Alex Hernández (tennis)

Alex Hernández
Full nameJuan Alejandro Hernández Serrano
Country (sports) Mexico
Born (1999-06-23) 23 June 1999
Acapulco, Mexico
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$99,269
Singles
Career record2–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 431 (21 July 2025)
Current rankingNo. 431 (21 July 2025)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 555 (27 May 2019)
Current rankingNo. 1325 (25 November 2024)
Last updated on: 30 June 2025.

Juan Alejandro Hernández Serrano (more commonly known as Alex Hernández (born 23 June 1999) is a Mexican tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 431 achieved on 21 July 2025. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 555 achieved on 27 May 2019.[1] He is currently the No. 2 Mexican player.[2]

Career

2022-2025: ATP debut and first wins, top 500

Hernández made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Abierto Mexicano Telcel after receiving a wildcard into the singles main draw.[3][4] He lost to Pablo Andújar after winning only one game.[5]

At the 2022 Los Cabos Open he won his first round match against lucky loser Colombian Nicolás Barrientos becoming the first Mexican in the singles history of the tournament to win a match in the main draw.[6] Hernández played second seed Félix Auger-Aliassime in the next round and lost in straight sets.[7] As a result, he moved more than 50 positions up in the rankings into the top 500 and the following week reached a new career-high ranking of No. 462 on 15 August 2022.[5]

He received a qualifying wildcard for the Challenger 125, the 2023 Mexico City Open but lost in the first qualifying round to Evan Zhu[8] and for the 2024 edition and this time advanced to the main draw after qualifying.[9]

Hernández also received a wildcard for the new Challenger 125 tournament in Mexico, the 2025 Morelia Open and defeated Colombian Nicolás Mejía in the first round[10] and eight seed Juan Pablo Ficovich in the second recording his biggest win of his career thus far, to reach his first Challenger quarterfinal.[11]

Ranked No. 493 at the 2025 Los Cabos Open as a wildcard entry, Hernández recorded his second and biggest career ATP win over Daniel Taro, after he trailed 3-6, 2-5, and reached a new career ranking of world No. 431 on 21 July 2025.[12][13][14]

References

  1. ^ "Alex Hernandez | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Mexico | ATP Rankings (Singles)". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ "Experiencia y juventud, invitados al ATP 500 de Acapulco" (in Spanish). 16 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Atp Acapulco: wild card a Feliciano Lopez, Fernando Verdasco ed Alex Hernandez". www.tennisitaliano.it (in Italian). 16 February 2022.
  5. ^ a b "¿Quién es Alex Hernández? El mexicano que rompió una larga racha negativa en el tenis" (in Spanish). 2 August 2022.
  6. ^ @AbiertoLosCabos (3 August 2022). "¡Muchas felicidades, Alex Hernández! 🎉Se convierte en el primer mexicano en la historia del torneo en avanzar a la segunda ronda de singles, al vencer a Nicolás Barrientos 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. ¡Viva México! 🇲🇽 #ATC2022 #StrongerThanEver" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Felix Auger-Aliassime comments on beating Mexican wildcard in Los Cabos". 5 August 2022.
  8. ^ "El sonorense Alan Fernando Rubio avanzó a la segunda ronda del torneo de clasificación en el Mexico City Open 2023" (in Spanish). 26 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Alex Hernández ingresa al cuadro principal del Mexico City Open" (in Spanish). 2 April 2024.
  10. ^ "ALEX HERNÁNDEZ SORPRENDE Y SE INSTALA EN LA SEGUNDA RONDA DEL MORELIA OPEN" (in Spanish). 24 March 2025.
  11. ^ "ALEX HERNÁNDEZ SELLA EL MAYOR TRIUNFO DE SU CARRERA Y SE INSTALA EN CUARTOS DE FINAL DEL MORELIA OPEN" (in Spanish). 26 March 2025.
  12. ^ @TennisTV (July 15, 2025). "Script FLIPPED 🤩Mexican wild card Alex Hernandez notches his biggest career win over Taro Daniel, 3-6 7-5 6-4 at #LosCabosTennisOpen" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ "Nava eyes new career high with Los Cabos statement; Kovacevic snaps seven-match losing streak; World No. 493 Hernandez stuns Daniel". ATPTour. 15 July 2025.
  14. ^ "Mexico's Hernandez and Argentina's Ficovich advance to the second round". 15 July 2025.


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