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.

[4] 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] She made her major singles debut at the Australian Open, where she received entry as a lucky loser, after Margarita Gasparyan withdrew from the tournament.

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.

[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.

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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[41] Pera won her first WTA Tour title in doubles, at the Melbourne Summer Set 2, alongside Kateřina Siniaková.

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.

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.

[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.

At the Australian Open, she reached the third round for the second time with wins over Moyuka Uchijima[47] and 29th seed Qinwen Zheng.

[citation needed] Pera was runner-up at the WTA 125 Veneto Open, losing to Alycia Parks in the final.