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Emilio Montano

MEX Age 72 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1968–1981

Emilio Montano represented Mexico on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 99. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 19–49 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

99 (Aug 13, 1979)

Elo peak

1553 (19th percentile)

Singles record

19–49 (27.9%)

Singles titles

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Emilio Montano's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Paul Kronk	1-6 2-6	L	—	Match data	Feb 26, 1981*	R32	Mexico City	ATP 250	Clay
George Hardie	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 22, 1981*	R32	San Juan	ATP 250	Hard
Bruce Kleege	1-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 22, 1980*	R64	Japan Open	ATP 250	Clay
Cliff Letcher	4-6 4-6	L	—	Match data	Oct 17, 1980*	R16	Republic of China	ATP 250	Carpet
Louk Sanders	6-2 1-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 1980*	R32	Republic of China	ATP 250	Carpet

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Emilio Montano's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Andrew Pattison	0	3	3	May 30, 1979	—
Jose Luis Clerc	0	2	2	Jul 31, 1980	H2H
Gene Mayer	0	2	2	Jul 23, 1980	H2H
Bill Scanlon	1	1	2	Jan 31, 1980	H2H
John Marks	2	0	2	Oct 18, 1979	H2H

Career Results

Emilio Montano career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	14	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1969	15	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1973	19	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
1976	22	4	8	12	33.3%	129	129
1977	23	4	12	16	25.0%	120	120
1978	24	1	3	4	25.0%	172	190
1979	25	8	11	19	42.1%	100	121
1980	26	1	9	10	10.0%	100	158
1981	27	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
Career		19	49	68	27.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Emilio Montano career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	14	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1969	15	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1973	19	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1976	22	3	2	5	60.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
1977	23	—	—	—	—	4	9	13	30.8%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	12	16	25.0%
1978	24	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1979	25	2	3	5	40.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	8	11	19	42.1%
1980	26	0	2	2	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	9	10	10.0%
1981	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	5	9	14	35.7%	11	32	43	25.6%	2	5	7	28.6%	1	3	4	25.0%	19	49	68	27.9%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Emilio Montano career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1977	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	0	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%
1978	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1979	25	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	0	0	—	—	3	9	12	25.0%
1980	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
Career		0	3	3	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	6	13	19	31.6%	0	0	—	—	6	20	26	23.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 26/68 (38.2%) of Emilio Montano's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Emilio Montano advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	14	1484	96.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.06
1969	15	1476	94.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	-0.15
1973	19	1454	100.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.25	0–1	1–0	—	+0.52
1976	22	1505	118.8	—	—	—	—	+90	-30	—	33.3%	-1.25	2–0	—	—	-0.01
1977	23	1488	108.5	—	—	—	—	—	-8	—	32.5%	-1.25	1–3 (25%)	—	—	+0.40
1978	24	1479	97.7	—	—	—	—	—	+3	—	30.0%	-1.40	1–1	—	—	+0.31
1979	25	1544	120.9	—	—	—	—	+3	-12	—	39.0%	-0.83	2–1 (67%)	1–1	—	+0.29
1980	26	1475	106.3	—	—	—	—	+24	+15	—	13.6%	-2.36	1–1	0–1	—	+0.31
1981	27	1454	92.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.75	—	—	—	+0.17
Career		1553	113.0	—	—	—	—	+39	-9	—	30.7%	-1.40	7–7 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	101.4	+2.84

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Emilio Montano Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	W-L Win %
1973	19	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1977	23	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
1979	25	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)

ATP 500

Emilio Montano ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	W-L Win %
1980	26	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 250

Emilio Montano ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	CIN	HKG	NAP	NWP	STG	TKY	WAS	AIX	BAN	BOG	CAL	LIT	LOU	MAN	MAN	MAU	MEX	MEX	NOR	QUI	REP	RIC	SAN	SAN	SOU	SYD	TEH	U.S	W-L Win %
1968	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1969	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1973	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1976	22	—	R64	QF	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	4–8 (33%)
1977	23	—	R64	—	R64	R32	R16	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	3–10 (23%)
1978	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1979	25	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	R64	8–10 (44%)
1980	26	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	R64	1–8 (11%)
1981	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–3 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	18–44 (29%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Aug 13, 1979

First Top 100

Aug 6, 1979

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Emilio Montano ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1976	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	129
1977	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	120	—	—	—	—	—
1978	24	170	—	—	—	—	—	212	—	—	—	—	190
1979	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	—	121
1980	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	—	—	158
1982	28	752	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Emilio Montano's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Steve Turner	USA	#105	1,503	73	19	54	26.0%	—	1968–1977	Rivalries	Match log
Henry Bunis	USA	#103	1,587	87	28	59	32.2%	—	1969–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Zan Guerry	USA	#98	1,596	118	41	77	34.7%	—	1968–1982	Rivalries	Match log
John Bartlett	AUS	#93	1,501	153	45	108	29.4%	—	1968–1979	Rivalries	Match log
Mike Machette	USA	#90	1,568	119	33	86	27.7%	—	1968–1979	Rivalries	Match log
Juan Ignacio Muntanola	ESP	#101	1,580	50	18	32	36.0%	—	1971–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Martin Robinson	GBR	#105	1,581	49	13	36	26.5%	$600	1974–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Tony Graham	USA	#100	1,630	65	19	46	29.2%	—	1977–1982	Rivalries	Match log
Alvaro Betancur	COL	#89	1,600	112	34	78	30.4%	—	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Doug Crawford	USA	#117	1,509	68	19	49	27.9%	—	1970–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Randy Crawford	USA	#95	1,528	22	7	15	31.8%	—	1975–1980	Rivalries	Match log
John Chris Lewis	USA	#100	1,517	13	3	10	23.1%	—	1977–1980	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Emilio Montano?: Emilio Montano is 72 years old, born on December 18, 1953.
Which country does Emilio Montano represent?: Emilio Montano represents Mexico in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Emilio Montano left-handed or right-handed?: Emilio Montano plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Emilio Montano won?: Emilio Montano has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Emilio Montano won?: TennisDB does not group any of Emilio Montano's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Emilio Montano's highest ATP ranking?: Emilio Montano's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 99, first achieved on August 13, 1979.
What is Emilio Montano's career win-loss record?: Emilio Montano has a career ATP singles record of 19 wins and 49 losses (27.9%).
Which seasons of Emilio Montano's career appear in TennisDB?: Emilio Montano appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1968 through 1981.
On which surface does Emilio Montano have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Emilio Montano's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 25.6% (11–32).
Who has Emilio Montano faced most often?: Emilio Montano's most frequent opponent is Andrew Pattison, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.