{{Short description|Mexican tennis player (1928–2014)}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Mario Llamas | nickname = | image = | caption = | country = {{flagicon|MEX}} Mexico | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1928|3|30}} | birth_place = Mexico City | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2014|6|17|1928|3|30}} | death_place =Mexico | plays = | singlesrecord = 237–122 | singlestitles = 16 | FrenchOpenresult = 4R (1961) | Wimbledonresult = 4R (1960) | USOpenresult = 2R (1956) | Team = yes | DavisCupresult = F<sup>Ch</sup> (1962) | medaltemplates-expand = yes | medaltemplates = {{medal|Competition|Pan American Games}} {{Medal|Gold|1955 Mexico City|Men's doubles}} {{Medal|Silver|1963 Sao Paulo|Men's singles}} }}
'''Mario Llamas''' (30 March 1928 – 17 June 2014) was a tennis player from Mexico.<ref>[http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10003905 ITF Pro Circuit Profile]</ref>
==Career== Llamas was a regular fixture on the Mexico Davis Cup team, appearing in a total of 21 ties during his career.<ref name=Davis>[https://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player.aspx?id=800172995 Davis Cup Profile]</ref> He won 21 of his 44 rubbers, 15 of them in singles.<ref name=Davis/> In the 1962 Davis Cup, Llamas was a member of the team that finished as the runner-up.<ref name=Davis/> Although he did not play in the final against Australia, he took part in the America Zone and Inter-Zone finals.<ref name=Davis/> He had a win over Rod Laver in a 1959 Davis Cup match.<ref name=Davis/>
At the 1960 Wimbledon Championships he had wins over Barry Phillips-Moore, Warren Woodcock and Roger Becker, before losing in the round of 16 to Roy Emerson.<ref name=TennisArchive>[http://www.tennisarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=3754 Tennis Archive Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120519123800/http://www.tennisarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=3754 |date=2012-05-19 }}</ref> He also made the fourth round of the 1961 French Championships, where he was seeded 13th.<ref name=TennisArchive/>
Llamas was a gold medalist in the men's doubles at the 1955 Pan American Games, with Gustavo Palafox as his partner.<ref>''New York Times'', [https://www.nytimes.com/1955/03/20/archives/miranda-defeats-santee-in-upset-for-1500-crown-argentine-nips.html "Miranda Defeats Santee In Upset For 1,500 Crown"], 20 March 1955.</ref> In the 1963 Pan American Games he took home a silver medal in the singles, after losing to gold medal playoff to Ronald Barnes.<ref>''Baltimore Sun'', [https://archive.today/20130131154912/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/1777387362.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+28,+1963&author=&pub=The+Sun+(1837-1985)&desc=Middle+Atlantic+Tennis+Field+Includes+Brazil's+Barnes&pqatl=google "Middle Atlantic Tennis Field Includes Brazil's Barnes"], 28 July 1963.</ref>
his other career singles highlights include winning the Pan American Championships on clay courts at Centro Deportivo Chapultepec, Mexico City three times (1958–59, 1963).
Llamas died on 17 June 2014 at the age of 86.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.larazonsanluis.com/index.php/justicia/item/36239-falleci%C3%B3-mario-llamas |title=Falleció Mario Llamas |accessdate=2016-02-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716021026/http://www.larazonsanluis.com/index.php/justicia/item/36239-falleci%C3%B3-mario-llamas |archivedate=2014-07-16 }}</ref>
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