David Vega Hernández (; born 23 June 1994) is a Spanish professional

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player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 28 achieved on 21 July 2014. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 403 achieved on 13 February 2023. Hernández has won five ATP Tour doubles titles. He competes mainly on the

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where he has won 13 doubles titles.

Professional career

2015: ATP debut in singles

Vega Hernández made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Estoril Open in the singles draw, entering as a lucky loser.

2021: First ATP title and Top 100 debut in doubles

Hernández won his first ATP doubles title at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag partnering

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defeating top seeds

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from Serbia. As a result, he made his top 100 debut on 26 July 2021 at World No. 98.

2022: New partnership & Four titles, Major debut & quarterfinal, top 35

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on his Grand Slam debut the pair reached the third round with a win over

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and

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but not before defeating 13th seeded pair of Santiago González and

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. They reached the quarterfinals where they lost to 12th seeded pair of

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. As a result, Vega Hernández reached the top 50 in the rankings. Vega Hernández reached world No. 32 on 31 October 2022 following a fourth title for the season at the 2022 Sofia Open and a final showing at the ATP 500 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships with Matos.

2023: Top 30 debut, loss of form, drop in the rankings

Following the

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he reached the top 30 on 30 January 2023. He reached the semifinals at the 2023 Córdoba Open with Rafael Matos saving a match point.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Doubles: 72 (37–35)

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