Alejandro Hernández Serrano (more commonly known as Alex Hernández (born 23 June 1999) is a Mexican

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player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 462 achieved on 15 August 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 555 achieved on 27 May 2019. He is currently the No. 3 Mexican player.

Career

2022-2025: ATP debut and first win, Challenger quarterfinal

Hernández made his ATP main draw debut at the

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after receiving a wildcard into the singles main draw. He lost to

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after winning only one game. At the 2022 Los Cabos Open he won his first round match against lucky loser Colombian

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becoming the first Mexican in the singles history of the tournament to win a match in the main draw. Hernández played second seed

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in the next round and lost in straight sets. As a result, he moved more than 50 positions up in the rankings into the top 500 and the following week reached a new career-high ranking of No. 462 on 15 August 2022. He received a qualifying wildcard for the Challenger 125, the 2023 Mexico City Open but lost in the first qualifying round to

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and for the 2024 edition and this time advanced to the main draw after qualifying. He also received a wildcard for the new Challenger 125 tournament in Mexico, the

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and defeated Colombian

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in the first round and eight seed

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in the second recording his biggest win of his career, to reach his first Challenger quarterfinal.

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* * 1999 births Living people Mexican male tennis players Sportspeople from Acapulco 21st-century Mexican sportsmen {{Mexico-tennis-bio-stub