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Albert Portas

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 Soy (Catalan: [əlˈβɛɾ(t) ˈpɔɾtəs ˈsɔj], Spanish: [alˈβeɾ ˈpoɾtas ˈsoj]; born 15 November 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.

Albert Portas
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (1973-11-15) 15 November 1973 (age 51)
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,972,633
Singles
Career record142–198
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 19 (1 October 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2000, 2002)
French Open3R (1997, 2000, 2002)
Wimbledon3R (2000)
US Open3R (2001)
Doubles
Career record73–109
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 56 (14 April 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2003)
French Open2R (2001, 2002, 2006)
Wimbledon1R (2000, 2001, 2003, 2006)
US Open1R (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2001)
Medal record
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1999 Palma Singles
Last updated on: 18 November 2021.

Career

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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 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] His final at Barcelona Open in 1997 was also very remarkable. En route to the final he defeated Gustavo Kuerten (eventual champion this same year of French Open), Marcelo Ríos, and Carlos Moyá, but lost in the final to Albert Costa. In 1999, Portas lost the final of San Marino defeated by his countryman Galo Blanco.

Immediately after his retirement from playing tennis in September 2007, Portas started coaching WTA player Daniela Hantuchová, who Portas coached from 2007–2012.[2]

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R A A A 0 / 7 2–7 22%
French Open A Q1 Q1 3R 1R 2R 3R 1R 3R 2R 1R Q1 1R Q1 0 / 9 8–9 47%
Wimbledon Q2 A A A 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R A A 1R Q1 0 / 7 2–7 22%
US Open A A A 1R A 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R A Q1 A A 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Win–loss 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 0 / 29 14–29 33%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A 1R A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami A A A A A A A 1R 3R A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Monte Carlo A 2R A A 1R Q1 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R A Q1 1R 0 / 8 3–8 27%
Hamburg A A A A 1R Q1 Q2 W 1R A 2R A Q1 A 1 / 4 7–3 70%
Rome A Q1 A 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R Q2 A A A 0 / 7 2–7 22%
Canada A A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati A A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Stuttgart A A A 1R A A A 1R Not Masters Series 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Paris A A A 1R A A A 2R A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–4 0–1 0–2 9–7 1–5 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1 / 29 14–28 33%

Doubles

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Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 2R 1R QF 2R A A 0 / 5 6–5 55%
French Open A A 1R 2R 2R 1R A A 2R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R A 1R A A 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
US Open A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–4 2–4 1–3 3–4 1–1 0–0 1–2 0 / 19 9–19 32%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo A A Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg Q1 A 1R 2R A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Rome 1R A A Q1 1R A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Stuttgart A A A 1R Not Masters Series 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris A A A 1R A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 7 1–7 13%

ATP career finals

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Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (1–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–1)
ATP 250 Series (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1997 Barcelona, Spain Championship Series Clay   Albert Costa 5–7, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1999 San Marino, San Marino World Series Clay   Galo Blanco 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–2 May 2001 Hamburg, Germany Masters 1000 Clay   Juan Carlos Ferrero 4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Loss 1–3 Jul 2001 Sopot, Poland World Series Clay   Tommy Robredo 6–1, 5–7, 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1996 Santiago, Chile World Series Clay   Dinu Pescariu   Gustavo Kuerten
  Fernando Meligeni 		4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2000 Umag, Croatia World Series Clay   Álex López Morón   Ivan Ljubičić
  Lovro Zovko 		6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 1–2 Jul 2002 Umag, Croatia World Series Clay   Fernando Vicente   František Čermák
  Julian Knowle 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Jul 2006 Umag, Croatia World Series Clay   Guillermo García López   Jaroslav Levinský
  David Škoch 		4–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 19 (8–11)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (8–11)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (8–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1994 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Jiří Novák 2–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Jul 1995 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Hicham Arazi 6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win 2–1 Apr 1997 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Fernando Vicente 6–1, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Aug 1997 Graz, Austria Challenger Clay   Radomír Vašek 1–6, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Aug 1998 Graz, Austria Challenger Clay   Carlos Costa 5–7, 6–7
Win 3–3 Oct 1998 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Alberto Martín 6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win 4–3 Oct 2000 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Óscar Serrano 3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 5–3 Oct 2000 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Jiří Vaněk 7–5, 6–3
Loss 5–4 Aug 2002 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay   José Acasuso 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 5–5 Oct 2002 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Olivier Mutis 3–6, 5–7
Loss 5–6 Oct 2002 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 5–7 Oct 2002 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Stefano Galvani 2–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss 5–8 Mar 2003 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay   Rafael Nadal 2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 5–9 Sep 2003 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay   Nicolás Massú 4–6, 3–6
Win 6–9 Oct 2003 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Albert Montañés 6–4, 6–4
Win 7–9 Jun 2005 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay   Philipp Kohlschreiber 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss 7–10 Jul 2005 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay   Simon Greul 5–7, 2–6
Win 8–10 Aug 2005 Vigo, Spain Challenger Clay   Iván Navarro 6–4, 6–4
Loss 8–11 Oct 2005 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Fernando Vicente 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 22 (12–10)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (12–10)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (12–9)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1996 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay   Marcelo Charpentier   Andrei Cherkasov
  Laurence Tieleman 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Apr 1997 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay   Alberto Martín   Nuno Marques
  Tom Vanhoudt 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–2 Aug 1997 Graz, Austria Challenger Clay   Alberto Martín   Lucas Arnold Ker
  Tom Vanhoudt 		1–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Jun 1998 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay   Álex López Morón   Juan Ignacio Carrasco
  Martín Rodríguez 		6–4, 6–4
Win 3–2 Aug 1998 Graz, Austria Challenger Clay   Dinu Pescariu   Lan Bale
  Nebojša Đorđević 		6–3, 6–4
Win 4–2 Oct 1998 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Álex López Morón   Alberto Martín
  Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez 		4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–2 Jun 1999 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay   Germán Puentes   Tomás Carbonell
  Nebojša Đorđević 		6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
Win 6–2 Jul 1999 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay   Germán Puentes   Diego del Río
  Mariano Hood 		6–4, 6–0
Loss 6–3 Jul 1999 Graz, Austria Challenger Clay   Germán Puentes   Nuno Marques
  Tom Vanhoudt 		2–6, 2–6
Loss 6–4 Oct 1999 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Álex López Morón   Juan Ignacio Carrasco
  Jairo Velasco 		7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Loss 6–5 Jun 2000 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay   Álex López Morón   Jens Knippschild
  Jeff Tarango 		2–6, 2–6
Win 7–5 Oct 2000 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Tomás Carbonell   Marcus Hilpert
  Jens Knippschild 		5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Win 8–5 Oct 2000 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Álex López Morón   Petr Kovačka
  Pavel Kudrnáč 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 8–6 Oct 2002 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Álex López Morón   Mariano Hood
  Luis Horna 		6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 8–7 Oct 2002 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Álex López Morón   Tomas Behrend
  Karsten Braasch 		6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 8–8 Mar 2003 Cagliari, Italy Challenger Clay   Juan Ignacio Carrasco   Álex López Morón
  Andrés Schneiter 		7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 8–9 Jul 2003 Córdoba, Spain Challenger Hard   Juan Ignacio Carrasco   Brandon Coupe
  Noam Okun 		4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win 9–9 Oct 2003 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Óscar Hernández   Enzo Artoni
  Sergio Roitman 		6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win 10–9 Sep 2004 Kyiv, Ukraine Challenger Clay   Sergio Roitman   Igor Kunitsyn
  Yuri Schukin 		6–1, 6–1
Win 11–9 May 2005 Ettlingen, Germany Challenger Clay   Marc López   Jeroen Masson
  Gabriel Trujillo Soler 		3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss 11–10 Jun 2005 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Álex López Morón   Óscar Hernández
  Gabriel Trujillo Soler 		5–7, 4–6
Win 12–10 Mar 2007 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay   David Marrero   Alessandro Motti
  Flavio Cipolla 		6–4, 6–4

Wins over top 10 players

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Hewitt flops against qualifier". BBC News. 19 May 2001. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  2. ^ "Brisbane International 2009: Day 2". Retrieved 7 December 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
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