Emilio Montaño (born 18 December 1953) is a former professional
tennis player from Mexico.
Biography
Montaño, who won the
Junior Orange Bowl in 1967, was
Guillermo Vilas's opponent when the Argentine won the Under-16s
Orange Bowl title in 1968.
He attended
Rice University in the early 1970s and played for a highly ranked
collegiate tennis team which included
Harold Solomon.
Following college, Montaño competed professionally on the
Grand Prix
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and
WCT circuits. His best singles performances at Grand Prix tournaments were quarter-final appearances at
Hong Kong in 1976 and
South Orange in 1979. As a doubles player he won a Grand Prix title at
Bogotá
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in 1979, with local player
Jairo Velasco.
In
Grand Slam competition he made the second round of the singles once, at the
1977 French Open
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. He defeated
Werner Zirngibl in the first round, only dropping five games, but was unable to get past his second round opponent
Brian Fairlie.
He also represented the
Mexico Davis Cup team, in a total of six matches, which included a 1976 tie against the
United States in Tucson. In 1979 he won a five-set reverse singles match against Canada's
Robert Bettauer which secured a tie for Mexico.
Grand Prix career finals
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
See also
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List of Mexico Davis Cup team representatives
References
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1953 births
Living people
Mexican male tennis players
Rice Owls men's tennis players
Tennis players from Mexico City
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Mexico