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Fernando Pérez Pascal (born October 3, 1964) is a Mexican former professional
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player.


Biography

A native of
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, Pérez was the world's top ranked junior doubles player in 1982. Pérez played college tennis for
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(LSU) and won two
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singles championships, the first in 1983 and the second as a senior in 1986. During his collegiate career he also represented Mexico in international competition, including the
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in Caracas, where he was runner-up to American Greg Holmes in the singles event. In 1986 he teamed up with
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for a
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doubles win over
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(and
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), which helped Mexico secure a place in the World Group quarter-finals. In the late 1980s, Pérez competed briefly on the professional tour, reaching a best singles ranking of 356 in the world. As a doubles player, he was a semi-finalist at the 1989 WCT Tournament of Champions in Forest Hills and reached three finals on the Challenger circuit. Pérez, who met his wife Beth while at LSU, returned to Mexico after college but since the 1990s has lived in the United States.


See also

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List of Mexico Davis Cup team representatives This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Mexico Davis Cup team The Mexico national tennis team represents Mexico in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Federación Mexicana de Tenis. Mexico finished as runner ...


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Perez Pascal, Fernando 1964 births Living people Mexican male tennis players LSU Tigers tennis players Mexican expatriate tennis players in the United States Mexican emigrants to the United States Tennis players from Mexico City Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in tennis Tennis players at the 1983 Pan American Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico Tennis players at the 1987 Pan American Games 20th-century Mexican people