Albert Portas
Albert Portas Soy 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, a tournament in which his mastery of the drop shot 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.". It is also very remarkable his final at Barcelona Open in 1997. En route to the final he defeated Gustavo Kuerten, 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.
ATP career finals: 8 (2–6)
Singles: 4 (1–3)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | Apr 1997 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Albert Costa | 5–7, 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | Aug 1999 | San Marino, San Marino | Clay | Galo Blanco | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | May 2001 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Juan Carlos Ferrero | 4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6, 7–5 |
Runner-up | 3. | Jul 2001 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | Tommy Robredo | 6–1, 5–7, 6–7 |
Doubles: 4 (1–3)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | Nov 1996 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | Dinu Pescariu | Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni | 4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 1. | Jul 2000 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | Álex López Morón | Ivan Ljubičić Lovro Zovko | 6–1, 7–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | Jul 2002 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | Fernando Vicente | František Čermák Julian Knowle | 4–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | Jul 2006 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | Guillermo García-López | Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch | 4–6, 4–6 |
Singles performance timeline
LQ = lost in the qualifiersWR = Win Ratio, the ratio of tournaments won to those played
A = Did not play in tournament
Wins over top 10 players
Season | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | Total |
Wins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 |