Luis-Enrique Herrera (born 27 August 1971) is a Mexican former professional tennis player.
Career Herrera was Mexico's national champion in the 12s, 14s and 16s junior events. He partnered Mark Knowles in the Boys' Doubles at the 1989 French Open and they finished runners-up.
He broke into the top 100 for the first time in 1991, after some good performances on the ATP Tour. Herrera reached the semi-final of the Seoul Open and the quarter-final in Washington. En route to the Washington quarter finals he defeated John McEnroe. He also won the gold medal at the 1991 Pan American Games, held in Cuba.
In 1992, he reached the third round of the Wimbledon Championships, having beaten veteran Jimmy Connors in four sets and Japan's Shuzo Matsuoka in five sets. This was the furthest a Mexican had gone at Wimbledon since Raúl Ramírez reached the quarters in 1978. He also made it into the semi-finals of the Manchester Open and along the way defeated second-seed Brad Gilbert, in a close three-set match which was decided in a tie break. However his most successful outing in 1992 came at Búzios, where he reached his only ATP Tour singles final.ATP World Tour Profile
Herrera had his third and final Grand Slam win in the 1993 Wimbledon Championships when he came from two sets down to defeat 15th-seed Karel Nováček in the opening round. Soon after he made the semi-finals of the tournament in Newport.ITF Tennis Profile
He played a total of 26 singles matches and four doubles matches for the Mexico Davis Cup team, for an overall record of 13–17.Davis Cup Profile
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–0)ATP 250 Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Búzios, BrazilWorld SeriesHard Jaime Oncins3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–0)ATP 250 Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Mexico City, MexicoWorld SeriesClay Mariano Sánchez Nicolás Lapentti Daniel Orsanic6–4, 3–6, 6–7
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 14 (7–7) LegendATP Challenger (6–7)ITF Futures (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (7–2)Clay (0–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Mexico City, MexicoChallengerClay Francisco Maciel6–2, 6–7, 3–6Win1–1Manaus, BrazilChallengerHard Jaime Oncins6–2, 7–5Win2–1Ilheus, BrazilChallengerHard Patrick Baur6–2, 6–2Loss2–2Rio de Janeiro, BrazilChallengerClay Luiz Mattar3–6, 6–3, 3–6Loss2–3Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Kent Kinnear1–6, 5–7Loss2–4Acapulco, MexicoChallengerClay Leonardo Lavalle6–0, 3–6, 3–6Win3–4São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard Jaime Oncins6–2, 3–6, 6–4Win4–4Ixtapa, MexicoChallengerHard Andrew Sznajder6–1, 6–2Win5–4Ponte Vedra, United StatesChallengerHard Jaime Yzaga7–5, 6–4Loss5–5San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Horst Skoff6–2, 2–6, 2–6Loss5–6San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Nicolás Pereira7–6, 2–6, 2–6Loss5–7Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Nuno Marques7–6, 4–6, 4–6Win6–7Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Wade McGuire7–6, 4–6, 6–4Win7–7Mexico F4, GuadalajaraFuturesHard Leonardo Silva6–4, 6–2
Doubles: 9 (5–4) LegendATP Challenger (5–4)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (3–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Javier Ordaz Fernando Pérez Pascal Agustín Moreno6–4, 6–1Win2–0San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Javier Ordaz Mark Knowles Brian Page6–4, 6–7, 6–3Loss2–1San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Guillermo Pérez Roldán Leonardo Lavalle Jorge Lozano7–5, 3–6, 2–6Loss2–2Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Doug Flach Zeeshan Ali Menno Oosting6–4, 3–6, 2–6Win3–2Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Oliver Fernández Doug Eisenman Dave Randall6–4, 7–6Win4–2San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Leonardo Lavalle Francisco Maciel Agustín Moreno6–2, 6–2Loss4–3San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Ismael Hernández Leonardo Lavalle Oliver Fernández5–7, 5–7Loss4–4Belo Horizonte, BrazilChallengerHard Gabriel Trifu Leonardo Lavalle Maurice Ruah7–5, 4–6, 4–6Win5–4Puerto Vallarta, MexicoChallengerHard Gabriel Trifu Ota Fukárek Régis Lavergne6–3, 6–4
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1989French OpenClay Mark Knowles Johan Anderson Todd Woodbridge3–6, 6–4, 2–6
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament198919901991199219931994199519961997SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1RA1RAAQ1A0 / 20–2French OpenAA1RA1RAAAA0 / 20–2WimbledonQ21R1R3R2RAAA1R0 / 53–5US OpenAA1R1RAAQ3Q2Q10 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–10–42–21–30–00–00–00–10 / 113–11ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1MiamiAA2RA1R1R2RAQ10 / 42–4CanadaAA1R1RAAQ3AA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–01–20–10–20–11–10–00–00 / 72–7
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