Lázaro Navarro-Batles (born 28 January 1974) is a Cuban-Mexican former professional tennis player.[1]

Lázaro Navarro
Full nameLázaro Navarro-Batles
Country (sports) Cuba
 Mexico
Born (1974-01-28) 28 January 1974 (age 50)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$46,644
Singles
Career record16–6 (Davis Cup)
Career titles 0 Challenger 6 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 327 (28 January 2002)
Doubles
Career record9–8 (Davis Cup)
Career titles 0 Challenger 7 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 372 (13 March 2000)
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Maracaibo Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Maracaibo Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Maracaibo Men's doubles
Last updated on: 15 June 2021.

Biography

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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

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Singles: 9 (6–3)

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Legend
ITF Futures (6–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
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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Legend
ITF Futures (7–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
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

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  1. ^ "Guía la conquista Lázaro Navarro". Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2 September 2018.
  2. ^ "JIT – Entrevista a Lázaro Navarro". www.jit.cu (in Spanish). 10 February 2004.
  3. ^ Ramírez, Valentin (7 December 2016). "El cubano Lázaro Navarro Batles hace historia, en nacional de tenis". tiempo.com.mx (in European Spanish).
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