Albert Portas


Albert Portas Soy 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 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.". It is also very remarkable his final at Barcelona Open in 1997. En route to the final he defeated Gustavo Kuerten, 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.

ATP career finals: 8 (2–6)

Singles: 4 (1–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.Apr 1997Barcelona, SpainClay Albert Costa5–7, 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up2.Aug 1999San Marino, San MarinoClay Galo Blanco6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Winner1.May 2001Hamburg, GermanyClay Juan Carlos Ferrero4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6, 7–5
Runner-up3.Jul 2001Sopot, PolandClay Tommy Robredo6–1, 5–7, 6–7

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Runner-up1.Nov 1996Santiago, ChileClay Dinu Pescariu Gustavo Kuerten
Fernando Meligeni		4–6, 2–6
Winner1.Jul 2000Umag, CroatiaClay Álex López Morón Ivan Ljubičić
Lovro Zovko		6–1, 7–6
Runner-up2.Jul 2002Umag, CroatiaClay Fernando Vicente František Čermák
Julian Knowle		4–6, 4–6
Runner-up3.Jul 2006Umag, CroatiaClay Guillermo García-López Jaroslav Levinský
David Škoch		4–6, 4–6

Singles performance timeline

LQ = lost in the qualifiers
WR = Win Ratio, the ratio of tournaments won to those played
A = Did not play in tournament

Wins over top 10 players

Season1997199819992000200120022003Total
Wins300140210