Gustavo Fernández (tennis) explained

Gustavo Fernández
Birth Date:1994 1, df=y
Birth Place:Río Tercero, Argentina
Plays:Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Singlesrecord:369–131
Highestsinglesranking:No. 1 (10 July 2017)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 4 (12 June 2023)
Australianopenresult:W (2017, 2019)
Frenchopenresult:W (2016, 2019)
Wimbledonresult:W (2019)
Usopenresult:F (2014)
Othertournaments:yes
Wheelchairtennismastersresult:F (2021)
Paralympicsresult:QF (2012, 2016)
Doublesrecord:203–144
Highestdoublesranking:No. 3 (9 September 2019)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 7 (12 June 2023)
Australianopendoublesresult:F (2015, 2017, 2022)
Frenchopendoublesresult:W (2019)
Wimbledondoublesresult:W (2015, 2022)
Usopendoublesresult:F (2013, 2019, 2021)
Othertournamentsdoubles:yes
Wheelchairtennismastersdoublesresult:W (2022)
Paralympicsdoublesresult:QF (2016)
Updated:14 January 2019

Gustavo Fernández (born 20 January 1994) is an Argentine professional wheelchair tennis player.[1] [2] Fernández has been ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles.[3]

Fernández has won major singles titles at the 2016 French Open, the 2017 Australian Open, the 2019 Australian Open,[4] the 2019 French Open, and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships. In doubles, he has won major titles at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships partnering Nicolas Peifer, and the 2019 French Open and 2022 Wimbledon Championships partnering Shingo Kunieda.

Career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines

Wheelchair singles

Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin %
alight=left Australian OpenQFFSFSFWQFWQFQFQFSFA2 / 1112–9
align=left French OpenQFSFQFWFFWSFSFFSFF2 / 1220–10
align=left WimbledonNHNHNHQFFFWNHSFSFQF1 / 79–6
align=left US OpenQFFQFNHSFSFSFSFSF1RSF0 / 910–9
Win–loss0–35–31–34–28–35–410–12–33–44–46–44–15 / 3849–33

Wheelchair doubles

Tournament201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin %
alight=left Australian OpenSFSFFSFFSFSFSFSFFQFA0 / 113–11
align=left French OpenSFFFSFSFSFWFSFFFSF1 / 1210–11
align=left WimbledonAAWSFSFSFSFNHSFWSF2 / 85–6
align=left US OpenFSFSFNHSFSFFSFFQFQF0 / 103–10
Win–loss1–31–34–30–31–40–43–31–31–45–33–42–13 / 4122–38

Grand Slam finals

Wheelchair singles: 13 finals (5 titles, 8 runner-ups)
ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss2014Hard Shingo Kunieda0–6, 1–6
Loss2014US Open Hard Shingo Kunieda6–7, 4–6
Win2016French OpenClay Gordon Reid7–6(7–1), 6–1
Win2017Australian Open Hard Nicolas Peifer3–6, 6–2, 6–0
Loss2017French OpenClay Alfie Hewett6–0, 6–7(9–11), 2–6
Loss2017WimbledonGrass Stefan Olsson5−7, 6−3, 5−7
Loss2018French Open Clay Shingo Kunieda6–7, 0–6
Loss2018WimbledonGrass Stefan Olsson2–6, 6–0, 3–6
Win2019Australian Open (2)Hard Stefan Olsson7–5, 6–3
Win2019French Open (2)Clay Gordon Reid6–1, 6–3
Win 2019WimbledonGrass Shingo Kunieda4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss2022French Open Clay Shingo Kunieda2–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss2024French Open Clay Tokito Oda5–7, 3–6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gustavo Fernandez [ARG], Australian Open ]. ausopen.com . . . 2019-01-27.
  2. Web site: Player card - Gustavo FERNANDEZ - Roland-Garros - The 2018 French Open official site . www.rolandgarros.com . . France . en-us . 2019-01-27.
  3. Web site: Gustavo Fernandez marks world No.1 with revealing interview. www.paralympic.org.
  4. Web site: Abierto de Australia: Gustavo Fernández se consagró campeón en tenis adaptado. www.clarin.com.