Clarisa Fernández

Clarisa Fernández (born 28 August 1981) is an Argentine former professional tennis player.

She is best known for her semifinal appearance at the 2002 French Open, the first Argentine since Sabatini in 1992 to reach that stage. Fernández was ranked 87th in the world at the time of her shocking result. She defeated, in order, Lubomira Bacheva, Jelena Kostanić, Kim Clijsters (No. 4), Elena Dementieva (No. 13), and Paola Suárez, before losing to second-seeded Venus Williams, in straight sets.

Fernández, a crafty left-handed player, turned professional in 1998. She did not have much success before her appearance at the French Open. She has six ITF titles to her name, including one in 2006. Since 2003, Fernández had been plagued with injuries. She suffered from tendinitis in her left shoulder, an injury to her left wrist, and to her right knee. Fernández enjoyed playing on hard and grass courts. She was coached by Leonardo Lerda. Her tennis inspirations were Pete Sampras and Martina Navratilova.

In April 2008, Fernández announced her retirement from professional tennis after a lengthy battle with knee injuries.

ITF finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 10 (7–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	12 October 1997	ITF Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Template:Flagicon Celeste Contín	7–6, 6–4
Loss	1.	5 October 1998	ITF Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Template:Flagicon Zsófia Gubacsi	6–0, 3–6, 4–6
Win	2.	18 July 1999	ITF Sezze, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mihaela Moldovan	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2.	20 September 1999	ITF Thessaloniki, Greece	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Eleni Daniilidou	2–6, 2–6
Win	3.	7 January 2001	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Template:Flagicon Seda Noorlander	6–3, 6–1
Win	4.	8 July 2001	ITF Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Martina Suchá	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Win	5.	23 January 2005	ITF Miami, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Xie Yanze	6–4, 6–2
Win	6.	5 March 2006	ITF Clearwater, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Alberta Brianti	7–5, 6–2
Loss	3.	15 October 2006	ITF San Francisco, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ashley Harkleroad	2–6, 3–6
Win	7.	25 November 2007	ITF Mexico City	Hard	Template:Flagicon Julia Cohen	6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 10 (6–4)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	21 June 1999	ITF Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Mariana Díaz Oliva	Template:Flagicon Maria Goloviznina Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1.	5 September 1999	ITF Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Francesca Schiavone	Template:Flagicon Debby Haak Template:Flagicon Andrea van den Hurk	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	14 November 1999	ITF Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Template:Flagicon Alice Canepa	Template:Flagicon Rossana de los Ríos Template:Flagicon Mariana Díaz Oliva	6–4, 6–7(6), 3–6
Loss	3.	10 December 2000	ITF Bogotá, Colombia	Hard	Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez Granados	Template:Flagicon Joana Cortez Template:Flagicon Mariana Díaz Oliva	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win	2.	7 January 2001	ITF São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Template:Flagicon Romina Ottoboni	Template:Flagicon Miriam D'Agostini Template:Flagicon Vanessa Menga	6–1, 7–6(6)
Win	3.	29 January 2001	ITF Clearwater, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Joana Cortez	Template:Flagicon Evgenia Kulikovskaya Template:Flagicon Jolene Watanabe	6–1, 7–5
Loss	4.	15 April 2001	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Template:Flagicon Joana Cortez	Template:Flagicon Eugenia Chialvo Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez Granados	7–6(3), 1–6, 1–6
Win	4.	13 August 2001	Bronx Open, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rika Fujiwara	Template:Flagicon Kristie Boogert Template:Flagicon Els Callens	2–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
Win	5.	Template:Dts	ITF Fresno, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Samantha Reeves	Template:Flagicon Ashley Harkleroad Template:Flagicon Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
Win	6.	27 March 2005	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Template:Flagicon Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Template:Flagicon Joana Cortez Template:Flagicon Tomoko Yonemura	6–2, 6–2

Head-to-head records

Record against top-ten players

Fernández' match records against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been ranked No. 1 in boldface

• Template:Flagicon Kim Clijsters 1–0
• Template:Flagicon Elena Dementieva 1–0
• Template:Flagicon Petra Kvitová 1–0
• Template:Flagicon Mary Pierce 1–0
• Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama 1–0
• Template:Flagicon Paola Suárez 1–1
• Template:Flagicon Anastasia Myskina 1–3
• Template:Flagicon Flavia Pennetta 1–4
• Template:Flagicon Lindsay Davenport 0–1
• Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová 0–1
• Template:Flagicon Justine Henin 0–1
• Template:Flagicon Martina Hingis 0–1
• Template:Flagicon Magdalena Maleeva 0–1
• Template:Flagicon Amélie Mauresmo 0–1
• Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik 0–1
• Template:Flagicon Nadia Petrova 0–1
• Template:Flagicon Venus Williams 0–1
• Template:Flagicon Barbara Schett 0–3

External links

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