Mary Joe Fernandez
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| Country (sports) |
 United States
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| Residence | Miami, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||
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August 19, 1971 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | US$ 5,258,471 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 437–203 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (October 22, 1990) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | F (1990, 1992) | ||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | F (1993) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1991) | ||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | SF (1990, 1992) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |
 Bronze medal (1992) |
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| Career record | 344–141 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (February 18, 1991) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (1991) | ||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | W (1996) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (1991, 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | F (1989) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Tour Finals | W (1996) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games |
 Gold medal (1992, 1996) |
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Mary Joe Fernández Godsick (born María José Fernández; August 19, 1971) is an American former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in both singles and doubles. Fernández was the runner-up in three Grand Slam singles tournaments and won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals.
Mary Joe Fernández first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won four straight Orange Bowl junior titles. In 1985, aged 14 years and eight days, she became the youngest player to win a main draw match at the U.S. Open when she defeated Sara Gomer in the first round. She turned professional in 1986. She won her first tour doubles title in 1989 at Dallas, partnering Betsy Nagelsen. Her first top-level singles title came in 1990 at the Tokyo Indoor championships. She reached her first Grand Slam singles final in 1990 at the Australian Open, where she was defeated by Steffi Graf. She finished 1990 ranked a career-high World No. 4 in singles.
In 1991, Fernández teamed with Patty Fendick to win the women's doubles title at the Australian Open. She was back in the Australian Open singles final in 1992, this time losing to Monica Seles. Fernández was selected to represent the United States at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, winning a gold medal in women's doubles (with Gigi Fernández) and a bronze medal in singles.
In the quarterfinals of the 1993 French Open, Mary Joe Fernández staged a dramatic comeback against Sabatini after Sabatini took a 6–1, 5–1 lead. But Mary Joe raised the level of her game and saved five match points in the 2nd set before winning a tiebreak. In the 3rd set, Mary Joe finally got rid of Sabatini by hitting a down the line winner, ending the three-hour, 36-minute marathon by a final score of 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 10–8. She then faced second seeded Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the semifinals. Mary Joe defeated Arantxa 6–2, 6–2, ending a three match losing streak against the Spaniard. After the heroics against Sabatini in the quarterfinals, followed by her easy win over Arantxa in the semis, Mary Joe's opponent in the final would be top seeded Steffi Graf of Germany. In their nine previous meetings, Mary Joe had lost each time against Steffi. Mary Joe took the opening set 6–4, but Steffi rallied to win by a final score of 4–6, 6–2, 6–4.
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