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Cuban-Mexican tennis player
Lázaro Navarro Full name Lázaro Navarro-Batles Country (sports) Cuba MexicoBorn (1974-01-28 ) 28 January 1974 (age 50) Plays Right-handed Prize money $46,644 Career record 16–6 (Davis Cup) Career titles 0 Challenger 6 Futures Highest ranking No. 327 (28 January 2002) Career record 9–8 (Davis Cup) Career titles 0 Challenger 7 Futures Highest ranking No. 372 (13 March 2000) Last updated on: 15 June 2021.
Lázaro Navarro-Batles (born 28 January 1974) is a Cuban-Mexican former professional tennis player.[ 1]
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 .
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
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