Horacio de la Peña

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Horacio Armando de la Peña
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Country (sports)  Argentina
Residence Buenos Aires, Argentina[1]
Santiago, Chile
Born (1966-08-01) 1 August 1966 (age 58)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro 1984
Retired 1994
Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,234,768
Singles
Career record 190–180
Career titles 4
Highest ranking No. 31 (6 April 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (1989)
French Open 4R (1986)
Wimbledon 1R (1988, 1989, 1992, 1993)
US Open 3R (1985)
Doubles
Career record 84–92
Career titles 6
Highest ranking No. 53 (22 April 1991)
Last updated on: 11 October 2012.
Horacio de la Peña
Career record {{#property:P564}}
Career record {{#property:P555}}
Coaching career (1994–)
Coaching achievements
Coachee Singles Titles total 6(G)-3(Sq)-1(A)
Coachee(s) Doubles Titles total 1(K)

Horacio Armando de la Peña (born 1 August 1966[1]), nicknamed "el Pulga" ("the Flea"),[6] is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina, who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 31.[1]

De la Peña was born in Buenos Aires. He began playing on the ATP circuit professionally in 1984, when he was 17.[1] He won four ATP World Tour titles in his career, all of which were on clay.[7] He also won six doubles titles – five on clay.[7]

De la Peña is most well known as the former coach of Chilean Fernando González.[8] He was also considered the unofficial captain of the Chilean Davis Cup team.[8][9]

As well as González, de la Peña has coached other tennis players, like Franco Squillari,[10] Martín Rodríguez,[11] Guillermo Coria,[12] and a number of other Chilean and Argentine tennis players.

De la Peña currently runs occasional tennis clinics in Santiago, Chile, and has his own tennis academy.[9]

Career finals

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
Grand Prix / ATP Tour (4–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in final Score in final
Winner 1. 22 April 1985 Marbella, Spain Clay United States Lawson Duncan 6–0, 6–3
Runner-up 1. 7 April 1986 Bari, Italy Clay Sweden Kent Carlsson 5–7, 7–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2. 31 October 1988 São Paulo, Brazil Hard United States Jay Berger 4–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 22 May 1989 Florence, Italy Clay Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Goran Ivanišević 6–4, 6–3
Winner 3. 30 July 1990 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Czechoslovakia Karel Nováček 6–4, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–2
Winner 4. 12 April 1993 Charlotte, North Carolina Clay Peru Jaime Yzaga 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

Source: ATP [13]

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