Mary Joe Fernandez

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Mary Joe Fernandez

Country	United States
Residence	Miami, FL
Date of birth	August 19, 1971 (1971-08-19) (age 36)
Place of birth	Dominican Republic
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	63.5 kg (140 lb/10.00 st)
Turned pro	1986
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$5,258,471
Singles
Career record:	437–203
Career titles:	7
Highest ranking:	4
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F (1990, 1992)
French Open	F (1993)
Wimbledon	SF (1991)
US Open	SF (1990, 1992)
Doubles
Career record:	344–141
Career titles:	17 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking:	9
Infobox last updated on: n/a.

Olympic medal record
Women's Tennis
Gold	1992 Barcelona	Doubles
Gold	1996 Atlanta	Doubles
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	Singles

Mary Joe Fernandez Godsick (Maria Jose Fernandez) (born August 19, 1971, in the Dominican Republic) is a former professional tennis player from the United States of Spanish (father) and Spanish-Cuban descent.^[1] She was the runner-up in three Grand Slam singles tournaments and won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals.

Contents 1 Career 2 Personal 3 Grand Slam finals 3.1 Singles 3.1.1 Runner-ups (3) 3.2 Women's doubles 3.2.1 Wins (2) 3.2.2 Runner-ups (5) 4 WTA singles finals 4.1 Wins (7) 4.2 Runner-ups (9) 5 Grand Slam singles performance timeline 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Career

Fernandez 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 8 days, Fernandez became the youngest player to win a main draw match at the U.S. Open when she defeated Sara Gomer in the first round 6–1, 6–4.

Fernandez 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.

Fernandez reached her first Grand Slam singles final in 1990 at the Australian Open, where she was defeated 6–3, 6–4 by Steffi Graf. She finished 1990 ranked a career-high World No. 4 in singles.

In 1991, Fernandez teamed with Patty Fendick to win the women's doubles title at the Australian Open.

Fernandez was back in the Australian Open singles final in 1992. This time, she lost to Monica Seles 6–2, 6–3.

Fernandez was selected to represent the United States at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. She won a gold medal in women's doubles, partnering Gigi Fernandez (no relation), and a bronze medal in women's singles.

In the quarterfinals of the 1993 French Open, Fernandez staged a dramatic comeback against Gabriela Sabatini after Sabatini took a 6–1, 5–1 lead. Fernandez saved five match points during the 3-hour, 36-minute match and eventually won 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 10–8. She then defeated Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6–2, 6–2 in the semifinals to reach her third Grand Slam singles final. In a close match against Graf, Fernandez lost 4–6, 6–2, 6–4

Fernandez won her second Grand Slam doubles title in 1996 at the French Open, partnering Lindsay Davenport. The pair went on to capture the year-end WTA Tour Championships doubles title later that year.

Fernandez was a late replacement for Chanda Rubin on the United States team for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. She won a second straight women's doubles gold medal, again in partnership with Gigi Fernandez. She was also entered in the singles competition due to a withdrawal and reached the semifinals, where she was defeated in the bronze medal match by Jana Novotna. Later that year, Fernandez was a member of the U.S. team that won the Fed Cup.

Fernandez won her final tour singles title in 1997 at the German Open in Berlin. Her final doubles title also came that year in Madrid. She retired from the tour in 2000, having won 7 singles titles, 17 WTA doubles titles, and 2 ITF women's doubles titles.

Since retiring from the tour, Fernandez has served as a tennis commentator for ESPN and joined CBS Sports as an analyst for the 2005 U.S. Open.

[edit] Personal

Fernandez completed her high school education at the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart, in Miami, Florida.

On April 8, 2000, Fernandez married Anthony Lewisohn (Tony) Godsick, a sports agent with International Management Group. The pair were married in Miami.^[2] They have two children: Isabella Maria (born December 11, 2001 and Nicholas Cooper (born September 15, 2004). ^[3]

[edit] Grand Slam finals

[edit] Singles

[edit] Runner-ups (3)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1990	Australian Open	Steffi Graf	6–3, 6–4
1992	Australian Open	Monica Seles	6–2, 6–3
1993	French Open	Steffi Graf	4–6, 6–2, 6–4

[edit] Women's doubles

[edit] Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1991	Australian Open	Patty Fendick	Gigi Fernandez Jana Novotna	7–6(4), 6–1
1996	French Open	Lindsay Davenport	Gigi Fernandez Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–1

[edit] Runner-ups (5)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1989	U.S. Open	Pam Shriver	Hana Mandlikova Martina Navratilova	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
1990	Australian Open	Patty Fendick	Jana Novotna Helena Sukova	7–6(5), 7–6(6)
1992	Australian Open	Zina Garrison Jackson	Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Helena Sukova	6–4, 7–6(3)
1996	Australian Open	Lindsay Davenport	Chanda Rubin Arantxa Sanchez Vicario	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
1997	French Open	Lisa Raymond	Gigi Fernandez Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–3

[edit] WTA singles finals

[edit] Wins (7)

Legend Tier I (1) Tier II (5) Tier III (1) No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. September 30, 1990 Tokyo Carpet (I) Amy Frazier 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 2. October 21, 1990 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet (I) Barbara Paulus 6–1, 6–3 3. February 28, 1993 Indian Wells, California, U.S. Hard Amanda Coetzer 3–6, 6–1, 7–6(6) 4. May 22, 1994 Strasbourg, France Clay Gabriela Sabatini 2–6, 6–4, 6–0 5. March 5, 1995 Indian Wells, California, U.S. Hard Natasha Zvereva 6–4, 6–3 6. October 22, 1995 Brighton, United Kingdom Carpet (I) Amanda Coetzer 6-4, 7–5 7. May 18, 1997 German Open, Berlin Clay Mary Pierce 6–4, 6–2 [edit] Runner-ups (9) Legend Grand Slam (3) Tier II (4) Tier III (2) No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. October 15, 1989 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet (I) Gabriela Sabatini 7-6(5), 6–4 2. January 28, 1990 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Steffi Graf 6–3, 6–4 3. April 21, 1991 Houston, Texas, U.S. Clay Monica Seles 6–4, 6-3 4. September 22, 1991 Tokyo Hard Monica Seles 6–1, 6–1 5. January 26, 1992 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Monica Seles 6–2, 6–3 6. February 9, 1992 Essen, Germany Carpet (I) Monica Seles 6-0, 6-3 7. June 6, 1993 French Open, Paris Clay Steffi Graf 4-6, 6–2, 6–4 8. June 16, 1994 Sydney, Australia Hard Kimiko Date 6–4, 6–2 9. June 23, 1996 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Grass Monica Seles 6–0, 6–2 [edit] Grand Slam singles performance timeline 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 U.S. 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 NH = tournament not held. A = did not participate in the tournament. SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played. [edit] External links Mary Joe Fernandez profile on the WTA Tour's official website Fed cup record [edit] References ^ Tennis Mary Joe Fernandez CBS SportsLine.com. Retrieved on June 12, 2007. ^ Society Desk. "WEDDINGS; Mary Joe Fernandez, Anthony Godsick", New York Times, April 9, 2000, p. Section 9; Page 9; Column 1.  ^ Outlaw, Adrianna. "Mama Mary Joe Gives Birth to Second Child", Tennis Week Magazine, September 16, 2004.