Albert Portas Explained

Albert Portas
Residence:Barcelona, Spain
Birth Date:1973 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Barcelona, Spain
Turnedpro:1994
Retired:2007
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$2,972,633
Singlesrecord:142–198
Singlestitles:1
Highestsinglesranking:No. 19 (1 October 2001)
Australianopenresult:2R (2000, 2002)
Frenchopenresult:3R (1997, 2000, 2002)
Wimbledonresult:3R (2000)
Usopenresult:3R (2001)
Doublesrecord:73–109
Doublestitles:1
Highestdoublesranking:No. 56 (14 April 2003)
Australianopendoublesresult:QF (2003)
Frenchopendoublesresult:2R (2001, 2002, 2006)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (2000, 2001, 2003, 2006)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003)
Wimbledonmixedresult:1R (2001)
Updated:18 November 2021
Medaltemplates-Expand:yes

Albert Portas Soy (pronounced as /ca/, pronounced as /es/; born 15 November 1973) is a Spanish 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 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

Singles

Tournament19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAA1R1R2R1R2R1R1RAAA0 / 72–7
French OpenAQ1Q13R1R2R3R1R3R2R1RQ11RQ10 / 98–9
WimbledonQ2AAA1R1R3R1R1R1RAA1RQ10 / 72–7
US OpenAAA1RA1R1R3R1R1RAQ1AA0 / 62–6
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–02–20–31–45–42–43–41–40–20–00–20–00 / 2914–29
ATP Masters Series
Indian WellsAAAA1RAAA1RAAAAA0 / 20–2
MiamiAAAAAAA1R3RAAAAA0 / 21–2
Monte CarloA2RAA1RQ11R2R1R2R1RAQ11R0 / 83–8
HamburgAAAA1RQ1Q2bgcolor=limeW1RA2RAQ1A1 / 47–3
RomeAQ1A2R1R1R1R2R1R1RQ2AAA0 / 72–7
CanadaAAAAAAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1
CincinnatiAAAAAAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1
StuttgartAAA1RAAA1RNot Masters Series0 / 20–2
ParisAAA1RAAA2RAAAAAA0 / 21–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–01–10–01–30–40–10–29–71–51–21–20–00–00–11 / 2914–28

Doubles

Tournament199819992000200120022003200420052006SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAA2R2R1RQF2RAA0 / 56–5
French OpenAA1R2R2R1RAA2R0 / 53–5
WimbledonAA1R1RA1RAA1R0 / 40–4
US OpenA1R1R1R1R1RAAA0 / 50–5
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–11–42–41–33–41–10–01–20 / 199–19
ATP Masters Series
MiamiAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1
Monte CarloAAQ1AAAAAA0 / 00–0
HamburgQ1A1R2RAAAAA0 / 21–2
Rome1RAAQ11RAAAA0 / 20–2
StuttgartAAA1RNot Masters Series0 / 10–1
ParisAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–10–00–11–40–10–00–00–00–00 / 71–7

ATP career finals

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

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Barcelona, SpainChampionship SeriesClay Albert Costa5–7, 4–6, 4–6
Loss0–2San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClay Galo Blanco6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win1–2Hamburg, GermanyMasters 1000Clay Juan Carlos Ferrero4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Loss1–3Sopot, PolandWorld SeriesClay Tommy Robredo6–1, 5–7, 6–7(2–7)

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

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Santiago, ChileWorld SeriesClay Dinu Pescariu Gustavo Kuerten
Fernando Meligeni		4–6, 2–6
Win1–1Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Álex López Morón Ivan Ljubičić
Lovro Zovko		6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Loss1–2Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Fernando Vicente František Čermák
Julian Knowle		4–6, 4–6
Loss1–3Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Guillermo García López Jaroslav Levinský
David Škoch		4–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (8–11)

Legend
ATP Challenger (8–11)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (8–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Jiří Novák2–6, 5–7
Win1–1Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Hicham Arazi6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win2–1Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Fernando Vicente6–1, 6–4
Loss2–2Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Radomír Vašek1–6, 3–6
Loss2–3Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Carlos Costa5–7, 6–7
Win3–3Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Alberto Martín6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win4–3Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Óscar Serrano3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win5–3Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Jiří Vaněk7–5, 6–3
Loss5–4San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay José Acasuso6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss5–5Seville, SpainChallengerClay Olivier Mutis3–6, 5–7
Loss5–6Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss5–7Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Stefano Galvani2–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss5–8Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Rafael Nadal2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss5–9Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Nicolás Massú4–6, 3–6
Win6–9Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Albert Montañés6–4, 6–4
Win7–9Furth, GermanyChallengerClay Philipp Kohlschreiber7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss7–10Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Simon Greul5–7, 2–6
Win8–10Vigo, SpainChallengerClay Iván Navarro6–4, 6–4
Loss8–11Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Fernando Vicente2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 22 (12–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger (12–10)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (12–9)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerClay Marcelo Charpentier Andrei Cherkasov
Laurence Tieleman		6–1, 6–2
Loss1–1Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Alberto Martín Nuno Marques
Tom Vanhoudt		3–6, 4–6
Loss1–2Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Alberto Martín Lucas Arnold Ker
Tom Vanhoudt		1–6, 2–6
Win2–2Furth, GermanyChallengerClay Álex López Morón Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Martín Rodríguez		6–4, 6–4
Win3–2Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Dinu Pescariu Lan Bale
Nebojša Đorđević		6–3, 6–4
Win4–2Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Álex López Morón Alberto Martín
Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez		4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win5–2Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Germán Puentes Tomás Carbonell
Nebojša Đorđević		6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
Win6–2Venice, ItalyChallengerClay Germán Puentes Diego del Río
Mariano Hood		6–4, 6–0
Loss6–3Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Germán Puentes Nuno Marques
Tom Vanhoudt		2–6, 2–6
Loss6–4Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Álex López Morón Juan Ignacio Carrasco
Jairo Velasco		7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Loss6–5Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Álex López Morón Jens Knippschild
Jeff Tarango		2–6, 2–6
Win7–5Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Tomás Carbonell Marcus Hilpert
Jens Knippschild		5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Win8–5Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Álex López Morón Petr Kovačka
Pavel Kudrnáč		6–4, 6–3
Loss8–6Seville, SpainChallengerClay Álex López Morón Mariano Hood
Luis Horna		6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss8–7Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Álex López Morón Tomas Behrend
Karsten Braasch		6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss8–8Cagliari, ItalyChallengerClay Juan Ignacio Carrasco Álex López Morón
Andrés Schneiter		7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Loss8–9Córdoba, SpainChallengerHard Juan Ignacio Carrasco Brandon Coupe
Noam Okun		4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win9–9Seville, SpainChallengerClay Óscar Hernández Enzo Artoni
Sergio Roitman		6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win10–9Kyiv, UkraineChallengerClay Sergio Roitman Igor Kunitsyn
Yuri Schukin		6–1, 6–1
Win11–9Ettlingen, GermanyChallengerClay Marc López Jeroen Masson
Gabriel Trujillo Soler		3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss11–10Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Álex López Morón Óscar Hernández
Gabriel Trujillo Soler		5–7, 4–6
Win12–10Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay David Marrero Alessandro Motti
Flavio Cipolla		6–4, 6–4

Wins over top 10 players

Season 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total
Wins 3 0 0 1 4 0 2 10
width=200PlayerRankwidth=275EventSurfaceRdwidth=220Score
1997
1. Marcelo Ríos9Barcelona, SpainClay2R7–5, 7–6(7–3)
2. Carlos Moyá9French Open, Paris, FranceClay2R6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
3. Thomas Muster4Stuttgart, GermanyClay2R6–4, 7–5
2000
4. Gustavo Kuerten5Australian Open, Melbourne, AustraliaHard1R4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
2001
5. Magnus Norman5Barcelona, SpainClay2R1–1, ret.
6. Magnus Norman6Hamburg, GermanyClay2R7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7)
7. Lleyton Hewitt7Hamburg, GermanyClaybgcolor=yellowSF3–6, 7–5, 6–2
8. Juan Carlos Ferrero9Hamburg, GermanyClaybgcolor=limeF3–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
2003
9. Andy Roddick6Monte Carlo, MonacoClay1R7–6(7–5), 6–3
10. Carlos Moyá4Sopot, PolandClay1R7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 6–4

Notes and References

  1. News: Hewitt flops against qualifier . . 7 December 2011 . 19 May 2001.
  2. Web site: Brisbane International 2009: Day 2 . 7 December 2011 .

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