Lázaro Navarro-Batles (born 28 January 1974) is a Cuban-Mexican former professional

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player.

Biography

Navarro grew up in Cuba and didn't take up the sport tennis of until age 13. He played

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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 The 18th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Maracaibo, Venezuela from August 8 to August 22, 1998, and included 31 nations and a total of 5,200 competitors. Mascot The mascot for the Games was a goajira boy, Wayuuchon. Sports 31 ...

in Maracaibo, he went on to represent Cuba at both the 1999 and 2003 editions of the

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. 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

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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

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was a run to the semi-finals at Guadalajara in 2001, with wins over

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and

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. He won six singles and seven doubles titles on the

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ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (6–3)

Doubles: 14 (7–7)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Navarro, Lázaro 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