Lázaro Navarro Explained

Lázaro Navarro
Fullname:Lázaro Navarro-Batles
Country Represented:
Birth Date:28 January 1974
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$46,644
Singlesrecord:16–6 (Davis Cup)
Singlestitles: 0 Challenger 6 Futures
Highestsinglesranking:No. 327 (28 January 2002)
Doublesrecord:9–8 (Davis Cup)
Doublestitles: 0 Challenger 7 Futures
Highestdoublesranking:No. 372 (13 March 2000)
Updated:15 June 2021
Medaltemplates-Expand:yes

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

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)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–1)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Mexico F3, CancúnFuturesHard Leonardo Silva6–4, 6–4
Win2–0Mexico F5, CancúnFuturesHard Miguel Gallardo Valles7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss2–1Mexico F6, GuadalajaraFuturesClay Matías Boeker6–4, 1–6, 2–6
Win3–1Mexico F8, MazatlánFuturesHard Rafael De Mesa3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win4–1Cuba F1, HavanaFuturesHard Charles-Edouard Maria5–0 ret.
Loss4–2Mexico F18, LeónFuturesHard Janko Tipsarević1–6, 3–6
Loss4–3Mexico F7, San JavierFuturesClay Roman Borvanov5–7, 2–6
Win5–3Mexico F9, Mexico CityFuturesHard Bruno Rodríguez4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win6–3Mexico F10, ComitánFuturesHard Víctor Romero6–1, 6–0

Doubles: 14 (7–7)

Finals by surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Bolivia F2, CochabambaFuturesClay Jean-Kome Loglo Marcos Daniel
Rodrigo Monte
5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Loss1–1Mexico F1, CampecheFuturesHard Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez Cedric Kauffmann
Mike Mather
2–6, 5–7
Win2–1Mexico F3, CancúnFuturesHard Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez Rodrigo Pena
Rudy Rake
2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win3–1Peru F1, ArequipaFuturesClay Paulo Carvallo Leandro Rosa
Jicham Zaatini
walkover
Loss3–2Jamaica F3, NegrilFuturesHard Sandor Martinez-Breijo Johan Kareld
Johan Örtegren
5–7, 2–6
Win4–2Mexico F8, MazatlánFuturesHard Marcus Fluitt Doug Root
James Shortall
6–4, 6–4
Loss4–3Mexico F10, JuarezFuturesClay Marcello Amador John Doran
Andrew Painter
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win5–3Mexico F12, ZacatecasFuturesHard Sandor Martinez-Breijo Alejandro Hernández
Alexander Waske
walkover
Loss5–4Mexico F3, AguascalientesFuturesClay Juan Pablo Brzezicki Bruno Echagaray
Santiago González
4–6, 5–7
Win6–4Mexico F11, CancúnFuturesHard Sebastián Decoud Francisco Montana
Alex Bogomolov Jr.
walkover
Loss6–5Mexico F14, MazatlánFuturesHard Sandor Martinez-Breijo Hermes Gamonal
Phillip Harboe
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss6–6Mexico F2, Mexico CityFuturesHard Shane La Porte Nathaniel Schnugg
Scott Schnugg
6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win7–6Mexico F9, Mexico CityFuturesHard Michael Johnson Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
Bruno Rodríguez
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss7–7Mexico F10, PueblaFuturesHard Adrián Fernández Hans Hach
Chris Letcher
3–6, 4–6

Notes and References

  1. News: Guía la conquista Lázaro Navarro . Vanguardia . 2 September 2018 . Spanish.
  2. Web site: JIT – Entrevista a Lázaro Navarro . www.jit.cu . Spanish . 10 February 2004.
  3. News: Ramírez . Valentin . El cubano Lázaro Navarro Batles hace historia, en nacional de tenis . tiempo.com.mx . 7 December 2016 . es-ES.