Jessica Fernández (born 19 July 1979) is a former professional

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player from Mexico.

Biography

Fernández holds the Mexico Fed Cup record for most ties played, which stands at 29. She started out as a 15-year old in 1995 and on debut played one of the longest Fed Cup matches in history when she defeated Colombia's Carmiña Giraldo, 13–11 in the third set. As a junior, Fernández was an

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doubles finalist and twice made the quarter-finals of the girls' doubles at the

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. Fernández reached a best singles ranking on the professional tour of 195 in the world. She made her first WTA Tour main draw appearance in 1998, featuring in the doubles at

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with Tracy Singian. Her only singles appearance in a main draw came at

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in 2004, where she competed as a wildcard and was beaten in the first round by Ukrainian player

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. Retiring from professional tennis in 2004, Fernández was the last Mexican female player to be ranked in the world's top 200 for singles until

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in 2015.

ITF finals

Singles (1–2)

Doubles (2–3)

References

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