Joaquín Loyo-Mayo (August 16, 1945 – December 27, 2014) was a left-handed Mexican tennis player who was active from in the 1961 and 1982 and won 21 career singles titles.

Career

Born in

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. he played his first tournament at the Washington State Championships in the United States in 1961. he won his first singles title in 1963 at the San Luis Potosi International, he would go on to win that tournament a further five times which remains a tournament record. In November 1963, he represented his homeland in the inaugural Games of the New Emerging Forces (GANEFO) in Jakarta. Partnering M.L. de Santiago, he won a silver medal in the men's doubles. He won the singles title at Tri-State Championships in

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in 1967 defeating

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in the final, and was a doubles finalist in Cincinnati in 1975 and 1968. He reached the Round of 16 at

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in 1971, and the third round at the

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and Wimbledon in 1970. he won his final tournament at the San Luis Potosí Open in 1974. He played his final tournament in 1982 at the Mexican Satellite tournament. His other career singles highlights include winning the Tennessee Valley Invitation two times (1966, 1969), the Olaj Championships (1968), the Blue and Gray Invitation (1968), the Mexican Championships four times consecutively (1968–1971), the U.S. Intercollegiate Championships (1969), the March of Dimes Tennis Tournament (1968), the U.S. Intercollegiate Championships (1969), and the El Tapatio International (1973). He also represented Mexico in the

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, playing in 45 matches between 1964 and 1976. Loyo-Mayo's playing career was coming to an end as the ATP rankings were coming into being. He achieved a ranking of world no. 99 in the rankings on April 12, 1976.ATP Tour profile
/ref> (and therefore does not reflect a possible higher ranking during his peak years 1961 to 1972. In the late 1960s he studied at the

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, earning a degree in marketing. In 1989 he joined, as professional coach, Edgbaston Archery & Lawn Tennis Society in Birmingham, United Kingdom, the oldest lawn tennis club in the world.

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* * * Mexican male tennis players 1945 births Sportspeople from Veracruz 2014 deaths USC Trojans men's tennis players Tennis players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in tennis Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico 20th-century Mexican people {{Mexico-tennis-bio-stub