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Mary Joe Fernandez

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Mary Joe Fernandez Godsick, born María José Fernández on 19 August 1971, is a Dominican-born tennis player who represented the United States and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in both singles and doubles. She was runner-up in singles at the Australian Open in 1990 and 1992 and at the French Open in 1993, losing that final to Steffi Graf in three sets. In doubles she won the 1991 Australian Open with Patty Fendick and the 1996 French Open with Lindsay Davenport. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics she took a bronze medal in singles and a gold in doubles with Gigi Fernández, and she repeated the doubles gold in Atlanta in 1996. She retired in 2000 with seven WTA singles titles and 17 in doubles, then coached the United States Fed Cup team from 2008 to 2016 and became an ESPN analyst.

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1971 1
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Female 1
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Source Mary Joe Fernandez (Wikipedia)Career, 1992 Olympics
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Fernandez was selected to represent the United States
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1. Mary Joe Fernandez (Wikipedia)
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    August 19, 1971
  • Lead, gender
    She also won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
  • Career, 1992 Olympics
    Fernandez was selected to represent the United States
  • Plays: Tennis, Lead
    A former professional tennis player, who reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in both singles and doubles.
  • Competed In: French Open, French Open
    the 1996 French Open with Lindsay Davenport
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