Spanish tennis player
Galo Blanco Career record 122–175 Career record 3–15 Coachee singles titles total 4 (Raonic), 1 (Melzer), 1 (Khachanov) Coachee(s) doubles titles total 1 (Melzer) List of notable tournaments (with champion)
Galo Blanco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡalo ˈβlaŋko] ;[ a] born 8 October 1976) is a retired professional tennis player from Oviedo , Spain . After many years as a professional tennis coach Blanco joined the Davis Cup steering committee in 2018.[ 1]
Blanco came closest to winning a Grand Slam title in 1997, reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open by defeating Neville Godwin , Magnus Gustafsson , Chris Woodruff and Petr Korda before losing to Pat Rafter . He won his only title in 1999 San Marino GO&FUN Open to his countryman Albert Portas and reached the final (2001 Mexican Open ) and the semifinals in 2000 Majorca Open losing to eventual champion Marat Safin .
Blanco had two high-profile wins in majors, beating former 2-time US Open Champion, Patrick Rafter , in the first round of the 2000 US Open , and in beating Pete Sampras in the second round of the 2001 French Open .
Blanco lost in the second round of the 2004 Australian Open . He announced his retirement after the 2006 Torneo Godó .[ 2]
Blanco is a prominent tennis coach.[ 3] He has previously coached the rising Canadian star Milos Raonic . This partnership ended in May 2013. He coached Canadian Filip Peliwo .[ 4] He coached Karen Khachanov until November 2017.[ 5] He coached Dominic Thiem from December 2017 until November 2018.[ 6]
Since the beginning of 2019 Blanco has been working on the new format Davis Cup event.[ 6] In June 2021, Kosmos announced the launch of an athlete management agency to be headed up by Blanco.[ 7]
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–1) ATP 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting Outdoors (1–1) Indoors (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger (4–5) ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (4–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Jul 1995 Tampere , Finland Challenger Clay Christian Bergström 6–3, 6–1 Win 2–0 Apr 1996 Prague , Czech Republic Challenger Clay Gustavo Kuerten 6–1, 6–2 Loss 2–1 May 1996 Dresden , Germany Challenger Clay Patrik Fredriksson 4–6, 4–6 Loss 2–2 Sep 1996 Oporto , Portugal Challenger Clay Richard Fromberg 3–6, 6–7 Loss 2–3 Nov 1996 Campinas , Brazil Challenger Clay Gustavo Kuerten 6–7, 3–6 Win 3–3 Aug 1999 Poznań , Poland Challenger Clay Fredrik Jonsson 6–4, 6–2 Loss 3–4 Nov 1999 Montevideo , Uruguay Challenger Clay Karim Alami 3–6, 1–6 Loss 3–5 Aug 2002 Geneva , Switzerland Challenger Clay Kristof Vliegen 2–6, 2–6 Win 4–5 Aug 2003 Brindisi , Italy Challenger Clay Francisco Fogués 7–5, 1–6, 7–5
Key W F SF QF #R RR|Q# DNQ A
(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;
Wins over top 10 ranked players [ edit ] Season 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Total Wins 2 0 0 0 2 4
Wins over Top 10s per season [ edit ] # Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score 1997 1. Carlos Moyá 10 Stuttgart , Germany Clay 2R 4–6, 7–6(7–3) , 7–5 2. Àlex Corretja 4 Kitzbühel , Austria Clay 3R 7–6(7–4) , 7–5 2001 3. Juan Carlos Ferrero 9 Monte-Carlo , Monaco Clay 2R 6–2, 7–6(7–3) 4. Pete Sampras 5 French Open , Paris, France Clay 2R 7–6(7–4) , 6–3, 6–2