Oliver Fernández

Oliver Fernandez

Country (sports)	Mexico
Residence	Córdoba
Born	(1972-12-07) 7 December 1972 Orizaba, Mexico
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)

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 successful 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 Andrei Medvedev in the Orange Bowl and made the semi-finals of the boy's 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 boy's 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 in the final	Score in the final
1.	1991	Fortaleza, Brazil	Clay	Christian Weis	6–3, 6–4

Doubles: (2)

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

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