Oliver Fernández (tennis)

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Oliver Fernandez
Country (sports)Mexico Mexico
ResidenceCórdoba
Born (1972-12-07) 7 December 1972 (age 51)
Orizaba, Mexico
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1991
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$148,944
Singles
Career record9–15
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 141 (5 Jul 1993)
Doubles
Career record2–5
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 178 (18 Apr 1994)

Oliver Fernandez (Orizaba, 7 December 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico. He was captain of Mexico's Davis Cup side.[1][2][3] Today he is a businessman.[4]

Career

Fernandez had a good year on the juniors circuit in 1990, finishing the season as the number three junior in the world. He was runner-up to

Orange Bowl and made the semi-finals of the boys' singles event at the 1990 Australian Open. The man who beat him in the semi-final, Dirk Dier, had been his doubles partner when he made the 1989 US Open boys' doubles quarter-finals.[5]

Also in 1990, Fernandez represented the Mexico Davis Cup team for the first time. He managed to defeat Marcelo Filippini of Uruguay in Mexico's World Group player-off win and appeared in three further ties during his career, from which he had two wins, over Diego Pérez and then Jaime Yzaga.[6]

The Orizaba born player was a semi-finalist at his home event, the Mexican Open, in 1993.[7] Fernandez defeated Franco Davín, Agustín Moreno and Alberto Berasategui, before falling to Thomas Muster.[7] He was also a doubles semi-finalist at the 1993 International Tennis Championships in Florida, with Juan Garat as his partner.[7]

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1991 Fortaleza, Brazil Clay Germany Christian Weis 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: (2)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1991
Puebla
, Mexico
Hard Mexico Luis Herrera United States Doug Eisenman
United States Dave Randall
6–4, 7–6
2. 1994
San Luis Potosí
, Mexico
Clay Mexico Leonardo Lavalle Mexico Ismael Hernandez
Mexico Luis Herrera
7–5, 7–5

References