Horacio Armando de la Peña (; born 1 August 1966
), nicknamed "el Pulga" ("the Flea"), is a
tennis
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coach and a former tennis player from
Argentina
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, who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 31.
De la Peña was born in
Buenos Aires
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. He began playing on the
ATP circuit professionally in 1984, when he was 17.
He won four
ATP World Tour titles in his career, all of which were on clay.
He also won six doubles titles – five on clay.
De la Peña is most well known as the former coach of
Chile
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an
Fernando González
Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (; born 29 July 1980) is a Chilean former professional tennis player. During his career, he reached at least the quarterfinals of all four Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, major tournaments. He contested hi ...
.
He was also considered the unofficial captain of the Chilean
Davis Cup
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team.
As well as González, de la Peña has coached other tennis players, like
Franco Squillari
Franco Squillari (; born 22 August 1975) is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina. He won 3 singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 2000 French Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 11.
Career
As ...
,
Martín Rodríguez,
Guillermo Coria
Guillermo Sebastián Coria (born 13 January 1982), nicknamed ''El Mago'' (''The Magician'' in Spanish), is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP world No. 3 Singles (ten ...
,
and a number of other
Chile
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an and
Argentine
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tennis players.
De la Peña currently runs occasional tennis clinics in
Santiago, Chile
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, and has his own tennis academy.
Career finals
Singles (4 wins, 2 losses)
Source: ATP
Doubles (6 wins, 5 losses)
References
External links
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1966 births
Living people
Tennis players from Buenos Aires
Tennis players from Santiago, Chile
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Chile
Argentine male tennis players
Argentine tennis coaches
20th-century Argentine sportsmen