Lázaro Navarro-Batles (born 28 January 1974) is a Cuban-Mexican former professional tennis player.
Biography Navarro grew up in Cuba and didn't take up the sport tennis of until age 13. 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.
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) LegendITF Futures (6–3)Finals by surfaceHard (6–1)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Mexico F3, CancúnFuturesHard Leonardo Silva6–4, 6–4Win2–0Mexico F5, CancúnFuturesHard Miguel Gallardo Valles7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–5)Loss2–1Mexico F6, GuadalajaraFuturesClay Matías Boeker6–4, 1–6, 2–6Win3–1Mexico F8, MazatlánFuturesHard Rafael De Mesa3–6, 6–3, 6–4Win4–1Cuba F1, HavanaFuturesHard Charles-Edouard Maria5–0 ret.Loss4–2Mexico F18, LeónFuturesHard Janko Tipsarević1–6, 3–6Loss4–3Mexico F7, San JavierFuturesClay Roman Borvanov5–7, 2–6Win5–3Mexico F9, Mexico CityFuturesHard Bruno Rodríguez4–6, 6–3, 6–4Win6–3Mexico F10, ComitánFuturesHard Víctor Romero6–1, 6–0
Doubles: 14 (7–7) LegendITF Futures (7–7)Finals by surfaceHard (5–5)Clay (2–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Bolivia F2, CochabambaFuturesClay Jean-Kome Loglo Marcos Daniel Rodrigo Monte5–7, 6–4, 7–5Loss1–1Mexico F1, CampecheFuturesHard Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez Cedric Kauffmann Mike Mather2–6, 5–7Win2–1Mexico F3, CancúnFuturesHard Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez Rodrigo Pena Rudy Rake2–6, 6–4, 6–2Win3–1Peru F1, ArequipaFuturesClay Paulo Carvallo Leandro Rosa Jicham ZaatiniwalkoverLoss3–2Jamaica F3, NegrilFuturesHard Sandor Martinez-Breijo Johan Kareld Johan Örtegren5–7, 2–6Win4–2Mexico F8, MazatlánFuturesHard Marcus Fluitt Doug Root James Shortall6–4, 6–4Loss4–3Mexico F10, JuarezFuturesClay Marcello Amador John Doran Andrew Painter3–6, 6–7(4–7)Win5–3Mexico F12, ZacatecasFuturesHard Sandor Martinez-Breijo Alejandro Hernández Alexander WaskewalkoverLoss5–4Mexico F3, AguascalientesFuturesClay Juan Pablo Brzezicki Bruno Echagaray Santiago González4–6, 5–7Win6–4Mexico F11, CancúnFuturesHard Sebastián Decoud Francisco Montana Alex Bogomolov Jr.walkoverLoss6–5Mexico F14, MazatlánFuturesHard Sandor Martinez-Breijo Hermes Gamonal Phillip Harboe4–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss6–6Mexico F2, Mexico CityFuturesHard Shane La Porte Nathaniel Schnugg Scott Schnugg6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)Win7–6Mexico F9, Mexico CityFuturesHard Michael Johnson Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Bruno Rodríguez6–4, 4–6, 6–2Loss7–7Mexico F10, PueblaFuturesHard Adrián Fernández Hans Hach Chris Letcher3–6, 4–6
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