Spanish tennis player
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Vega and the second or maternal family name is
Hernández .
David Vega Hernández (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈβið ˈβeɣa eɾˈnandeθ] ;[ a] born 23 June 1994) is a Spanish professional tennis player.
Vega Hernández has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 403 achieved on 21 July 2014. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 28 achieved on 13 February 2023.
Professional career
2015: ATP debut in singles
Vega Hernández made his ATP main draw debut at the 2015 Estoril Open in the singles draw, entering as a lucky loser.
2021: First ATP title and Top 100 debut in doubles
Hernández won his first ATP doubles title at the 2021 Croatia Open Umag partnering Fernando Romboli . As a result, he made his top 100 debut on 26 July 2021 at World No. 98.
2022: New partnership & Four titles, Major debut & quarterfinal, top 35
In April, Vega Hernández won his second ATP 250 doubles title at the 2022 Grand Prix Hassan II alongside new partner Rafael Matos .
At the 2022 BMW Open he reached his second final with Matos and third overall.[ 1]
At the 2022 French Open on his Grand Slam debut the pair reached the third round with a win over Łukasz Kubot and Édouard Roger-Vasselin but not before defeating 13th seeded pair of Santiago González and Andrés Molteni . They reached the quarterfinals where they lost to 12th seeded pair of Marcelo Arévalo and Jean-Julien Rojer . As a result, Vega Hernández reached the top 50 in the rankings.
Vega Hernández reached world No. 32 on 31 October 2022 following a fourth title for the season at the 2022 Sofia Open and a final showing at the ATP 500 2022 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships with Matos.
Following the 2023 Australian Open he reached the top 30 on 30 January 2023.
He reached the semifinals at the 2023 Córdoba Open with Rafael Matos saving a match point.[ 2]
ATP career finals
Doubles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (1–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (5–2)
Indoor (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Jul 2021
Croatia Open , Croatia
250 Series
Clay
Fernando Romboli
Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić
6–3, 7–5
Win
2–0
Apr 2022
Grand Prix Hassan II , Morocco
250 Series
Clay
Rafael Matos
Andrea Vavassori Jan Zieliński
6–1, 7–5
Loss
2–1
May 2022
Bavarian Championships , Germany
250 Series
Clay
Rafael Matos
Kevin Krawietz Andreas Mies
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Win
3–1
Jun 2022
Mallorca Championships , Spain
250 Series
Grass
Rafael Matos
Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar
7–67–5 , 6–76–8 , [10–1]
Win
4–1
Jul 2022
Swedish Open , Sweden
250 Series
Clay
Rafael Matos
Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini
6–4, 3–6, [13–11]
Win
5–1
Oct 2022
Sofia Open , Bulgaria
250 Series
Hard (i)
Rafael Matos
Fabian Fallert Oscar Otte
3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Loss
5–2
Oct 2022
Japan Open , Japan
500 Series
Hard
Rafael Matos
Mackenzie McDonald Marcelo Melo
4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 7 (3–4)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (3–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Jul 2013
Spain F23, Dénia
Futures
Clay
Alexander Rumyantsev
6–4, 6–3
Loss
1–1
Sep 2013
Spain F31, Getafe
Futures
Clay
Oriol Roca Batalla
5–7, 3–6
Win
2–1
May 2014
Portugal F4, Termas de Monfortinho
Futures
Carpet
Fabrice Martin
5–7, 7–6(7–2) , 6–3
Loss
2–2
Jun 2014
Spain F13, Martos
Futures
Hard
Frederik Nielsen
3–6, 2–6
Win
3–2
Aug 2015
Spain F24, Ourense
Futures
Hard
Ricardo Ojeda Lara
6–3, 4–6, 7–5
Loss
3–3
Aug 2015
Spain F25, Béjar
Futures
Hard
Pablo Vivero González
2–6, 2–6
Loss
3–4
Mar 2018
Portugal F3, Loulé
Futures
Hard
Frederico Ferreira Silva
7–5, 1–6, 1–3 ret.
Doubles: 71 (36–35)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (12–13)
ITF Futures Tour (24–23)
Titles by surface
Hard (10–16)
Clay (24–19)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
May 2013
Portugal F6, Monfortinho
Futures
Carpet
Adam Sanjurjo Hermida
Gonçalo Falcão Vasco Mensurado
4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss
1–1
Jun 2013
Spain F18, Melilla
Futures
Hard
Eduard Esteve Lobato
Iván Arenas-Gualda Jaime Pulgar-García
2–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win
2–1
Jul 2013
Spain F23, Dénia
Futures
Clay
Juan Lizariturry
Ricardo Ojeda Lara Oriol Roca Batalla
6–3, 0–6, [10–8]
Loss
2–2
Nov 2013
Spain F39, Puerto de la Cruz
Futures
Carpet
David Pérez Sanz
Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Roberto Ortega Olmedo
1–6, 3–6
Win
3–2
Nov 2013
Spain F40, Puerto de la Cruz
Futures
Carpet
Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez
Juan Sebastián Gómez Adam Sanjurjo Hermida
6–1, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss
3–3
Feb 2014
Spain F3, Murcia
Futures
Clay
Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol
Markus Eriksson Milos Sekulic
0–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win
4–3
Mar 2014
Italy F6, Santa Margherita di Pula
Futures
Clay
Roberto Carballés Baena
Filippo Baldi Pietro Licciardi
6–4, 6–4
Win
5–3
Apr 2014
Italy F8, Santa Margherita di Pula
Futures
Clay
Jaume Pla Malfeito
Matteo Fago Manuel Mazzella
6–4, 2–6, [10–4]
Loss
5–4
Apr 2014
Italy F9, Santa Margherita di Pula
Futures
Clay
Oriol Roca Batalla
Francesco Borgo Stefano Travaglia
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win
6–4
Jun 2014
Spain F13, Martos
Futures
Hard
Iván Arenas-Gualda
Erik Crepaldi Borja Rodríguez Manzano
7–6(7–3) , 6–7(7–9) , [10–8]
Loss
6–5
Jun 2014
Spain F14, Melilla
Futures
Hard
Iván Arenas-Gualda
David Pérez Sanz Federico Zeballos
4–6, 7–6(7–5) , [5–10]
Loss
6–6
Jul 2014
Spain F19, Dénia
Futures
Clay
Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez
Maverick Banes Jake Eames
w/o
Loss
6–7
Mar 2015
Portugal F3, Loulé
Futures
Hard
João Domingues
Romain Barbosa Leonardo Tavares
1–6, 6–4, [10–12]
Loss
6–8
May 2015
Portugal F4, Caldas da Rainha
Futures
Clay
João Domingues
Fred Gil Frederico Ferreira Silva
3–6, 2–6
Win
7–8
Aug 2015
Spain F24, Ourense
Futures
Hard
Ricardo Villacorta-Alonso
Marc Fornell Mestres Marco Neubau
3–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win
8–8
Oct 2015
Portugal F13, Porto
Futures
Clay
Iván Arenas-Gualda
Nuno Deus João Domingues
6–3, 6–0
Loss
8–9
Nov 2015
Tunisia F32, El Kantaoui
Futures
Hard
Samuel Ribeiro Navarrete
Jordi Muñoz Abreu David Pérez Sanz
4–6, 5–7
Loss
8–10
Dec 2015
Tunisia F34, El Kantaoui
Futures
Hard
David Pérez Sanz
Anis Ghorbel Vasko Mladenov
7–6(7–2) , 4–6, [8–10]
Loss
8–11
Feb 2016
Spain F4, Murcia
Futures
Clay
Adria Mas Mascolo
Vasile Antonescu Alexandru Jecan
6–4, 5–7, [9–11]
Loss
8–12
Feb 2016
Portugal F1, Vale do Lobo
Futures
Hard
Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
Iván Arenas-Gualda Roberto Ortega Olmedo
6–4, 6–7(4–7) , [6–10]
Win
9–12
Mar 2016
Tunisia F11, Hammamet
Futures
Clay
Eduard Esteve Lobato
Aleksandr Malyshev Maksim Malyshev
5–7, 7–5, [10–3]
Win
10–12
Apr 2016
Tunisia F12, Hammamet
Futures
Clay
Oriol Roca Batalla
Dan Dowson Alexander Ward
6–4, 6–2
Loss
10–13
Apr 2016
Spain F9, Reus
Futures
Clay
Adria Mas Mascolo
Juan-Samuel Arauzo-Martínez Marcos Giraldi Requena
6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win
11–13
May 2016
Spain F12, Lleida
Futures
Clay
Ramkumar Ramanathan
Carlos Boluda-Purkiss Alex de Minaur
6–3, 6–1
Loss
11–14
May 2016
Spain F15, Sta. Margarida Montbui
Futures
Hard
Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
Jan Pallares Monreal Albert Roglan
3–6, 7–6(7–4) , [8–10]
Win
12–14
Jun 2016
Spain F16, Huelva
Futures
Clay
Iván Arenas-Gualda
Niels Desein Lamine Ouahab
6–4, 6–2
Win
13–14
Sep 2016
Spain F31, Sevilla
Futures
Clay
Gerard Granollers Pujol
Eduard Esteve Lobato Sergio Martos Gornés
6–2, 7–5
Win
14–14
Oct 2016
Spain F34, Melilla
Futures
Clay
Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
Albert Alcaraz Ivorra Mario Vilella Martínez
6–7(9–11) , 7–6(7–5) , [10–6]
Loss
14–15
Nov 2016
Spain F36, Cuevas del Almanzora
Futures
Hard
Roberto Ortega Olmedo
Javier Barranco Cosano Raúl Brancaccio
3–6, 0–6
Loss
14–16
Nov 2016
Spain F37, Cuevas del Almanzora
Futures
Hard
Roberto Ortega Olmedo
Jaume Pla Malfeito Mario Vilella Martínez
6–7(4–7) , 6–2, [5–10]
Win
15–16
Nov 2016
Spain F38, Cuevas del Almanzora
Futures
Hard
Mario Vilella Martínez
Jorge Hernando Ruano Pablo Vivero González
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss
15–17
Dec 2016
Spain F39, Cuevas del Almanzora
Futures
Hard
Roberto Ortega Olmedo
Peter Bothwell Akira Santillan
2–6, 7–5, [2–10]
Loss
15–18
Jan 2017
Spain F1, Manacor
Futures
Clay
Sergio Martos Gornés
Pedro Martínez Ricardo Ojeda Lara
7–6(7–5) , 0–6, [4–10]
Win
16–18
Feb 2017
Spain F5, Murcia
Futures
Clay
Ivan Gakhov
Pedro Martínez Oriol Roca Batalla
5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Win
17–18
Mar 2017
Portugal F3, Loulé
Futures
Hard
Roberto Ortega Olmedo
Carlos Gómez-Herrera Nikki Roenn
6–4, 7–5
Loss
17–19
Apr 2017
Portugal F4, Lisbon
Futures
Hard
Yannick Mertens
Felipe Cunha Silva João Monteiro
3–6, 5–7
Loss
17–20
Apr 2017
Portugal F6, Porto
Futures
Clay
Roberto Ortega Olmedo
João Monteiro Bruno Sant'Anna
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss
17–21
Apr 2017
Portugal F7, Carcavelos
Futures
Clay
Frederico Ferreira Silva
Felipe Cunha Silva Fred Gil
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss
17–22
May 2017
Spain F13, Valldoreix
Futures
Clay
Pedro Martínez
Igor Marcondes Rafael Matos
7–6(7–4) , 6–7(6–8) , [10–12]
Win
18–22
May 2017
Romania F2, Bacău
Futures
Clay
Frederico Ferreira Silva
Vasile Antonescu Patrick Grigoriu
7–5, 6–3
Win
19–22
Jul 2017
Spain F19, Bakio
Futures
Hard
Roberto Ortega Olmedo
Carlos Gómez-Herrera Juan Lizariturry
6–3, 6–2
Win
20–22
Jul 2017
Spain F20, Getxo
Futures
Clay
Ivan Gakhov
Carlos Gómez-Herrera Juan Lizariturry
3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss
20–23
Aug 2017
Segovia , Spain
Challenger
Hard
Roberto Ortega Olmedo
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Sergiy Stakhovsky
6–4, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss
20–24
Sep 2017
Seville , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Ivan Gakhov
Íñigo Cervantes Huegun Pedro Cachin
6–7(5–7) , 6–3, [5–10]
Win
21–24
Sep 2017
Spain F29, Sevilla
Futures
Clay
Pedro Martínez
Marc Giner Jaume Pla Malfeito
3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win
22–24
Jan 2018
Spain F2, Manacor
Futures
Clay
Lorenzo Giustino
Pietro Rondoni Jacopo Stefanini
7–5, 7–5
Loss
22–25
Feb 2018
Spain F3, Paguera
Futures
Clay
Bruno Sant'Anna
Chung Yun-seong Rio Noguchi
6–2, 6–7(6–8) , [8–10]
Win
23–25
Mar 2018
Portugal F3, Loulé
Futures
Hard
Roberto Ortega Olmedo
Maximilian Neuchrist David Pichler
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]
Win
24–25
Jun 2018
Blois , France
Challenger
Clay
Fabrício Neis
Hsieh Cheng-peng Rameez Junaid
7–6(7–4) , 6–1
Win
25–25
Jul 2018
Marburg , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Fabrício Neis
Henri Laaksonen Luca Margaroli
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win
26–25
Jul 2018
Germany F8, Kassel
Futures
Clay
João Souza
Orlando Luz Marcelo Zormann
6–1, 6–4
Loss
26–26
Jul 2018
Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Fernando Romboli
Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen
4–6, 2–6
Win
27–26
Sep 2018
Biella , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Fabrício Neis
Rameez Junaid Purav Raja
6–4, 6–4
Win
28–26
Oct 2018
Barcelona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Marcelo Demoliner
Rameez Junaid David Pel
7–6(7–3) , 6–3
Loss
28–27
Apr 2019
Francavilla , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Guillermo Durán
Denys Molchanov Igor Zelenay
3–6, 1–6
Win
29–27
Jun 2019
Poznań , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Andrea Vavassori
Pedro Martínez Mark Vervoort
6–4, 6–7(4–7) , [10–6]
Loss
29–28
Jul 2019
Recanati , Italy
Challenger
Hard
Andrea Vavassori
Gonçalo Oliveira Ramkumar Ramanathan
2–6, 4–6
Win
30–28
Oct 2019
Barcelona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Simone Bolelli
Sergio Martos Gornés Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–4, 7–5
Loss
30–29
Oct 2019
Brest , France
Challenger
Hard (i)
Andrea Vavassori
Denys Molchanov Andrei Vasilevski
3–6, 1–6
Loss
30–30
Nov 2019
Maia , Portugal
Challenger
Clay (i)
Guillermo García López
Andre Begemann Daniel Masur
6–7(2–7) , 4–6
Loss
30–31
Jan 2021
Antalya , Turkey
Challenger
Clay
Luis David Martínez
Denys Molchanov Aleksandr Nedovyesov
6–3, 4–6, [16–18]
Win
31–31
Feb 2021
Biella , Italy
Challenger
Hard (i)
Luis David Martinez
Szymon Walków Jan Zieliński
6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss
31–32
June 2021
Biella , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Luis David Martínez
Tomás Martín Etcheverry Renzo Olivo
6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win
32–32
Sep 2021
Seville , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Mark Vervoort
Javier Barranco Cosano Sergio Martos Gornés
6–3, 6–7(7–9) , [10–7]
Win
33–32
Oct 2021
Alicante , Spain
Challenger
Hard
Denys Molchanov
Romain Arneodo Matt Reid
6–4, 6–2
Loss
33–33
Nov 2021
Pau , France
Challenger
Hard (i)
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Romain Arneodo Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
4–6, 2–6
Loss
33–34
Nov 2021
Bari , Italy
Challenger
Hard
Andrea Vavassori
Lloyd Glasspool Harri Heliövaara
3–6, 0–6
Win
34–34
Jan 2022
Quimper , France
Challenger
Hard (i)
Albano Olivetti
Sander Arends David Pel
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win
35–34
Feb 2022
Pau , France
Challenger
Hard (i)
Albano Olivetti
Karol Drzewiecki Kacper Żuk
w/o
Loss
35–35
Apr 2022
Madrid , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Rafael Matos
Adam Pavlásek Igor Zelenay
3–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win
36–35
May 2022
Bordeaux , France
Challenger
Clay
Rafael Matos
Hugo Nys Jan Zieliński
6–4, 6–0
Notes
^ In isolation, Vega is pronounced [ˈbeɣa] .
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