The Most Famous
TENNIS PLAYERS from Dominican Republic
This page contains a list of the greatest Dominican Tennis Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,569 Tennis Players, 2 of which were born in Dominican Republic. This makes Dominican Republic the birth place of the 62nd most number of Tennis Players behind South Korea, and Puerto Rico.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Dominican Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Dominican Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Mary Joe Fernández (b. 1971)
With an HPI of 38.37, Mary Joe Fernández is the most famous Dominican Tennis Player. Her biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.
Mary Joe Fernández Godsick (born María José Fernández; August 19, 1971) is an American former professional tennis player, who reached a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in both singles and doubles. In singles, Fernández was the runner-up at the 1990 and 1992 Australian Open, and the 1993 French Open. She also won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. In doubles, she won the 1991 Australian Open with Patty Fendick and the 1996 French Open with Lindsay Davenport, plus two Olympic gold medals.
2. Víctor Estrella Burgos (b. 1980)
With an HPI of 33.39, Víctor Estrella Burgos is the 2nd most famous Dominican Tennis Player. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages.
Víctor Estrella Burgos (Latin American Spanish: [ˈbiɣtoɾ esˈtɾeʝa ˈβuɾɣos]; born August 2, 1980) is a Dominican former professional tennis player. In 2014, Estrella became the first Dominican to reach the top 100 in the ATP rankings. He also became the first Dominican player to reach the semifinals in an ATP 250 tournament in Bogotá. In 2015, he also became the first tennis player from his country to participate in all four Grand Slams, playing in the Australian Open. In February 2015, he won his first career ATP title at the Ecuador Open, becoming the oldest first-time ATP tour winner in the Open Era. He successfully defended his title with a 100% winning record at the event in 2016 and 2017, but lost in the second round in 2018. Estrella has been a member of the Davis Cup team from the Dominican Republic since 1998, posting a record of 41–17 in singles and 21–22 in doubles. Since 2014 he belongs to the Dominican olympic program CRESO. Estrella Burgos reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 43, achieved on July 13, 2015. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 135, achieved on the same date.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Dominican tennis players born between 1971 and 1980. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Dominican tennis players include Mary Joe Fernández, and Víctor Estrella Burgos.
