Bernarda Pera

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

Pera made her major singles debut at the 2018 Australian Open, where she received entry as a lucky loser, after Margarita Gasparyan withdrew from the tournament. She defeated Anna Blinkova in the first round.^[] In the second round, Pera knocked out ninth seed Johanna Konta. In the third round, she was beaten by Barbora Strýcová.

She made it through to the quarterfinals at the Charleston Open, losing to seventh seed Madison Keys in three sets.

At the 2018 Guangzhou Open, Pera defeated fourth seed Aleksandra Krunić in the quarterfinals to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal, which she lost to fifth seed Yulia Putintseva.

2019 Prague Open, she defeated third seed Wang Qiang in the quarterfinals, before losing in the last four to wildcard entrant Karolína Muchová.

She also reached the semifinals at the 2019 Lausanne Open, but lost to eventual champion Fiona Ferro, and the 2019 Baltic Open, where she was defeated by Katarzyna Kawa.

Coming through qualifying at the first edition of the 2020 Adelaide International, she defeated Barbora Strýcová in the first round then lost in the second to sixth seed Aryna Sabalenka. At the Australian Open, she lost in the first round to 29th seed Elena Rybakina.^[]

As a qualifier at the 2020 Qatar Open, Pera was defeated in the second round by third seed Karolína Plíšková. Seeded third at the Indian Wells Challenger, she lost in the third round to 13th seed Misaki Doi. The WTA Tour cancelled tournaments from March through July due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

When the WTA resumed tournament play in August, Pera competed at the 2020 Lexington Challenger where she was eliminated in the first round by top seed Serena Williams. At the 2020 Cincinnati Open, she was defeated in the second round by 16th seed Dayana Yastremska. At the US Open, she reached the second round defeating Zarina Diyas before losing to 15th seed Maria Sakkari.

At the 2020 Italian Open, Pera was defeated in the first round by Svetlana Kuznetsova. At the 2020 Internationaux de Strasbourg, she lost in the first round to Kateřina Siniaková. She suffered a second round loss at the French Open at the hands of 25th seed Amanda Anisimova.

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

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

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

After qualifying at Eastbourne, Pera was defeated in the first round by top seed Aryna Sabalenka. At Wimbledon, she lost in the first round to Nao Hibino.

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

In August, Pera at the Canadian Open she was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Harriet Dart. In the 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. 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. At the US Open, she lost her first round match to Tamara Zidanšek.

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

She qualified for the Budapest Grand Prix, and defeated Marina Bassols Ribera, fifth seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Elisabetta Cocciaretto and ninth seed Anna Bondár to reach her first WTA Tour singles final as a qualifier. She then defeated Aleksandra Krunić to win her maiden singles title.

She reached a second consecutive final at the Hamburg European Open by defeating defending champion Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Joanne Züger, Kateřina Siniaková and Maryna Zanevska.^[] Pera then upset top seed and world No. 2, Anett Kontaveit, in the final, for her second career top-10 win and her second career singles title, stretching her winning streak to 12 matches and 24 consecutive sets. With this result, she climbed to a new career-high singles ranking of No. 54.

In August, Pera reached the semifinals at Cleveland where she lost to Liudmila Samsonova in straight sets. She finished the year ranked No. 44 in the singles rankings, a career-high year-end.^[]

As fourth seed, Pera made the quarterfinals at the Hobart International, where she was defeated by Elisabetta Cocciaretto. At the Australian Open, she reached the third round for the second time with wins over Moyuka Uchijima and 29th seed Qinwen Zheng. She lost to seventh seed Coco Gauff.

Seeded fourth at the Strasbourg Open, Pera recorded wins over lucky loser Sophie Chang and Kimberly Birrell to make it through to the quarterfinals, where she lost to Clara Burel.

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, before losing to seventh seed Ons Jabeur. As a result, for the first time in her career, she had a world ranking in the top 30.^[]

Seeking to defend her title at the Hamburg European Open, Pera overcame qualifier Zeynep Sönmez and Kaia Kanepi to make it into the quarterfinals, where she lost to Diana Shnaider.

Pera was runner-up at the WTA 125 Veneto Open, losing to Alycia Parks in the final. She reached the third round at Wimbledon for the first time with wins over Anastasia Potapova and 23rd seed Caroline Garcia, before losing to 13th seed Jelena Ostapenko.

In October at the Guangzhou Open, Pera overcame qualifier Alexandra Eala and wildcard entrant Shuai Zhang to make it into the quarterfinals, at which point she lost to top seed Kateřina Siniaková. The following week at the Hong Kong Tennis Open, she again reached the quarterfinals by defeating Sara Saito and qualifier Shi Han, before losing to third seed Leylah Fernandez.

Pera made her debut for the United States Billie Jean King Cup team in the 2025 qualifying round held in Bratislava, defeating Johanne Svendsen and Rebecca Šramková in wins over Denmark and Slovakia respectively as her country topped the group to make it through to the finals.

At the French Open, she overcame Caroline Garcia and 18th seed Donna Vekić to reach the third round, at which point her run was ended by 13th seed Elina Svitolina.