Iván Molina (born 16 June 1946) is a former professional
Colombian tennis
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player.
Molina and
Martina Navratilova
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teamed to win the
1974 French Open mixed doubles title, beating
Rosie Reyes Darmon and
Marcelo Lara 6–3, 6–3 in the final.
Together with
Florența Mihai, he reached the
French Open
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mixed doubles final in 1977, losing to
Mary Carillo and
John McEnroe
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. The left-hander played 46 matches in the
Davis Cup
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for
Colombia
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from 1970 to 1979, winning 15 and losing 14 of his singles matches and winning 7 and losing 10 of his doubles matches. In 1974, he led Colombia to the Davis Cup Americas Inter-Zonal Final. He played 11 Tennis Grand Prix doubles finals (2 win) and 2 singles finals (no wins) and reached his highest singles ranking of 22 in April 1976 on the Grand Prix. He is considered to be the best Colombian tennis player of all time.
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 2 (1–1)
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Doubles: 11 (2 titles-9 runner-up)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
References
External links
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1946 births
Living people
Colombian male tennis players
French Open champions
Sportspeople from Medellín
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
21st-century Colombian people
20th-century Colombian sportsmen