José Hernández-Fernández

José Hernández-Fernández

Hernández-Fernández at the 2015 US Open qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	Dominican Republic
Residence	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Born	(1990-03-13) 13 March 1990 (age 34) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2008
Retired	2020
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Leonardo Olguín
Prize money	$235,328
Singles
Career record	14–17
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 179 (3 August 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2017)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2015)
US Open	Q2 (2015)
Doubles
Career record	7–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 209 (September 19, 2016)
Last updated on: 30 June 2021.

José Hernández-Fernández

Medal record
Representing  Dominican Republic
Men's Tennis
Central American and Caribbean Games
	2014 Veracruz	Singles
	2010 Mayagüez	Mixed doubles

José Hernández-Fernández (Latin American Spanish: [xoˈse eɾˈnandes feɾˈnandes]; born March 13, 1990) is a former professional male tennis player and coach from the Dominican Republic.

College career

Prior to joining UNC Hernández-Fernández received offers from Texas A&M, Ohio State, Pepperdine, among others.

Hernández-Fernández played tennis at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. In 2011, he reached the round of 16 in the 2011 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships losing to the previous year champion Bradley Klahn from Stanford.^[1]

He finished his career at UNC ranked No. 9 in singles and ranked No. 6 in doubles in the nation in the 2012 pre-season NCAA Div 1 rankings before turning pro.^[2][3] He was twice a member of the "All-ACC" team. Combined record at UNC was 48 wins and 17 losses.^[4]

Tennis career

Hernández-Fernández reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World No. 179 in August 2015 and his highest doubles ranking of No. 206 in 2016. He has played primarily on the Futures circuit with a record of 74-40 and the ATP Challenger Tour where he currently has a record of 5–11.

Hernández-Fernández was a member of the Dominican Republic Davis Cup team, having posted a 7–5 record in singles and a 5–1 record in doubles in eighteen ties played since 2006. He trained at the JC Ferrero Equelite Sport Academy in Alicante.^[5]

Hernández-Fernández represented the Dominican Republic in multiple international competitions. He partnered with countrywoman Chandra Capozzi in the mixed doubles competition at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, winning the bronze medal. He also represented the Dominican Republic at the 2011 Pan American Games, though did not win any medals at the Games.

Junior career

Ranked No. 37 in the world junior rankings by the International Tennis Federation. Reached the round of 16 in the US Open Junior Tennis Championships. He played in the 2008 Wimbledon Junior Championships losing to the 2008 French Open champion Yang Tsung-hua. Reached the round of 32 in the main draw of the Roland Garros Junior Championships. Won the JITIC tournament in Monterrey, Mexico. Made the finals of the Copa Merengue tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Finalist of the Barranquilla Junior Tennis Tournament in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Coaching

He currently resides in Barcelona ^{[citation needed]} and is coaching Yuan Yue.^[6][7][8]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (9–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2012	Ecuador F1, Guayaquil	Futures	Hard	Emilio Gómez	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2012	Ecuador F2, Guayaquil	Futures	Hard	Emilio Gómez	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Apr 2013	Turkey F15, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Thiago Monteiro	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	2–2	May 2013	Venezuela F1, Maracay	Futures	Hard	Iván Endara	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Aug 2013	Venezuela F4, Caracas	Futures	Hard	David Souto	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	3–3	Oct 2013	Peru F2, Lima	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–4	Jun 2014	Romania F3, Bacău	Futures	Clay	Elias Ymer	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 5–7
Win	4–4	Aug 2014	Colombia F4, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Arévalo	7–5, 6–2
Loss	4–5	Sep 2014	Colombia F6, Armenia	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	4–6, 2–6
Win	5–5	Mar 2015	Argentina F2, Mendoza	Futures	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	6–5	Mar 2015	Argentina F3, Olavarria	Futures	Clay	Federico Coria	6–0, 6–1
Win	7–5	Aug 2016	Italy F23, Bolzano	Futures	Clay	Bastian Malla	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–6	Dec 2017	Dominican Republic F2, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Roberto Cid Subervi	3–6, 2–6
Win	8–6	Dec 2017	Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Alejandro Gomez	6–0, 6–7(6–8), 6–2
Win	9–6	Jul 2019	M15 Cuneo, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Francesco Forti	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–5
Loss	9–7	Sep 2019	M25 Oviedo, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 14 (6–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2012	Ecuador F2, Guayaquil	Futures	Hard	Sergio Galdós	Emilio Gómez Roberto Quiroz	5–7, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2012	Mexico F13, Mérida	Futures	Hard	Christopher Díaz Figueroa	Riccardo Maiga Roberto Marcora	1–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss	0–3	Mar 2013	Colombia F2, Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Maximiliano Estévez	Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko	6–7(8–10), 3–6
Win	1–3	Apr 2013	Turkey F13, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Maximiliano Estévez	Juan Ignacio Londero Mateo Nicolas Martinez	6–3, 7–5
Win	2–3	Apr 2013	Turkey F14, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Maximiliano Estévez	Andrei Ciumac Luca Margaroli	6–2, 6–1
Win	3–3	Aug 2013	Brazil F4, Manaus	Futures	Clay	José Pereira	Victor Maynard Rafael Rondino	6–1, 6–1
Loss	3–4	Aug 2013	Venezuela F4, Caracas	Futures	Hard	Roberto Maytín	Alex Llompart Mateo Nicolas Martinez	5–7, 5–7
Loss	3–5	Jul 2014	Italy F21, Mantova	Futures	Clay	Jhonson Garcia	Daniel Dutra da Silva Pedro Sakamoto	7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Win	4–5	Sep 2014	Colombia F6, Armenia	Futures	Clay	Juan Pablo Guzmán	Keith-Patrick Crowley Marco Bortolotti	6–3, 2–6, [12–10]
Win	5–5	Jan 2016	Mendoza, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	Horacio Zeballos Julio Peralta	4–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Loss	5–6	Aug 2016	Italy F23, Bolzano	Futures	Clay	Juan Pablo Ficovich	Cătălin Gârd Ruben Gonzales	1–6, 0–6
Win	6–6	Aug 2016	Italy F24, Cornaiano	Futures	Clay	Jonathan Eysseric	Zdeněk Kolář Bastian Malla	7–6(7–2), 2–6, [10–4]
Loss	6–7	Feb 2017	Tempe, United States	Challenger	Hard	Marcelo Arévalo	Walter Trusendi Matteo Viola	7–5, 2–6, [10–12]
Loss	6–8	Sep 2019	M25 San Sebastián, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	J Barranco Cosano	E Esteve Lobato Oriol Roca Batalla	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]

References

External links

• José Hernández-Fernández at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• José Hernández-Fernández at the International Tennis Federation
• José Hernández-Fernández at the Davis Cup