Hernán Pablo Gumy (; born 5 March 1972) is an Argentine former

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, who turned professional in 1991. He represented his native country at the

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, where he was defeated in the first round by

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's Nicolás Pereira. Gumy made two finals in his career; both of them ATP 250s on clay in 1996. He won

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, Chile (his final tournament of 1996) by beating the Spanish World No. 15 Félix Mantilla in a tough three-setter: in the semi-finals, and the Chilean world number 11

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in the final 6–4, 7–5. He lost the other final he was in, in

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, Portugal to Spain's Félix Mantilla despite winning the first set. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 19 August 1996, when he became World No. 39. Gumy won the gold medal in the men's singles competition at the 1995 Pan American Games.

Coaching

Gumy has been coaching

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. Gumy has coached former World No. 1 and US and Australian Open champion

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as well as

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and

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ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 11 (6–5)

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

External links

* * * 1972 births Argentine male tennis players Argentine tennis coaches Living people Olympic tennis players for Argentina Tennis players from Buenos Aires Tennis players at the 1995 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Argentina Pan American Games gold medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Argentina-tennis-bio-stub