David Vega Hernández

David Vega Hernández (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið ˈβeɣa eɾˈnandeθ];[a] born 23 June 1994) is a Spanish professional tennis player.

David Vega Hernández
Vega Hernández at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 29)
Telde, Spain
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2012
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachToni Colom
Prize money$621,057
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 403 (21 July 2014)
Doubles
Career record55–56 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 28 (13 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 123 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French OpenQF (2022)
Wimbledon3R (2022)
US Open1R (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2023)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US OpenQF (2022)
Last updated on: 19 January 2024.

Vega Hernández has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 403 achieved on 21 July 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 28 achieved on 13 February 2023.

Professional career

2015: ATP debut in singles

Vega Hernández made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Estoril Open in the singles draw, entering as a lucky loser.

2021: First ATP title and Top 100 debut in doubles

Hernández won his first ATP doubles title at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag partnering Fernando Romboli. As a result, he made his top 100 debut on 26 July 2021 at World No. 98.

2022: New partnership & Four titles, Major debut & quarterfinal, top 35

In April, Vega Hernández won his second ATP 250 doubles title at the 2022 Grand Prix Hassan II alongside new partner Rafael Matos.

At the 2022 BMW Open he reached his second final with Matos and third overall.[1]

At the 2022 French Open on his Grand Slam debut the pair reached the third round with a win over Łukasz Kubot and Édouard Roger-Vasselin but not before defeating 13th seeded pair of Santiago González and Andrés Molteni. They reached the quarterfinals where they lost to 12th seeded pair of Marcelo Arévalo and Jean-Julien Rojer. As a result, Vega Hernández reached the top 50 in the rankings.

Vega Hernández reached world No. 32 on 31 October 2022 following a fourth title for the season at the 2022 Sofia Open and a final showing at the ATP 500 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships with Matos.

2023: Top 30 debut, loss of form, drop in the rankings

Following the 2023 Australian Open he reached the top 30 on 30 January 2023.

He reached the semifinals at the 2023 Córdoba Open with Rafael Matos saving a match point.[2]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (1–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (5–2)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jul 2021Croatia Open, Croatia250 SeriesClay Fernando Romboli Tomislav Brkić
Nikola Ćaćić
6–3, 7–5
Win2–0Apr 2022Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco250 SeriesClay Rafael Matos Andrea Vavassori
Jan Zieliński
6–1, 7–5
Loss2–1May 2022Bavarian Championships, Germany250 SeriesClay Rafael Matos Kevin Krawietz
Andreas Mies
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Win3–1Jun 2022Mallorca Championships, Spain250 SeriesGrass Rafael Matos Ariel Behar
Gonzalo Escobar
7–67–5, 6–76–8, [10–1]
Win4–1Jul 2022Swedish Open, Sweden250 SeriesClay Rafael Matos Simone Bolelli
Fabio Fognini
6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Win5–1Oct 2022Sofia Open, Bulgaria250 SeriesHard (i) Rafael Matos Fabian Fallert
Oscar Otte
3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss5–2Oct 2022Japan Open, Japan500 SeriesHard Rafael Matos Mackenzie McDonald
Marcelo Melo
4–6, 6–3, [4–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (3–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jul 2013Spain F23, DéniaFuturesClay Alexander Rumyantsev6–4, 6–3
Loss1–1Sep 2013Spain F31, GetafeFuturesClay Oriol Roca Batalla5–7, 3–6
Win2–1May 2014Portugal F4, Termas de MonfortinhoFuturesCarpet Fabrice Martin5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss2–2Jun 2014Spain F13, MartosFuturesHard Frederik Nielsen3–6, 2–6
Win3–2Aug 2015Spain F24, OurenseFuturesHard Ricardo Ojeda Lara6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Loss3–3Aug 2015Spain F25, BéjarFuturesHard Pablo Vivero González2–6, 2–6
Loss3–4Mar 2018Portugal F3, LouléFuturesHard Frederico Ferreira Silva7–5, 1–6, 1–3 ret.

Doubles: 71 (36–35)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (12–13)
ITF Futures Tour (24–23)
Titles by surface
Hard (10–16)
Clay (24–19)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0May 2013Portugal F6, MonfortinhoFuturesCarpet Adam Sanjurjo Hermida Gonçalo Falcão
Vasco Mensurado
4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss1–1Jun 2013Spain F18, MelillaFuturesHard Eduard Esteve Lobato Iván Arenas-Gualda
Jaime Pulgar-García
2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win2–1Jul 2013Spain F23, DéniaFuturesClay Juan Lizariturry Ricardo Ojeda Lara
Oriol Roca Batalla
6–3, 0–6, [10–8]
Loss2–2Nov 2013Spain F39, Puerto de la CruzFuturesCarpet David Pérez Sanz Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
Roberto Ortega Olmedo
1–6, 3–6
Win3–2Nov 2013Spain F40, Puerto de la CruzFuturesCarpet Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez Juan Sebastián Gómez
Adam Sanjurjo Hermida
6–1, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss3–3Feb 2014Spain F3, MurciaFuturesClay Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol Markus Eriksson
Milos Sekulic
0–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win4–3Mar 2014Italy F6, Santa Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Roberto Carballés Baena Filippo Baldi
Pietro Licciardi
6–4, 6–4
Win5–3Apr 2014Italy F8, Santa Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Jaume Pla Malfeito Matteo Fago
Manuel Mazzella
6–4, 2–6, [10–4]
Loss5–4Apr 2014Italy F9, Santa Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Oriol Roca Batalla Francesco Borgo
Stefano Travaglia
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win6–4Jun 2014Spain F13, MartosFuturesHard Iván Arenas-Gualda Erik Crepaldi
Borja Rodríguez Manzano
7–6(7–3), 6–7(7–9), [10–8]
Loss6–5Jun 2014Spain F14, MelillaFuturesHard Iván Arenas-Gualda David Pérez Sanz
Federico Zeballos
4–6, 7–6(7–5), [5–10]
Loss6–6Jul 2014Spain F19, DéniaFuturesClay Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez Maverick Banes
Jake Eames
w/o
Loss6–7Mar 2015Portugal F3, LouléFuturesHard João Domingues Romain Barbosa
Leonardo Tavares
1–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Loss6–8May 2015Portugal F4, Caldas da RainhaFuturesClay João Domingues Fred Gil
Frederico Ferreira Silva
3–6, 2–6
Win7–8Aug 2015Spain F24, OurenseFuturesHard Ricardo Villacorta-Alonso Marc Fornell Mestres
Marco Neubau
3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win8–8Oct 2015Portugal F13, PortoFuturesClay Iván Arenas-Gualda Nuno Deus
João Domingues
6–3, 6–0
Loss8–9Nov 2015Tunisia F32, El KantaouiFuturesHard Samuel Ribeiro Navarrete Jordi Muñoz Abreu
David Pérez Sanz
4–6, 5–7
Loss8–10Dec 2015Tunisia F34, El KantaouiFuturesHard David Pérez Sanz Anis Ghorbel
Vasko Mladenov
7–6(7–2), 4–6, [8–10]
Loss8–11Feb 2016Spain F4, MurciaFuturesClay Adria Mas Mascolo Vasile Antonescu
Alexandru Jecan
6–4, 5–7, [9–11]
Loss8–12Feb 2016Portugal F1, Vale do LoboFuturesHard Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Iván Arenas-Gualda
Roberto Ortega Olmedo
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [6–10]
Win9–12Mar 2016Tunisia F11, HammametFuturesClay Eduard Esteve Lobato Aleksandr Malyshev
Maksim Malyshev
5–7, 7–5, [10–3]
Win10–12Apr 2016Tunisia F12, HammametFuturesClay Oriol Roca Batalla Dan Dowson
Alexander Ward
6–4, 6–2
Loss10–13Apr 2016Spain F9, ReusFuturesClay Adria Mas Mascolo Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez
Marcos Giraldi Requena
6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win11–13May 2016Spain F12, LleidaFuturesClay Ramkumar Ramanathan Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
Alex de Minaur
6–3, 6–1
Loss11–14May 2016Spain F15, Sta. Margarida MontbuiFuturesHard Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Jan Pallares Monreal
Albert Roglan
3–6, 7–6(7–4), [8–10]
Win12–14Jun 2016Spain F16, HuelvaFuturesClay Iván Arenas-Gualda Niels Desein
Lamine Ouahab
6–4, 6–2
Win13–14Sep 2016Spain F31, SevillaFuturesClay Gerard Granollers Pujol Eduard Esteve Lobato
Sergio Martos Gornés
6–2, 7–5
Win14–14Oct 2016Spain F34, MelillaFuturesClay Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Albert Alcaraz Ivorra
Mario Vilella Martínez
6–7(9–11), 7–6(7–5), [10–6]
Loss14–15Nov 2016Spain F36, Cuevas del AlmanzoraFuturesHard Roberto Ortega Olmedo Javier Barranco Cosano
Raúl Brancaccio
3–6, 0–6
Loss14–16Nov 2016Spain F37, Cuevas del AlmanzoraFuturesHard Roberto Ortega Olmedo Jaume Pla Malfeito
Mario Vilella Martínez
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [5–10]
Win15–16Nov 2016Spain F38, Cuevas del AlmanzoraFuturesHard Mario Vilella Martínez Jorge Hernando Ruano
Pablo Vivero González
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss15–17Dec 2016Spain F39, Cuevas del AlmanzoraFuturesHard Roberto Ortega Olmedo Peter Bothwell
Akira Santillan
2–6, 7–5, [2–10]
Loss15–18Jan 2017Spain F1, ManacorFuturesClay Sergio Martos Gornés Pedro Martínez
Ricardo Ojeda Lara
7–6(7–5), 0–6, [4–10]
Win16–18Feb 2017Spain F5, MurciaFuturesClay Ivan Gakhov Pedro Martínez
Oriol Roca Batalla
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win17–18Mar 2017Portugal F3, LouléFuturesHard Roberto Ortega Olmedo Carlos Gómez-Herrera
Nikki Roenn
6–4, 7–5
Loss17–19Apr 2017Portugal F4, LisbonFuturesHard Yannick Mertens Felipe Cunha Silva
João Monteiro
3–6, 5–7
Loss17–20Apr 2017Portugal F6, PortoFuturesClay Roberto Ortega Olmedo João Monteiro
Bruno Sant'Anna
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss17–21Apr 2017Portugal F7, CarcavelosFuturesClay Frederico Ferreira Silva Felipe Cunha Silva
Fred Gil
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss17–22May 2017Spain F13, ValldoreixFuturesClay Pedro Martínez Igor Marcondes
Rafael Matos
7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), [10–12]
Win18–22May 2017Romania F2, BacăuFuturesClay Frederico Ferreira Silva Vasile Antonescu
Patrick Grigoriu
7–5, 6–3
Win19–22Jul 2017Spain F19, BakioFuturesHard Roberto Ortega Olmedo Carlos Gómez-Herrera
Juan Lizariturry
6–3, 6–2
Win20–22Jul 2017Spain F20, GetxoFuturesClay Ivan Gakhov Carlos Gómez-Herrera
Juan Lizariturry
3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss20–23Aug 2017Segovia, SpainChallengerHard Roberto Ortega Olmedo Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
Sergiy Stakhovsky
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss20–24Sep 2017Seville, SpainChallengerClay Ivan Gakhov Íñigo Cervantes Huegun
Pedro Cachin
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [5–10]
Win21–24Sep 2017Spain F29, SevillaFuturesClay Pedro Martínez Marc Giner
Jaume Pla Malfeito
3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win22–24Jan 2018Spain F2, ManacorFuturesClay Lorenzo Giustino Pietro Rondoni
Jacopo Stefanini
7–5, 7–5
Loss22–25Feb 2018Spain F3, PagueraFuturesClay Bruno Sant'Anna Chung Yun-seong
Rio Noguchi
6–2, 6–7(6–8), [8–10]
Win23–25Mar 2018Portugal F3, LouléFuturesHard Roberto Ortega Olmedo Maximilian Neuchrist
David Pichler
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win24–25Jun 2018Blois, FranceChallengerClay Fabrício Neis Hsieh Cheng-peng
Rameez Junaid
7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win25–25Jul 2018Marburg, GermanyChallengerClay Fabrício Neis Henri Laaksonen
Luca Margaroli
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win26–25Jul 2018Germany F8, KasselFuturesClay João Souza Orlando Luz
Marcelo Zormann
6–1, 6–4
Loss26–26Jul 2018Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Fernando Romboli Sander Gillé
Joran Vliegen
4–6, 2–6
Win27–26Sep 2018Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Fabrício Neis Rameez Junaid
Purav Raja
6–4, 6–4
Win28–26Oct 2018Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Marcelo Demoliner Rameez Junaid
David Pel
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss28–27Apr 2019Francavilla, ItalyChallengerClay Guillermo Durán Denys Molchanov
Igor Zelenay
3–6, 1–6
Win29–27Jun 2019Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Andrea Vavassori Pedro Martínez
Mark Vervoort
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]
Loss29–28Jul 2019Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Andrea Vavassori Gonçalo Oliveira
Ramkumar Ramanathan
2–6, 4–6
Win30–28Oct 2019Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Simone Bolelli Sergio Martos Gornés
Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–4, 7–5
Loss30–29Oct 2019Brest, FranceChallengerHard (i) Andrea Vavassori Denys Molchanov
Andrei Vasilevski
3–6, 1–6
Loss30–30Nov 2019Maia, PortugalChallengerClay (i) Guillermo García López Andre Begemann
Daniel Masur
6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss30–31Jan 2021Antalya, TurkeyChallengerClay Luis David Martínez Denys Molchanov
Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6–3, 4–6, [16–18]
Win31–31Feb 2021Biella, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Luis David Martinez Szymon Walków
Jan Zieliński
6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss31–32June 2021Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Luis David Martínez Tomás Martín Etcheverry
Renzo Olivo
6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win32–32Sep 2021Seville, SpainChallengerClay Mark Vervoort Javier Barranco Cosano
Sergio Martos Gornés
6–3, 6–7(7–9), [10–7]
Win33–32Oct 2021Alicante, SpainChallengerHard Denys Molchanov Romain Arneodo
Matt Reid
6–4, 6–2
Loss33–33Nov 2021Pau, FranceChallengerHard (i) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Romain Arneodo
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
4–6, 2–6
Loss33–34Nov 2021Bari, ItalyChallengerHard Andrea Vavassori Lloyd Glasspool
Harri Heliövaara
3–6, 0–6
Win34–34Jan 2022Quimper, FranceChallengerHard (i) Albano Olivetti Sander Arends
David Pel
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win35–34Feb 2022Pau, FranceChallengerHard (i) Albano Olivetti Karol Drzewiecki
Kacper Żuk
w/o
Loss35–35Apr 2022Madrid, SpainChallengerClay Rafael Matos Adam Pavlásek
Igor Zelenay
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win36–35May 2022Bordeaux, FranceChallengerClay Rafael Matos Hugo Nys
Jan Zieliński
6–4, 6–0

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