Spanish tennis player
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Navarro and the second or maternal family name is
Pastor .
Iván Navarro Pastor (Spanish pronunciation: [iˈβan naˈβaro pasˈtoɾ] ; born 19 October 1981) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He was sponsored by Head and Li-Ning for his racquets and attire. He employed the serve-and-volley strategy, very much like his compatriot Feliciano López . During his playing career, he had a unique habit of changing racquets each game, using one racquet for serving and another for returning. He reached a career high singles ranking of 67 in March 2009.[1]
He defeated Ivo Karlović in the first round of the 2009 US Open before falling to former World No. 21 Taylor Dent 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) .[2] Navarro announced his retirement in April 2013.[3]
Performance timeline [ edit ] Key W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles [ edit ] ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ] Singles: 29 (15–14) [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (5–9) ITF Futures (10–5)
Finals by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (12–11) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0-1 Aug 2000 Spain F4, Denia Futures Clay Gorka Fraile 6–3, 6–7(6–8) , 4–6 Win 1-1 Aug 2000 Spain F5, Xàtiva Futures Clay Jose Fibla 6–1, 6–4 Win 2-1 Jul 2001 Spain F1, Alicante Futures Clay Mariano Albert-Ferrando 7–6(7–3) , 6–3 Win 3-1 Aug 2001 Spain F4, Denia Futures Clay Antonio Alcaraz 6–2, 6–1 Loss 3-2 Sep 2001 Brașov , Romania Challenger Clay Stefano Galvani 4–6, 1–6 Win 4-2 Dec 2001 Spain F16, Las Palmas Futures Clay Carlos Cuadrado 6–1, 6–4 Loss 4-3 Jul 2002 Spain F6, Elche Futures Clay Ivan Esquerdo-Andreu 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(10–12) Win 5-3 Mar 2003 Spain F4, Cartagena Futures Clay Stan Wawrinka 6–7(5–7) , 6–4, 6–0 Loss 5-4 Jul 2003 Valladolid , Spain Challenger Hard Gilles Müller 4–6, 3–6 Win 6-4 Aug 2003 Spain F17, Xàtiva Futures Clay Nicolás Almagro 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 Loss 6-5 Nov 2003 Spain F27, Las Palmas Futures Clay Florian Mayer 4–6, 2–6 Loss 6-6 Nov 2003 Spain F28, Maspalomas Futures Clay Konstantinos Economidis 1–6, 6–3, 2–6 Win 7-6 May 2004 Spain F6, Vic Futures Clay Javier Genaro-Martinez 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 Loss 7-7 Feb 2005 Spain F2, Murcia Futures Clay Gorka Fraile 1–6, 2–6 Win 8-7 Feb 2005 Spain F3, Totana Futures Hard Gorka Fraile 6–4, 6–1 Loss 8-8 Jul 2005 Rimini , Italy Challenger Clay Florent Serra 3–6, 1–6 Loss 8-9 Aug 2005 Vigo , Spain Challenger Clay Albert Portas 4–6, 4–6 Loss 8-10 Jul 2006 Nottingham , United Kingdom Challenger Grass Antony Dupuis 4–6, 5–7 Win 9-10 Sep 2006 Seville , Spain Challenger Clay Héctor Ruiz-Cadenas 6–2, 6–4 Win 10-10 Oct 2006 Bratislava , Slovakia Challenger Clay Teodor-Dacian Crăciun 6–2, 7—6(7–4) Loss 10-11 Sep 2007 Banja Luka , Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Clay Konstantinos Economidis 6–7(6–8) , 4–6 Loss 10-12 Mar 2008 Bogotá , Colombia Challenger Clay Marcos Daniel 3–6, 6–1, 3–6 Win 11-12 Mar 2008 Meknes , Morocco Challenger Clay Jiří Vaněk 6–4, 6—4 Win 12-12 Jul 2008 Córdoba , Spain Challenger Hard Dick Norman 6–7(4–7) , 6–3, 7–6(12–10) Win 13-12 Jul 2008 Medjugorje , Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Clay Pere Riba 6–0, 6—2 Loss 13-13 Sep 2008 Alphen aan den Rijn , Netherlands Challenger Clay Simon Greul 4–6, 3–6 Loss 13-14 Jul 2011 Pozoblanco , Spain Challenger Hard Kenny de Schepper 6–2, 5–7, 3–6 Win 14-14 Oct 2011 Spain F36, Córdoba Futures Hard Adrián Menéndez Maceiras 6–7(4–7) , 6–4, 7–6(8–6) Win 15-14 Aug 2012 Spain F22, Xàtiva Futures Clay Taro Daniel 6–3, 6–3
Doubles: 15 (8–7) [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (4–4) ITF Futures (4–3)
Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (8–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 May 2000 Morocco F3, Agadir Futures Clay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Ashley Ford Jordan Kerr 6–7(3–7) , 1–6 Loss 0–2 Oct 2002 Spain F18, El Ejido Futures Hard Israel Sevilla-Maruhenda Sergi Arumi-Romeu Guillermo Platel-Varas 2–6, 2–6 Win 1–2 Dec 2002 Spain F20, Gran Canaria Futures Clay Santiago Ventura David Marrero Gabriel Rodriguez-Ruano 6–3, 1–2 ret. Win 2–2 Aug 2003 Brindisi , Italy Challenger Clay Mario Radić Manuel Jorquera Diego Moyano 7–6(10–8) , 6–0 Win 3–2 Nov 2003 Spain F28, Maspalomas Futures Clay Santiago Ventura Johannes Ager Lassi Ketola 6–3, 6–3 Loss 3–3 Dec 2003 Spain F29, Pontevedra Futures Clay Santiago Ventura Eduardo Nicolás Espin Germán Puentes Alcañiz 4–6, 4–6 Win 4–3 Feb 2004 Spain F3, San Javier Futures Clay Santiago Ventura Salvador Navarro Gutiérrez Gabriel Trujillo Soler 7–6(7–3) , 6–1 Win 5–3 Feb 2004 Spain F4, Cartagena Futures Clay Santiago Ventura Salvador Navarro Gutiérrez Marc Fornell Mestres 6–4, 6–1 Loss 5–4 Aug 2004 Segovia , Spain Challenger Hard Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Igor Kunitsyn Vladimir Voltchkov 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 Win 6–4 May 2006 Tunis , Tunisia Challenger Clay Daniel Gimeno Traver Bart Beks Martijn van Haasteren 6–2, 7—5 Win 7–4 Mar 2008 Tanger , Morocco Challenger Clay Miguel Ángel López Jaén Marc López Gabriel Trujillo Soler 6–3, 6–7(5–7) , [11–9] Loss 7–5 Sep 2011 Ljubljana , Slovenia Challenger Clay Roberto Bautista Agut Aljaž Bedene Grega Žemlja 3–6, 7–6(12–10) , [10–12] Loss 7–6 Feb 2012 Meknes , Morocco Challenger Clay Gerard Granollers Pujol Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Jaroslav Pospíšil 3–6, 6–3, [8–10] Loss 7–7 Jun 2012 Caltanissetta , Italy Challenger Clay Daniel Gimeno Traver Marcel Felder Antonio Veić 7–5, 6–7(5–7) , [6–10] Win 8–7 Sep 2012 Madrid , Spain Challenger Clay Daniel Gimeno Traver Colin Ebelthite Jaroslav Pospíšil 6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
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