Maricris Fernandez
Filipino tennis player (born 1979)
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Maricris Fernandez-Gentz[1] (born July 23, 1979[2]) is a Filipino former tennis player.
| Full name | Maricris Fernandez-Gentz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country (sports) |  Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 23, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | 18,456 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 66–38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 4 ITF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 284 (October 18, 1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 16–24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 601 (November 11, 1991) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fed Cup | 12–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Fernandez was an active tennis player in the 1990s.[3] At 14-years old, she priotized her tennis career over her education.[4]
Playing for Philippines at the Fed Cup, Gentz has a win–loss record of 12–2.[5]
She has won at least two PCA Open women's singles title (1994 and 1996).[6][7][8]
She won the girls event of the 1995 and 1997 Mitsubishi Lancer International Junior Tennis Championship.[9] [10]
She won the women's single gold medal at the 1999 SEA Games in Brunei. No Filipina would win a gold medal until the 2025 edition where Alexandra Eala ended the 26-year medal drought.[11]
Fernandez has career-high WTA rankings of 284 in singles, achieved in 1999. She was the highest ranked Filipino player ever on the WTA circuit until Eala surpassed her in 2022 reaching 280.[12]
By 2001, she reportedly have retired to focus on resuming her studies in Los Angeles.[4] In 2009, she returned from retirement and secured a wild card st the Holcim/ITF Women’s Circuit Tournament.[1][13]
ITF Circuit finals
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $75,000 tournaments |
| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 7 (4–3)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 22 November 1992 | Manila, Philippines | Hard |  Evangelina Olivarez |
4–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
| Winner | 2. | 15 September 1996 | Bangkok, Thailand | Hard |  Miyako Ataka |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 3. | 4 November 1996 | Manila, Philippines | Hard |  Liu Hui-Na |
2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 11 November 1996 | Manila, Philippines | Hard |  Khoo Chin-bee |
6–0, 6–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 16 November 1998 | Manila, Philippines | Hard |  Lara van Rooyen |
6–2, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 27 June 1999 | Easton, United States | Hard |  Milagros Sequera |
5–7, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 4 July 1999 | Springfield, United States | Hard |  Jennifer Hopkins |
1–6, 0–6 |