Albert Portas

Albert Portas Soy (, ; born 15 November 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 19 in October 2001.

Career

Portas turned professional in 1994.

His first and only top-level singles title came at the 2001 Hamburg Masters tournament, where as a qualifier he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final. His mastery of the drop shot (key to his victory 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." 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, whom he coached from 2007–2012.

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 7	2–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	Q1	Q1	3R	1R	2R	3R	1R	3R	2R	1R	Q1	1R	Q1	0 / 9	8–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	Q2	A	A	A	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	1R	Q1	0 / 7	2–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	1R	1R	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 6	2–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	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	0 / 29	14–29	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	2R	A	A	1R	Q1	1R	2R	1R	2R	1R	A	Q1	1R	0 / 8	3–8	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	Q2	W	1R	A	2R	A	Q1	A	1 / 4	7–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	Q1	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 7	2–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Stuttgart	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	Not Masters Series						0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–3	0–4	0–1	0–2	9–7	1–5	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	1 / 29	14–28	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	2R	1R	QF	2R	A	A	0 / 5	6–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	2R	0 / 5	3–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A	1R	0 / 4	0–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 5	0–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	1–4	2–4	1–3	3–4	1–1	0–0	1–2	0 / 19	9–19	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	Q1	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	1R	A	A	Q1	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Stuttgart	A	A	A	1R	Not Masters Series					0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–4	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 7	1–7	Template:Tennis win percentage

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1997 Torneo Godó – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Albert Costa	5–7, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	[[San Marino GO&FUN Open|Template:Dts]]	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Galo Blanco	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	[[2001 Hamburg Masters – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Hamburg, Germany	Masters 1000	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Ferrero	4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Loss	1–3	[[2001 Idea Prokom Open – Men's singles|Template:Dts]]	Sopot, Poland	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tommy Robredo	6–1, 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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1996 Hellmann's Cup – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Santiago, Chile	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dinu Pescariu	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Kuerten Template:Flagicon Fernando Meligeni	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	[[2000 Croatia Open|Template:Dts]]	Umag, Croatia	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Álex López Morón	Template:Flagicon Ivan Ljubičić Template:Flagicon Lovro Zovko	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	1–2	[[2002 Croatia Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Umag, Croatia	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Fernando Vicente	Template:Flagicon František Čermák Template:Flagicon Julian Knowle	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	[[2006 Croatia Open Umag – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Umag, Croatia	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Guillermo García López	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Levinský Template:Flagicon 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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jiří Novák	2–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Hicham Arazi	6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	2–1	Template:Dts	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Fernando Vicente	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Template:Dts	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Radomír Vašek	1–6, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Template:Dts	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Carlos Costa	5–7, 6–7
Win	3–3	Template:Dts	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alberto Martín	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win	4–3	Template:Dts	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Óscar Serrano	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	5–3	Template:Dts	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jiří Vaněk	7–5, 6–3
Loss	5–4	Template:Dts	San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon José Acasuso	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–5	Template:Dts	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Olivier Mutis	3–6, 5–7
Loss	5–6	Template:Dts	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	5–7	Template:Dts	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Stefano Galvani	2–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss	5–8	Template:Dts	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Rafael Nadal	2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	5–9	Template:Dts	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Nicolás Massú	4–6, 3–6
Win	6–9	Template:Dts	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Albert Montañés	6–4, 6–4
Win	7–9	Template:Dts	Furth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Philipp Kohlschreiber	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss	7–10	Template:Dts	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Simon Greul	5–7, 2–6
Win	8–10	Template:Dts	Vigo, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Iván Navarro	6–4, 6–4
Loss	8–11	Template:Dts	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Fernando Vicente	2–6, 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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Charpentier	Template:Flagicon Andrei Cherkasov Template:Flagicon Laurence Tieleman	6–1, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Template:Dts	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alberto Martín	Template:Flagicon Nuno Marques Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Template:Dts	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alberto Martín	Template:Flagicon Lucas Arnold Ker Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	1–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Template:Dts	Furth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Álex López Morón	Template:Flagicon Juan Ignacio Carrasco Template:Flagicon Martín Rodríguez	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–2	Template:Dts	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dinu Pescariu	Template:Flagicon Lan Bale Template:Flagicon Nebojša Đorđević	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–2	Template:Dts	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Álex López Morón	Template:Flagicon Alberto Martín Template:Flagicon Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	5–2	Template:Dts	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Germán Puentes	Template:Flagicon Tomás Carbonell Template:Flagicon Nebojša Đorđević	6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–3
Win	6–2	Template:Dts	Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Germán Puentes	Template:Flagicon Diego del Río Template:Flagicon Mariano Hood	6–4, 6–0
Loss	6–3	Template:Dts	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Germán Puentes	Template:Flagicon Nuno Marques Template:Flagicon Tom Vanhoudt	2–6, 2–6
Loss	6–4	Template:Dts	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Álex López Morón	Template:Flagicon Juan Ignacio Carrasco Template:Flagicon Jairo Velasco	7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	6–5	Template:Dts	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Álex López Morón	Template:Flagicon Jens Knippschild Template:Flagicon Jeff Tarango	2–6, 2–6
Win	7–5	Template:Dts	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomás Carbonell	Template:Flagicon Marcus Hilpert Template:Flagicon Jens Knippschild	5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Win	8–5	Template:Dts	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Álex López Morón	Template:Flagicon Petr Kovačka Template:Flagicon Pavel Kudrnáč	6–4, 6–3
Loss	8–6	Template:Dts	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Álex López Morón	Template:Flagicon Mariano Hood Template:Flagicon Luis Horna	6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	8–7	Template:Dts	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Álex López Morón	Template:Flagicon Tomas Behrend Template:Flagicon Karsten Braasch	6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss	8–8	Template:Dts	Cagliari, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Juan Ignacio Carrasco	Template:Flagicon Álex López Morón Template:Flagicon Andrés Schneiter	7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	8–9	Template:Dts	Córdoba, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Template:Flagicon Juan Ignacio Carrasco	Template:Flagicon Brandon Coupe Template:Flagicon Noam Okun	4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win	9–9	Template:Dts	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Óscar Hernández	Template:Flagicon Enzo Artoni Template:Flagicon Sergio Roitman	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	10–9	Template:Dts	Kyiv, Ukraine	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sergio Roitman	Template:Flagicon Igor Kunitsyn Template:Flagicon Yuri Schukin	6–1, 6–1
Win	11–9	Template:Dts	Ettlingen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marc López	Template:Flagicon Jeroen Masson Template:Flagicon Gabriel Trujillo Soler	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss	11–10	Template:Dts	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Álex López Morón	Template:Flagicon Óscar Hernández Template:Flagicon Gabriel Trujillo Soler	5–7, 4–6
Win	12–10	Template:Dts	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon David Marrero	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Motti Template:Flagicon 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

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
1997
1.	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Ríos	9	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	2R	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
2.	Template:Flagicon Carlos Moyá	9	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	2R	6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
3.	Template:Flagicon Thomas Muster	4	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	2R	6–4, 7–5
2000
4.	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Kuerten	5	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	1R	4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
2001
5.	Template:Flagicon Magnus Norman	5	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	2R	1–1, ret.
6.	Template:Flagicon Magnus Norman	6	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	2R	7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7)
7.	Template:Flagicon Lleyton Hewitt	7	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	SF	3–6, 7–5, 6–2
8.	Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Ferrero	9	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	F	3–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5
2003
9.	Template:Flagicon Andy Roddick	6	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	1R	7–6(7–5), 6–3
10.	Template:Flagicon Carlos Moyá	4	Sopot, Poland	Clay	1R	7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 6–4

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