David Vega Hernández (; born 23 June 1994) is a Spanish professional
tennis
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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
ATP Challenger Tour
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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
Fernando Romboli
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defeating top seeds
Tomislav Brkić
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from Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Nikola Ćaćić
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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
In April, Vega Hernández won his second ATP 250 doubles title at the
2022 Grand Prix Hassan II alongside new partner
Rafael Matos.
At the
2022 BMW Open he reached his second final with Matos and third overall.
At the
2022 French Open
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on his Grand Slam debut the pair reached the third round with a win over
Łukasz Kubot
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He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2014 Australian Open with Robert Lindstedt, as well as the ...
and
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
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He won two Grand Slam titles in doubles at the 2014 French Open, partnering Julien Benneteau, and mixed doubles at the 2024 ...
but not before defeating 13th seeded pair of
Santiago González and
Andrés Molteni
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. They reached the quarterfinals where they lost to 12th seeded pair of
Marcelo Arévalo
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and
Jean-Julien Rojer
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He is a four-time Grand Sla ...
. 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
2023 Australian Open
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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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1994 births
Living people
Spanish male tennis players
21st-century Spanish sportsmen