Horacio de la Peña

Horacio Armando de la Peña ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; born 1 August 1966<ref name="atp">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>), nicknamed "el Pulga" ("the Flea"),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina, who reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 31.<ref name="atp"/>

De la Peña was born in Buenos Aires. He began playing on the ATP circuit professionally in 1984, when he was 17.<ref name="atp"/> He won four ATP World Tour titles in his career, all of which were on clay.<ref name="atpmr">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He also won six doubles titles – five on clay.<ref name="atpmr"/>

De la Peña is most well known as the former coach of Chilean Fernando González.<ref name="emol">Template:Cite news</ref> He was also considered the unofficial captain of the Chilean Davis Cup team.<ref name="emol"/><ref name=punto>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As well as González, de la Peña has coached other tennis players, like Franco Squillari,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Martín Rodríguez,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Guillermo Coria,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and a number of other Chilean and Argentine tennis players.

De la Peña currently runs occasional tennis clinics in Santiago, Chile, and has his own tennis academy.<ref name="punto"/>

Career finals

Singles (4 wins, 2 losses)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
Grand Prix / ATP Tour (4–2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 1985	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Lawson Duncan	6–0, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Apr 1986	Bari, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kent Carlsson	5–7, 7–6, 5–7
Loss	1–2	Oct 1988	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jay Berger	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	May 1989	Florence, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–2	Jul 1990	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Karel Nováček	6–4, 7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–2
Win	4–2	Apr 1993	Charlotte, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jaime Yzaga	3–6, 6–3, 6–4

_{Source: ATP<ref name="atptf">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>}

Doubles (6 wins, 5 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1987	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jay Berger	Template:Flagicon Tomás Carbonell Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal	Withdrew
Win	1–1	Nov 1988	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jay Berger	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Acuña Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win	2–1	Jun 1990	Florence, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sergi Bruguera	Template:Flagicon Luiz Mattar Template:Flagicon Diego Pérez	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Sep 1990	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Carlos Costa	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 4–6
Win	3–2	Apr 1991	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker Template:Flagicon Eric Jelen	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	4–2	Mar 1992	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano	Template:Flagicon Ģirts Dzelde Template:Flagicon T. J. Middleton	2–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	4–3	Jul 1992	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Vojtěch Flégl	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	1–6, 2–6
Win	5–3	Sep 1992	Cologne, Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Luza	Template:Flagicon Ronnie Båthman Template:Flagicon Libor Pimek	6–7, 6–0, 6–2
Loss	5–4	Oct 1992	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Vojtěch Flégl	Template:Flagicon Johan Donar Template:Flagicon Ola Jonsson	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–5	Feb 1993	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano	Template:Flagicon Leonardo Lavalle Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins	6–7, 4–6
Win	6–5	Oct 1993	Athens, Greece	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jorge Lozano	Template:Flagicon Royce Deppe Template:Flagicon John Sullivan	3–6, 6–1, 6–2

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