\usetikzlibrary{decorations.markings} \usetikzlibrary{arrows} \begin{tikzpicture} % draw axis \draw[thick, ->] (-3cm, 0cm) -- (3cm, 0cm) node[anchor=south] (ascissa) {$\Re z$}; \draw[thick, ->] (0cm, -3cm) -- (0cm, 3cm) node[anchor=east] (ordinata) {$\Im z$}; % draw isolated point \draw[fill] (-1.5cm, 1.1cm) circle [radius=2pt] node[anchor=south west] (w) {$w$}; % draw closed loops \draw[dotted, decorate, decoration={markings, mark=at position 0.0 with {\arrow{latex}}}] (-1.5cm, 1.1cm) circle [radius=0.6cm]; % draw the names of the paths (use $\mathcal{C}$ instead of $\ccC$ if it does not compile) \node (c0) at (-2.1cm, 0.3cm) {$\ccC_{(w)}$}; \end{tikzpicture} % vim: ft=tex