Spanish tennis player
In this Catalan name , the first or paternal surname is Portas and the second or maternal family name is Soy ; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Albert Portas Country (sports) Spain Residence Barcelona , Spain Born (1973-11-15 ) 15 November 1973 (age 48) Barcelona , Spain Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Turned pro 1994 Retired 2007 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $ 2,972,633Career record 142–198 Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 19 (1 October 2001) Australian Open 2R (2000 , 2002 ) French Open 3R (1997 , 2000 , 2002 ) Wimbledon 3R (2000 ) US Open 3R (2001 ) Career record 73–109 Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 56 (14 April 2003) Australian Open QF (2003 ) French Open 2R (2001 , 2002 , 2006 ) Wimbledon 1R (2000 , 2001 , 2003 , 2006 ) US Open 1R (1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 ) Wimbledon 1R (2001 ) Last updated on: 18 November 2021.
Albert Portas Soy (Catalan: [əlˈβɛɾ ˈpɔɾtəs ˈsɔj] , Spanish: [alˈβeɾ ˈpoɾtas ˈsoj] ; 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 , a 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 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.[2]
Performance timelines [ ]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR: strike rate (events won / competed). W–L: win–loss record.
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
22%
French Open
A
Q1
Q1
3R
1R
2R
3R
1R
3R
2R
1R
Q1
1R
Q1
0 / 9
8–9
47%
Wimbledon
Q2
A
A
A
1R
1R
3R
1R
1R
1R
A
A
1R
Q1
0 / 7
2–7
22%
US Open
A
A
A
1R
A
1R
1R
3R
1R
1R
A
Q1
A
A
0 / 6
2–6
25%
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
33%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells
A
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 2
0–2
0%
Miami
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
1R
3R
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 2
1–2
33%
Monte Carlo
A
2R
A
A
1R
Q1
1R
2R
1R
2R
1R
A
Q1
1R
0 / 8
3–8
27%
Hamburg
A
A
A
A
1R
Q1
Q2
W
1R
A
2R
A
Q1
A
1 / 4
7–3
70%
Rome
A
Q1
A
2R
1R
1R
1R
2R
1R
1R
Q2
A
A
A
0 / 7
2–7
22%
Canada
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 1
0–1
0%
Cincinnati
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 1
0–1
0%
Stuttgart
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
1R
Not Masters Series
0 / 2
0–2
0%
Paris
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
2R
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 2
1–2
33%
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
33%
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
55%
French Open
A
A
1R
2R
2R
1R
A
A
2R
0 / 5
3–5
38%
Wimbledon
A
A
1R
1R
A
1R
A
A
1R
0 / 4
0–4
0%
US Open
A
1R
1R
1R
1R
1R
A
A
A
0 / 5
0–5
0%
Win–loss
0–0
0–1
1–4
2–4
1–3
3–4
1–1
0–0
1–2
0 / 19
9–19
32%
ATP Masters Series
Miami
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 1
0–1
0%
Monte Carlo
A
A
Q1
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
Hamburg
Q1
A
1R
2R
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 2
1–2
33%
Rome
1R
A
A
Q1
1R
A
A
A
A
0 / 2
0–2
0%
Stuttgart
A
A
A
1R
Not Masters Series
0 / 1
0–1
0%
Paris
A
A
A
1R
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 1
0–1
0%
Win–loss
0–1
0–0
0–1
1–4
0–1
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0 / 7
1–7
13%
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
Apr 1997
Barcelona , Spain
Championship Series
Clay
Albert Costa
5–7, 4–6, 4–6
Loss
0–2
Aug 1999
San Marino , San Marino
World Series
Clay
Galo Blanco
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Win
1–2
May 2001
Hamburg , Germany
Masters 1000
Clay
Juan Carlos Ferrero
4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5) , 7–5
Loss
1–3
Jul 2001
Sopot , Poland
World Series
Clay
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)
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
Jul 1994
Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Jiri Novak
2–6, 5–7
Win
1–1
Jul 1995
Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Hicham Arazi
6–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win
2–1
Apr 1997
Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Fernando Vicente
6–1, 6–4
Loss
2–2
Aug 1997
Graz , Austria
Challenger
Clay
Radomir Vasek
1–6, 3–6
Loss
2–3
Aug 1998
Graz , Austria
Challenger
Clay
Carlos Costa
5–7, 6–7
Win
3–3
Oct 1998
Cairo , Egypt
Challenger
Clay
Alberto Martín
6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win
4–3
Oct 2000
Barcelona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Óscar Serrano
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win
5–3
Oct 2000
Cairo , Egypt
Challenger
Clay
Jiří Vaněk
7–5, 6–3
Loss
5–4
Aug 2002
San Marino , San Marino
Challenger
Clay
José Acasuso
6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Loss
5–5
Oct 2002
Seville , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Olivier Mutis
3–6, 5–7
Loss
5–6
Oct 2002
Barcelona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Loss
5–7
Oct 2002
Cairo , Egypt
Challenger
Clay
Stefano Galvani
2–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss
5–8
Mar 2003
Barletta , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Rafael Nadal
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss
5–9
Sep 2003
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Nicolás Massú
4–6, 3–6
Win
6–9
Oct 2003
Barcelona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Albert Montañés
6–4, 6–4
Win
7–9
Jun 2005
Furth , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Philipp Kohlschreiber
7–6(7–5) , 6–2
Loss
7–10
Jul 2005
Oberstaufen , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Simon Greul
5–7, 2–6
Win
8–10
Aug 2005
Vigo , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Ivan Navarro
6–4, 6–4
Loss
8–11
Oct 2005
Barcelona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
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
Sep 1996
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Challenger
Clay
Marcelo Charpentier
Andrey Cherkasov Laurence Tieleman
6–1, 6–2
Loss
1–1
Apr 1997
Barletta , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Alberto Martín
Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt
3–6, 4–6
Loss
1–2
Aug 1997
Graz , Austria
Challenger
Clay
Alberto Martín
Lucas Arnold Ker Tom Vanhoudt
1–6, 2–6
Win
2–2
Jun 1998
Furth , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Alex Lopez-Moron
Juan-Ignacio Carrasco Martín Rodríguez
6–4, 6–4
Win
3–2
Aug 1998
Graz , Austria
Challenger
Clay
Dinu Pescariu
Lan Bale Nebojša Đorđević
6–3, 6–4
Win
4–2
Oct 1998
Cairo , Egypt
Challenger
Clay
Alex Lopez-Moron
Alberto Martín Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win
5–2
Jun 1999
Braunschweig , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Germán Puentes
Tomas Carbonell Nebojša Đorđević
6–4, 6–7(3–7) , 6–3
Win
6–2
Jul 1999
Venice , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Germán Puentes
Diego del Rio Mariano Hood
6–4, 6–0
Loss
6��3
Jul 1999
Graz , Austria
Challenger
Clay
Germán Puentes
Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt
2–6, 2–6
Loss
6–4
Oct 1999
Cairo , Egypt
Challenger
Clay
Alex Lopez-Moron
Juan-Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco
7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Loss
6–5
Jun 2000
Braunschweig , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Alex Lopez-Moron
Jens Knippschild Jeff Tarango
2–6, 2–6
Win
7–5
Oct 2000
Barcelona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Tomas Carbonell
Marcus Hilpert Jens Knippschild
5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Win
8–5
Oct 2000
Cairo , Egypt
Challenger
Clay
Alex Lopez-Moron
Petr Kovacka Pavel Kudrnac
6–4, 6–3
Loss
8–6
Oct 2002
Seville , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Alex Lopez-Moron
Mariano Hood Luis Horna
6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss
8–7
Oct 2002
Cairo , Egypt
Challenger
Clay
Alex Lopez-Moron
Tomas Behrend Karsten Braasch
6–7(3–7) , 4–6
Loss
8–8
Mar 2003
Cagliari , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Juan-Ignacio Carrasco
Alex Lopez-Moron Andres Schneiter
7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Loss
8–9
Jul 2003
Córdoba , Spain
Challenger
Hard
Juan-Ignacio Carrasco
Brandon Coupe Noam Okun
4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Win
9–9
Oct 2003
Seville , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Óscar Hernández
Enzo Artoni Sergio Roitman
6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win
10–9
Sep 2004
Kiev , Ukraine
Challenger
Clay
Sergio Roitman
Igor Kunitsyn Yuri Schukin
6–1, 6–1
Win
11–9
May 2005
Ettlingen , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Marc López
Jeroen Masson Gabriel Trujillo-Soler
3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss
11–10
Jun 2005
Barcelona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Alex Lopez-Moron
Óscar Hernández Gabriel Trujillo-Soler
5–7, 4–6
Win
12–10
Mar 2007
Barletta , Italy
Challenger
Clay
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
#
Player
Rank
Event
Surface
Rd
Score
1997
1.
Marcelo Ríos
9
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
2R
7–5, 7–6(7–3)
2.
Carlos Moyá
9
French Open , Paris, France
Clay
2R
6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 6–3
3.
Thomas Muster
4
Stuttgart , Germany
Clay
2R
6–4, 7–5
2000
4.
Gustavo Kuerten
5
Australian Open , Melbourne, Australia
Hard
1R
4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6) , 6–4
2001
5.
Magnus Norman
5
Barcelona, Spain
Clay
2R
1–1, ret.
6.
Magnus Norman
6
Hamburg , Germany
Clay
2R
7–6(7–5) , 7–6(9–7)
7.
Lleyton Hewitt
7
Hamburg, Germany
Clay
SF
3–6, 7–5, 6–2
8.
Juan Carlos Ferrero
9
Hamburg, Germany
Clay
F
3–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5) , 7–5
2003
9.
Andy Roddick
6
Monte Carlo , Monaco
Clay
1R
7–6(7–5) , 6–3
10.
Carlos Moyá
4
Sopot , Poland
Clay
1R
7–6(7–4) , 6–7(6–8) , 6–4
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