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) SpainResidence Barcelona , SpainBorn (1973-11-15 ) 15 November 1973 (age 50) Barcelona , SpainHeight 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Turned pro 1994 Retired 2007 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $ 2,972,633Career 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 ) Wimbledon 1R (2001 ) Last updated on: 18 November 2021.
Albert Portas Soy (Catalan: [əlˈβɛɾ(t) ˈpɔɾtəs ˈsɔj] , Spanish: [alˈβeɾ ˈpoɾtas ˈsoj] ; born 15 November 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player.
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Doubles [ edit ] ATP career finals [ edit ] Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) [ edit ] 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) [ edit ] 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)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ] Singles: 19 (8–11) [ edit ] 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) [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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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