Óscar Ortiz (born May 9, 1973, in

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) is a former

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from Mexico, who turned professional in 1991. The left-hander represented his native country at the

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, where he was defeated in the second round. Ortiz reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on May 29, 1995, when he became the number 141 of the world and became # 1 player in Mexico He won the silver medal at the

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Reach number 122 in the ATP in doubles in June 1996. Panamerican Games Captain in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2003 and Rio de Janeiro Brasil 2007 Federation Cup Captain from Mexico 2005 to 2008 Mexican Davis Cup Captain 2006 to 2008.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (2–0)

Doubles: 17 (8–9)

Performance timeline

Singles

External links

* * * Federation Cup Captain from 2005 to 2008 Davis Cup Captain from Mexico 2006 to 2008 1973 births Living people Mexican male tennis players Olympic tennis players for Mexico Tennis players from Mexico City Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1999 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Pan American Games tennis players for Mexico Pan American Games silver medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games Long stubs with short prose {{mexico-tennis-bio-stub