Mary Joe Fernández

Mary Joe Fernández
Mary Joe Fernández at the 2009 US Open
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	19th August 1971
Size:	176 cm
Weight:	63 kg
1st professional season:	1986
Resignation:	2000
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 5,256,304
singles
Career record:	437: 203
Career title:	7 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	4 (August 22 1990)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	344: 141
Career title:	17 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	4 (February 18 1991)
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mary Joe Fernández (born August 19, 1971 in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic ) is a former American tennis player .

Career

She reached the final of a Grand Slam tournament three times in her career . However, they lost in 1990 at the Australian Open and 1993 French Open each Steffi Graf and in 1992 at the Australian Open Monica Seles .

Fernández won a total of seven individual titles on the WTA Tour . She celebrated her greatest success in Germany in 1997 at the German Open in Berlin. There she won the title with victories over Anna Kurnikowa , Jana Novotná and Mary Pierce .

Mary Joe Fernández stayed in the top ten consistently in the 90s and achieved her best position in the rankings with position 4 in 1991.

In doubles, she won the 1991 Australian Open alongside Patty Fendick , and in 1996 she also secured the title at the French Open in Paris alongside Lindsay Davenport . In the same year she won the final Masters of the year with Davenport again. The following year she was named the best doubles player of the season by the WTA.

In 1992 and 1996 she and Gigi Fernández won the gold medal in women's doubles at the Olympic Games in Barcelona and Atlanta . In the women's singles she also won the bronze medal in Barcelona and she was in the 1996 Olympic semifinals - in the bronze medal game she was defeated by Jana Novotna.

One of her most impressive performances was her quarter-final game against Gabriela Sabatini at the 1993 French Open . Fernández was able to turn the match around after a seemingly hopeless deficit of 1: 6 and 0: 5 and defeated the favored opponent after defending five match points with 1: 6, 7: 6 and 10: 8. She then made it to the final, where she failed to Steffi Graf (whom she could only defeat once, at an unofficial invitation tournament in France).

Today Mary Joe Fernández is a sports commentator at ESPN and was team leader of the US Fed Cup team until 2016 .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 30, 1990	Tokyo	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Amy Frazier	3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
2.	October 21, 1990	Filderstadt	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Barbara Paulus	6: 1, 6: 3
3.	February 28, 1993	Indian Wells	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Amanda Coetzer	3: 6, 6: 1, 7: 6 6
4th	May 22, 1994	Strasbourg	WTA Tier III	sand	Gabriela Sabatini	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 0
5.	March 5, 1995	Indian Wells	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Natallja Sverava	6: 4, 6: 3
6th	October 22, 1995	Brighton	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Amanda Coetzer	6: 4, 7: 5
7th	May 18, 1997	Berlin	WTA Tier I	sand	Mary Pierce	6: 4, 6: 2

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	3	F.	HF	F.	VF	AF	AF	AF	HF	-	2	F.
French Open	1	VF	2	-	HF	VF	VF	3	F.	3	1	AF	VF	-	AF	F.
Wimbledon	-	1	AF	AF	AF	-	HF	3	3	3	VF	VF	AF	-	1	HF
US Open	2	3	3	3	1	HF	3	HF	-	3	VF	-	AF	3	AF	HF

Web links

Commons : Mary Joe Fernández  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Mary Joe Fernández (English)
• ITF profile Mary Joe Fernández (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Mary Joe Fernández (English)