Marta Hernández (usually spelled Martha Hernandez), of Mexico was an amateur tennis player, active during the 1950s and 1960s.
[3] In 1956 she and compatriot Yola Ramírez were runner-ups in the doubles event at the U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships, losing the final in straight sets to Shirley Fry and Dorothy Knode.
[4] In 1959, Hernández reached the singles finals at the Canadian Open,[5] before falling to Australian Marie Martin.
In 1958, at the Cincinnati Masters, she won the doubles title (with Montgomery) and reached the singles final, only to fall to 17-year-old American Gwyn Thomas.
[citation needed] She took a 15-year sabbatical to marry developer Sam Burchers and raise their two sons, then reemerged in 1975.