Iván Navarro Pastor (; born 19 October 1981) is a
tennis
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coach and a former professional player from Spain. He reached a career high singles ranking of No. 67 in March 2009. He employed the
serve-and-volley strategy, very much like his compatriot
Feliciano López
Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ATP rankings, ranking of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016. ...
. During his playing career, he had a unique habit of changing racquets each game, using one racquet for serving and another for returning.
Career
He defeated
Ivo Karlović
Ivo Karlović (; born 28 February 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player. His height of 211 cm (6 ft 11 in) makes him the joint-tallest ranked tennis player in history (along with Reilly Opelka). He won eight ATP Tour si ...
in the first round of the
2009 US Open before falling to former World No. 21
Taylor Dent
Taylor Phillip Dent (born April 24, 1981) is a retired professional tennis player from the United States. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 21, winning 4 singles titles.
Career
Early career and back injury
Dent won ATP titl ...
in a five-set match in the second round. Navarro saved three match points in the decisive fifth-set tiebreak against Dent before the American hit a return winner to close out the match, 6–4, 5–7, 6–7
(1), 7–5, 7–6
(9). Navarro announced his retirement in April 2013.
Sponsors
He was sponsored by
Head
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and
Li-Ning for his racquets and attire.
Performance timeline
Singles
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 29 (15–14)
Doubles: 15 (8–7)
References
External links
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Navarro World Ranking History
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1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Alicante
Tennis players from the Province of Alicante
Spanish male tennis players
21st-century Spanish sportsmen