Maricris Fernandez

Maricris Fernandez-Gentz is a Filipino former tennis player.

Career

Fernandez was an active tennis player in the 1990s. At 14-years old, she priotized her tennis career over her education.
Playing for Philippines at the Fed Cup, Gentz has a win–loss record of 12–2.
She has won at least two PCA Open women's singles title.
She won the girls event of the 1997 Mitsubishi Lancer International Junior Tennis Championship.
She won the women's single gold medal at the 1999 SEA Games in Brunei. No Filipina would win a gold medal until the 2025 edition where Alexandra Eala ended the 26-year medal drought.
Fernandez has career-high WTA rankings of 284 in singles, achieved in 1999. She was the highest ranked Filipino player ever on the WTA circuit until Eala surpassed her in 2022 reaching 280.
By 2001, she reportedly have retired to focus on resuming her studies in Los Angeles. In 2009, she returned from retirement and secured a wild card st the Holcim/ITF Women’s Circuit Tournament.