Horacio de la Peña

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**Horacio de la Peña**

Nickname(s)	El Pulga
Country	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of birth	August 1, 1966 (1966-08-01) (age 41)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	71 kg (160 lb/11.2 st)
Turned pro	1984
Plays	Left-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	$$1,234,768
Singles
Career record:	190-180
Career titles:	4
Highest ranking:	31 (April 6, 1987)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd round (1989)
French Open	4th round (1986)
Wimbledon	1st Round (1988-89, 1992-93)
US Open	3rd round (1985)
Doubles
Career record:	84-92
Career titles:	6
Highest ranking:	53 (April 22, 1991)
Infobox last updated on: March 3, 2008.

Horacio de la Peña (b. August 1, 1966), nicknamed El Pulga (Spanish for "the flea"), is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina.

De la Peña was born in Buenos Aires. He began playing on the ATP circuit at age thirteen. His best singles ranking — achieved in 1987 — was number 31. He won 4 titles in his career all on clay.

De la Peña is most well known as coach of Chilean Fernando González for 5 years until 2006, in addition to coaching Gonzalez, he also used to coach fellow countrymen Gaston Gaudio and Jose Acasuso. He was the unofficial (because of his nationality) captain of the Chilean Davis Cup team. He currently coaches Guillermo Coria.

[edit] Singles Titles (4)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	22 April 1985	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Lawson Duncan	6-0 6-3
2.	22 May 1989	Florence, Italy	Clay	Goran Ivanisevic	6-4 6-3
3.	30 July 1990	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Karel Novacek	6-4 7-6 2-6 6-2
3.	12 April 1993	Charlotte, USA	Clay	Jaime Yzaga	3-6 6-3 6-4