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

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player.

Career

Herrera was Mexico's national champion in the 12s, 14s and 16s junior events. He partnered

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in the Boys' Doubles at the

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and they finished runners-up. He broke into the top 100 for the first time in 1991, after some good performances on the

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. Herrera reached the semi-final of the Seoul Open and the quarter-final in Washington. En route to the Washington quarter finals he defeated

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. He also won the gold medal at the

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, held in

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. In 1992, he reached the third round of the

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, having beaten veteran Jimmy Connors in four sets and Japan's

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in five sets. This was the furthest a Mexican had gone at Wimbledon since

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reached the quarters in 1978. He also made it into the semi-finals of the

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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. Herrera had his third and final

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win in the

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when he came from two sets down to defeat 15th-seed

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in the opening round. Soon after he made the semi-finals of the tournament in Newport. He played a total of 26 singles matches and four doubles matches for the

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, for an overall record of 13–17.Davis Cup Profile
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ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (7–7)

Doubles: 9 (5–4)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Herrera, Luis 1971 births Living people Mexican male tennis players Tennis players at the 1991 Pan American Games Tennis players from Mexico City Pan American Games medalists in tennis Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis 20th-century Mexican people