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Horacio de la Peña

Horacio de la Peña

Argentine tennis player

Horacio Armando de la Peña (born 1 August 1966[1]), nicknamed "el Pulga" ("the Flea"),[6] is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina, who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 31.[1]

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De la Peña was born in Buenos Aires. He began playing on the ATP circuit professionally in 1984, when he was 17.[1] He won four ATP World Tour titles in his career, all of which were on clay.[7] He also won six doubles titles – five on clay.[7]

De la Peña is most well known as the former coach of Chilean Fernando González.[8] He was also considered the unofficial captain of the Chilean Davis Cup team.[8][9]

As well as González, de la Peña has coached other tennis players, like Franco Squillari,[10] Martín Rodríguez,[11] Guillermo Coria,[12] and a number of other Chilean and Argentine tennis players.

De la Peña currently runs occasional tennis clinics in Santiago, Chile, and has his own tennis academy.[9]

Career finals

Singles (4 wins, 2 losses)

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Source: ATP[13]

Doubles (6 wins, 5 losses)

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References

  1. [1]
    Association of Tennis Professionals. "Tennis – ATP World Tour – Players – Horacio De La Pena (Profile)". Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  2. [2]
    Marilyn August (7 June 2000). "Coach Horacio De la Pena on Squillari". The Independent. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  3. [3]
    "Tenis.- Guillermo Coria y Horacio De la Peña ponen fin a su relación deportiva" [Horacio de la Peña and Fernando González end employment]. interbusca.com. Hispanetwork Publicidad y Servicios. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
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    "Guillermo Coria and Horacio de la Pena end their sport relationship" [Horacio de la Peña and Fernando González end employment]. ClickAqui.com. Reuters. Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  5. [5]
    "Curriculum Vitae of Horacio de la Peña" (PDF). University of Chile. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  6. [6]
    "Horacio de la Peña's blog". Archived from the original on 2 May 2009. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  7. [7]
    Association of Tennis Professionals. "Tennis – ATP World Tour – Players – Horacio De La Pena (Match record)". Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  8. [8]
    Emol.com (9 July 2010). "Horacio de la Peña augura futuro poco "auspicioso" para el tenis chileno" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  9. [9]
    Punto Vital writing team (2006). "Chile no es un país orientado al deporte" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  10. [10]
    Marilyn August (7 June 2000). "Coach Horacio de la Peña on Squillari". The Independent. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  11. [11]
    menstennisblog.info (13 December 2008). "Fernando Gonzalez blogs about his new coach: Martín Rodríguez". Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  12. [12]
    Jay Jarrahi (9 January 2007). "The fall and fall of Guillermo Coria". Sportingo. Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 28 August 2010.
  13. [13]
    Association of Tennis Professionals. "Tennis – ATP World Tour – Players – Horacio De La Pena (Titles/finals)". Retrieved 28 August 2010.
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