José Antonio Fernández (tennis) explained

José Antonio Fernández
Birth Date:26 January 1965
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Height:5 ft 7 in
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$36,058
Singlesrecord:7–8 (ATP Tour & Davis Cup)
Highestsinglesranking:No. 202 (29 April 1991)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (1981)
Doublesrecord:0–2 (ATP Tour)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 335 (14 October 1985)
Wimbledondoublesresult:Q1 (1981)

José Antonio Fernández (born 26 January 1965) is a Chilean former professional tennis player.

Fernández is the son of Carmen Ibarra and nephew of Patricio Cornejo, both noted international tennis players.[1]

A 1979 Orange Bowl champion (in the 14s), Fernández turned professional the following year and competed through the 1980s and into the early 1990s. He had a career high singles ranking of 202 in the world and featured in qualifiers at the 1981 Wimbledon Championships.[2] At his peak he competed regularly on the ATP Challenger Tour, with a final appearance at Salerno in 1989, but he also made four main draw appearances on the ATP Tour/Grand Prix circuits.

Fernández represented Chile in six Davis Cup ties between 1985 and 1991, finishing with a 7/4 singles record.[3]

Previously based in Germany for many years, Fernández had worked as a tennis coach since retiring and had involvement in coaching Steffi Graf. He is now living in Florida, where he runs a high performance sports coaching company called SPORTmind INC.

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Notes and References

  1. News: "Mi suegra trata de enseñarme, pero soy muy malo" . . 25 April 2018.
  2. Web site: Los 25 tenistas chilenos que llegaron a los 200 mejores del mundo . . Spanish . 9 February 2015.
  3. Web site: Key Statistics . daviscup.com.