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Spanish tennis player
In this
Catalan name , the first or paternal
surname is
Portas and the second or maternal family name is
Soy ; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Albert Portas Country (sports) Spain Residence Barcelona , Spain Born (1973-11-15 ) 15 November 1973 (age 50) Barcelona , Spain Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Turned pro 1994 Retired 2007 Plays Right-handed (2-handed backhand) Prize money $ 2,972,441Career record 142–198 Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 19 (1 October 2001) Australian Open 2R (2000 , 2002 ) French Open 3R (1997 , 2000 , 2002 ) Wimbledon 3R (2000 ) US Open 3R (2001 ) Career record 73–109 Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 56 (14 April 2003) Australian Open QF (2003 ) French Open 2R (2001 , 2002 , 2006 ) Wimbledon 1R (2000 , 2001 , 2003 , 2006 ) US Open 1R (1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 )
Albert Portas Soy (Catalan: [əlˈβɛɾ ˈpɔɾtəs ˈsɔj] , Spanish: [alˈβeɾ ˈpoɾtas ˈsoj] ; born 15 November 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.
Career
Portas turned professional in 1994. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 19 in October 2001.
His only top-level singles title came at the 2001 Hamburg Masters , a tournament in which his mastery of the drop shot (key to his defeat of Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final) earned him the nickname "Drop Shot Dragon". According to the BBC, Lleyton Hewitt said of Portas that "He sure hits a lot of drop shots , but he hits them so well, as well as anyone I have faced.".[1] It is also very remarkable his final at Barcelona Open in 1997. En route to the final he defeated Gustavo Kuerten (eventual champion this same year of French Open ), Marcelo Rios , and Carlos Moya but lost in the final to Albert Costa . In 1999, Portas lost the final of San Marino defeated by his countryman Galo Blanco .
He coached WTA player Daniela Hantuchová from November 2008 to February 2009.[2]
ATP career finals
Singles: 4 (1–3)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (0–0)
Result
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
1.
Apr 1997
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Albert Costa
5–7, 4–6, 4–6
Loss
2.
Aug 1999
San Marino , San Marino
Clay
Galo Blanco
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win
1.
May 2001
Hamburg , Germany
Clay
Juan Carlos Ferrero
4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5) , 7–5
Loss
3.
Jul 2001
Sopot , Poland
Clay
Tommy Robredo
6–1, 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Doubles: 4 (1–3)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (0–0)
Singles performance timeline
Tournament
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Career WR
Career Win-Loss
Australian Open
A
A
A
A
A
1R
1R
2R
1R
2R
1R
1R
A
A
A
0 / 7
2-7
French Open
A
A
LQ
LQ
3R
1R
2R
3R
1R
3R
2R
1R
LQ
1R
LQ
0 / 9
8-9
Wimbledon
A
LQ
A
A
A
1R
1R
3R
1R
1R
1R
A
A
1R
LQ
0 / 7
2-7
U.S. Open
A
A
A
A
1R
A
1R
1R
3R
1R
1R
A
A
LQ
A
0 / 6
2-6
Grand Slam Win Ratio
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 0
0 / 2
0 / 3
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 4
0 / 2
0 / 0
0 / 2
0 / 0
0 / 29
N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss
0-0
0-0
0-0
0-0
2-2
0-3
1-4
5-4
2-4
3-4
1-4
0-2
0-0
0-2
0-0
N/A
14-29
Indian Wells
A
A
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 2
0-2
Miami
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
1R
3R
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 2
1-2
Monte Carlo
A
A
2R
A
A
1R
A
1R
2R
1R
2R
1R
A
LQ
1R
0 / 8
3-8
Rome
A
A
A
A
2R
1R
1R
1R
2R
1R
1R
LQ
A
A
A
0 / 7
2-7
Hamburg
A
A
A
A
A
1R
A
LQ
W
1R
A
2R
A
LQ
A
1 / 4
7-3
Canada
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 1
0-1
Cincinnati
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 1
0-1
Stuttgart/Madrid
A
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 2
0-2
Paris
A
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
2R
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 2
1-2
ATP World Tour Finals
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 0
0-0
ATP Tournaments Played
1
0
3
4
17
24
18
23
29
23
20
16
6
12
3
N/A
199
ATP Finals Reached
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
4
ATP Tournaments Won
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
N/A
1
Year End Ranking
392
269
119
182
35
84
90
51
20
88
85
175
119
140
338
N/A
N/A
LQ = lost in the qualifiers
WR = Win Ratio, the ratio of tournaments won to those played
A = Did not play in tournament
Wins over top 10 players
Season
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Total
Wins
3
0
0
1
4
0
2
10
#
Player
Rank
Event
Surface
Rd
Score
1997
1.
Marcelo Ríos
9
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
2R
7–5, 7–6(7–3)
2.
Carlos Moyá
9
French Open , Paris, France
Clay
2R
6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
3.
Thomas Muster
4
Stuttgart , Germany
Clay
2R
6–4, 7–5
2000
4.
Gustavo Kuerten
5
Australian Open , Melbourne, Australia
Hard
1R
4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6) , 6–4
2001
5.
Magnus Norman
5
Barcelona, Spain
Clay
2R
1–1, ret.
6.
Magnus Norman
6
Hamburg , Germany
Clay
2R
7–6(7–5) , 7–6(9–7)
7.
Lleyton Hewitt
7
Hamburg, Germany
Clay
SF
3–6, 7–5, 6–2
8.
Juan Carlos Ferrero
9
Hamburg, Germany
Clay
F
3–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5) , 7–5
2003
9.
Andy Roddick
6
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
1R
7–6(7–5) , 6–3
10.
Carlos Moyá
4
Sopot , Poland
Clay
1R
7–6(7–4) , 6–7(6–8) , 6–4
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