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 | Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico
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 | High School: Modern American School
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 | Height: 5-11
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 | Birthdate: 02/23/1978
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 | ACC Champion: 1999, 2000
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Three-time ACC Doubles Champion ... all-time doubles victories leader in school history with 85 career wins ... ranked first and second on single-season doubles victories list with 29 wins in 1998 and 27 in 1999 ... fifth on career singles victories list with 65 wins ... Dean’s List member ... ACC Honor Roll member ... Arthur Ashe Award Nominee.
2001 - Senior
All-ACC selection ... named the 2000 Wake Forest Male Scholar Athlete of the Year ... James-Weaver-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship recipient ... invited to play with Mexico’s Davis Cup team against Argentina first two weeks of February ... upset No. 9 Phillip King 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in March 28 loss to No. 3 Duke ... knocked off No. 21 Nathan Overlander 5-7, 6-0, 7-6 (5) in March 2 upset win over No. 10 Florida ... named ACC Player of the Week March 5 ... went 8-5 in the fall season ... picked up four wins at the ITA Region II Championships before falling in the semifinals ... ranked 15th in 2001 Region II preseason singles rankings ... runner up finish at 2001 ACC Indoor Championships.
2000 - Junior
Skipped the fall season after having surgery on his shoulder over the summer ... ACC Doubles Flight Champion ... finished season with 12-8 record ... went 3-3 in the ACC.
1999 - Sophomore
Compiled an 11-15 record ... was 3-4 versus ACC competition ... along with partner Myles Clouston was ranked eighth in doubles with record of 27-8 ... won the ACC number one doubles championship with partner Myles Clouston.
1998 - Freshman
Posted the seventh most wins in a season by any Demon Deacon with 24 ... played at the third position and below ... went 9-3 at the No. 6 seed ... finished with a record of 6-1 in the ACC ... won seven of his final nine matches ... ranked 41st by the ITA with doubles partner Myles Clouston ... won the number one doubles ACC championship with partner Myles Clouston ... earned a national ranking of 38th in doubles with partner Myles Clouston following the fall season after the duo compiled a record of 10-2 and advanced to the semifinals of the Rolex Region II Championships.
Background
Compiled an outstanding junior career in Mexico, earning national rankings and winning numerous tournaments ... junior singles ranking of No. 1 in Mexico in both the 14 and under and the 16 and under age groups ... sectional, regional and state champion in the 18 and under category ... advanced to the semifinals in singles at the National Junior Hard Courts ... Economics major ... born Feb. 23, 1978 in Mexico City, Mexico ... parents are Raul & Hilda Munoz.
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Doubles |
| Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Dual | Tourn. | Fall | ACC | Total | Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | Dual | Tourn. | Fall | ACC | Total |
| 1997-1998 | - | - | 2-3 | 1-0 | 1-0 | 9-3 | 13-6 | 1-1 | 11-4 | 6-1 | 24-11 | 1997-1998 | 15-7 | - | - | 15-7 | 4-0 | 10-2 | 6-1 | 29-9 |
| 1998-1999 | - | 8-12 | - | - | - | - | 8-12 | 2-1 | 1-3 | 3-4 | 11-15 | 1998-1999 | 19-4 | - | 1-1 | 20-5 | 3-1 | 5-3 | 7-1 | 28-9 |
| 1999-2000 | 4-3 | 0-1 | 4-1 | 2-1 | - | - | 10-6 | 2-1 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 12-8 | 1999-2000 | 12-1 | 4-1 | - | 16-5 | 2-1 | - | 4-2 | 18-6 |
| 2000-2001 | 4-15 | 2-0 | - | - | - | - | 6-15 | 4-1 | 8-5 | 2-6 | 18-21 | 2000-2001 | 3-11 | 1-2 | - | 6-14 | - | 3-6 | 2-6 | 10-21 |
| Career | 8-18 | 10-13 | 6-4 | 3-1 | 1-0 | 9-3 | 37-39 | 9-4 | 20-13 | 14-14 | 65-55 | Career | 49-23 | 5-3 | 3-2 | 57-31 | 10-3 | 18-11 | 19-10 | 85-45 |
Up Close
- Favorite food: salmon
- Favorite cartoon character: Rizzo the Rat
- Favorite movie: The Graduate
- Favorite actor: Robin Williams
- CD you would choose if you could only have one: U2, The Joshua Tree
- Your name if you were a pro wrestler: Don Taco
- Favorite sport (other than tennis): boxing
- Place you’d most like to visit: Africa
- When you played sports as a kid, who’d you pretend to be: Stefan Edberg
- Greatest sports moment: When my Dad first taught me how to hit the ball
- Teammate that makes you laugh the hardest: Screech