José Hernández-Fernández

Prior to joining UNC Hernández-Fernández received offers from Texas A&M, Ohio State, Pepperdine, among others.

Hernández-Fernández played tennis at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. In 2011, he reached the round of 16 in the 2011 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships losing to the previous year champion Bradley Klahn from Stanford.

He finished his career at UNC ranked No. 9 in singles and ranked No. 6 in doubles in the nation in the 2012 pre-season NCAA Div 1 rankings before turning pro. He was twice a member of the "All-ACC" team. Combined record at UNC was 48 wins and 17 losses.

Hernández-Fernández reached his highest singles ranking on the ATP Tour of World No. 179 in August 2015 and his highest doubles ranking of No. 206 in 2016. He has played primarily on the Futures circuit with a record of 74-40 and the ATP Challenger Tour where he currently has a record of 5–11.

Hernández-Fernández was a member of the Dominican Republic Davis Cup team, having posted a 7–5 record in singles and a 5–1 record in doubles in eighteen ties played since 2006. He trained at the JC Ferrero Equelite Sport Academy in Alicante.

Hernández-Fernández represented the Dominican Republic in multiple international competitions. He partnered with countrywoman Chandra Capozzi in the mixed doubles competition at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games, winning the bronze medal. He also represented the Dominican Republic at the 2011 Pan American Games, though did not win any medals at the Games.

Junior career

Ranked No. 37 in the world junior rankings by the International Tennis Federation. Reached the round of 16 in the US Open Junior Tennis Championships. He played in the 2008 Wimbledon Junior Championships losing to the 2008 French Open champion Yang Tsung-hua. Reached the round of 32 in the main draw of the Roland Garros Junior Championships. Won the JITIC tournament in Monterrey, Mexico. Made the finals of the Copa Merengue tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Finalist of the Barranquilla Junior Tennis Tournament in Barranquilla, Colombia.

He currently resides in Barcelona ^{[citation needed]} and is coaching Yuan Yue.

Singles: 16 (9–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2012	Ecuador F1, Guayaquil	Futures	Hard	Emilio Gómez	3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2012	Ecuador F2, Guayaquil	Futures	Hard	Emilio Gómez	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Apr 2013	Turkey F15, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Thiago Monteiro	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	2–2	May 2013	Venezuela F1, Maracay	Futures	Hard	Iván Endara	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Aug 2013	Venezuela F4, Caracas	Futures	Hard	David Souto	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	3–3	Oct 2013	Peru F2, Lima	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–4	Jun 2014	Romania F3, Bacău	Futures	Clay	Elias Ymer	6–3, 6–7(2–7), 5–7
Win	4–4	Aug 2014	Colombia F4, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Arévalo	7–5, 6–2
Loss	4–5	Sep 2014	Colombia F6, Armenia	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Barrientos	4–6, 2–6
Win	5–5	Mar 2015	Argentina F2, Mendoza	Futures	Clay	Hans Podlipnik Castillo	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	6–5	Mar 2015	Argentina F3, Olavarria	Futures	Clay	Federico Coria	6–0, 6–1
Win	7–5	Aug 2016	Italy F23, Bolzano	Futures	Clay	Bastian Malla	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–6	Dec 2017	Dominican Republic F2, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Roberto Cid Subervi	3–6, 2–6
Win	8–6	Dec 2017	Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo	Futures	Hard	Alejandro Gomez	6–0, 6–7(6–8), 6–2
Win	9–6	Jul 2019	M15 Cuneo, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Francesco Forti	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 7–5
Loss	9–7	Sep 2019	M25 Oviedo, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 14 (6–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2012	Ecuador F2, Guayaquil	Futures	Hard	Sergio Galdós	Emilio Gómez   Roberto Quiroz	5–7, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2012	Mexico F13, Mérida	Futures	Hard	Christopher Díaz Figueroa	Riccardo Maiga   Roberto Marcora	1–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Loss	0–3	Mar 2013	Colombia F2, Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Maximiliano Estévez	Gero Kretschmer   Alexander Satschko	6–7(8–10), 3–6
Win	1–3	Apr 2013	Turkey F13, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Maximiliano Estévez	Juan Ignacio Londero   Mateo Nicolas Martinez	6–3, 7–5
Win	2–3	Apr 2013	Turkey F14, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Maximiliano Estévez	Andrei Ciumac   Luca Margaroli	6–2, 6–1
Win	3–3	Aug 2013	Brazil F4, Manaus	Futures	Clay	José Pereira	Victor Maynard   Rafael Rondino	6–1, 6–1
Loss	3–4	Aug 2013	Venezuela F4, Caracas	Futures	Hard	Roberto Maytín	Alex Llompart   Mateo Nicolas Martinez	5–7, 5–7
Loss	3–5	Jul 2014	Italy F21, Mantova	Futures	Clay	Jhonson Garcia	Daniel Dutra da Silva   Pedro Sakamoto	7–5, 1–6, [7–10]
Win	4–5	Sep 2014	Colombia F6, Armenia	Futures	Clay	Juan Pablo Guzmán	Keith-Patrick Crowley   Marco Bortolotti	6–3, 2–6, [12–10]
Win	5–5	Jan 2016	Mendoza, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	Horacio Zeballos   Julio Peralta	4–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Loss	5–6	Aug 2016	Italy F23, Bolzano	Futures	Clay	Juan Pablo Ficovich	Cătălin Gârd   Ruben Gonzales	1–6, 0–6
Win	6–6	Aug 2016	Italy F24, Cornaiano	Futures	Clay	Jonathan Eysseric	Zdeněk Kolář   Bastian Malla	7–6(7–2), 2–6, [10–4]
Loss	6–7	Feb 2017	Tempe, United States	Challenger	Hard	Marcelo Arévalo	Walter Trusendi   Matteo Viola	7–5, 2–6, [10–12]
Loss	6–8	Sep 2019	M25 San Sebastián, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	J Barranco Cosano	E Esteve Lobato   Oriol Roca Batalla	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]

• José Hernández-Fernández at the Association of Tennis Professionals  
• José Hernández-Fernández at the International Tennis Federation  
• José Hernández-Fernández at the Davis Cup