Albert Portas

Albert Portas

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Catalonia
Born	(1973-11-15) 15 November 1973 Barcelona, Catalonia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed (2-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,972,441
Singles
Career record	142–198
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 19 (1 October 2001)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2000, 2002)
French Open	3R (1997, 2000, 2002)
Wimbledon	3R (2000)
US Open	3R (2001)
Doubles
Career record	73–109
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 56 (14 April 2003)
Medal record Summer Universiade 1999 Palma Singles

Albert Portas Soy (Catalan: [əɫˈβɛr ˈpɔrtəs ˈsɔj], Spanish: [alˈβer ˈportas ˈsoi]; born 15 November 1973) is a Catalan 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 won over Gustavo Kuerten (eventual champion this same year of French Open), Marcelo Rios, and Carlos Moya but lost at 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: 8 (2–6)

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 April 1997	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Albert Costa	5–7, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	15 August 1999	San Marino, San Marino	Clay	Galo Blanco	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	20 May 2001	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Runner-up	3.	29 July 2001	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Tommy Robredo	6–1, 5–7, 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	10 November 1996	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Dinu Pescariu	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	23 July 2000	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Álex López Morón	Ivan Ljubičić Lovro Zovko	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	2.	21 July 2002	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Fernando Vicente	František Čermák Julian Knowle	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	30 July 2006	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Guillermo García-López	Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch	4–6, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

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

#	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

References

External links

• Albert Portas at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Albert Portas at the International Tennis Federation