Luis Herrera (tennis)

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Luis-Enrique Herrera
Country (sports) Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico
Born (1971-08-27) 27 August 1971 (age 52)
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 Open 1R (1991, 1993)
French Open 1R (1991, 1993)
Wimbledon 3R (1992)
US Open 1R (1991, 1992)
Doubles
Career record19–29
Career titles0
5 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 117 (21 August 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1991)
French Open 2R (1989)
Wimbledon 1R (1989)
US Open 1R (1989)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (1989)
Last updated on: 13 July 2022.

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

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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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Nov 1992 Búzios, BrazilWorld SeriesHard Flag of Brazil.svg 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Oct 1997 Mexico City, MexicoWorld SeriesClay Flag of Mexico.svg Mariano Sánchez Flag of Ecuador.svg Nicolás Lapentti
Flag of Argentina.svg 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 1990 Mexico City, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of Mexico.svg Francisco Maciel 6–2, 6–7, 3–6
Win1–1Oct 1990 Manaus, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Oncins 6–2, 7–5
Win2–1Oct 1990 Ilheus, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Baur 6–2, 6–2
Loss2–2Nov 1990 Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChallengerClay Flag of Brazil.svg Luiz Mattar 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss2–3Dec 1991 Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Kent Kinnear 1–6, 5–7
Loss2–4May 1992 Acapulco, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Lavalle 6–0, 3–6, 3–6
Win3–4May 1992 São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Oncins 6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Win4–4Oct 1992 Ixtapa, MexicoChallengerHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andrew Sznajder 6–1, 6–2
Win5–4Oct 1992 Ponte Vedra, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Peru.svg Jaime Yzaga 7–5, 6–4
Loss5–5Apr 1993 San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Horst Skoff 6–2, 2–6, 2–6
Loss5–6Apr 1994 San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of Venezuela.svg Nicolás Pereira 7–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss5–7Sep 1996 Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Marques 7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win6–7Nov 1997 Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Wade McGuire 7–6, 4–6, 6–4
Win7–7Jun 1999Mexico F4, Guadalajara FuturesHard Flag of Brazil.svg Leonardo Silva6–4, 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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Mar 1988 San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of Mexico.svg Javier Ordaz Flag of Mexico.svg Fernando Pérez Pascal
Flag of the United States.svg Agustín Moreno
6–4, 6–1
Win2–0Mar 1989 San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of Mexico.svg Javier Ordaz Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Page
6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Loss2–1Apr 1990 San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Pérez Roldán Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Lavalle
Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Lozano
7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss2–2Aug 1990 Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Doug Flach Flag of India.svg Zeeshan Ali
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Menno Oosting
6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win3–2Dec 1981 Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Flag of Mexico.svg Oliver Fernández Flag of the United States.svg Doug Eisenman
Flag of the United States.svg Dave Randall
6–4, 7–6
Win4–2Apr 1992 San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Lavalle Flag of Mexico.svg Francisco Maciel
Flag of Mexico.svg Agustín Moreno
6–2, 6–2
Loss4–3Apr 1994 San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of Mexico.svg Ismael Hernández Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Lavalle
Flag of Mexico.svg Oliver Fernández
5–7, 5–7
Loss4–4Aug 1996 Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Flag of Romania.svg Gabriel Trifu Flag of Mexico.svg Leonardo Lavalle
Flag of Venezuela.svg Maurice Ruah
7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win5–4Apr 1998 Puerto Vallarta, MexicoChallengerHard Flag of Romania.svg Gabriel Trifu Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ota Fukárek
Flag of France.svg Régis Lavergne
6–3, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss 1989 French Open Clay Flag of the Bahamas.svg Mark Knowles Flag of Australia (converted).svg Johan Anderson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Woodbridge
3–6, 6–4, 2–6

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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

Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA 1R A 1R AA Q1 A0 / 20–20%
French Open AA 1R A 1R AAAA0 / 20–20%
Wimbledon Q2 1R 1R 3R 2R AAA 1R 0 / 53–538%
US Open AA 1R 1R AA Q3 Q2 Q1 0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–00–10–42–21–30–00–00–00–10 / 113–1121%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells AAAA 1R AAAA0 / 10–10%
Miami AA 2R A 1R 1R 2R A Q1 0 / 42–433%
Canada AA 1R 1R AA Q3 AA0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–00–01–20–10–20–11–10–00–00 / 72–722%

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