Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez (born 25 April 2005) is a Mexican professionaltennis player. He has a career-highATP singles ranking of world No. 196 achieved on 22 September 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 192 achieved on 24 November 2025.[1] He is currently the No. 1 singles player from Mexico.[2]
Pacheco Méndez reached anITF junior combined ranking of No. 1 on 29 May 2023.[3]
Pacheco Méndez received a wildcard for the main draw of the2023 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco.[6] He also received a wildcard for the inaugural 2023 edition of the Challenger inMexico City.He reached a career high junior ranking of No. 1 on 29 May 2023.[4][3] Rodrigo Pacheco won the Junior2023 French Open in doubles.
For a third consecutive year, he received a wildcard for the main draw of the2024 Los Cabos Open where he lost in the first round to the No. 72 ranked AustralianAleksandar Vukic in straight sets with two tiebreaks.[7] He again received a wildcard for the main draw of the2024 Abierto Mexicano Telcel but lost to the No. 55 ranked SerbianDusan Lajovic.[8]
In May, ranked No. 585, he won the biggest title of his career defeatingBernard 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 5002025 Abierto Mexicano Telcel,[10] where he defeated world No. 66Aleksandar 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 seedCasper 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]