Loading AI tools
Mexican tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Country (sports) | ![]() |
---|---|
Residence | Córdoba |
Born | Orizaba, Mexico | 7 December 1972
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 1991 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $148,944 |
Singles | |
Career record | 9–15 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 141 (5 Jul 1993) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 2–5 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 178 (18 Apr 1994) |
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]
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 1991 | Fortaleza, Brazil | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 1991 | Puebla, Mexico | Hard | ![]() |
![]() ![]() |
6–4, 7–6 |
2. | 1994 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Clay | ![]() |
![]() ![]() |
7–5, 7–5 |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.