Luis Herrera (tennis)

Luis-Enrique Herrera
Country (sports)Mexico Mexico
Born (1971-08-27) 27 August 1971
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.

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

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

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 Mexico Francisco Maciel 6–2, 6–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 Oct 1990 Manaus, Brazil Challenger Hard Brazil Jaime Oncins 6–2, 7–5
Win 2–1 Oct 1990 Ilheus, Brazil Challenger Hard West Germany Patrick Baur 6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Nov 1990 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Challenger Clay Brazil Luiz Mattar 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Dec 1991 Puebla, Mexico Challenger Hard United States Kent Kinnear 1–6, 5–7
Loss 2–4 May 1992 Acapulco, Mexico Challenger Clay Mexico Leonardo Lavalle 6–0, 3–6, 3–6
Win 3–4 May 1992 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Brazil Jaime Oncins 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Win 4–4 Oct 1992 Ixtapa, Mexico Challenger Hard Canada Andrew Sznajder 6–1, 6–2
Win 5–4 Oct 1992 Ponte Vedra, United States Challenger Hard Peru Jaime Yzaga 7–5, 6–4
Loss 5–5 Apr 1993 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Austria Horst Skoff 6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 5–6 Apr 1994 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Venezuela Nicolás Pereira 7–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss 5–7 Sep 1996 Azores, Portugal Challenger Hard Portugal Nuno Marques 7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win 6–7 Nov 1997 Puebla, Mexico Challenger Hard United States Wade McGuire 7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Win 7–7 Jun 1999 Mexico F4, Guadalajara Futures Hard Brazil 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 Mexico Javier Ordaz Mexico Fernando Pérez Pascal
United States Agustín Moreno		 6–4, 6–1
Win 2–0 Mar 1989 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Mexico Javier Ordaz The Bahamas Mark Knowles
United States Brian Page		 6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Apr 1990 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
Mexico Jorge Lozano		 7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Aug 1990 Winnetka, United States Challenger Hard United States Doug Flach India Zeeshan Ali
Netherlands Menno Oosting		 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Dec 1981 Puebla, Mexico Challenger Hard Mexico Oliver Fernández United States Doug Eisenman
United States Dave Randall		 6–4, 7–6
Win 4–2 Apr 1992 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Mexico Leonardo Lavalle Mexico Francisco Maciel
Mexico Agustín Moreno		 6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–3 Apr 1994 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Mexico Ismael Hernández Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
Mexico Oliver Fernández		 5–7, 5–7
Loss 4–4 Aug 1996 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Hard Romania Gabriel Trifu Mexico Leonardo Lavalle
Venezuela Maurice Ruah		 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–4 Apr 1998 Puerto Vallarta, Mexico Challenger Hard Romania Gabriel Trifu Czech Republic Ota Fukárek
France Régis Lavergne		 6–3, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1989French OpenClayThe Bahamas Mark KnowlesAustralia Johan Anderson
Australia Todd Woodbridge		3–6, 6–4, 2–6

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# 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

Tournament198919901991199219931994199519961997SRW–LWin %
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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