Guillermo García López Explained

Guillermo García López
Residence:	La Roda, Spain
Birth Date:	1983 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	La Roda, Spain
Turnedpro:	2002
Retired:	2021
Coach:	José Luis Aparisi & Diego Dinomo
Plays:	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$8,451,851
Singlestitles:	5
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 23 (21 February 2011)
Australianopenresult:	4R (2015)
Frenchopenresult:	4R (2014)
Wimbledonresult:	3R (2008)
Usopenresult:	3R (2015)
Doublestitles:	3
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 27 (15 May 2017)
Australianopendoublesresult:	SF (2017)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	2R (2007, 2009, 2014, 2018)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	2R (2015)
Usopendoublesresult:	F (2016)
Medaltemplates-Expand:	yes
Updated:	25 August 2021

Guillermo García López (pronounced as /es/, born 4 June 1983) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He won five singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23 in February 2011.

As of 2021, he collected thirteen wins over top-10 players, including world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in 2010, world No. 4 Andy Murray in 2012 and world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka in 2014.

Personal life

He is named after the famed tennis player Guillermo Vilas – who his father admired greatly for his clay court dominance. He is good friends with fellow Spanish tennis player Juan Carlos Ferrero, and both train at the JC Ferrero Equelite Sport Academy in Villena, Spain.

Professional career

On 23 November 2009, García López achieved his then career-high singles ranking of World No. 41 after winning his first round at Austrian Open. During the 2009 year, he beat 11th seed Fernando Verdasco in the first round of the 2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open, also beating Mikhail Youzhny in the second round. He fell to Julien Benneteau in the third round.

At the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, he upset World No. 9 Marin Čilić in the second round. García López continued his good form into the next round by defeating 26th seed Thomaz Bellucci after losing the first set. However, he lost to Juan Mónaco in the fourth round.

At the 2010 Aegon International in Eastbourne, he reached the final, but lost to Michaël Llodra.

In the semifinals of the 2010 PTT Thailand Open, he recorded arguably the biggest win of his career, defeating World No. 1 Rafael Nadal, saving 24 of 26 break points, while converting his only opportunity to break Nadal.^[1] He then went on to take his second title (his first on hard court) with a victory over Jarkko Nieminen.

He continued his form in the 2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo. He stretched his winning streak to seven by beating Rajeev Ram and Feliciano López, before falling to Viktor Troicki in the quarterfinals.

Going into the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000, he managed to battle fatigue with his newfound confidence, beating Eduardo Schwank, tenth seed Andy Roddick (who retired due to injury in the second set), and stunning seventh seed (and World No. 7) Tomáš Berdych to reach the quarterfinals. There, he went down against second seed and World No. 2 Novak Djokovic.

In 2012, he upset World No. 4 Andy Murray at Indian Wells in the second round.Garcia Lopez also defeated fourth-seeded Pablo Andújar to enter the quarterfinals of the Mercedes Cup.^[2]

In January 2021, Garcia Lopez announced that he would retire after the 2021 season.^{[3] [4]}

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP career finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

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 (5–4)

Titles by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (3–1) Grass (0–1)

Titles by setting Outdoor (3–3) Indoor (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0		Austrian Open, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Julien Benneteau	3–6, 7–6^(7–1), 6–3
Loss	1–1		Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	250 Series	Grass	Michaël Llodra	5–7, 2–6
Win	2–1		Thailand Open, Thailand	250 Series	Hard (i)	Jarkko Nieminen	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	2–2		Romanian Open, Romania	250 Series	Clay	Lukáš Rosol	3–6, 2–6
Loss	2–3		St. Petersburg Open, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Ernests Gulbis	6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Win	3–3		Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Marcel Granollers	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win	4–3		Zagreb Indoors, Croatia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Andreas Seppi	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Win	5–3		Romanian Open, Romania	250 Series	Clay	Jiří Veselý	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(13–11)
Loss	5–4		Shenzhen Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Tomáš Berdych	3–6, 6–7^(7–9)

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–4)

Titles by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (1–4) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (2–5) Indoor (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Croatia Open, Croatia	International	Clay	Albert Portas	Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2		Stuttgart Open, Germany	Intl. Gold	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3		Thailand Open, Thailand	250 Series	Hard (i)	Mischa Zverev	Eric Butorac Rajeev Ram	6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Win	1–3		Qatar Open, Qatar	250 Series	Hard	Albert Montañés	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–4		Swiss Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Pablo Andújar	Jamie Murray John Peers	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–4		Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay (i)	Philipp Oswald	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	5–7, 6–4, [15–13]
Loss	2–5		Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Philipp Oswald	Mateusz Kowalczyk Artem Sitak	6–2, 1–6, [7–10]
Win	3–5		Winston-Salem Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Henri Kontinen	Andre Begemann Leander Paes	4–6, 7–6^(8–6), [10–8]
Loss	3–6		US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Pablo Carreño Busta	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	2–6, 3–6

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 18 (6-12)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (4-7) ITF Futures Tour (2-5)

Titles by surface Hard (3-3) Clay (3-9) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Spain F4, Canary Islands, Spain	Futures	Hard	Nikos Rovas	7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2		Spain F16, Madrid	Futures	Hard	Rafael Nadal	3–6, 6–7^(1–7)
Loss	0–3		Portugal F5, Faro	Futures	Hard	Konstantinos Economidis	4-6, 1-6
Win	1-3		Spain F5, Castellon	Futures	Clay	Gorka Fraile	6-0, 6-3
Loss	1-4		Spain F13, Alicante	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1-5		Spain F14, Elche	Futures	Clay	Miguel Ángel López Jaén	4–6, 5–7
Loss	1-6		Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Luis Horna	0–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	2-6		Portugal F1, Faro	Futures	Hard	Philipp Petzschner	6-3, 6-2
Loss	2-7		Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Nicolas Coutelot	7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	2-8		Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Olivier Patience	4-6, 1-6
Win	3-8		Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Albert Montañés	0–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	4-8		Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Hard	Michael Lammer	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	4-9		Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Julian Reister	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win	5-9		Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Ruben Bemelmans	6–1, 6–7^(3–7), 6–2
Loss	5-10		Manerbio, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	5-11		Genova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5–7, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	6-11		Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Kamil Majchrzak	6–1, 7–6^(7–1)
Loss	6-12		Perugia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Delbonis	0–6, 6–1, 6–7^(5–7)

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	2R	2R	3R	2R	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	4R	3R	1R	2R	1R	Q1	Q1	15–15
French Open	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	4R	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	Q1	A	13–16
Wimbledon	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	Q2	style=color:#767676	NH	A	8–13
US Open	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	8–13
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	1–1	2–4	2–4	2–4	6–4	3–4	2–4	6–4	2–4	0–4	5–4	5–4	3–4	2–2	3–3	0–3	0–0	0–0	44–57
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	3R	2R	1R	4R	2R	3R	A	A	2R	2R	1R	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	9–9
Miami Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	A	3R	3R	2R	A	2R	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	7–10
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	1R	A	3R	Q2	A	1R	2R	A	A	QF	A	2R	1R	2R	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	6–8
Madrid Open	A	Q2	A	Q1	Q1	1R	3R	3R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	6–10
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	3R	1R	2R	A	A	3R	2R	A	Q2	A	A	A	6–5
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	0–2
Cincinnati Masters	A	Q2	A	Q1	A	3R	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	2–4
Shanghai Masters	Not Masters Series	1R	QF	2R	Q2	A	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	4–6
Paris Masters	A	Q1	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	2R	1R	Q1	1R	1R	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	1–4
German Open	A	Q2	2R	1R	A	Not Masters Series	1–2
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–1	1–1	4–4	1–2	2–6	11–6	5–8	5–5	0–1	6–7	3–6	3–6	0–3	1–4	0–0	0–0	0–0	42–60
Career statistics
style=text-align:left	Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–9
style=text-align:left;background:#efefef	Year End Ranking	129	91	68	90	62	41	33	39	76	62	36	27	70	70	105	144	220	461

Doubles

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	3R	2R	1R	style=background:yellow	SF	3R	3R	A	A	12–13
French Open	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	6–10
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	1R	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	1–9
US Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	style=background:thistle	F	A	A	A	A	A	10–10
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	0–2	3–4	0–3	0–4	2–4	0–4	5–4	4–2	5–4	4–2	3–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	29–42

Wins over top 10 players

• He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

	width=150	Player	Rank	width=275	Event	Surface	Rd	width=200	Score
2005
1.	Carlos Moyá	5	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	1R	7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2006
2.	Andre Agassi	9	bgcolor=	Delray Beach, United States	Hard	QF	6–4, 6–2
2009
3.	Fernando Verdasco	10	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	1R	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–4)
2010
4.	Marin Čilić	9	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	2R	7–6^(7–1), 6–0
5.	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	10	Madrid, Spain	Clay	2R	6–2, retired
6.	Rafael Nadal	bgcolor=lime	1	bgcolor=	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	SF	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–3
7.	Tomáš Berdych	7	Shanghai, China	Hard	3R	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
2012
8.	Andy Murray	4	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	2R	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
2013
9.	Janko Tipsarević	10	bgcolor=	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	QF	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2014
10.	Tomáš Berdych	5	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	3R	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
11.	Stan Wawrinka	3	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	1R	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 6–0
2015
12.	Marin Čilić	10	Rome, Italy	Clay	1R	6–4, 6–3
2018
13.	Pablo Carreño Busta	10	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	2R	7–6 ^(7–5), 1–6, 7–6 ^(8–6)

External links

• • Garcia Lopez Recent Match Results
• Garcia Lopez World Ranking History
• Official web site

Notes and References

1. News: García López holds off perse Nadal, faces Nieminen for title. ATP World Tour. 2 October 2010. 8 October 2010.
2. News: Janko Tipsarevic storms into Mercedes Cup quarterfinals. 12 July 2012 . The Times of India.
3. News: El último baile de Guillermo García López. Punto de Break. es. 7 January 2021.
4. Web site: Adios to the Legend of "Gee-Gee-El" | ATP Tour | Tennis .