Alejandro Hernández (tennis)

Alejandro Hernández Julia
Country (sports)	Mexico
Residence	Tijuana, Mexico
Born	1 October 1977 (age 46); Tijuana, Mexico
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Turned pro	1995
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$456,412
Singles
Career record	33–40
Career titles	0 ; 2 Challenger, 6 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 125 (24 February 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (1995)
French Open	Q1 (1996, 1998, 1999, 2004, 2005)
Wimbledon	1R (1999)
US Open	Q3 (1997, 1999, 2001)
Doubles
Career record	6–16
Career titles	0 ; 15 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 115 (13 December 2004)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2000)
Wimbledon	Q2 (1998)
US Open	Q2 (1999, 2000)
	Last updated on: 7 July 2021.

Alejandro Hernández Julia (Latin American Spanish: [aleˈxandɾo eɾˈnandes ˈxulja]; born October 1, 1977) is a tennis player from Mexico.

Career[edit]

Hernández turned professional in 1995. A right-hander, he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round.

Hernández reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on February 24, 1997, when he became the 125th best player in the world.

Junior Grand Slam finals[edit]

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[edit]

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1995	Wimbledon	Grass	Mariano Puerta	Martin Lee James Trotman	6–7, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[edit]

Singles: 17 (8–9)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–5)
ITF Futures (6–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (5–7)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1996	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Roberto Jabali	2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	1–1	Nov 1996	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Alex Reichel	7–6, 7–6
Win	2–1	Sep 1997	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Bobby Kokavec	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Aug 1998	Tijuana, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Michael Hill	5–7, 1–6
Loss	2–3	Nov 1999	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Michael Sell	6–7, 5–7
Loss	2–4	May 2000	Armonk, United States	Challenger	Clay	Salvador Navarro	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–4	Jun 2000	Mexico F1, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Bruno Echagaray	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–5	Jun 2000	Denver, United States	Challenger	Hard	Lior Mor	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–6	May 2001	Mexico F3, Aguascalientes	Futures	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–7	May 2001	Mexico F4, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Frédéric Niemeyer	1–6, 4–6
Win	4–7	Nov 2001	Mexico F11, León	Futures	Hard	Andrew Painter	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–8	Mar 2002	Mexico F2, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Janko Tipsarević	5–7, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	4–9	Sep 2003	Mexico F14, Querétaro	Futures	Hard	Gustavo Marcaccio	7–6^(8–6), 2–6, 4–6
Win	5–9	Mar 2004	Mexico F2, Naucalpan	Futures	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–9	May 2004	Mexico F4, Ciudad Obregón	Futures	Hard	Bruno Echagaray	7–5, 6–0
Win	7–9	May 2004	Mexico F5, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Melo	6–1, 6–3
Win	8–9	Nov 2004	Mexico F16, León	Futures	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 31 (18–13)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger (15–10)
ITF Futures (3–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (14–11)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 1996	Punta Del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Simon Touzil	Gustavo Kuerten Jaime Oncins	7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Win	1–1	Apr 1996	Sliema, Malta	Challenger	Hard	Óscar Ortiz	Aleksandar Kitinov Martin Zumpft	6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Win	2–1	Jul 1996	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Óscar Ortiz	João Cunha-Silva Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6–2, 7–6
Win	3–1	Apr 1997	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Óscar Ortiz	Francisco Montana Jack Waite	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	3–2	Sep 1997	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Óscar Ortiz	Nelson Aerts André Sá	6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	3–3	Feb 1998	West Bloomfield, United States	Challenger	Hard	David Roditi	Jim Thomas Laurence Tieleman	6–7, 4–6
Win	4–3	Nov 1998	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Mariano Sánchez	Bernardo Martínez Gouichi Motomura	7–6, 7–6
Win	5–3	Nov 1998	Toluca, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Sánchez	Edwin Kempes Rogier Wassen	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–4	Aug 1999	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Ota Fukárek	Roger Federer Sander Groen	4–6, 6–7
Win	6–4	Aug 1999	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jeff Coetzee	Rob Givone Glenn Weiner	6–4, 6–1
Win	7–4	Oct 1999	Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jeff Coetzee	James Blake Thomas Blake	6–2, 6–1
Loss	7–5	Jun 2001	Salvador, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Ivo Karlović	Adriano Ferreira Daniel Melo	6–1, 3–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	8–5	Jul 2001	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	Ricardo Mello Ricardo Schlachter	6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–5), 7–5
Loss	8–6	Nov 2001	Mexico F12, Zacatecas	Futures	Hard	Alexander Waske	Sandor Martinez-Breijo Lazaro Navarro-Batles	walkover
Win	9–6	Jul 2002	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Melo	Yen-Hsun Lu Danai Udomchoke	walkover
Win	10–6	Nov 2002	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	Diego Ayala Robert Kendrick	6–1, 5–7, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	10–7	Apr 2003	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	Ota Fukárek Jordan Kerr	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	10–8	Sep 2003	Gramado, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Santiago González	Marcos Daniel Alexandre Simoni	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Loss	10–9	Sep 2003	Mexico F14, Querétaro	Futures	Hard	Santiago González	Bruno Echagaray Huntley Montgomery	6–1, 1–6, 5–7
Loss	10–10	Nov 2003	Mexico F20, León	Futures	Hard	Gerardo Venegas-Escalente	Bruno Echagaray Jorge Haro	3–4 ret.
Win	11–10	Nov 2003	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Santiago González	Andres Pedroso Huntley Montgomery	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Win	12–10	Mar 2004	Mexico F2, Naucalpan	Futures	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	Marcello Amador Federico Contreras-Rodriguez	7–6^(7–1), 6–4
Loss	12–11	Jun 2004	Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Challenger	Hard	Santiago González	Gilles Müller Aisam Qureshi	3–6, 5–7
Win	13–11	Jul 2004	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	Henrique Mello Ricardo Mello	6–4, 6–4
Loss	13–12	Jul 2004	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	Iván Miranda Ricardo Mello	3–6, 4–6
Win	14–12	Oct 2004	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Łukasz Kubot Frank Moser	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	15–12	Oct 2004	Colombia F4, Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Santiago González	Diego Junqueira Martín Alund	6–3, 6–4
Win	16–12	Nov 2004	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Santiago González	Miguel Gallardo Valles Gustavo Marcaccio	6–3, 6–4
Win	17–12	Dec 2004	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Sergio Roitman	7–6^(7–5), 1–6, 6–3
Win	18–12	Feb 2005	Mexico F1, Naucalpan	Futures	Hard	Santiago González	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Víctor Romero	6–4, 6–2
Loss	18–13	Nov 2005	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Santiago González	Werner Eschauer Alexander Satschko	1–6, 4–6

Performance timeline[edit]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles[edit]

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	Q3	Q2	A	A	Q2	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	Q3	1R	Q2	Q2	Q1	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	Q2	Q3	A	Q3	Q1	Q3	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Masters	A	Q3	1R	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%

External links[edit]

Alejandro Hernández at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Alejandro Hernández at the International Tennis Federation
Alejandro Hernández at the Davis Cup
Alejandro Hernández at ESPN.com
Alejandro Hernández at Olympedia
Alejandro Hernández at Olympics.com