| Full name | Guillermo Hernandez | |||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  Philippines | |||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | |||||||||||
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| Australian Open | 2R (1959) | |||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 2R (1962) | |||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (1961) | |||||||||||
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Guillermo Hernandez, better known as Willie Hernandez, is a Filipino former amateur tennis player.
Hernandez, the son of a famous sportscaster, grew up in Manila and started playing tennis at the age of 10. His first international title was a junior tournament in Osaka. After briefly attending Hopkins High School in Minnesota as an exchange student, Hernandez played collegiate tennis for the University of Arizona.
He won two medals with the Philippines at the 1962 Asian Games.
Hernandez won the 1963 Arizona Open on clay against a field of U.S. clay players.
During the 1990s he relocated to the United States.
References
- "Hopkins' Filipino Star Eyes State Prep Tennis Crown". Star Tribune. 18 April 1957.
- "Filipino Tennis Star Eyes U.S. Net Crowns". Arizona Daily Star. 1 April 1962.
- Willy Hernandez. https://www.tennisarchives.com/player/?pl=3445
- Kurz, Nathan (9 August 2002). "A flurry of emotions on the court (August 09, 2002)". Palo Alto Weekly.
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Categories:- Living people
- Filipino male tennis players
- Arizona Wildcats men's tennis players
- Filipino expatriate tennis players in the United States
- Asian Games medalists in tennis
- Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines
- Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
- Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games
- Tennis players at the 1962 Asian Games
- Sportspeople from Manila
- 20th-century Filipino sportsmen