Xóchitl Escobedo (born September 17, 1968) is a retired female
tennis player
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from
Mexico
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, who represented her native country at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in
Seoul, South Korea
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. She reached a career-high singles ranking on November 20, 1989, when she became ranked the number 284 in the
world
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.
Escobedo is married to former Olympian
Eduardo Nava. Their son
Emilio Emilio may refer to:
* Emilio Navaira, a Mexican-American singer often called "Emilio"
* Emilio Piazza Memorial School, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
* Emilio (given name)
* ''Emilio'' (film), a 2008 film by Kim Jorgensen
See also
* Emílio (dis ...
is an ATP tennis player who, as a junior, was the runner-up in both singles and doubles at both the Australian Open (2019s&d) and the US Open (2019s, 2018d). Escobedo is also the aunt of ATP tennis player
Ernesto Escobedo
Ernesto "Neto" Escobedo III ( ; , born July 4, 1996) is a Mexican-American professional tennis player who has won four ATP Challenger titles.
Personal life
Escobedo began playing tennis at the age of 4. His father Ernesto Jr. briefly played prof ...
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ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 6 (3–3)
Doubles: 18 (15-3)
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1968 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Zacatecas
Mexican female tennis players
Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players for Mexico
Place of birth missing (living people)
Tennis players at the 1995 Pan American Games
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
Pan American Games medalists in tennis
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
Tennis players at the 1987 Pan American Games
20th-century Mexican women
21st-century Mexican women
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