Iván Navarro Pastor (; born 19 October 1981) is a retired professional

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player from Spain. He was sponsored by

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and

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for his racquets and attire. He employed the

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strategy, very much like his compatriot

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. 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. He defeated

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in the first round of the 2009 US Open before falling to former World No. 21

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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.

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
1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Alicante Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from the Valencian Community {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub