Gigi Fernandez

Gigi Fernández is a Puerto Rican professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1983. Fernández won 17 Grand Slam doubles titles and two Olympic gold medals representing the United States, and reached the world No. 1 ranking in women's doubles. She reached a career-high singles ranking of 17 in 1991. Since retiring from the professional tour in 1997 at the age of 33, Fernández has been a tennis coach and entrepreneur. Fernández was recognized primarily as a doubles specialist during her professional career. She won a career doubles Grand Slam with 17 Grand Slam women's doubles title - six French Open, five US Open, four Wimbledon, and two Australian Open winning at least one Grand Slam title every year from 1988-1997, except 1989, and for three straight years winning three of the four Grand Slam doubles titles in the same year (1992-1994). She won 14 of her 17 Grand Slam titles partnering Natasha Zvereva; their partnership is the second most successful doubles pair in Grand Slam history after Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver in the Open era. Fernández was also on the United States team that won the Federation Cup in 1990. She is the first Puerto-Rican to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.