Horacio de la Peña explained
| Horacio de la Peña |
| Full Name: | Horacio Armando de la Peña |
| Residence: | Buenos Aires, Argentina
Santiago, Chile |
| Birth Date: | 1966 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Height: | 1.8m (05.9feet) |
| Turnedpro: | 1984 |
| Retired: | 1994 |
| Plays: | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $1,234,768 |
| Singlesrecord: | 190–180 |
| Singlestitles: | 4 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 31 (6 April 1987) |
| Australianopenresult: | 2R (1989) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 4R (1986) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1988, 1989, 1992, 1993) |
| Usopenresult: | 3R (1985) |
| Doublesrecord: | 84–92 |
| Doublestitles: | 6 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 53 (22 April 1991) |
| Coachyears: | 1994– |
| Coachsinglestitles: | 6(G)-3(Sq)-1(A) |
| Coachdoublestitles: | 1(K) |
Horacio Armando de la Peña (born 1 August 1966[1]), nicknamed "el Pulga" ("the Flea"),[2] is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina, who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 31.[1]
De la Peña was born in Buenos Aires. He began playing on the ATP circuit professionally in 1984, when he was 17.[1] He won four ATP World Tour titles in his career, all of which were on clay.[3] He also won six doubles titles – five on clay.[3]
De la Peña is most well known as the former coach of Chilean Fernando González.[4] He was also considered the unofficial captain of the Chilean Davis Cup team.[4] [5]
As well as González, de la Peña has coached other tennis players, like Franco Squillari,[6] Martín Rodríguez,[7] Guillermo Coria,[8] and a number of other Chilean and Argentine tennis players.
De la Peña currently runs occasional tennis clinics in Santiago, Chile, and has his own tennis academy.[5]
Career finals
Singles (4 wins, 2 losses)
| Legend (singles) |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0–0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0–0) |
| Grand Prix / ATP Tour (4–2) | |
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponents | Score |
|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 1985 | Marbella, Spain | Clay |  Lawson Duncan | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Apr 1986 | Bari, Italy | Clay |  Kent Carlsson | 5–7, 7–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Oct 1988 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | Jay Berger | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | May 1989 | Florence, Italy | Clay | Goran Ivanišević | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jul 1990 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Karel Nováček | 6–4, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–2 | Apr 1993 | Charlotte, United States | Clay |  Jaime Yzaga | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
Source: ATP[9] Doubles (6 wins, 5 losses)
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 1987 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Jay Berger |  Tomás Carbonell
Sergio Casal | Withdrew |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 1988 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | Jay Berger | Ricardo Acuña
Javier Sánchez | 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jun 1990 | Florence, Italy | Clay | Sergi Bruguera |  Luiz Mattar
Diego Pérez | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Sep 1990 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Carlos Costa | Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Apr 1991 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay |  Diego Nargiso |  Boris Becker
Eric Jelen | 3–6, 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–2 | Mar 1992 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay |  Jorge Lozano | Ģirts Dzelde
T. J. Middleton | 2–6, 6–4, 7–6 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Jul 1992 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay |  Vojtěch Flégl | Sergio Casal
Emilio Sánchez | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–3 | Sep 1992 | Cologne, Germany | Clay |  Gustavo Luza | Ronnie Båthman
 Libor Pimek | 6–7, 6–0, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Oct 1992 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Vojtěch Flégl | Johan Donar
Ola Jonsson | 7–5, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Feb 1993 | Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | Jorge Lozano | Leonardo Lavalle
Jaime Oncins | 6–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–5 | Oct 1993 | Athens, Greece | Clay | Jorge Lozano | Royce Deppe
John Sullivan | 3–6, 6–1, 6–2 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Tennis – ATP World Tour – Players – Horacio De La Pena (Profile). Association of Tennis Professionals. Association of Tennis Professionals. 28 August 2010.
- Web site: Horacio de la Peña's blog. 28 August 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090502024612/http://blog.latercera.com/blog/hdelapena/. 2 May 2009.
- Web site: Tennis – ATP World Tour – Players – Horacio De La Pena (Match record). Association of Tennis Professionals. Association of Tennis Professionals. 28 August 2010.
- News: Horacio de la Peña augura futuro poco "auspicioso" para el tenis chileno. es . 9 July 2010. 28 August 2010. Emol.com.
- Web site: Chile no es un país orientado al deporte. es. Punto Vital writing team. 2006. 28 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20180313235253/http://www.puntovital.cl/en/forma/horacio.htm. 13 March 2018. dead.
- News: Coach Horacio de la Peña on Squillari. The Independent. Marilyn August. 7 June 2000. 28 August 2010.
- Web site: Fernando Gonzalez blogs about his new coach: Martín Rodríguez. 13 December 2008. menstennisblog.info. 28 August 2010.
- Web site: The fall and fall of Guillermo Coria. Jay Jarrahi. Sportingo. 9 January 2007. 28 August 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080906103146/http://www.sportingo.com/tennis/a1574_fall-fall-guillermo-coria. 6 September 2008.
- Web site: Tennis – ATP World Tour – Players – Horacio De La Pena (Titles/finals). Association of Tennis Professionals. Association of Tennis Professionals. 28 August 2010.
