Oliver Fernandez (Orizaba, 7 December 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico. He was captain of Mexico's Davis Cup side.ITF Pro Circuit profileEl Porvenir Deja Oliver Fernández al equipo Copa Davis 18 Aug 2006Cronica Confía Oliver Fernández en ganar la serie a Paraguay 2003-04-01 Today he is a businessman.
Career Fernandez had a good year on the juniors circuit in 1990, finishing the season as the number three junior in the world. He was runner-up to Andrei Medvedev in the Orange Bowl and made the semi-finals of the boys' singles event at the 1990 Australian Open. The man who beat him in the semi-final, Dirk Dier, had been his doubles partner when he made the 1989 US Open boys' doubles quarter-finals.ITF junior profile
Also in 1990, Fernandez represented the Mexico Davis Cup team for the first time. He managed to defeat Marcelo Filippini of Uruguay in Mexico's World Group player-off win and appeared in three further ties during his career, from which he had two wins, over Diego Pérez and then Jaime Yzaga.Davis Cup profile
The Orizaba born player was a semi-finalist at his home event, the Mexican Open, in 1993.ATP World Tour profile Fernandez defeated Franco Davín, Agustín Moreno and Alberto Berasategui, before falling to Thomas Muster. He was also a doubles semi-finalist at the 1993 International Tennis Championships in Florida, with Juan Garat as his partner.
Challenger titles
Singles: (1) No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore1.1991Fortaleza, BrazilClay Christian Weis6–3, 6–4
Doubles: (2) No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1.1991Puebla, MexicoHard Luis Herrera Doug Eisenman Dave Randall6–4, 7–62. 1994San Luis Potosí, MexicoClay Leonardo Lavalle Ismael Hernandez Luis Herrera7–5, 7–5
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