Horacio Armando de la Peña (; born 1 August 1966), nicknamed "el Pulga" ("the Flea"), is a tennis coach and a former professional player from Argentina, who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 31.
De la Peña was born in Buenos Aires. He began playing on the ATP circuit professionally in 1984, when he was 17. He won four ATP World Tour titles in his career, all of which were on clay. He also won six doubles titles – five on clay.
De la Peña is most well known as the former coach of Chilean Fernando González. He was also considered the unofficial captain of the Chilean Davis Cup team.
As well as González, de la Peña has coached other tennis players, like Franco Squillari, Martín Rodríguez, Guillermo Coria, 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.
Career finals Singles (4 wins, 2 losses) Legend (singles) Grand Slam (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) Grand Prix / ATP Tour (4–2) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentsScoreWin1–0Apr 1985Marbella, SpainClay Lawson Duncan6–0, 6–3Loss1–1Apr 1986Bari, ItalyClay Kent Carlsson5–7, 7–6, 5–7Loss1–2Oct 1988São Paulo, BrazilHard Jay Berger4–6, 4–6Win2–2May 1989Florence, ItalyClay Goran Ivanišević6–4, 6–3Win3–2Jul 1990Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Karel Nováček6–4, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–2Win4–2Apr 1993Charlotte, United StatesClay Jaime Yzaga3–6, 6–3, 6–4 Source: ATP
Doubles (6 wins, 5 losses)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Nov 1987 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Jay Berger Tomás Carbonell Sergio Casal WithdrewWin 1–1 Nov 1988 São Paulo, Brazil Hard Jay Berger Ricardo Acuña Javier Sánchez 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 Win 2–1 Jun 1990 Florence, Italy Clay Sergi Bruguera Luiz Mattar Diego Pérez 3–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss 2–2 Sep 1990 Palermo, Italy Clay Carlos Costa Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 3–6, 4–6Win 3–2 Apr 1991 Barcelona, Spain Clay Diego Nargiso Boris Becker Eric Jelen 3–6, 7–6, 6–4Win 4–2 Mar 1992 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Jorge Lozano Ģirts Dzelde T. J. Middleton 2–6, 6–4, 7–6Loss 4–3 Jul 1992 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Vojtěch Flégl Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez 1–6, 2–6Win 5–3 Sep 1992 Cologne, Germany Clay Gustavo Luza Ronnie Båthman Libor Pimek 6–7, 6–0, 6–2Loss 5–4 Oct 1992 Palermo, Italy Clay Vojtěch Flégl Johan Donar Ola Jonsson 7–5, 3–6, 4–6Loss 5–5 Feb 1993 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Jorge Lozano Leonardo Lavalle Jaime Oncins 6–7, 4–6Win 6–5 Oct 1993 Athens, Greece Clay Jorge Lozano Royce Deppe John Sullivan 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
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