 He won the Junior Orange Bowl (Under 14s) in 1983 and was the Mexican junior champion in 1984.A Mexican Davis Cup squad member, he twice made the boys' singles final at the Wimbledon Championships.He defeated Javier Sánchez to win the 1986 Wimbledon Championships, the second successive time a Mexican won the title, as he was beaten in the final the previous year by countryman Leonardo Lavalle.