Albert Portas

Albert Portas Soy (Catalan: [əlˈβɛɾ ˈpɔɾtəs ˈsɔj], Spanish: [alˈβeɾ ˈpoɾtas ˈsoj]; born 15 November 1973) is a Spanish former professional 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
ResidenceBarcelona, Spain
Born (1973-11-15) 15 November 1973
Barcelona, Spain
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2007
PlaysRight-handed (2-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,972,441
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)
Medal record
Summer Universiade
1999 PalmaSingles

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)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 1. Nov 1996 Santiago, Chile Clay Dinu Pescariu Gustavo Kuerten
Fernando Meligeni		 4–6, 2–6
Win 1. Jul 2000 Umag, Croatia Clay Álex López Morón Ivan Ljubičić
Lovro Zovko		 6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 2. Jul 2002 Umag, Croatia Clay Fernando Vicente František Čermák
Julian Knowle		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 3. Jul 2006 Umag, Croatia Clay Guillermo García-López Jaroslav Levinský
David Škoch		 4–6, 4–6

Singles performance timeline
Tournament199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007Career
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
Season1997199819992000200120022003Total
Wins300140210
# 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
  1. "Hewitt flops against qualifier". BBC News. 19 May 2001. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  2. "Brisbane International 2009: Day 2". Retrieved 7 December 2011.
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