Alejandro Hernández (tennis) explained

Alejandro Hernández Julia (pronounced as /es-419/; born October 1, 1977) is a tennis player from Mexico.

Career

Hernández turned professional in 1995. A right-hander, he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round.

Hernández reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on February 24, 1997, when he became the 125th best player in the world.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (8–9)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–5) ITF Futures (6–4)

Finals by surface Hard (5–7) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Roberto Jabali	2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	1–1		Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Alex Reichel	7–6, 7–6
Win	2–1		Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Bobby Kokavec	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	2–2		Tijuana, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Michael Hill	5–7, 1–6
Loss	2–3		Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Michael Sell	6–7, 5–7
Loss	2–4		Armonk, United States	Challenger	Clay	Salvador Navarro	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–4		Mexico F1, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Bruno Echagaray	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–5		Denver, United States	Challenger	Hard	Lior Mor	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–6		Mexico F3, Aguascalientes	Futures	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–7		Mexico F4, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Frédéric Niemeyer	1–6, 4–6
Win	4–7		Mexico F11, León	Futures	Hard	Andrew Painter	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–8		Mexico F2, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Janko Tipsarević	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	4–9		Mexico F14, Querétaro	Futures	Hard	Gustavo Marcaccio	7–6(8–6), 2–6, 4–6
Win	5–9		Mexico F2, Naucalpan	Futures	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–9		Mexico F4, Ciudad Obregón	Futures	Hard	Bruno Echagaray	7–5, 6–0
Win	7–9		Mexico F5, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Melo	6–1, 6–3
Win	8–9		Mexico F16, León	Futures	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 31 (18–13)

Legend ATP Challenger (15–10) ITF Futures (3–3)

Finals by surface Hard (14–11) Clay (4–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Punta Del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Simon Touzil	Gustavo Kuerten Jaime Oncins	7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Win	1–1		Sliema, Malta	Challenger	Hard	Óscar Ortiz	Aleksandar Kitinov Martin Zumpft	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Win	2–1		São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Óscar Ortiz	João Cunha-Silva Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6–2, 7–6
Win	3–1		Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Óscar Ortiz	Francisco Montana Jack Waite	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	3–2		Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Óscar Ortiz	Nelson Aerts André Sá	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3		West Bloomfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	David Roditi	Jim Thomas Laurence Tieleman	6–7, 4–6
Win	4–3		Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Mariano Sánchez	Bernardo Martínez Gouichi Motomura	7–6, 7–6
Win	5–3		Toluca, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Sánchez	Edwin Kempes Rogier Wassen	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–4		Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Ota Fukárek	Roger Federer Sander Groen	4–6, 6–7
Win	6–4		Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jeff Coetzee	Rob Givone Glenn Weiner	6–4, 6–1
Win	7–4		Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jeff Coetzee	James Blake Thomas Blake	6–2, 6–1
Loss	7–5		Salvador, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Ivo Karlović	Adriano Ferreira Daniel Melo	6–1, 3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	8–5		Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	Ricardo Mello Ricardo Schlachter	6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Loss	8–6		Mexico F12, Zacatecas	Futures	Hard	Alexander Waske	Sandor Martinez-Breijo Lazaro Navarro-Batles	walkover
Win	9–6		Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Melo	Yen-Hsun Lu Danai Udomchoke	walkover
Win	10–6		Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	Diego Ayala Robert Kendrick	6–1, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	10–7		León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	Ota Fukárek Jordan Kerr	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	10–8		Gramado, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Santiago González	Marcos Daniel Alexandre Simoni	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss	10–9		Mexico F14, Querétaro	Futures	Hard	Santiago González	Bruno Echagaray Huntley Montgomery	6–1, 1–6, 5–7
Loss	10–10		Mexico F20, León	Futures	Hard	Gerardo Venegas-Escalente	Bruno Echagaray Jorge Haro	3–4 ret.
Win	11–10		Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Santiago González	Andres Pedroso Huntley Montgomery	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win	12–10		Mexico F2, Naucalpan	Futures	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	Marcello Amador Federico Contreras-Rodriguez	7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss	12–11		Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Challenger	Hard	Santiago González	Gilles Müller Aisam Qureshi	3–6, 5–7
Win	13–11		São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	Henrique Mello Ricardo Mello	6–4, 6–4
Loss	13–12		Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	Iván Miranda Ricardo Mello	3–6, 4–6
Win	14–12		Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Łukasz Kubot Frank Moser	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	15–12		Colombia F4, Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Santiago González	Diego Junqueira Martín Alund	6–3, 6–4
Win	16–12		Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Santiago González	Miguel Gallardo Valles Gustavo Marcaccio	6–3, 6–4
Win	17–12		Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Sergio Roitman	7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–3
Win	18–12		Mexico F1, Naucalpan	Futures	Hard	Santiago González	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Víctor Romero	6–4, 6–2
Loss	18–13		Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Santiago González	Werner Eschauer Alexander Satschko	1–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

Singles

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Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	Q3	Q2	A	A	Q2	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	Q3	1R	Q2	Q2	Q1	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	Q2	Q3	A	Q3	Q1	Q3	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1
ATP Tour Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Indian Wells	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Miami Masters	A	Q3	1R	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1