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Gigi Fernández
Gigi Fernández |
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Country |  Puerto Rico |
Residence | Lake Mary, Florida, USA |
Date of birth | February 22, 1964 (1964-02-22) (age 46) |
Place of birth | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 65.7 kg (145 lb; 10.35 st) |
Turned pro | November 1983 |
Retired | November 1997 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Career prize money |US$4,681,906 |
Int. Tennis HOF | 2010 (member page) |
Singles |
Career record | 270–232 |
Career titles | 2 |
Highest ranking | 17 (October 6, 1991) |
Grand Slam results |
Australian Open | 4R (1990, 1993) |
French Open | 2R (1986–87, 1991) |
Wimbledon | SF (1994) |
US Open | QF (1991, 1994) |
Doubles |
Career record | 664–184 |
Career titles | 69 |
Highest ranking | 1(March 4, 1991) |
Grand Slam Doubles results |
Australian Open | W (1993, 1994) |
French Open | W (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997) |
Wimbledon | W (1992, 1993, 1994, 1997) |
US Open | W (1988, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996) |
Olympic Games | Gold medal (1992, 1996) |
Last updated on: September 18, 2009. |

Medal record |
Women's Tennis |
Competitor for the  United States |
OlympicGames |
Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Doubles |
Gold | 1996 Atlanta | Doubles |
Competitor for  Puerto Rico |
Pan American Games |
Silver | 1983 Caracas | Singles |
Silver | 1983 Caracas | Doubles |

Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández (born February 22, 1964, in San Juan) is a former professional Puerto Rican tennis player, the first female Puerto Rican athlete to turn professional,[1] the firstPuerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first Puerto Rican to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.[2]
Fernandez won 17 Grand Slam doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals and reached the World No. 1 ranking in women's doubles. She reached a career high singles ranking of 17 in 1991. Since retiring from the professional tour in 1997 at the age of 33,[3]Fernández has been a tennis coach and entrepreneur.
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Career
Fernandez was recognized primarily as a doubles specialist during her professional career. Fernández won a non-calendar year doubles Grand Slam with 17 Grand Slam women's doubles title – six French Open, five US Open, four Wimbledon, and two Australian Open winning at least one Grand Slam title every year from 1988–1997, except 1989, andfor three straight years winning three of the four Grand Slam doubles titles in the same year (1992–1994). She won 14 of her 17 Grand Slam titles partnering Natasha Zvereva; their partnership is the second most successful doubles pair in Grand Slam history after Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver in the Open era.[4]
In mixed doubles, Fernández was the runner-up in three of the four Grand Slammixed doubles events in 1995 (Australian Open, Wimbledon, and US Open) partnering Cyril Suk. Fernández captured 68 career titles in women's doubles and reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1991 and attained the No. 1 ranking again in 1993, 1994 and 1995.[5] She won a total of 69 doubles titles during her career.
Fernández represented the United States at the Olympic Games in 1992 (Barcelona)and 1996 (Atlanta). She teamed with Mary Joe Fernandez (no relation) to win the women's doubles gold medal on both occasions. The first gold medal was won against the home team of Conchita Martínez and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario with the King and Queen of Spain in the audience. The two medals are front and center on Fernández's desk, along with a car license plate that reads "DBL GLD".[6]
Fernándezrepresented Puerto Rico when San Juan played host to the Pan Am Games in 1979. Just 15, Fernández won a bronze medal. In 1982 at the Central American-Caribbean Games in Cuba, she teamed up with Marilda Juliá to win doubles gold and won a silver medal in the singles as well. She represented Puerto Rico at the 1984 Olympics.
Fernández was also on the United States team that won the Fed Cup in...