Career
He has been on and off the Main Tour a few times during his career, failing to make any significant impact each time. He suffered from testicular cancer in 2005 but continued playing while he recovered. He qualified for the 1999 World Championship but drew Ronnie O"Sullivan and lost 10–3.
He also reached the final qualifying round in 2004, losing 10–8 to Dominic Dale.
As an amateur, Fernandez reached the final of English Amateur Championship in 2010, losing to Jack Lisowski, playing in the tournament again in 2011 and winning the title, victorious 10–6 in the final over John Whitty. He entered Q-School in 2015 and made it to the final round before losing 4–1 to Rhys Clark.
In October 2015, Fernandez played in the Asian Tour, and reached quarter-finals of the Haining Open before losing 4–1 to world number 11 Ricky Walden. Fernandez was born in Limerick, Ireland, but currently lives in Bexhill-On-Sea, England, where he is the resident coach and manager at O"Sullivan"s Snooker & Pool Club. finals
Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)
Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up).