Joaquín "Quino" Muñoz Hernández (born 4 January 1975) is a former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player from Spain.

Biography

A right-handed player from Madrid, Muñoz began competing on the professional circuit in 1994 and reached a best singles ranking on tour of 157 in the world. His best performance on the ATP Tour came at the 1998 Torneo Godó in Barcelona, where he registered wins over

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and

Francisco Clavet Francisco Javier Clavet González de Castejón (; born 24 October 1968), known as Pato Clavet (), is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won eight singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 1992 Indian Wells Masters and the 1 ...

, before he was eliminated in the round of 16 by the top seeded Yevgeny Kafelnikov in three sets. He held a set point in the first set, which he lost to Kafelnikov in a tiebreak, then claimed the second set, but the Russian won the deciding set. While in his 30s he continued to make the occasional appearances in local tournaments and in 2016 was runner-up in doubles at the Segovia Challenger, at the age of 41. He announced his retirement from competitive tennis in 2018.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Munoz, Quino 1975 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Madrid