Luis Herrera (tennis)

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Luis-Enrique Herrera (born 27 August 1971) is a Mexican former professional tennis player.

Luis-Enrique Herrera
Country (sports)Mexico Mexico
Born (1971-08-27) 27 August 1971 (age 53)
Mexico City, Mexico
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1989
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$542,438
Singles
Career record53–83
Career titles0
6 Challenger, 1 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 49 (9 November 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1991, 1993)
French Open1R (1991, 1993)
Wimbledon3R (1992)
US Open1R (1991, 1992)
Doubles
Career record19–29
Career titles0
5 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 117 (21 August 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1991)
French Open2R (1989)
Wimbledon1R (1989)
US Open1R (1989)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (1989)
Last updated on: 13 July 2022.

Career

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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

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1992 Búzios, Brazil World Series Hard   Jaime Oncins 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1997 Mexico City, Mexico World Series Clay   Mariano Sánchez   Nicolás Lapentti
  Daniel Orsanic
6–4, 3–6, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 14 (7–7)

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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)

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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

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1989 French Open Clay   Mark Knowles   Johan Anderson
  Todd Woodbridge
3–6, 6–4, 2–6

Performance timeline

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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

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Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R A 1R A A Q1 A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open A A 1R A 1R A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon Q2 1R 1R 3R 2R A A A 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
US Open A A 1R 1R A A Q3 Q2 Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–4 2–2 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 11 3–11 21%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A A 2R A 1R 1R 2R A Q1 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Canada A A 1R 1R A A Q3 A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 7 2–7 22%

References

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