Horacio de la Peña

Infobox Tennis player
playername= Horacio de la Peña
nickname= El Pulga
country= ARG
residence= Buenos Aires, Argentina
datebirth= birthdate and age|1966|8|1
placebirth= Buenos Aires, Argentina
height= height|m=1.80
weight= convert|71|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro= 1984
plays= Left-handed; one-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $$1,234,768
singlesrecord= 190–180
singlestitles= 4
highestsinglesranking= 31 (April 6, 1987)
AustralianOpenresult= 2nd round (1989)
FrenchOpenresult= 4th round (1986)
Wimbledonresult= 1st Round (1988–89, 1992–93)
USOpenresult= 3rd round (1985)
doublesrecord= 84–92
doublestitles= 6
highestdoublesranking= 53 (April 22, 1991)
updated= March 3, 2008

Horacio de la Peña (born 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.

Singles Titles (4)

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

Finalist (2)

* 1986: Bari (lost to Kent Carlsson)
* 1988: Sao Paulo(lost to Jay Berger)

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