David Vega Hernández

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. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 28 achieved on 21 July 2014. He also has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 403 achieved on 13 February 2023. Hernández has won five ATP Tour doubles titles. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour where he has won 13 doubles titles.

David Vega Hernández

Vega Hernández at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Spain
Born	(1994-06-23) 23 June 1994 (age 31) Telde, Spain
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Toni Colom
Prize money	$621,057
Singles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 403 (21 July 2014)
Doubles
Career record	55–56 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 28 (13 February 2023)
Current ranking	No. 123 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2023)
French Open	QF (2022)
Wimbledon	3R (2022)
US Open	1R (2023)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2023)
French Open	1R (2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	QF (2022)
Last updated on: 19 January 2024.

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 defeating top seeds Tomislav Brkić from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Nikola Ćaćić from Serbia. As a result, he made his top 100 debut on 26 July 2021 at World No. 98.^[1]

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.^[2] 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.

2023: Top 30 debut, loss of form, drop in the rankings

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.^[3]

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: 72 (37–35)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (13–13) ITF Futures Tour (24–23)

Titles by surface Hard (10–16) Clay (25–19) Carpet (2–1) Grass (0–0)

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
Win	37–35	Sep 2024	Genoa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Benjamin Hassan	Romain Arneodo Théo Arribagé	6–4, 7–5

Notes

1. In isolation, Vega is pronounced [ˈbeɣa].