Mary Joe Fernandez

Mary Joe Fernandez

Infobox Tennis player
playername = Mary Joe Fernandez


nickname =
country = USA
residence = Miami, Florida, U.S.
datebirth = birth date and age|mf=yes|1971|8|19
placebirth = Dominican Republic
height = height|m=1.76
weight = convert|63.5|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro = 1986
retired = 2000
plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
careerprizemoney = US$5,258,471
singlesrecord = 437–203
singlestitles = 7
highestsinglesranking = 4
AustralianOpenresult = F (1990, 1992)
FrenchOpenresult = F (1993)
Wimbledonresult = SF (1991)
USOpenresult = SF (1990, 1992)
doublesrecord = 344–141
doublestitles = 17 WTA, 2 ITF
highestdoublesranking = 9
updated =

Mary Joe Fernandez Godsick (Maria Jose Fernandez) (born August 19, 1971, in the Dominican Republic) is a former professional tennis player from the United States and is of Spanish-Cuban descent. [cite web | url = http://cbs.sportsline.com/tennis/players/playerpage/201644 | title = Tennis Mary Joe Fernandez CBS SportsLine.com | accessdate = June 12 | accessyear = 2007] She was the runner-up in three Grand Slam singles tournaments and won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals.

Career

Fernandez first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won four straight Orange Bowl junior titles. In 1985, aged 14 years and 8 days, Fernandez became the youngest player to win a main draw match at the U.S. Open when she defeated Sara Gomer in the first round 6–1, 6–4.

Fernandez turned professional in 1986. She won her first tour doubles title in 1989 at Dallas, partnering Betsy Nagelsen. Her first top-level singles title came in 1990 at the Tokyo Indoor championships.

Fernandez reached her first Grand Slam singles final in 1990 at the Australian Open, where she was defeated 6–3, 6–4 by Steffi Graf. She finished 1990 ranked a career-high World No. 4 in singles.

In 1991, Fernandez teamed with Patty Fendick to win the women's doubles title at the Australian Open.

Fernandez was back in the Australian Open singles final in 1992. This time, she lost to Monica Seles 6–2, 6–3.

Fernandez was selected to represent the United States at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. She won a gold medal in women's doubles, partnering Gigi Fernandez (no relation), and a bronze medal in women's singles.

In the quarterfinals of the 1993 French Open, Fernandez staged a dramatic comeback against Gabriela Sabatini after Sabatini took a 6–1, 5–1 lead. Fernandez saved five match points during the 3-hour, 36-minute match and eventually won 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 10–8. She then defeated Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6–2, 6–2 in the semifinals to reach her third Grand Slam singles final. In a close match against Graf, Fernandez lost 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Fernandez won her second Grand Slam doubles title in 1996 at the French Open, partnering Lindsay Davenport. The pair went on to capture the year-end WTA Tour Championships doubles title later that year.

Fernandez was a late replacement for Chanda Rubin on the United States team for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. She won a second straight women's doubles gold medal, again in partnership with Gigi Fernandez. She was also entered in the singles competition due to a withdrawal and reached the semifinals, where she was defeated in the bronze medal match by Jana Novotna. Later that year, Fernandez was a member of the U.S. team that won the Fed Cup.

Fernandez won her final tour singles title in 1997 at the German Open in Berlin. Her final doubles title also came that year in Madrid. She retired from the tour in 2000, having won 7 singles titles, 17 WTA doubles titles, and 2 ITF women's doubles titles.

Since retiring from the tour, Fernandez has served as a tennis commentator for ESPN and joined CBS Sports as an analyst for the 2005 U.S. Open.

Personal

Fernandez completed her high school education at the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, in Miami, Florida.

On April 8, 2000, Fernandez married Anthony Lewisohn (Tony) Godsick, a sports agent with International Management Group. The pair were married in Miami. [cite news
first=
last=Society Desk
title=WEDDINGS; Mary Joe Fernandez, Anthony Godsick
publisher=New York Times
page=Section 9; Page 9; Column 1
date=April 9, 2000 ] They have two children: Isabella Maria (born December 11, 2001 and Nicholas Cooper (born September 15, 2004). [cite news
first=Adrianna
last=Outlaw
title=Mama Mary Joe Gives Birth to Second Child
publisher=Tennis Week Magazine
date=September 16, 2004 ]

Grand Slam finals

ingles

Runner-ups (3)

WTA singles finals

Wins (7)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

NH = tournament not held.

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

External links

*wta|id=60016|name=Mary Joe Fernandez
* [http://www.fedcup.com/teams/player.asp?player=20003072 Fed cup record]

References

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