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Lázaro Navarro

Full name	Lázaro Navarro-Batles
Country (sports)	Cuba  Mexico
Born	(1974-01-28) 28 January 1974 (age 50)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$46,644
Singles
Career record	16–6 (Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 Challenger 6 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 327 (28 January 2002)
Doubles
Career record	9–8 (Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 Challenger 7 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 372 (13 March 2000)
Medal record Representing  Cuba Central American and Caribbean Games 1998 Maracaibo Men's team 1998 Maracaibo Men's singles 1998 Maracaibo Men's doubles
Last updated on: 15 June 2021.

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)

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
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)

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
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
Loss	6–6	Feb 2006	Mexico F2, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Shane La Porte	Nathaniel Schnugg Scott Schnugg	6–7, 6–7
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

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).

External links

• Lázaro Navarro at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Lázaro Navarro at the Davis Cup
• Lázaro Navarro at the International Tennis Federation

• 1974 births
• Living people
• Cuban male tennis players
• Mexican male tennis players
• Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
• Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
• Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Cuba
• Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Pan American Games competitors for Cuba
• Tennis players at the 1999 Pan American Games
• Tennis players at the 2003 Pan American Games
• Cuban emigrants to Mexico