{{short description|Mexican tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Marcello Lara | image = | fullname = | country_represented = {{flagu|Mexico}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|10|05}} | birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico | death_date = | death_place = | height = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = | singlesrecord = 65–111 | singlestitles = | highestsinglesranking = No. 59 (6 November 1974) | AustralianOpenresult = 2R (1974) | FrenchOpenresult = 2R (1973) | Wimbledonresult = 2R (1973) | USOpenresult = 4R (1967) | doublesrecord = 78–82 | doublestitles = 2 | highestdoublesranking = No. 63 (3 January 1979) }} '''Marcelo Lara''' (born October 5, 1947) is a former professional tennis player from Mexico. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won two doubles titles.

== Grand Slam finals ==

===Mixed doubles (1 runner-up)===

{|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !Year !style="width:120px"|Championship !Surface !style="width:145px"|Partner !style="width:145px"|Opponents !style="width:75px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss |1974 |style="background:#ebc2af;"|French Open | Clay |{{flagicon|MEX}} Rosie Reyes |{{flagicon|TCH}} Martina Navratilova <br /> {{flagicon|COL}} Iván Molina |3–6, 3–6 |}

==Career finals== ===Doubles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !style="width:50px"|Year !style="width:160px"|Tournament !Surface !style="width:160px"|Partner !style="width:160px"|Opponents !style="width:90px" class="unsortable"|Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 0–1 | 1972 | Tokyo Outdoor, Japan | Hard | {{flagicon|NZL}} Jeff Simpson | {{flagicon|USA}} Dick Dell <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Sherwood Stewart | 3–6, 2–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 1–1 | 1973 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Sherwood Stewart | {{flagicon|FRG}} Jürgen Fassbender <br> {{flagicon|FRG}} Hans-Jürgen Pohmann | 6–2, 6–0 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 1–2 | 1974 | Manila, Philippines | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Estep | {{flagicon|AUS}} Syd Ball <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} Ross Case | 3–6, 6–7 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | 2–2 | 1975 | Little Rock, U.S. | Carpet | {{flagicon|AUS}} Barry Phillips-Moore | {{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Austin <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Charles Owens | 6–4, 6–3 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2–3 | 1975 | Cincinnati, U.S. | Hard | {{flagicon|MEX}} Joaquín Loyo-Mayo | {{flagicon|AUS}} Phil Dent <br> {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Cliff Drysdale | 6–7, 4–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2–4 | 1977 | Bombay, India | Clay | {{flagicon|IND}} Jasjit Singh | {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Cahill <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Terry Moor | 7–6, 4–6, 4–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2–5 | 1978 | Mexico City WCT, Mexico | Hard | {{flagicon|MEX}} Raúl Ramírez | {{flagicon|USA}} Gene Mayer <br> {{flagicon|IND}} Sashi Menon | 3���6, 6–7 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2–6 | 1978 | Columbus, U.S. | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Eliot Teltscher | {{flagicon|AUS}} Colin Dibley <br> {{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Giltinan | 2–6, 3–6 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | 2–7 | 1978 | Atlanta, U.S. | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Mike Cahill | {{flagicon|AUS}} John Alexander <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Butch Walts | 6–3, 4–6, 6–7 |}

==External links== * {{ATP}} * {{ITF}}

{{NCAA Division I tennis men's doubles champions}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lara, Marcelo}} Category:Mexican male tennis players Category:Tennis players from Mexico City Category:Living people Category:1947 births Category:Tennis players at the 1967 Pan American Games Category:Pan American Games silver medalists in tennis Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico Category:Pan American Games tennis players for Mexico Category:USC Trojans men's tennis players Category:Mexican expatriate tennis players in the United States Category:20th-century Mexican sportsmen