Iván Molina

Iván Molina (born 16 June 1946) is a former professional Colombian tennis player.

Molina and Martina Navratilova 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 mixed doubles final in 1977, losing to Mary Carillo and John McEnroe. The left-hander played 46 matches in the Davis Cup for Colombia 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)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1974	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Lara Template:Flagicon Rosie Reyes Darmon	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1977	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Florența Mihai	Template:Flagicon Mary Carillo Template:Flagicon John McEnroe	6–7, 3–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1975	Nice International Championships, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dick Crealy	6–7, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 1975	Aryamehr Cup, Iran	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eddie Dibbs	6–1, 4–6, 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (2 titles-9 runner-up)

Finals by surface Hard (0–3) Clay (2–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1972	ATP Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Template:Flagicon Barry Phillips-Moore	Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol Template:Flagicon Jaime Pinto Bravo	6–2, 6–7, 2–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1973	Dutch Open, Netherlands	Clay	Template:Flagicon Allan Stone	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gimeno Template:Flagicon Antonio Muñoz	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Nov 1973	ATP Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Template:Flagicon Patricio Cornejo	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Cano Template:Flagicon Guillermo Vilas	6–7, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Feb 1974	ATP Birmingham, USA	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	Template:Flagicon Ian Fletcher Template:Flagicon Sandy Mayer	6–4, 6–7, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Mar 1974	Calgary, Canada	Indoor	Template:Flagicon Jairo Velasco	Template:Flagicon Jürgen Fassbender Template:Flagicon Karl Meiler	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–5	Mar 1974	Salt Lake City Open, USA	Indoor	Template:Flagicon Jairo Velasco	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Connors Template:Flagicon Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 6–7, 5–7
Win	2–5	Jul 1974	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jairo Velasco	Template:Flagicon František Pála Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	2–6, 7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	2–6	Apr 1975	Nice International Championships,France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jairo Velasco	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Lara Template:Flagicon Joaquín Loyo Mayo	6–7, 7–6, 6–8
Loss	2–7	Apr 1977	ATP Florence, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jairo Velasco	Template:Flagicon Chris Lewis Template:Flagicon Russell Simpson	6–2, 6–7, 2–6
Loss	2–8	Oct 1979	ATP Bordeaux, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bernard Fritz	Template:Flagicon Patrice Dominguez Template:Flagicon Denis Naegelen	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–9	Nov 1979	Quito Open, Ecuador	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jairo Velasco	Template:Flagicon Jaime Fillol Template:Flagicon Álvaro Fillol	7–6, 3–6, 1–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	1R	P1	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1–9
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	2–5
US Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	A	1R	A	2–7
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–3	0–3	1–3	0–3	2–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	5–21
Year-end ranking	-	-	54	94	54	91	95	101	100	-	-

Doubles

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	3R	A	3R	2R	3R	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	2R	9–9
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	2–5
US Open	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1–1
Win–loss	0–0	2–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	2–2	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	12–15

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0–0
French Open	A	2R	A	A	W	QF	QF	F	2R	A	A	19–5
Wimbledon	A	1R	QF	2R	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	4–5
US Open	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2–1
Win–loss	0–0	1–2	5–2	1–1	6–0	3–2	3–2	5–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	25–11

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