Mary Joe Fernández

Mary Joe Fernández Godsick ( o suuna yuli n nyɛ María José Fernández; ka bɛ dɔɣi o silimiingoli August bɛɣu pinaawei dali, yuuni 1971) o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ America purufɛshinal tennis bɔli ŋmɛri kurɔ ŋun nyɛ paɣa ka na min paagi career-high ranking of world No. 4 din daa jendi singles mini. doubles ni. Din jendi singles nim yaɣili, Fernández n daa dɔni buyi zuɣu yuuni 1990 n ti pahi yuuni 1992 Australian Open, ni yuuni 1993 French Open. O lahi nyɛla ŋun daa di kpaŋmaŋ pini shɛli din yuli booni bronze medal la yuuni 1992 Summer Olympics la puuni. Din jendi doubles nim yaɣili, o daa nyɛla ŋun daa kpuɣi 1991 Australian Open jaashee, ka di nyɛla o mini Patty Fendick n daa laɣim kpuɣi li, ni yuuni 1996 French Open ka di nyɛla o mini Lindsay Davenport n daa laɣim kpuɣi li, n ti lahi pahi Olympic gold medal nim ayi and served as the woman's coach for the 2012 U.S. Olympic tennis team in London.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1990	Australian Open	Hard	Steffi Graf	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1992	Australian Open	Hard	Monica Seles	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1993	French Open	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–4, 2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1989	US Open	Hard	Pam Shriver	Hana Mandlíková Martina Navratilova	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	1990	Australian Open	Hard	Patty Fendick	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
Win	1991	Australian Open	Hard	Patty Fendick	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss	1992	Australian Open	Hard	Zina Garrison	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	1996	Australian Open	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Chanda Rubin Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5–7, 6–2, 4–6
Win	1996	French Open	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	Gigi Fernández Tɛmplet:Country data BLR Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–1
Loss	1997	French Open	Clay	Lisa Raymond	Gigi Fernández Tɛmplet:Country data BLR Natasha Zvereva	2–6, 3–6

Olympics

Singles: 1 (bronze medal)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Bronze	1992	Barcelona	Clay	Tied	DNP

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Doubles: 2 (2 gold medals)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Gold	1992	Barcelona	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–5, 2–6, 6–2
Gold	1996	Atlanta	Hard	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	7–6(9–7), 6–4

Year-end championships

Doubles: 1 title

Result	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1996	New York	Carpet (i)	Lindsay Davenport	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–2

WTA career finals

Singles: 16 (7–9)

Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (2–2)
Carpet (3–2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 1989	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	Carpet (i)	Gabriela Sabatini	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 1990	Australian Open	Hard	Steffi Graf	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Sep 1990	Tokyo Championships	Carpet (i)	Amy Frazier	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	2–2	Oct 1990	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	Carpet (i)	Barbara Paulus	6–1, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Apr 1991	VS Houston	Clay	Monica Seles	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–4	Sep 1991	Tokyo Championships	Hard	Monica Seles	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2–5	Jan 1992	Australian Open	Hard	Monica Seles	2–6, 3–6
Loss	2–6	Feb 1992	Essen Grand Prix	Carpet (i)	Monica Seles	0–6, 3–6
Win	3–6	Feb 1993	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Amanda Coetzer	3–6, 6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	3–7	May 1993	French Open	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Loss	3–8	Jun 1994	Sydney International	Hard	Kimiko Date	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–8	May 1994	Internationaux de Strasbourg	Clay	Gabriela Sabatini	2–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win	5–8	Feb 1995	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Tɛmplet:Country data BLR Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–8	Oct 1995	Brighton International	Carpet (i)	Amanda Coetzer	6–4, 7–5
Loss	6–9	Jun 1996	Eastbourne International	Grass	Monica Seles	0–6, 2–6
Win	7–9	May 1997	German Open	Clay	Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 41 (17–24)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (2–5) WTA Championships (1–0) Tier I (2–5) Tier II (8–11) Tier III (4–3) Tier IV (0–0) Tier V (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (7–14) Grass (0–1) Clay (5–4) Carpet (5–5)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jan 1989	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Carpet (i)	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2.	Mar 1989	VS Boca Raton, U.S.	Hard	Tɛmplet:Country data GBR Jo Durie	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	Aug 1989	LA Championships, U.S.	Hard	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch	Martina Navratilova Wendy Turnbull	2–5 ret.
Loss	4.	Aug 1989	US Open	Hard	Pam Shriver	Hana Mandlíková Martina Navratilova	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1.	Sep 1989	VS Dallas, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Betsy Nagelsen	Elise Burgin Rosalyn Fairbank	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss	5.	Jan 1990	Australian Open	Hard	Patty Fendick	Jana Novotná Helena Suková	6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Win	2.	Sep 1990	Tokyo Championships, Japan	Carpet (i)	Robin White	Gigi Fernández Martina Navratilova	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win	3.	Oct 1990	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Germany	Carpet (i)	Zina Garrison	Mercedes Paz Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–5, 6–3
Loss	6.	Nov 1990	VS Worcester, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Helena Suková	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win	4.	Jan, 1991	Australian Open	Hard	Patty Fendick	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss	7.	Jan 1991	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Carpet (i)	Robin White	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	6–4, 0–6, 3–6
Win	5.	Mar 1991	Miami Masters, U.S.	Hard	Zina Garrison	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	7–5, 6–2
Loss	8.	Apr 1991	VS Houston, U.S.	Clay	Patty Fendick	Tɛmplet:Country data CAN Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	1–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win	6.	Sep 1991	Tokyo Championships, Japan	Hard	Pam Shriver	Carrie Cunningham Laura Gildemeister	6–3, 6–3
Loss	9.	Nov 1991	Championships of Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Zina Garrison	Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	2–6, 4–6
Loss	10.	Jan 1992	Sydney International, Australia	Hard	Zina Garrison	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	6–7(4–7), 7–6(4–7), 2–6
Loss	11.	Jan 1992	Australian Open	Hard	Zina Garrison	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Helena Suková	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	12.	Jun 1992	Eastbourne International, UK	Grass	Zina Garrison	Tɛmplet:Country data LAT Larisa Neiland Jana Novotná	0–6, 3–6
Win	7.	Sep 1992	Tokyo Championships, Japan	Hard	Robin White	Yayuk Basuki Nana Miyagi	6–4, 6–4
Loss	13.	Mar 1993	Italian Open	Clay	Zina Garrison	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 2–6
Win	8.	May 1993	European Open, Switzerland	Clay	Helena Suková	Lindsay Davenport Marianne Werdel	6–2, 6–4
Loss	14.	Oct 1994	Brighton International, UK	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	Manon Bollegraf Tɛmplet:Country data LAT Larisa Neiland	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	15.	Jan 1995	Sydney International, Australia	Hard	Patty Fendick	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	5–7, 6–2, 4–6
Win	9.	Mar 1995	VS Delray Beach, U.S.	Hard	Jana Novotná	Lori McNeil Tɛmplet:Country data LAT Larisa Neiland	6–2, 6–4
Win	10.	May 1995	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	6–2, 6–3
Win	11.	Sep 1995	Tokyo Championships, Japan	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Amanda Coetzer Linda Wild	6–3, 6–2
Win	12.	Jan 1996	Sydney International, Australia	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Lori McNeil Helena Suková	6–3, 6–3
Loss	16.	Jan 1996	Australian Open	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Chanda Rubin Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5–7, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	17.	Apr 1996	Hilton Head Cup, U.S.	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	2–6, 3–6
Win	13.	May 1996	French Open	Clay	Lindsay Davenport	Gigi Fernández Tɛmplet:Country data BLR Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–1
Loss	18.	Aug 1996	Canadian Open	Hard	Helena Suková	Tɛmplet:Country data LAT Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–7(1–7), 1–6
Win	14.	Nov 1996	Oakland Classic, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Lindsay Davenport	Irina Spîrlea Nathalie Tauziat	6–1, 6–3
Win	15.	Nov 1996	WTA Tour Championships, New York	Carpet (i)	Lindsay Davenport	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–2
Win	16.	Mar 1997	Hilton Head Cup, U.S.	Clay	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Win	17.	May 1997	Madrid Open, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Inés Gorrochategui Irina Spîrlea	6–3, 6–2
Loss	19.	May 1997	French Open	Clay	Lisa Raymond	Gigi Fernández Tɛmplet:Country data BLR Natasha Zvereva	2–6, 3–6
Loss	20.	Aug 1998	Boston Cup, U.S.	Hard	Mariaan de Swardt	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	4–6, 4–6
Loss	21.	Sep 1998	Tokyo Cup, Japan	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Anna Kournikova Monica Seles	4–6, 4–6
Loss	22.	Jan 1999	Sydney International, Australia	Hard	Anke Huber	Elena Likhovtseva Ai Sugiyama	3–6, 6–2, 0–6
Loss	23.	Mar 1999	Indian Wells Masters, U.S.	Hard	Jana Novotná	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	2–6, 2–6
Loss	24.	Mar 1999	Miami Masters, U.S.	Hard	Monica Seles	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	6–0, 4–6, 6–7(1–7)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	Career SR
Australian Open	A	NH	A	A	3R	F	SF	F	QF	4R	4R	4R	SF	A	3R	0 / 10
French Open	1R	QF	2R	A	SF	QF	QF	3R	F	3R	1R	4R	QF	A	4R	0 / 13
Wimbledon	A	1R	4R	4R	4R	A	SF	3R	3R	3R	QF	QF	4R	A	1R	0 / 12
US Open	2R	3R	3R	3R	1R	SF	3R	SF	A	3R	QF	A	4R	3R	4R	0 / 13
SR	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 48
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	99	27	20	15	12	4	8	6	7	14	8	16	10	76	38

Doubles

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	Career SR
Australian Open	NH	A	A	QF	F	W	F	QF	QF	QF	F	2R	A	2R	1 / 10
French Open	A	1R	A	2R	A	QF	1R	3R	3R	SF	W	F	A	2R	1 / 10
Wimbledon	A	1R	A	A	A	SF	QF	SF	1R	1R	QF	QF	A	QF	0 / 9
US Open	1R	2R	2R	F	A	SF	QF	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	QF	0 / 9
SR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 1	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 1	0 / 4	2 / 38
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	131	85	63	8	6	5	11	15	26	10	5	16	89	26

External links

• Mary Joe Fernández at the Women's Tennis Association
• Mary Joe Fernández at the International Tennis Federation
• Tɛmplet:Fed Cup player
• Mary-Joe Fernandez ESPN Bio