounter against 12th seed Garbiñe Muguruza.^[31] Competing at the first edition of the Emilia-Romagna Open, she was defeated in the first round by seventh seed Sorribes Tormo.^[32] At the French Open, she took top seed and 2019 champion, Ashleigh Barty, to three sets but ended up losing her first-round match.^[33] In doubles, she and Magda Linette reached semifinals in which they lost to second seeds Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková.^[34]

Getting past qualifying at Eastbourne, Pera was defeated in the first round by top seed and 2018 finalist, Aryna Sabalenka.^[35] At Wimbledon, she lost in the first round to Nao Hibino.^[36]

After Wimbledon, Pera played at the Hamburg European Open. Seeded seventh, she was defeated in the second round by Ysaline Bonaventure.^[37] Seeded third at the Budapest Grand Prix, she lost in the second round to eventual finalist, Anhelina Kalinina.^[38]

In August, Pera traveled to Montreal to play the Canadian Open where she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Harriet Dart. In doubles at the same tournament, she reached her first WTA 1000 semifinal with Magda Linette.

At the Cincinnati Open, she lost in the second round to eventual finalist Jil Teichmann.^[39] 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.^[40] At the US Open, she lost her first-round match to Tamara Zidanšek.^[41]

2022: First WTA Tour titles, career-high rankings - top 35 in doubles, top 50 in singles

Pera won her first WTA Tour title in doubles, at the Melbourne Summer Set 2, alongside Kateřina Siniaková.^[42] As a result, she reached world No. 35 in doubles on 21 February 2022.

Coming into the Budapest Grand Prix, Pera had only won two out of seven main-draw matches in 2022, was on a five-match losing streak, and had to play in qualifying once again due to being ranked No. 130 in the world. However, she defeated Marina Bassols Ribera, fifth seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich,^[43] Elisabetta Cocciaretto, and ninth seed Anna Bondár^[44] to reach her first WTA Tour singles final in her career as a qualifier. She then defeated Aleksandra Krunić to win her maiden WTA tournament singles title.^[45] As a result, she returned to the top 100 in the singles rankings.

She reached a second consecutive final at the Hamburg European Open by beating the defending champion Elena-Gabriela Ruse, and Joanne Züger, Kateřina Siniaková, and Maryna Zanevska. She then defeated top seed and world No. 2, Anett Kontaveit, in the final, for her second career top-10 win and her second WTA singles title, stretching her winning streak to 12 matches and 24 consecutive sets.^[46] Pera also became the first American woman to win multiple clay-court titles in the same season since Serena Williams won five in 2013. With this result, she climbed to a new career-high singles ranking of No. 54. On 26 August, she reached semifinals of Cleveland where she lost to Liudmila Samsonova, in straight sets. Along the way, she defeated Barbora Krejčíková and Sofia Kenin, both former winners of major titles.

She finished the year ranked No. 44 in the singles rankings, a career-high year-end.

2023: French Open fourth round, top 30 in singles

At the 2023 Australian Open, she reached the third round for the second time at this major and in her career. As a result, she climbed to world No. 37 on 20 March 2023.

At the French Open, she reached the fourth round of a major for the first time, defeating Anett Kontaveit, 22nd seed Donna Vekić and Elisabetta Cocciaretto. As a result, she reached the top 30 in the rankings.

Pera failed to defend her titles in Budapest and Hamburg, falling to Diana Shnaider in both tournaments in the first round and quarterfinals, respectively.

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, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[47]

Singles

Current after the 2023 China Open.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	1R	2R	2R	3R		0 / 6	6–6	50%
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	4R		0 / 6	5–6	45%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	NH	1R	1R	1R		0 / 5	0–5	0%
US Open	Q1	Q1	A	Q3	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	3R		0 / 6	4–6	40%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–4	0–4	2–3	1–4	1–4	7–4		0 / 23	15–23	39%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[a]	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	Q1	1R		0 / 5	1–5	20%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	2R	NH	A	A	3R		0 / 2	3–2	60%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	2R	Q1	NH	1R	A	1R		0 / 3	1–3	25%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	3R	A	NH	2R	A	3R		0 / 3	4–3	57%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	1R	2R	A	2R		0 / 3	1–3	25%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	NH	Q1	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	Q2	1R	2R	2R	A	1R		0 / 4	2–4	33%
Guadalajara Open	NH								1R	A		0 / 1	0–1	0%
China Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	NH			Q1		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wuhan Open	A	A	A	Q2	1R	2R	NH					0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–5	2–5	2–3	3–5	0–1	3–7		0 / 26	13–26	33%
Career statistics
	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	0	0	0	1	13	16	10	21	12	21		Career total: 94
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		Career total: 2
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		Career total: 2
Hard win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	7–8	5–10	4–7	6–11	4–7	8–11		0 / 55	34–55	38%
Clay win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	6–4	9–4	1–3	4–8	11–2	10–7		2 / 30	41–28	59%
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–3		0 / 9	2–9	18%
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	13–13	15–16	5–10	10–21	15–10	19–21		2 / 94	77–92	46%
Win (%)	–	–	–	0%	50%	48%	33%	32%	60%	48%		Career total: 46%
Year-end ranking^[b]	348	255	318	127	68	65	61	93	44			$3,738,424

Doubles

Current after the 2023 Australian Open.

Tournament	2014	...	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A		A	A	1R	2R	3R	3R	1R	0 / 5	5–5	50%
French Open	A		A	A	A	1R	SF	1R	1R	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Wimbledon	A		A	1R	1R	NH	1R	1R	2R	0 / 5	1–5	17%
US Open	1R		A	1R	3R	1R	2R	3R	QF	0 / 6	5–6	45%
Win–loss	0–1		0–0	0–2	2–3	1–3	7–4	4–4	1–3	0 / 20	15–20	43%
WTA 1000
Italian Open	A		A	A	A	QF	A	A		0 / 1	2–1	67%
Canadian Open	A		A	A	A	NH	SF	A		0 / 1	3–1	75%
Cincinnati Open	A		A	A	A	1R	1R	A		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1		1	2	4	6	8	5	1	Career total: 28
Titles	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	Career total: 1
Finals	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	Career total: 1
Overall win–loss	0–1		0–1	0–2	2–4	3–6	12–7	8–4	0–1	1 / 28	25–26	49%
Year-end ranking	378		399	923	279	147	51	97

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (2–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

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

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

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]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2022	WTA 125 Karlsruhe, Germany	Clay	Mayar Sherif	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2022	WTA 125 Concord, United States	Hard	CoCo Vandeweghe	3–6, 7–5, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (1–0) $80,000 tournaments (1–0) $25,000 tournaments (2–5) $10/15,000 tournaments (5–6)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (7–11) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

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	100,000	Clay	Anna Blinkova	7–5, 7–5

Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend $75,000 tournaments (1–0) $50,000 tournaments (0–2) $25,000 tournaments (3–3) $10,000 tournaments (4–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (7–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–2)

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, U.S.	50,000^[c]	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^[d]	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, United States	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

Head-to-head records

Record against top 10 players

Pera's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.^[48]

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

Top 10 wins

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

Longest winning streak

16-match win streak (2022)

#	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

Notes

1. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar 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.
2. 2011: WTA ranking–1031,
   2012: WTA ranking–646,
   2013: WTA ranking–361.
3. The $50,000 tournaments were reclassified as $60,000 in 2017.
4. The $75,000 tournaments were reclassified as $75,000 in 2017.

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External links

• Bernarda Pera at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Bernarda Pera at the International Tennis Federation  
• Bernarda Pera at Wimbledon  
• Bernarda Pera at ESPN.com