Guillermo García López

Spanish tennis player

Guillermo García López
García López at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceLa Roda, Spain
Born (1983-06-04) 4 June 1983 (age 40)
La Roda, Spain
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2002
Retired2021
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachJosé Luis Aparisi & Diego Dinomo
Prize money$8,451,851
Singles
Career record297–354 (45.6% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 23 (21 February 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2015)
French Open4R (2014)
Wimbledon3R (2008)
US Open3R (2015)
Doubles
Career record118–171 (40.8% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 27 (15 May 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2017)
French Open2R (2007, 2009, 2014, 2018)
Wimbledon2R (2015)
US OpenF (2016)
Medal record
Last updated on: 25 August 2021.

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.

Personal life

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 Tennis Academy in Villena, Spain.

Professional career

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]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2016 US Open Hard Spain Pablo Carreño Busta United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares 		2–6, 3–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runners-up)

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 France Julien Benneteau 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss 1–1 Jun 2010 Eastbourne International, United Kingdom 250 Series Grass France Michaël Llodra 5–7, 2–6
Win 2–1 Oct 2010 Thailand Open, Thailand 250 Series Hard (i) Finland Jarkko Nieminen 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Apr 2013 Romanian Open, Romania 250 Series Clay Czech Republic Lukáš Rosol 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Sep 2013 St. Petersburg Open, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Latvia Ernests Gulbis 6–3, 4–6, 0–6
Win 3–3 Apr 2014 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco 250 Series Clay Spain Marcel Granollers 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–3 Feb 2015 Zagreb Indoors, Croatia 250 Series Hard (i) Italy Andreas Seppi 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 5–3 Apr 2015 Romanian Open, Romania 250 Series Clay Czech Republic Jiří Veselý 7–6(7–5), 7–6(13–11)
Loss 5–4 Oct 2015 Shenzhen Open, China 250 Series Hard Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 3–6, 6–7(7–9)

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

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 Spain Albert Portas Czech Republic Jaroslav Levinský
Czech Republic David Škoch 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2007 Stuttgart Open, Germany Intl. Gold Clay Spain Fernando Verdasco Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl 		4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2009 Thailand Open, Thailand 250 Series Hard (i) Germany Mischa Zverev United States Eric Butorac
United States Rajeev Ram 		6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 1–3 Jan 2010 Qatar Open, Qatar 250 Series Hard Spain Albert Montañés Czech Republic František Čermák
Slovakia Michal Mertiňák 		6–4, 7–5
Loss 1–4 Jul 2013 Swiss Open, Switzerland 250 Series Clay Spain Pablo Andújar United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Australia John Peers 		3–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Mar 2014 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay (i) Austria Philipp Oswald Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah 		5–7, 6–4, [15–13]
Loss 2–5 Jul 2014 Stuttgart Open, Germany 250 Series Clay Austria Philipp Oswald Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
New Zealand Artem Sitak 		6–2, 1–6, [7–10]
Win 3–5 Aug 2016 Winston-Salem Open, United States 250 Series Hard Finland Henri Kontinen Germany Andre Begemann
India Leander Paes 		4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]
Loss 3–6 Sep 2016 US Open, United States Grand Slam Hard Spain Pablo Carreño Busta United Kingdom Jamie Murray
Brazil Bruno Soares 		2–6, 3–6

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 18 (6-12)

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 Greece Nikos Rovas 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2002 Spain F16, Madrid Futures Hard Spain Rafael Nadal 3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 0–3 Mar 2003 Portugal F5, Faro Futures Hard Greece Konstantinos Economidis 4-6, 1-6
Win 1-3 Apr 2003 Spain F5, Castellon Futures Clay Spain Gorka Fraile 6-0, 6-3
Loss 1-4 Jul 2003 Spain F13, Alicante Futures Clay Spain Nicolás Almagro 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1-5 Jul 2003 Spain F14, Elche Futures Clay Spain Miguel Ángel López Jaén 4–6, 5–7
Loss 1-6 Oct 2003 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Peru Luis Horna 0–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 2-6 Mar 2004 Portugal F1, Faro Futures Hard Germany Philipp Petzschner 6-3, 6-2
Loss 2-7 May 2004 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay France Nicolas Coutelot 7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 2-8 Jun 2006 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Clay France Olivier Patience 4-6, 1-6
Win 3-8 Jul 2006 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Spain Albert Montañés 0–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 4-8 Nov 2007 Tunis, Tunisia Challenger Hard Switzerland Michael Lammer 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 4-9 Apr 2013 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Germany Julian Reister 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win 5-9 Jul 2017 Scheveningen, Netherlands Challenger Clay Belgium Ruben Bemelmans 6–1, 6–7(3–7), 6–2
Loss 5-10 Aug 2017 Manerbio, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Roberto Carballés Baena 4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss 5-11 Sep 2017 Genova, Italy Challenger Clay Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Win 6-11 Oct 2017 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Poland Kamil Majchrzak 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 6-12 Jul 2019 Perugia, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Federico Delbonis 0–6, 6–1, 6–7(5–7)

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.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R 4R 3R 1R 2R 1R Q1 Q1 15–15
French Open 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R 4R 1R 2R 3R 2R 1R Q1 A 13–16
Wimbledon A 2R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 2R Q2 NH A 8–13
US Open A 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R A A 1R A A 8–13
Win–loss 1–1 2–4 2–4 2–4 6–4 3–4 2–4 6–4 2–4 0–4 5–4 5–4 3–4 2–2 3–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 44–57
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A 3R 2R 1R 4R 2R 3R A A 2R 2R 1R A A NH A 9–9
Miami Open A A A 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R A 3R 3R 2R A 2R A NH A 7–10
Monte-Carlo Masters A 1R A 3R Q2 A 1R 2R A A QF A 2R 1R 2R A NH A 6–8
Madrid Open A Q2 A Q1 Q1 1R 3R 3R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R A NH A 6–10
Italian Open A A A A A Q1 3R 1R 2R A A 3R 2R A Q2 A A A 6–5
Canadian Open A A A A A 1R A A A A 1R A A A A A NH A 0–2
Cincinnati Masters A Q2 A Q1 A 3R A 1R A A 1R A A A 2R A A A 2–4
Shanghai Masters Not Masters Series 1R QF 2R Q2 A 1R 1R 1R A A A NH A 4–6
Paris Masters A Q1 A Q1 Q1 A A 2R 1R Q1 1R 1R A Q2 A A A A 1–4
German Open A Q2 2R 1R A Not Masters Series 1–2
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 1–1 4–4 1–2 2–6 11–6 5–8 5–5 0–1 6–7 3–6 3–6 0–3 1–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 42–60
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 5–9
Year End Ranking 129 91 68 90 62 41 33 39 76 62 36 27 70 70 105 144 220 461

Doubles

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R A A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R SF 3R 3R A A 12–13
French Open A A A 2R A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 3R 1R 1R 2R A A A 6–10
Wimbledon A A A 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R A 1R A NH A 1–9
US Open A A 1R A 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R F A A A A A 10–10
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 3–4 0–3 0–4 2–4 0–4 5–4 4–2 5–4 4–2 3–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 29–42

Wins over top 10 players

  • He has a 13–49 (21.0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total
Wins 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2005
1. Spain Carlos Moyá 5 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard 1R 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2006
2. United States Andre Agassi 9 Delray Beach, United States Hard QF 6–4, 6–2
2009
3. Spain Fernando Verdasco 10 Cincinnati, United States Hard 1R 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
2010
4. Croatia Marin Čilić 9 Indian Wells, United States Hard 2R 7–6(7–1), 6–0
5. France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 10 Madrid, Spain Clay 2R 6–2, retired
6. Spain Rafael Nadal 1 Bangkok, Thailand Hard (i) SF 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
7. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 7 Shanghai, China Hard 3R 7–6(7–4), 6–3
2012
8. United Kingdom Andy Murray 4 Indian Wells, United States Hard 2R 7–6(7–4), 6–3
2013
9. Serbia Janko Tipsarević 10 Bucharest, Romania Clay QF 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2014
10. Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 5 Monte Carlo, Monaco Clay 3R 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
11. Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 3 French Open, Paris, France Clay 1R 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 6–0
2015
12. Croatia Marin Čilić 10 Rome, Italy Clay 1R 6–4, 6–3
2018
13. Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 10 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay 2R 7–6 (7–5) , 1–6, 7–6 (8–6)

Notes

  1. ^ In isolation, García is pronounced [ɡaɾˈθi.a].

References

  1. ^ "García López holds off perse Nadal, faces Nieminen for title". ATP World Tour. 2 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Janko Tipsarevic storms into Mercedes Cup quarterfinals". The Times of India. 12 July 2012.
  3. ^ "El último baile de Guillermo García López". Punto de Break (in Spanish). 7 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Adios to the Legend of "Gee-Gee-El" | ATP Tour | Tennis".

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