Anna-Maria Fernandez

Anna-Maria Fernandez

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1960-10-22) October 22, 1960 (age 63) Torrance, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Turned pro	1978
Retired	1989
Singles
Career record	50–71
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 19 (March 5, 1980)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1983, 1988)
French Open	1R (1983, 1987)
Wimbledon	2R (1986)
US Open	3R (1978)
Doubles
Career record	57–65
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 44 (August 3, 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1982)
French Open	2R (1983)
Wimbledon	QF (1987)
US Open	2R (1982, 1984, 1985, 1988)

Anna-Maria Fernandez (born October 22, 1960) is an American former professional tennis player active during the 1980s. She won five WTA titles during her career, all in doubles. Her career high ranking in singles was number 19, in approximately 1979–1980. She was a member of the University of Southern California's national championship team (1979 and 1980) and captured the AIAW singles national championship title in 1981. She was named the National Collegiate Player of the Year (1981) winning the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate tennis player.^[1][2] She earned a BA degree in Broadcast Journalism from USC (1983).

She is married to former tennis player Ray Ruffels and is the mother of professional golfers Ryan Ruffels and Gabriela Ruffels.^[3] She is of Peruvian American ancestry.^[4]

WTA Tour finals

Singles 1

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	Nov 1978	Clearwater, Florida, USA	Hard	Virginia Wade	4–6, 6–7(1–7)

Doubles 5 (4–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	Jan 1984	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Carpet	Trey Lewis	Christiane Jolissaint Marcella Mesker	6–7, 4–6
Winner	2.	April 23, 1984	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Peanut Louie	Cláudia Monteiro Beverly Mould	7–5, 5–7, 6–1
Winner	3.	Oct 1986	Singapore	Hard	Julie Richardson	Sandy Collins Sharon Walsh	6–3, 6–2
Winner	4.	Jan 1987	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Julie Richardson	Gretchen Magers Elizabeth Minter	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	5.	Apr 1987	Singapore	Hard	Julie Richardson	Barbara Gerken Heather Ludloff	6–1, 6–4

References

External links

• Anna-Maria Fernandez at the Women's Tennis Association
• Anna-Maria Fernandez at the International Tennis Federation

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