Oliver Fernández (tennis)

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]

Oliver Fernandez
Country (sports)Mexico Mexico
ResidenceCórdoba
Born (1972-12-07) 7 December 1972
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)

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 Andrei Medvedev in the 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
  1. ITF Pro Circuit profile
  2. El Porvenir Deja Oliver Fernández al equipo Copa Davis Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine 18 Aug 2006
  3. Cronica Confía Oliver Fernández en ganar la serie a Paraguay 2003-04-01
  4. ENFOQUE Así se volvió millonario un ex tenista
  5. ITF junior profile
  6. Davis Cup profile
  7. ATP World Tour profile
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