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Alex Hernández (tennis)

Alejandro Hernández Serrano (more commonly known as Alex Hernández (born 23 June 1999) is a Mexican tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 462 achieved on 15 August 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 555 achieved on 27 May 2019.[1] He is currently the No. 3 Mexican player.[2]

Career

2022-2025: ATP debut and first win, Challenger quarterfinal

Hernández made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Abierto Mexicano Telcel after receiving a wildcard into the singles main draw.[3][4] He lost to Pablo Andújar after winning only one game.[5]

At the 2022 Los Cabos Open he won his first round match against lucky loser Colombian Nicolás Barrientos becoming the first Mexican in the singles history of the tournament to win a match in the main draw.[6] Hernández played second seed Félix Auger-Aliassime in the next round and lost in straight sets.[7] As a result, he moved more than 50 positions up in the rankings into the top 500 and the following week reached a new career-high ranking of No. 462 on 15 August 2022.[5]

He received a qualifying wildcard for the Challenger 125, the 2023 Mexico City Open but lost in the first qualifying round to Evan Zhu[8] and for the 2024 edition and this time advanced to the main draw after qualifying.[9]

He also received a wildcard for the new Challenger 125 tournament in Mexico, the 2025 Morelia Open and defeated Colombian Nicolás Mejía in the first round[10] and eight seed Juan Pablo Ficovich in the second recording his biggest win of his career, to reach his first Challenger quarterfinal.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Alex Hernandez | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Mexico | ATP Rankings (Singles)". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ "Experiencia y juventud, invitados al ATP 500 de Acapulco" (in Spanish). 16 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Atp Acapulco: wild card a Feliciano Lopez, Fernando Verdasco ed Alex Hernandez". www.tennisitaliano.it (in Italian). 16 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b "¿Quién es Alex Hernández? El mexicano que rompió una larga racha negativa en el tenis" (in Spanish). 2 August 2022.
  6. ^ @AbiertoLosCabos (3 August 2022). "¡Muchas felicidades, Alex Hernández! 🎉Se convierte en el primer mexicano en la historia del torneo en avanzar a la segunda ronda de singles, al vencer a Nicolás Barrientos 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. ¡Viva México! 🇲🇽 #ATC2022 #StrongerThanEver" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Felix Auger-Aliassime comments on beating Mexican wildcard in Los Cabos". 5 August 2022.
  8. ^ "El sonorense Alan Fernando Rubio avanzó a la segunda ronda del torneo de clasificación en el Mexico City Open 2023" (in Spanish). 26 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Alex Hernández ingresa al cuadro principal del Mexico City Open" (in Spanish). 2 April 2024.
  10. ^ "ALEX HERNÁNDEZ SORPRENDE Y SE INSTALA EN LA SEGUNDA RONDA DEL MORELIA OPEN" (in Spanish). 24 March 2025.
  11. ^ "ALEX HERNÁNDEZ SELLA EL MAYOR TRIUNFO DE SU CARRERA Y SE INSTALA EN CUARTOS DE FINAL DEL MORELIA OPEN" (in Spanish). 26 March 2025.