David Vega Hernández Explained

David Vega Hernández
Birth Date:	1994 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Telde, Spain
Height:	1.88 m
Turnedpro:	2012
Coach:	Toni Colom
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$621,057
Singlesrecord:	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles:	0
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 403 (21 July 2014)
Doublesrecord:	55–56 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles:	5
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 28 (13 February 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:	No. 123 (15 January 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:	1R (2023)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	QF (2022)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	3R (2022)
Australianopenmixedresult:	QF (2023)
Frenchopenmixedresult:	1R (2023)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	1R (2022)
Usopendoublesresult:	1R (2023)
Usopenmixedresult:	QF (2022)
Updated:	19 January 2024

David Vega Hernández (pronounced as /es/; born 23 June 1994) is a Spanish professional tennis player.

Vega Hernández has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 403 achieved on 21 July 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 28 achieved on 13 February 2023.

Professional career

2015: ATP debut in singles

Vega Hernández made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Estoril Open in the singles draw, entering as a lucky loser.

2021: First ATP title and Top 100 debut in doubles

Hernández won his first ATP doubles title at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag partnering Fernando Romboli. As a result, he made his top 100 debut on 26 July 2021 at World No. 98.

2022: New partnership & Four titles, Major debut & quarterfinal, top 35

In April, Vega Hernández won his second ATP 250 doubles title at the 2022 Grand Prix Hassan II alongside new partner Rafael Matos.

At the 2022 BMW Open he reached his second final with Matos and third overall.^[1]

At the 2022 French Open on his Grand Slam debut the pair reached the third round with a win over Łukasz Kubot and Édouard Roger-Vasselin but not before defeating 13th seeded pair of Santiago González and Andrés Molteni. They reached the quarterfinals where they lost to 12th seeded pair of Marcelo Arévalo and Jean-Julien Rojer. As a result, Vega Hernández reached the top 50 in the rankings.

Vega Hernández reached world No. 32 on 31 October 2022 following a fourth title for the season at the 2022 Sofia Open and a final showing at the ATP 500 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships with Matos.

2023: Top 30 debut, loss of form, drop in the rankings

Following the 2023 Australian Open he reached the top 30 on 30 January 2023.

He reached the semifinals at the 2023 Córdoba Open with Rafael Matos saving a match point.^[2]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–1)

Titles by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (3–1) Grass (1–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (5–2) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		Croatia Open, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Fernando Romboli	Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić	6–3, 7–5
Win	2–0		Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Rafael Matos	Andrea Vavassori Jan Zieliński	6–1, 7–5
Loss	2–1		Bavarian Championships, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Rafael Matos	Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	3–1		Mallorca Championships, Spain	250 Series	Grass	Rafael Matos	Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar	7–6^7–5, 6–7^6–8, [10–1]
Win	4–1		Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Rafael Matos	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Win	5–1		Sofia Open, Bulgaria	250 Series	Hard (i)	Rafael Matos	Fabian Fallert Oscar Otte	3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss	5–2		Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard	Rafael Matos	Mackenzie McDonald Marcelo Melo	4–6, 6–3, [4–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) ITF Futures Tour (3–4)

Titles by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0		Spain F23, Dénia	Futures	Clay	Alexander Rumyantsev	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1		Spain F31, Getafe	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	5–7, 3–6
Win	2–1		Portugal F4, Termas de Monfortinho	Futures	Carpet	Fabrice Martin	5–7, 7–6^(7–2), 6–3
Loss	2–2		Spain F13, Martos	Futures	Hard	Frederik Nielsen	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–2		Spain F24, Ourense	Futures	Hard	Ricardo Ojeda Lara	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Loss	3–3		Spain F25, Béjar	Futures	Hard	Pablo Vivero González	2–6, 2–6
Loss	3–4		Portugal F3, Loulé	Futures	Hard	Frederico Ferreira Silva	7–5, 1–6, 1–3 ret.

Doubles: 71 (36–35)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (12–13) ITF Futures Tour (24–23)

Titles by surface Hard (10–16) Clay (24–19) Grass (0–0) Carpet (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		Portugal F6, Monfortinho	Futures	Carpet	Adam Sanjurjo Hermida	Gonçalo Falcão Vasco Mensurado	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss	1–1		Spain F18, Melilla	Futures	Hard	Eduard Esteve Lobato	Iván Arenas-Gualda Jaime Pulgar-García	2–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Win	2–1		Spain F23, Dénia	Futures	Clay	Juan Lizariturry	Ricardo Ojeda Lara Oriol Roca Batalla	6–3, 0–6, [10–8]
Loss	2–2		Spain F39, Puerto de la Cruz	Futures	Carpet	David Pérez Sanz	Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Roberto Ortega Olmedo	1–6, 3–6
Win	3–2		Spain F40, Puerto de la Cruz	Futures	Carpet	Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez	Juan Sebastián Gómez Adam Sanjurjo Hermida	6–1, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss	3–3		Spain F3, Murcia	Futures	Clay	Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol	Markus Eriksson Milos Sekulic	0–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	4–3		Italy F6, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	Filippo Baldi Pietro Licciardi	6–4, 6–4
Win	5–3		Italy F8, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Jaume Pla Malfeito	Matteo Fago Manuel Mazzella	6–4, 2–6, [10–4]
Loss	5–4		Italy F9, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	Francesco Borgo Stefano Travaglia	4–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	6–4		Spain F13, Martos	Futures	Hard	Iván Arenas-Gualda	Erik Crepaldi Borja Rodríguez Manzano	7–6^(7–3), 6–7^(7–9), [10–8]
Loss	6–5		Spain F14, Melilla	Futures	Hard	Iván Arenas-Gualda	David Pérez Sanz Federico Zeballos	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [5–10]
Loss	6–6		Spain F19, Dénia	Futures	Clay	Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez	Maverick Banes Jake Eames	w/o
Loss	6–7		Portugal F3, Loulé	Futures	Hard	João Domingues	Romain Barbosa Leonardo Tavares	1–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Loss	6–8		Portugal F4, Caldas da Rainha	Futures	Clay	João Domingues	Fred Gil Frederico Ferreira Silva	3–6, 2–6
Win	7–8		Spain F24, Ourense	Futures	Hard	Ricardo Villacorta-Alonso	Marc Fornell Mestres Marco Neubau	3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	8–8		Portugal F13, Porto	Futures	Clay	Iván Arenas-Gualda	Nuno Deus João Domingues	6–3, 6–0
Loss	8–9		Tunisia F32, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Samuel Ribeiro Navarrete	Jordi Muñoz Abreu David Pérez Sanz	4–6, 5–7
Loss	8–10		Tunisia F34, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	David Pérez Sanz	Anis Ghorbel Vasko Mladenov	7–6^(7–2), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	8–11		Spain F4, Murcia	Futures	Clay	Adria Mas Mascolo	Vasile Antonescu Alexandru Jecan	6–4, 5–7, [9–11]
Loss	8–12		Portugal F1, Vale do Lobo	Futures	Hard	Carlos Boluda-Purkiss	Iván Arenas-Gualda Roberto Ortega Olmedo	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), [6–10]
Win	9–12		Tunisia F11, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Eduard Esteve Lobato	Aleksandr Malyshev Maksim Malyshev	5–7, 7–5, [10–3]
Win	10–12		Tunisia F12, Hammamet	Futures	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	Dan Dowson Alexander Ward	6–4, 6–2
Loss	10–13		Spain F9, Reus	Futures	Clay	Adria Mas Mascolo	Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez Marcos Giraldi Requena	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	11–13		Spain F12, Lleida	Futures	Clay	Ramkumar Ramanathan	Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Alex de Minaur	6–3, 6–1
Loss	11–14		Spain F15, Sta. Margarida Montbui	Futures	Hard	Carlos Boluda-Purkiss	Jan Pallares Monreal Albert Roglan	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), [8–10]
Win	12–14		Spain F16, Huelva	Futures	Clay	Iván Arenas-Gualda	Niels Desein Lamine Ouahab	6–4, 6–2
Win	13–14		Spain F31, Sevilla	Futures	Clay	Gerard Granollers Pujol	Eduard Esteve Lobato Sergio Martos Gornés	6–2, 7–5
Win	14–14		Spain F34, Melilla	Futures	Clay	Carlos Boluda-Purkiss	Albert Alcaraz Ivorra Mario Vilella Martínez	6–7^(9–11), 7–6^(7–5), [10–6]
Loss	14–15		Spain F36, Cuevas del Almanzora	Futures	Hard	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	Javier Barranco Cosano Raúl Brancaccio	3–6, 0–6
Loss	14–16		Spain F37, Cuevas del Almanzora	Futures	Hard	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	Jaume Pla Malfeito Mario Vilella Martínez	6–7^(4–7), 6–2, [5–10]
Win	15–16		Spain F38, Cuevas del Almanzora	Futures	Hard	Mario Vilella Martínez	Jorge Hernando Ruano Pablo Vivero González	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	15–17		Spain F39, Cuevas del Almanzora	Futures	Hard	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	Peter Bothwell Akira Santillan	2–6, 7–5, [2–10]
Loss	15–18		Spain F1, Manacor	Futures	Clay	Sergio Martos Gornés	Pedro Martínez Ricardo Ojeda Lara	7–6^(7–5), 0–6, [4–10]
Win	16–18		Spain F5, Murcia	Futures	Clay	Ivan Gakhov	Pedro Martínez Oriol Roca Batalla	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	17–18		Portugal F3, Loulé	Futures	Hard	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	Carlos Gómez-Herrera Nikki Roenn	6–4, 7–5
Loss	17–19		Portugal F4, Lisbon	Futures	Hard	Yannick Mertens	Felipe Cunha Silva João Monteiro	3–6, 5–7
Loss	17–20		Portugal F6, Porto	Futures	Clay	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	João Monteiro Bruno Sant'Anna	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	17–21		Portugal F7, Carcavelos	Futures	Clay	Frederico Ferreira Silva	Felipe Cunha Silva Fred Gil	6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss	17–22		Spain F13, Valldoreix	Futures	Clay	Pedro Martínez	Igor Marcondes Rafael Matos	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(6–8), [10–12]
Win	18–22		Romania F2, Bacău	Futures	Clay	Frederico Ferreira Silva	Vasile Antonescu Patrick Grigoriu	7–5, 6–3
Win	19–22		Spain F19, Bakio	Futures	Hard	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	Carlos Gómez-Herrera Juan Lizariturry	6–3, 6–2
Win	20–22		Spain F20, Getxo	Futures	Clay	Ivan Gakhov	Carlos Gómez-Herrera Juan Lizariturry	3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss	20–23		Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Sergiy Stakhovsky	6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss	20–24		Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Ivan Gakhov	Íñigo Cervantes Huegun Pedro Cachin	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [5–10]
Win	21–24		Spain F29, Sevilla	Futures	Clay	Pedro Martínez	Marc Giner Jaume Pla Malfeito	3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win	22–24		Spain F2, Manacor	Futures	Clay	Lorenzo Giustino	Pietro Rondoni Jacopo Stefanini	7–5, 7–5
Loss	22–25		Spain F3, Paguera	Futures	Clay	Bruno Sant'Anna	Chung Yun-seong Rio Noguchi	6–2, 6–7^(6–8), [8–10]
Win	23–25		Portugal F3, Loulé	Futures	Hard	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	Maximilian Neuchrist David Pichler	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win	24–25		Blois, France	Challenger	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Hsieh Cheng-peng Rameez Junaid	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
Win	25–25		Marburg, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Henri Laaksonen Luca Margaroli	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	26–25		Germany F8, Kassel	Futures	Clay	João Souza	Orlando Luz Marcelo Zormann	6–1, 6–4
Loss	26–26		Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Fernando Romboli	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	4–6, 2–6
Win	27–26		Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Fabrício Neis	Rameez Junaid Purav Raja	6–4, 6–4
Win	28–26		Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner		7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Loss	28–27		Francavilla, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Guillermo Durán	Denys Molchanov Igor Zelenay	3–6, 1–6
Win	29–27		Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Vavassori	Pedro Martínez Mark Vervoort	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), [10–6]
Loss	29–28		Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Andrea Vavassori	Gonçalo Oliveira Ramkumar Ramanathan	2–6, 4–6
Win	30–28		Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Simone Bolelli	Sergio Martos Gornés Ramkumar Ramanathan	6–4, 7–5
Loss	30–29		Brest, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Andrea Vavassori	Denys Molchanov Andrei Vasilevski	3–6, 1–6
Loss	30–30		Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Guillermo García López	Andre Begemann Daniel Masur	6–7^(2–7), 4–6
Loss	30–31		Antalya, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Luis David Martínez		6–3, 4–6, [16–18]
Win	31–31		Biella, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Luis David Martinez	Szymon Walków Jan Zieliński	6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	31–32		Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Luis David Martínez	Tomás Martín Etcheverry Renzo Olivo	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	32–32		Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Mark Vervoort	Javier Barranco Cosano Sergio Martos Gornés	6–3, 6–7^(7–9), [10–7]
Win	33–32		Alicante, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Denys Molchanov	Romain Arneodo Matt Reid	6–4, 6–2
Loss	33–33		Pau, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Romain Arneodo Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	4–6, 2–6
Loss	33–34		Bari, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Andrea Vavassori	Lloyd Glasspool Harri Heliövaara	3–6, 0–6
Win	34–34		Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Albano Olivetti	Sander Arends David Pel	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	35–34		Pau, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Albano Olivetti	Karol Drzewiecki Kacper Żuk	w/o
Loss	35–35		Madrid, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Rafael Matos	Adam Pavlásek Igor Zelenay	3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	36–35		Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Rafael Matos	Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński	6–4, 6–0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Home Favourites Nuno Borges/Francisco Cabral Continue Dream Run in Estoril. ATP Tour .
2. Web site: Matos/Vega Hernandez Save MP In Cordoba QF Win .