Renata Zarazúa

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.

She became the first Mexican woman to play a WTA semifinal since 1993.

Renata Zarazúa Ruckstuhl (born 30 September 1997) is a Mexican tennis player.

She reached a best singles ranking of world No. 97 on 15 January 2024, and she peaked at No. 135 in the doubles rankings on 8 October 2018.

She owns one title in singles and one in doubles the WTA Challenger Tour.

On the ITF Circuit, she has won four titles in singles and seventeen in doubles.

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.

She was the first Mexican female tennis player to compete in the main draw of a Grand Slam championship since 2000.

Playing for Mexico Fed Cup team, Zarazúa has a win–loss record of 15–12 in Fed Cup competition (as of February 2024).

The following week, she qualified for the Australian Open making her debut, becoming just the second Mexican woman to reach the Australian Open main draw in the Open Era, and first since two-time quarterfinalist Angelica Gavaldon's final appearance in 2000.

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.

Current through the 2022 Copa Colsanitas.

Zarazúa made her WTA Tour singles debut at the 2016 Brasil Cup, where she reached the main draw through qualifying.

In February 2018 at the Mexican Open, she defeated Kristýna Plíšková to reach the round of 16.

On the WTA Tour, her biggest result to date was reaching the semifinals of the 2020 Mexican Open.

In 2020, she qualified for the main draw of the French Open, her major debut.

During an interview at the 2020 French Open, Zarazúa stated that Simona Halep is the player she admires the most.

In late February 2020, Zarazúa received a wildcard to play again at the Mexican Open in Acapulco, where she reached her first WTA Tour singles semifinal.

In the first round, she upset top-seeded Sloane Stephens.

In September 2020, she qualified for the main draw of the French Open, her first appearance at a Grand Slam tournament.

Zarazúa was the first Mexican woman in a main draw of a major in 20 years.

She lost in the second round to third seed Elina Svitolina.

In 2021, she qualified for the Olympic Games in singles and in doubles, partnering Giuliana Olmos both making their Olympics debut.

She won her first WTA 125 title at the 2023 Montevideo Open defeating the top seed, Diane Parry, in the final.

She reached the top 100 on 8 January 2024 and became the second Mexican player ever, following Angelica Gavaldon in 1996, to reach the milestone.