Spanish tennis player (born 1983)
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Spanish name , the first or paternal
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García and the second or maternal family name is
López .
Guillermo García López (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʎeɾmo ɣaɾˈθi.a ˈlopeθ] ,[ a] 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.
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 [ edit ] 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]
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ] Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runners-up)[ edit ] 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 May 2009 Austrian Open , Austria 250 Series Clay Julien Benneteau 3–6, 7–6(7–1) , 6–3 Loss 1–1 Jun 2010 Eastbourne International , United Kingdom 250 Series Grass Michaël Llodra 5–7, 2–6 Win 2–1 Oct 2010 Thailand Open , Thailand 250 Series Hard (i) Jarkko Nieminen 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 Loss 2–2 Apr 2013 Romanian Open , Romania 250 Series Clay Lukáš Rosol 3–6, 2–6 Loss 2–3 Sep 2013 St. Petersburg Open , Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Ernests Gulbis 6–3, 4–6, 0–6 Win 3–3 Apr 2014 Grand Prix Hassan II , Morocco 250 Series Clay Marcel Granollers 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 Win 4–3 Feb 2015 Zagreb Indoors , Croatia 250 Series Hard (i) Andreas Seppi 7–6(7–4) , 6–3 Win 5–3 Apr 2015 Romanian Open, Romania 250 Series Clay Jiří Veselý 7–6(7–5) , 7–6(13–11) Loss 5–4 Oct 2015 Shenzhen Open , China 250 Series Hard Tomáš Berdych 3–6, 6–7(7–9)
Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners-up)[ edit ] 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 Jul 2006 Croatia Open , Croatia International Clay Albert Portas Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch 4–6, 4–6 Loss 0–2 Jul 2007 Stuttgart Open , Germany Intl. Gold Clay Fernando Verdasco František Čermák Leoš Friedl 4–6, 4–6 Loss 0–3 Oct 2009 Thailand Open , Thailand 250 Series Hard (i) Mischa Zverev Eric Butorac Rajeev Ram 6–7(4–7) , 3–6 Win 1–3 Jan 2010 Qatar Open , Qatar 250 Series Hard Albert Montañés František Čermák Michal Mertiňák 6–4, 7–5 Loss 1–4 Jul 2013 Swiss Open , Switzerland 250 Series Clay Pablo Andújar Jamie Murray John Peers 3–6, 4–6 Win 2–4 Mar 2014 Brasil Open , Brazil 250 Series Clay (i) Philipp Oswald Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah 5–7, 6–4, [15–13] Loss 2–5 Jul 2014 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Clay Philipp Oswald Mateusz Kowalczyk Artem Sitak 6–2, 1–6, [7–10] Win 3–5 Aug 2016 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 Sep 2016 US Open , United States Grand Slam Hard Pablo Carreño Busta Jamie Murray Bruno Soares 2–6, 3–6
Challenger and Futures Finals [ edit ] 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 Jun 2002 Spain F4, Canary Islands , Spain Futures Hard Nikos Rovas 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 Loss 0–2 Sep 2002 Spain F16, Madrid Futures Hard Rafael Nadal 3–6, 6–7(1–7) Loss 0–3 Mar 2003 Portugal F5, Faro Futures Hard Konstantinos Economidis 4-6, 1-6 Win 1-3 Apr 2003 Spain F5, Castellon Futures Clay Gorka Fraile 6-0, 6-3 Loss 1-4 Jul 2003 Spain F13, Alicante Futures Clay Nicolás Almagro 3–6, 4–6 Loss 1-5 Jul 2003 Spain F14, Elche Futures Clay Miguel Ángel López Jaén 4–6, 5–7 Loss 1-6 Oct 2003 Seville , Spain Challenger Clay Luis Horna 0–6, 6–4, 3–6 Win 2-6 Mar 2004 Portugal F1, Faro Futures Hard Philipp Petzschner 6-3, 6-2 Loss 2-7 May 2004 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Nicolas Coutelot 7–5, 5–7, 2–6 Loss 2-8 Jun 2006 Lugano , Switzerland Challenger Clay Olivier Patience 4-6, 1-6 Win 3-8 Jul 2006 Scheveningen , Netherlands Challenger Clay Albert Montañés 0–6, 6–3, 6–4 Win 4-8 Nov 2007 Tunis , Tunisia Challenger Hard Michael Lammer 6–4, 7–6(7–3) Loss 4-9 Apr 2013 Rome , Italy Challenger Clay Julian Reister 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 Win 5-9 Jul 2017 Scheveningen , Netherlands Challenger Clay Ruben Bemelmans 6–1, 6–7(3–7) , 6–2 Loss 5-10 Aug 2017 Manerbio , Italy Challenger Clay Roberto Carballés Baena 4–6, 6–2, 2–6 Loss 5-11 Sep 2017 Genova , Italy Challenger Clay Stefanos Tsitsipas 5–7, 6–7(2–7) Win 6-11 Oct 2017 Tashkent , Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Kamil Majchrzak 6–1, 7–6(7–1) Loss 6-12 Jul 2019 Perugia , Italy Challenger Clay Federico Delbonis 0–6, 6–1, 6–7(5–7)
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.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Wins over top 10 players [ edit ] He has a 13–49 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. # Player Rank Event Surface Rd 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 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 1 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 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)