Iván Molina Explained
| Iván Molina |
| Birth Date: | 1946 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Maceo, Colombia |
| Plays: | Left-handed |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | n°40 (5 April 1976) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1978) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 2R (1972, 1973) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (1975, 1977) |
| Doublestitles: | 2 |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 3R (1971, 1973, 1975) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 2R (1972, 1974) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 2R (1972) |
| Mixed: | yes |
| Mixedtitles: | 1 |
| Mixedrecord: | 25–11 |
| Frenchopenmixedresult: | W (1974) |
| Wimbledonmixedresult: | QF (1972) |
| Usopenmixedresult: | 3R (1972) |
Iván Molina (born 16 June 1946[1] [2]) is a former professional Colombian tennis player.
Molina and Martina Navratilova teamed to win the 1974 French Open mixed doubles title, beating Rosie Reyes Darmon and Marcelo Lara 6–3, 6–3 in the final.[3] Together with Florența Mihai, he reached the French Open mixed doubles final in 1977, losing to Mary Carillo and John McEnroe. The left-hander played 46 matches in the Davis Cup for Colombia from 1970 to 1979, winning 15 and losing 14 of his singles matches and winning 7 and losing 10 of his doubles matches. In 1974, he led Colombia to the Davis Cup Americas Inter-Zonal Final. He played 11 Tennis Grand Prix doubles finals (2 win) and 2 singles finals (no wins) and reached his highest singles ranking of 22 in April 1976 on the Grand Prix. He is considered to be the best Colombian tennis player of all time.
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 2 (1–1)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1974 | | Clay | | | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1977 | French Open | Clay | | | 6–7, 3–6 | |
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)
| Titles by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (0–2) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
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Doubles: 11 (2 titles-9 runner-up)
| Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–3) | | Clay (2–6) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) | |
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| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 1972 | ATP Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Barry Phillips-Moore | Jaime Fillol
Jaime Pinto Bravo | 6–2, 6–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 1973 | Dutch Open, Netherlands | Clay | Allan Stone |  Andrés Gimeno
Antonio Muñoz | 4–6, 7–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 1973 | ATP Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Patricio Cornejo |  Ricardo Cano
Guillermo Vilas | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Feb 1974 | ATP Birmingham, USA | Hard | Nicholas Kalogeropoulos |  Ian Fletcher
 Sandy Mayer | 6–4, 6–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Mar 1974 | Calgary, Canada | Indoor |  Jairo Velasco | Jürgen Fassbender
Karl Meiler | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Mar 1974 | Salt Lake City Open, USA | Indoor | Jairo Velasco | Jimmy Connors
Vitas Gerulaitis | 6–2, 6–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 2–5 | Jul 1974 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Jairo Velasco | František Pála
 Balázs Taróczy | 2–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Apr 1975 | Nice International Championships,France | Clay | Jairo Velasco |  Marcelo Lara
Joaquín Loyo Mayo | 6–7, 7–6, 6–8 |
| Loss | 2–7 | Apr 1977 | ATP Florence, Italy | Clay | Jairo Velasco |  Chris Lewis
Russell Simpson | 6–2, 6–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–8 | Oct 1979 | ATP Bordeaux, France | Clay |  Bernard Fritz | Patrice Dominguez
Denis Naegelen | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–9 | Nov 1979 | Quito Open, Ecuador | Clay | Jairo Velasco | Jaime Fillol
Álvaro Fillol | 7–6, 3–6, 1–6 | |
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
Notes and References
- Web site: El legendario Iván Molina vuelve a Medellín a dictar cátedra. El Colombiano. 1 October 2014. Medellín. es. 5 February 2014.
- Other sources cite Bogotá (official ATP webcite) or Maceo, Antioquia (profile at the Colomvian portal Tras La Cola de La Rata) as his birthplace
- Web site: Iván Molina. 1 October 2014. 2 February 2004. Semana. es.
