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'''Jorge Fernandez''' is an [[Ecuadorians|Ecuadorian]]-[[Canadians|Canadian]] [[tennis]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fraser|first=Stuart|date=26 September 2020|title=Crazy training and a ‘soccer mentality’ – the unusual path of French Open debutant Leylah Fernandez|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/crazy-training-and-a-soccer-mentality-the-unusual-path-of-french-open-debutant-leylah-fernandez-6pt7dtf72|access-date=10 September 2021|issn=0140-0460|publisher=[[The Times newspaper|The Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Masters|first=Mark|date=9 September 2021|title=A teary-eyed Jorge Fernandez shares incredibly powerful words about his daughter Leylah's success |url=https://www.bardown.com/a-teary-eyed-jorge-fernandez-shares-incredibly-powerful-words-about-his-daughter-leylah-s-success-1.1691539|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2021|website=BARDOWN|language=en}}</ref> and former [[association football]] player<ref name="Lequipe">{{Cite web|date=8 June 2019|title=Roland-Garros : le titre juniors pour la Canadienne Leylah Annie Fernandez|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Actualites/Roland-garros-le-titre-juniors-pour-la-canadienne-leylah-annie-fernandez/1027428|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2021|website=L'Équipe|language=fr}}</ref> and coach.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamzagoria/2021/09/10/leylah-fernandezs-father-wont-attend-the-us-open-final-because-hes-extremely-superstitious/?sh=678f7e44198f | title=Leylah Fernandez’s Father Won’t Attend The U.S. Open Final Because He’s ‘Extremely Superstitious’ | publisher=Forbes | work=Adam Zagoria | date=10 September 2021 | accessdate=11 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2248521/why-leylah-fernandez-s-father-jorge-doesn-t-have-a-ticket-to-the-us-open-final | title=Why Leylah Fernandez's father Jorge doesn't have a ticket to the US Open final | publisher=WTA | accessdate=11 September 2021 | author=Courtney Nguyen}}</ref>
'''Jorge Fernandez''' is an [[Ecuadorians|Ecuadorian]]-[[Canadians|Canadian]] [[tennis]] [[Coach (sport)|coach]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Fraser|first=Stuart|date=26 September 2020|title=Crazy training and a ‘soccer mentality’ – the unusual path of French Open debutant Leylah Fernandez|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/crazy-training-and-a-soccer-mentality-the-unusual-path-of-french-open-debutant-leylah-fernandez-6pt7dtf72|access-date=10 September 2021|issn=0140-0460|publisher=[[The Times newspaper|The Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Masters|first=Mark|date=9 September 2021|title=A teary-eyed Jorge Fernandez shares incredibly powerful words about his daughter Leylah's success |url=https://www.bardown.com/a-teary-eyed-jorge-fernandez-shares-incredibly-powerful-words-about-his-daughter-leylah-s-success-1.1691539|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2021|website=BARDOWN|language=en}}</ref> and former [[association football]] player<ref name="Lequipe">{{Cite web|date=8 June 2019|title=Roland-Garros : le titre juniors pour la Canadienne Leylah Annie Fernandez|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Actualites/Roland-garros-le-titre-juniors-pour-la-canadienne-leylah-annie-fernandez/1027428|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2021|website=L'Équipe|language=fr}}</ref> and coach.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamzagoria/2021/09/10/leylah-fernandezs-father-wont-attend-the-us-open-final-because-hes-extremely-superstitious/?sh=678f7e44198f | title=Leylah Fernandez’s Father Won’t Attend The U.S. Open Final Because He’s ‘Extremely Superstitious’ | publisher=Forbes | work=Adam Zagoria | date=10 September 2021 | accessdate=11 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2248521/why-leylah-fernandez-s-father-jorge-doesn-t-have-a-ticket-to-the-us-open-final | title=Why Leylah Fernandez's father Jorge doesn't have a ticket to the US Open final | publisher=WTA | accessdate=11 September 2021 | author=Courtney Nguyen}}</ref> He is the father and coach of professional tennis player [[Leylah Fernandez]] who was a finalist in the [[2021 US Open – Women's Singles|2021 US Open Women's Singles]] finals against [[Emma Raducanu]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Graham|first=Bryan Armen|date=10 September 2021|title=Raducanu and Fernandez’s extraordinary roads converge on final unlike any other|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/sep/10/emma-raducanu-leylah-annie-fernandez-us-open-final|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2021|website=the Guardian}}</ref>

He is the father and coach of professional tennis player [[Leylah Fernandez]] who was a finalist in the [[2021 US Open – Women's Singles|2021 US Open Women's Singles]] finals against [[Emma Raducanu]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Graham|first=Bryan Armen|date=10 September 2021|title=Raducanu and Fernandez’s extraordinary roads converge on final unlike any other|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/sep/10/emma-raducanu-leylah-annie-fernandez-us-open-final|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2021|website=the Guardian}}</ref>


== Early and family life ==
== Early and family life ==
He was born in [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Waldstein|first=David|date=4 September 2021|title=Leylah Fernandez, Who Beat Osaka, Leads a Canadian Charge|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/sports/tennis/us-open-leylah-fernandez-canada.html|access-date=10 September 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> When Fernandez was four years old, his family relocated to [[Montreal]], [[Canada]],<ref name=":0" /> becoming a Canadian citizen at 14.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} His wife Irene Exevea is a Canadian of Filipino descent.<ref name="French" />
Fernandez was born in [[Guayaquil]], [[Ecuador]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Waldstein|first=David|date=4 September 2021|title=Leylah Fernandez, Who Beat Osaka, Leads a Canadian Charge|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/sports/tennis/us-open-leylah-fernandez-canada.html|access-date=10 September 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> When he was four years old, his family relocated to [[Montreal]], [[Canada]],<ref name=":0" /> becoming a Canadian citizen at 14.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} His wife Irene Exevea is a Canadian of Filipino descent.<ref name="French" />


== Career ==
== Career ==
Fernandez was a semi-professional footballer and played football in local leagues in [[Montreal]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[El Universo]]|title=La relación de Leylah Fernández con el fútbol. Esto reveló en 2019 su padre, el guayaquileño Jorge Fernández|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/otros-deportes/la-relacion-de-leylah-fernandez-con-el-futbol-esto-revelo-en-2019-su-padre-el-guayaquileno-jorge-fernandez-nota/|language=es|date=7 September 2021|access-date=13 September 2021}}</ref> He is the father and coach of professional tennis player [[Leylah Fernandez]] and her younger sister Bianca Jolie.<ref name="French">{{cite news|date=8 June 2019|title=Canadian Fernandez wins junior title in Paris|publisher=TSN|agency=The Canadian Press|url=https://www.tsn.ca/canadian-leylah-annie-fernandez-wins-junior-title-at-french-open-1.1318765|access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="Lequipe" /><ref>{{citation|author=Helene Elliott|title=Elliott: Leylah Fernandez follows father's advice and fights for U.S. Open dream|date=8 September 2021|publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> He started coaching his daughter despite never having played tennis himself.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Merrell|first=Chloe|date=7 September 2021|title=Meet Leylah Fernandez: the 19-year-old tennis sensation taking down champions at the 2021 U.S. Open|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/meet-leylah-fernandez-the-19-year-old-tennis-sensation-taking-down-champions-at-|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2021|website=Olympics.com}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> His footballing background has enabled him to bring a unique tennis coaching style.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Myles|first=Stephanie|date=7 June 2019|title=The tennis philosophy of Jorge Fernandez|url=http://opencourt.ca/2019/06/06/the-tennis-philosophy-of-jorge-fernandez/|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2021|website=The Open Court|language=en-US}}</ref>
Fernandez was a semi-professional footballer and played football in local leagues in [[Montreal]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[El Universo]]|title=La relación de Leylah Fernández con el fútbol. Esto reveló en 2019 su padre, el guayaquileño Jorge Fernández|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/otros-deportes/la-relacion-de-leylah-fernandez-con-el-futbol-esto-revelo-en-2019-su-padre-el-guayaquileno-jorge-fernandez-nota/|language=es|date=7 September 2021|access-date=13 September 2021}}</ref> He is the father and coach of professional tennis player [[Leylah Fernandez]] and her younger sister Bianca Jolie.<ref name="French">{{cite news|date=8 June 2019|title=Canadian Fernandez wins junior title in Paris|publisher=TSN|agency=The Canadian Press|url=https://www.tsn.ca/canadian-leylah-annie-fernandez-wins-junior-title-at-french-open-1.1318765|access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="Lequipe" /><ref>{{citation|author=Helene Elliott|title=Elliott: Leylah Fernandez follows father's advice and fights for U.S. Open dream|date=8 September 2021|publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> He started coaching his daughter despite never having played tennis himself.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Merrell|first=Chloe|date=7 September 2021|title=Meet Leylah Fernandez: the 19-year-old tennis sensation taking down champions at the 2021 U.S. Open|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/meet-leylah-fernandez-the-19-year-old-tennis-sensation-taking-down-champions-at-|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2021|website=Olympics.com}}</ref><ref name=":0" />


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 12:15, 21 September 2021

Jorge Fernandez is an Ecuadorian-Canadian tennis coach[1][2] and former association football player[3] and coach.[4][5] He is the father and coach of professional tennis player Leylah Fernandez who was a finalist in the 2021 US Open Women's Singles finals against Emma Raducanu.[6]

Early and family life

Fernandez was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[7] When he was four years old, his family relocated to Montreal, Canada,[7] becoming a Canadian citizen at 14.[citation needed] His wife Irene Exevea is a Canadian of Filipino descent.[8]

Career

Fernandez was a semi-professional footballer and played football in local leagues in Montreal.[7][9] He is the father and coach of professional tennis player Leylah Fernandez and her younger sister Bianca Jolie.[8][3][10] He started coaching his daughter despite never having played tennis himself.[11][7]

References

  1. ^ Fraser, Stuart (26 September 2020). "Crazy training and a 'soccer mentality' – the unusual path of French Open debutant Leylah Fernandez". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  2. ^ Masters, Mark (9 September 2021). "A teary-eyed Jorge Fernandez shares incredibly powerful words about his daughter Leylah's success". BARDOWN. Retrieved 10 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b "Roland-Garros : le titre juniors pour la Canadienne Leylah Annie Fernandez". L'Équipe (in French). 8 June 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Leylah Fernandez's Father Won't Attend The U.S. Open Final Because He's 'Extremely Superstitious'". Adam Zagoria. Forbes. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  5. ^ Courtney Nguyen. "Why Leylah Fernandez's father Jorge doesn't have a ticket to the US Open final". WTA. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  6. ^ Graham, Bryan Armen (10 September 2021). "Raducanu and Fernandez's extraordinary roads converge on final unlike any other". the Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ a b c d Waldstein, David (4 September 2021). "Leylah Fernandez, Who Beat Osaka, Leads a Canadian Charge". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Canadian Fernandez wins junior title in Paris". TSN. The Canadian Press. 8 June 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  9. ^ "La relación de Leylah Fernández con el fútbol. Esto reveló en 2019 su padre, el guayaquileño Jorge Fernández" (in Spanish). El Universo. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  10. ^ Helene Elliott (8 September 2021), Elliott: Leylah Fernandez follows father's advice and fights for U.S. Open dream, Los Angeles Times
  11. ^ Merrell, Chloe (7 September 2021). "Meet Leylah Fernandez: the 19-year-old tennis sensation taking down champions at the 2021 U.S. Open". Olympics.com. Retrieved 10 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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