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Mexican tennis player
Luis-Enrique Herrera (born 27 August 1971) is a Mexican former professional
tennis player.
Career
Herrera was Mexico's national champion in the 12s, 14s and 16s junior events. He partnered
Mark Knowles in the Boys' Doubles at the
1989 French Open and they finished runners-up.
He broke into the top 100 for the first time in 1991, after some good performances on the
ATP Tour . Herrera reached the semi-final of the
Seoul Open and the quarter-final
in Washington . En route to the Washington quarter finals he defeated
John McEnroe . He also won the gold medal at the
1991 Pan American Games , held in
Cuba .
In 1992, he reached the third round of the
Wimbledon Championships , having beaten veteran
Jimmy Connors in four sets and Japan's
Shuzo Matsuoka in five sets. This was the furthest a Mexican had gone at Wimbledon since
Raúl Ramírez reached the quarters in 1978. He also made it into the semi-finals of the
Manchester Open and along the way defeated second-seed
Brad Gilbert , in a close three-set match which was decided in a tie break. However his most successful outing in 1992 came
at Búzios , where he reached his only ATP Tour singles final.
[1]
Herrera had his third and final
Grand Slam win in the
1993 Wimbledon Championships when he came from two sets down to defeat 15th-seed
Karel Nováček in the opening round. Soon after he made the semi-finals of
the tournament in Newport .
[2]
He played a total of 26 singles matches and four doubles matches for the
Mexico Davis Cup team , for an overall record of 13–17.
[3]
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 14 (7–7)
Legend
ATP Challenger (6–7)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (7–2)
Clay (0–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Apr 1990
Mexico City , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Francisco Maciel
6–2, 6–7, 3–6
Win
1–1
Oct 1990
Manaus , Brazil
Challenger
Hard
Jaime Oncins
6–2, 7–5
Win
2–1
Oct 1990
Ilheus , Brazil
Challenger
Hard
Patrick Baur
6–2, 6–2
Loss
2–2
Nov 1990
Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Luiz Mattar
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss
2–3
Dec 1991
Puebla , Mexico
Challenger
Hard
Kent Kinnear
1–6, 5–7
Loss
2–4
May 1992
Acapulco , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Leonardo Lavalle
6–0, 3–6, 3–6
Win
3–4
May 1992
São Paulo , Brazil
Challenger
Hard
Jaime Oncins
6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Win
4–4
Oct 1992
Ixtapa , Mexico
Challenger
Hard
Andrew Sznajder
6–1, 6–2
Win
5–4
Oct 1992
Ponte Vedra , United States
Challenger
Hard
Jaime Yzaga
7–5, 6–4
Loss
5–5
Apr 1993
San Luis Potosí , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Horst Skoff
6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Loss
5–6
Apr 1994
San Luis Potosí , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Nicolás Pereira
7–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss
5–7
Sep 1996
Azores , Portugal
Challenger
Hard
Nuno Marques
7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win
6–7
Nov 1997
Puebla , Mexico
Challenger
Hard
Wade McGuire
7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Win
7–7
Jun 1999
Mexico F4,
Guadalajara
Futures
Hard
Leonardo Silva
6–4, 6–2
Doubles: 9 (5–4)
Legend
ATP Challenger (5–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Mar 1988
San Luis Potosí , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Javier Ordaz
Fernando Pérez Pascal
Agustín Moreno
6–4, 6–1
Win
2–0
Mar 1989
San Luis Potosí , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Javier Ordaz
Mark Knowles
Brian Page
6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss
2–1
Apr 1990
San Luis Potosí , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Guillermo Pérez Roldán
Leonardo Lavalle
Jorge Lozano
7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss
2–2
Aug 1990
Winnetka , United States
Challenger
Hard
Doug Flach
Zeeshan Ali
Menno Oosting
6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win
3–2
Dec 1981
Puebla , Mexico
Challenger
Hard
Oliver Fernández
Doug Eisenman
Dave Randall
6–4, 7–6
Win
4–2
Apr 1992
San Luis Potosí , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Leonardo Lavalle
Francisco Maciel
Agustín Moreno
6–2, 6–2
Loss
4–3
Apr 1994
San Luis Potosí , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Ismael Hernández
Leonardo Lavalle
Oliver Fernández
5–7, 5–7
Loss
4–4
Aug 1996
Belo Horizonte , Brazil
Challenger
Hard
Gabriel Trifu
Leonardo Lavalle
Maurice Ruah
7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win
5–4
Apr 1998
Puerto Vallarta , Mexico
Challenger
Hard
Gabriel Trifu
Ota Fukárek
Régis Lavergne
6–3, 6–4
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Performance timeline
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
References
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