Lázaro Navarro
Lázaro Navarro-Batles (born 28 January 1974) is a Cuban-Mexican former professional tennis player.[1]
Full name | Lázaro Navarro-Batles |
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Country (sports) | Cuba Mexico |
Born | 28 January 1974 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $46,644 |
Singles | |
Career record | 16–6 (Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 Challenger 6 Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 327 (28 January 2002) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 9–8 (Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 Challenger 7 Futures |
Highest ranking | No. 372 (13 March 2000) |
Medal record | |
Last updated on: 15 June 2021. |
Biography
Navarro grew up in Cuba and didn't take up the sport tennis of until age 13.[2] He played Davis Cup for his native country from 1995 to 2003, appearing in a total of 19 ties. A three-time medalist at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games in Maracaibo, he went on to represent Cuba at both the 1999 and 2003 editions of the Pan American Games.
Since 1999 he has been based in Mexico, after coming to the Central American country from Cuba on a sports exchange program. Married to a local from Jalisco, Navarro became a naturalized Mexican and represented his adoptive country in his final years on tour.[3]
While competing on the professional tour he had a career high singles ranking of 327 in the world. His best performance on the ATP Challenger Tour was a run to the semi-finals at Guadalajara in 2001, with wins over Fernando González, Adrián García and Luis Morejón. He won six singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Men's Circuit.
ITF Futures finals
Singles: 9 (6–3)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jun 1999 | Mexico F3, Cancún | Futures | Hard | Leonardo Silva | 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 2–0 | May 2001 | Mexico F5, Cancún | Futures | Hard | Miguel Gallardo Valles | 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 2–1 | Sep 2001 | Mexico F6, Guadalajara | Futures | Clay | Matías Boeker | 6–4, 1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 2001 | Mexico F8, Mazatlán | Futures | Hard | Rafael De Mesa | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 4–1 | Oct 2002 | Cuba F1, Havana | Futures | Hard | Charles-Edouard Maria | 5–0 ret. |
Loss | 4–2 | Nov 2002 | Mexico F18, León | Futures | Hard | Janko Tipsarević | 1–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 4–3 | May 2006 | Mexico F7, San Javier | Futures | Clay | Roman Borvanov | 5–7, 2–6 |
Win | 5–3 | Jul 2006 | Mexico F9, Mexico City | Futures | Hard | Bruno Rodríguez | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 6–3 | Jul 2006 | Mexico F10, Comitán | Futures | Hard | Víctor Romero | 6–1, 6–0 |
Doubles: 14 (7–7)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Oct 1998 | Bolivia F2, Cochabamba | Futures | Clay | Jean-Kome Loglo | Marcos Daniel Rodrigo Monte |
5–7, 6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 1–1 | May 1999 | Mexico F1, Campeche | Futures | Hard | Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez | Cedric Kauffmann Mike Mather |
2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 2–1 | Jun 1999 | Mexico F3, Cancún | Futures | Hard | Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez | Rodrigo Pena Rudy Rake |
2–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 3–1 | Sep 1999 | Peru F1, Arequipa | Futures | Clay | Paulo Carvallo | Leandro Rosa Jicham Zaatini |
walkover |
Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2000 | Jamaica F3, Negril | Futures | Hard | Sandor Martinez-Breijo | Johan Kareld Johan Örtegren |
5–7, 2–6 |
Win | 4–2 | Sep 2001 | Mexico F8, Mazatlán | Futures | Hard | Marcus Fluitt | Doug Root James Shortall |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–3 | Nov 2001 | Mexico F10, Juarez | Futures | Clay | Marcello Amador | John Doran Andrew Painter |
3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 5–3 | Nov 2001 | Mexico F12, Zacatecas | Futures | Hard | Sandor Martinez-Breijo | Alejandro Hernández Alexander Waske |
walkover |
Loss | 5–4 | Mar 2002 | Mexico F3, Aguascalientes | Futures | Clay | Juan Pablo Brzezicki | Bruno Echagaray Santiago González |
4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 6–4 | Jun 2002 | Mexico F11, Cancún | Futures | Hard | Sebastián Decoud | Francisco Montana Alex Bogomolov Jr. |
walkover |
Loss | 6–5 | Sep 2002 | Mexico F14, Mazatlán | Futures | Hard | Sandor Martinez-Breijo | Hermes Gamonal Phillip Harboe |
4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Loss | 6–6 | Feb 2006 | Mexico F2, Mexico City | Futures | Hard | Shane La Porte | Nathaniel Schnugg Scott Schnugg |
6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 7–6 | Jul 2006 | Mexico F9, Mexico City | Futures | Hard | Michael Johnson | Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Bruno Rodríguez |
6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 7–7 | Aug 2014 | Mexico F10, Puebla | Futures | Hard | Adrián Fernández | Hans Hach Chris Letcher |
3–6, 4–6 |
References
- "Guía la conquista Lázaro Navarro". Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2 September 2018.
- "JIT – Entrevista a Lázaro Navarro". www.jit.cu (in Spanish). 10 February 2004.
- Ramírez, Valentin (7 December 2016). "El cubano Lázaro Navarro Batles hace historia, en nacional de tenis". tiempo.com.mx (in European Spanish).