The Puerto Rican played collegiate tennis at the Ohio State University and was the singles champion of the Big Ten Conference in 1979, 1981 and 1982, just the third player in history to be a triple winner. He was also a dual NCAA All-American, in 1980 and 1981.[2]
Fernández was most prominent on the doubles tour and reached two Grand Prix finals.[2] With Gary Donnelly, Fernández was runner-up at Forest Hills in 1984 and later that year lost another final, in Boston, partnering David Pate.[2] He teamed up with Ricardo Acuña to reach the third round of the 1985 US Open, which was the furthest he would go in a Grand Slam.[2]
Puerto Rico didn't start competing in the Davis Cup tennis until 1992, six years after Fernández last appeared on tour. However, in 1997, he came out of retirement and spent two years playing for the Puerto Rico Davis Cup team. He took part in five ties and played eight rubbers, of which he won three.[3]
ernie, fernández, ernesto, ernie, fernández, born, june, 1960, former, professional, tennis, player, from, puerto, rico, country, sports, puerto, ricoresidencemayagüez, puerto, ricoborn, 1960, june, 1960, santurce, puerto, ricoheight6, playsright, handedsingle. Ernesto Ernie Fernandez born 8 June 1960 is a former professional tennis player from Puerto Rico 1 Ernie FernandezCountry sports Puerto RicoResidenceMayaguez Puerto RicoBorn 1960 06 08 8 June 1960 age 63 Santurce Puerto RicoHeight6 ft 3 in 1 91 m PlaysRight handedSinglesCareer record8 11Career titles0Highest rankingNo 183 15 October 1984 Grand Slam singles resultsUS Open1R 1981 DoublesCareer record27 35Career titles0Highest rankingNo 66 30 July 1984 Grand Slam doubles resultsWimbledon1R 1985 US Open3R 1985 Contents 1 Career 2 Grand Prix career finals 2 1 Doubles 2 0 2 3 Challenger titles 3 1 Doubles 1 4 ReferencesCareer editThe Puerto Rican played collegiate tennis at the Ohio State University and was the singles champion of the Big Ten Conference in 1979 1981 and 1982 just the third player in history to be a triple winner He was also a dual NCAA All American in 1980 and 1981 2 In the 1981 US Open his only appearance in the singles draw at a Grand Slam Fernandez was beaten in the first round by Gilles Moretton but managed to take the match to a fifth set 2 His best performances on the Grand Prix tennis circuit included reaching the quarter finals at Cleveland in 1981 and wins over both Mike Bauer and Vitas Gerulaitis in the 1984 Congoleum Classic 2 Fernandez was most prominent on the doubles tour and reached two Grand Prix finals 2 With Gary Donnelly Fernandez was runner up at Forest Hills in 1984 and later that year lost another final in Boston partnering David Pate 2 He teamed up with Ricardo Acuna to reach the third round of the 1985 US Open which was the furthest he would go in a Grand Slam 2 Puerto Rico didn t start competing in the Davis Cup tennis until 1992 six years after Fernandez last appeared on tour However in 1997 he came out of retirement and spent two years playing for the Puerto Rico Davis Cup team He took part in five ties and played eight rubbers of which he won three 3 Grand Prix career finals editDoubles 2 0 2 edit Result W L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0 1 May 1984 Forest Hills United States Clay nbsp David Pate nbsp David Dowlen nbsp Nduka Odizor 6 7 5 7 Loss 0 2 Jul 1984 Boston United States Clay nbsp Gary Donnelly nbsp Ken Flach nbsp Robert Seguso 4 6 4 6Challenger titles editDoubles 1 edit No Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score 1 1984 Tunis Tunisia Clay nbsp Michael Mortensen nbsp Peter Elter nbsp Andreas Maurer 6 3 6 4References edit IFT Tennis Profile a b c d e f ATP World Tour profile Davis Cup profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ernie Fernandez amp oldid 1172942542, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
