Gala León García

Gala León García
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	23 December 1973; Madrid, Spain
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2004
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,053,309
Singles
Career record	277–224 (55.29%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 27 (25 September 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004)
French Open	4R (1996, 1999)
Wimbledon	3R (1997)
US Open	3R (1998)
Doubles
Career record	77–73 (51.33%)
Highest ranking	No. 107 (12 June 2000)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2001)
Wimbledon	Q1 (1996)
US Open	2R (1995)

Gala León García (born 23 December 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. On 21 September 2014 she was announced as the new Davis Cup captain for the Spanish national men's tennis team.

WTA Tour Finals

Singles: 5 (1-4)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (1-2)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0-2)	International (0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 6, 1998	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Clay	Patty Schnyder	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	2.	May 22, 2000	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Fabiola Zuluaga	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	July 17, 2000	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Anke Huber	6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up	4.	July 16, 2001	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Iroda Tulyaganova	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	July 23, 2001	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Cristina Torrens Valero	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (0-2)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0-2)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0)	International (0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 July 1999	Sopot, Poland	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	11 May 2000	Madrid, Spain	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	1–6, 3–6

ITF Finals

Singles (6–5)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	8 February 1993	Faro, Portugal	Hard	Sofia Prazeres	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	15 March 1993	Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Chantal Reuter	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Winner	3.	22 March 1993	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Lenka Němečková	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	28 March 1994	Alicante, Spain	Clay	Yi Jing-Qian	6–7⁽²⁾, 7–6⁽⁷⁾, 2–6
Winner	5.	22 May 1995	Barcelona, Spain	Hard	Vera Zhukovets	6–0, 6–0
Winner	6.	10 July 1995	Vigo, Spain	Hard	Estefanía Bottini	6–0, 6–1
Winner	7.	17 July 1995	Getxo, Spain	Clay	Christína Papadáki	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	13 May 1996	Athens, Greece	Clay	Cristina Torrens Valero	4–6, 4–6
Winner	9.	9 June 1997	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Mariana Díaz Oliva	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	10.	11 August 1997	Bratislava, Slovakia	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	11.	8 September 2003	Denain, France	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	4–6, 0–6

Doubles (2–6)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 May 1992	Barcelona, Spain	Hard	Rosa Bielsa	Paola Suárez Pamela Zingman	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	15 March 1993	Zaragoza, Spain	Hard	Silvia Ramón-Cortés	Dominika Gorecká Lenka Němečková	4–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	1 November 1993	Vilamoura, Portugal	Hard	Ana Segura	Magdalena Feistel Katharzyna Teodorowicz	6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	21 February 1994	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Janet Souto	Seda Noorlander Hanneke Ketelaars	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	27 June 1994	Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Janet Souto	Mariam Ramón Climent María Sánchez Lorenzo	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	14 September 1997	Mollerusa, Spain	Clay	Marta Cano	Patricia Aznar Paula Hermida	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	6 October 2002	Girona, Spain	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	Flavia Pennetta Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	7 September 2003	Fano, Italy	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	Conchita Martínez Granados Giulia Casoni	3–6, 3–6

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Career W-L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	0-7
French Open	4R	1R	3R	4R	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	11-9
Wimbledon	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3-9
US Open	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	5-8
Win-Loss	3-3	3-4	4-4	4-4	2-4	1-4	0-4	1-3	1-3	19-33

External links

Gala León García at the Women's Tennis Association
Gala León García at the International Tennis Federation
Gala León García at the Billie Jean King Cup

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