Jessica Fernández (born 19 July 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico.

Jessica Fernández
Country (sports) Mexico
Born (1979-07-19) 19 July 1979 (age 45)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$80,870
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 195 (12 October 1998)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 197 (13 September 1999)

Biography

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Fernández holds the Mexico Fed Cup record for most ties played, which stands at 29. She started out as a 15-year old in 1995 and on debut played one of the longest Fed Cup matches in history when she defeated Colombia's Carmiña Giraldo, 13–11 in the third set.[1]

As a junior, Fernández was an Orange Bowl doubles finalist and twice made the quarter-finals of the girls' doubles at the US Open.[2]

Fernández reached a best singles ranking on the professional tour of 195 in the world. She made her first WTA Tour main draw appearance in 1998, featuring in the doubles at Quebec City with Tracy Singian. Her only singles appearance in a main draw came at Acapulco in 2004, where she competed as a wildcard and was beaten in the first round by Ukrainian player Julia Vakulenko.[3]

Retiring from professional tennis in 2004, Fernández was the last Mexican female player to be ranked in the world's top 200 for singles until Marcela Zacarías in 2015.[4]

ITF finals

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$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–2)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 24 July 1994 Mexico City, Mexico Hard   Karin Palme 0–6, 3–6
Winner 1. 31 July 1994 Monterrey, Mexico Hard   Sylvia Schenck 2–6, 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 2. 22 June 1997 Mount Pleasant, United States Hard   Gail Biggs 3–6, 6–4, 5–7

Doubles (2–3)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 20 March 1995 Moulins, France Hard   Aarthi Venkatesan   Nathalie Dechy
  Catherine Tanvier
1–6, 3–6
Winner 1. 25 June 1995 Toluca, Mexico Hard   Lucila Becerra   Tracey Hiete
  Renata Kolbovic
6–4, 6–4
Winner 2. 20 November 1995 Curaçao, Netherlands Hard   Cornelia Grünes   Giana Gutiérrez
  Nina Nittinger
6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 12 September 1998 Mexico City, Mexico Hard   Celeste Contín   Seda Noorlander
  Christína Papadáki
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 3. 6 October 2003 LaFayette, United States Hard   Kara Molony-Hussey   Maureen Drake
  Lindsay Lee-Waters
2–6, 3–6

References

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  1. ^ "Kristina Mladenović - Karolina Pliskova, rekordowy set w finale Pucharu Federacji". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). Wirtualna Polska. 14 November 2016.
  2. ^ "ITF Tennis - Juniors - Player Profile - Fernandex, Jessica (MEX)". Archived from the original on 2019-01-31. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
  3. ^ "Los tenistas Gallardo y Fernández cayeron en primera ronda". La Jornada (in Spanish). 3 March 2004.
  4. ^ "Hay esperanza para el tenis femenino mexicano". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). 22 April 2012.
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