Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Pacheco and the second or maternal family name is Méndez.
Rodrigo Pacheco
Pacheco Méndez at the 2023 French Open
Full nameRodrigo Pacheco Méndez
Country (sports) Mexico
Born (2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 (age 20)
Mérida, Yucatán
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2022
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAlain Lemaitre
Prize moneyUS$ 347,483
Singles
Career record6–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 196 (22 September 2025)[1]
Current rankingNo. 209 (10 November 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ1 (2025)
US OpenQ2 (2025)
Doubles
Career record1–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
2 Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 267 (30 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 282 (10 November 2025)
Last updated on: 10 November 2025.

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. 267, achieved on 30 June 2025.[1] He is currently the No. 1 singles player from Mexico.[2]

Pacheco Méndez reached an ITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 on 29 May 2023.[3]

Career

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2022: Turned Pro, ATP debut

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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

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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

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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 Dusan Lajovic.[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]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2025 Yucatán Open, Mexico Challenger Clay Switzerland Kilian Feldbausch United States George Goldhoff
United States Trey Hilderbrand 		6–4, 6–2
Win 2–0 Nov 2025 Uruguay Open, Uruguay Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Mena Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar
Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 		3–6, 6–3, [11–9]

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF WTT (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2023 M15 Belém, Brazil WTT Hard Brazil Gilbert Klier Jr. 6–1, 6–0
Win 2–0 May 2024 M25 Xalapa, Mexico WTT Hard Australia Bernard Tomic 6–7(1–7), 7–5, 6–4
Loss 2–1 May 2024 M15 Villahermosa, Mexico WTT Hard Mexico Ernesto Escobedo 3–6, 5–7
Loss 2–2 Nov 2024 M15 Guatemala City, Guatemala WTT Hard United States Evan Zhu 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 3–2 Nov 2024 M15 Morelia, Mexico WTT Hard United States Jacob Brumm 7–5, 6–1

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

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Legend
ITF WTT (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2024 M15 Villahermosa, Mexico WTT Hard Mexico Alex Hernández United States Noah Schachter
Antigua and Barbuda Herbert Jody Maginley 		4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jan 2025 M15 Antalya, Turkiye WTT Clay Switzerland Kilian Feldbausch Czech Republic Vít Kalina
Ukraine Nikita Mashtakov 		3–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Loss 1–2 Jan 2025 M15 Antalya, Turkiye WTT Clay Mexico Alex Hernández Turkey Gökberk Sarıtaş
Turkey Mert Naci Türker 		6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–12]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2023 French Open Clay Yaroslav Demin Italy Lorenzo Sciahbasi
Italy Gabriele Vulpitta 		6–2, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "RP ATP rankings".
  2. ^ "Mexico | ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. ^ a b "GET TO KNOW RODRIGO PACHECO". 20 November 2023.
  4. ^ a b ""I want to be like Nadal" says aspiring Mexican pro Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez". 26 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Scouting Report: Rublev & Kyrgios Headline Washington, Medvedev Returns In Los Cabos". ATP Tour. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Rodrigo Pacheco se prepara para Abierto Mexicano Telcel". revistafortuna.com.mx (in Spanish). 15 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Los Cabos Open: Vukic sets up Tsitsipas clash in second round". 21 February 2024.
  8. ^ "MEXICO'S RODRIGO PACHECO LEAVES THE AMT; RUUD AND TIAFOE ADVANCE". 27 February 2024.
  9. ^ "2023 JUNIOR STARS PACHECO MENDEZ AND SEARLE MAKE PRO BREAKTHROUGHS". 7 May 2024.
  10. ^ "PACHECO, NORRIE Y ALTMAIER, LOS TRES INVITADOS AL CUADRO PRINCIPAL DEL ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL PRESENTADO POR HSBC" (in Spanish). 19 February 2025.
  11. ^ "Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez: inspired by Nadal, dreams of facing Sinner, Mexico's tennis answer?". 26 February 2025.
  12. ^ "Pacheco Mendez: History, butterflies & a teen's shot at Ruud". 26 February 2025.
  13. ^ "Ruud, Paul withdraw from Acapulco; Pacheco Mendez and Giron advance to quarter-finals". 26 February 2025.
  14. ^ "Mexican Open in Acapulco rocked by illness and upsets as top-seeded players fall". The New York Times. 27 February 2025.
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