José Antonio Fernández (tennis)

José Antonio Fernández

Country (sports)	Chile
Born	(1965-01-26) 26 January 1965 (age 60) Santiago, Chile
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$36,058
Singles
Career record	7–8 (ATP Tour & Davis Cup)
Highest ranking	No. 202 (29 April 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	Q1 (1981)
Doubles
Career record	0–2 (ATP Tour)
Highest ranking	No. 335 (14 October 1985)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	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.

See also

• List of Chile Davis Cup team representatives

References

1. ""Mi suegra trata de enseñarme, pero soy muy malo"". La Cuarta. 25 April 2018.
2. "Los 25 tenistas chilenos que llegaron a los 200 mejores del mundo". Teletrece (in Spanish). 9 February 2015.
3. "Key Statistics". daviscup.com.

External links

• José Antonio Fernández at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• José Antonio Fernández at the Davis Cup
• José Antonio Fernández at the International Tennis Federation