Alex Hernández (tennis)
Full name | Alejandro Hernández Serrano |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Acapulco, Mexico | 23 June 1999
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 2017 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $82,297 |
Singles | |
Career record | 1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 462 (15 August 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 672 (6 March 2023) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 555 (27 May 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 800 (24 October 2022) |
Last updated on: 10 March 2023. |
Alejandro Hernández Serrano (more commonly known as Alex Hernández (born 23 June 1999) is a Mexican tennis player.
Hernández has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 462 achieved on 15 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 555 achieved on 27 May 2019.[1] He is currently the No. 2 Mexican player.[2]
Career
[edit]2022: ATP debut and Maiden singles win
[edit]Hernández made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Abierto Mexicano Telcel after receiving a wildcard into the singles main draw.[3] He lost to Pablo Andújar after winning only one game.
At the 2022 Los Cabos Open he won his first round match against lucky loser Nicolás Barrientos becoming the first Mexican in the singles history of the tournament to win a match in the main draw.[4] As a result, he moved more than 50 positions up in the rankings into the top 500. Hernández played second seed Félix Auger-Aliassime in the next round and lost in straight sets.
References
[edit]- ^ "Alex Hernandez | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles)". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Atp Acapulco: wild card a Feliciano Lopez, Fernando Verdasco ed Alex Hernandez". www.tennisitaliano.it.
- ^ @AbiertoLosCabos (3 August 2022). "¡Muchas felicidades, Alex Hernández! 🎉Se convierte en el primer mexicano en la historia del torneo en avanzar a l…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
[edit]- Alex Hernández at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Alex Hernández at the International Tennis Federation