Salvador Navarro Gutiérrez (born 8 January 1977) is a former professional

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Career

Navarro qualified for his only

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in 1997, at the

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/ref> He won his opening round match against countryman

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, in five sets, but would lose to

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in the second round. He never made a quarter-final during his singles career on the

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but did have a win over world number 27

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at the

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, held in his hometown of

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. The right-hander also played doubles and was a semi-finalist, with partner Óscar Hernández, in the 2003 CAM Open Comunidad Valenciana. Despite only entering the tournament after another team withdrew, the Spanish pairing were able to upset third seeds

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and Martin Rodríguez in the quarter-finals.

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

Doubles: (7)

References

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