Guillermo García López
Guillermo García López is a professional tennis player from Spain. He has won five singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 23 in February 2011.
As of December 2018, he has collected thirteen wins over top-10 players, including world No. 1 Rafael Nadal in 2010, world No. 3 Stan Wawrinka in 2014 and world No. 4 Andy Murray in 2012.
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 there 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. He then went on to take his second title 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, and stunning seventh seed Tomáš Berdych to reach the quarterfinals. There, he went down against second seed and World No. 2 Novak Djokovic.
In 2012, he upset 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.
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP career finals
Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runners-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | 2009 Interwetten Austrian Open Kitzbühel – Singles| | Austrian Open, Austria | 250 Series | Clay |  Julien Benneteau | 3–6, 7–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | 2010 Aegon International – Men's Singles| | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom | 250 Series | Grass | Michaël Llodra | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | 2010 PTT Thailand Open – Singles| | Thailand Open, Thailand | 250 Series | Hard |  Jarkko Nieminen | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–2 | 2013 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy – Singles| | Romanian Open, Romania | 250 Series | Clay |  Lukáš Rosol | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | 2013 St. Petersburg Open – Singles| | St. Petersburg Open, Russia | 250 Series | Hard |  Ernests Gulbis | 6–3, 4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | 2014 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles| | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay |  Marcel Granollers | 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–3 | 2015 PBZ Zagreb Indoors – Singles| | Zagreb Indoors, Croatia | 250 Series | Hard |  Andreas Seppi | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–3 | 2015 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy – Singles| | Romanian Open, Romania | 250 Series | Clay | Jiří Veselý | 7–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 5–4 | 2015 ATP Shenzhen Open – Singles| | Shenzhen Open, China | 250 Series | Hard | Tomáš Berdych | 3–6, 6–7 |
Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | 2006 Croatia Open Umag| | Croatia Open, Croatia | International | Clay | Albert Portas | Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | 2007 Mercedes Cup – Doubles| | Stuttgart Open, Germany | Intl. Gold | Clay | Fernando Verdasco | František Čermák Leoš Friedl | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | 2009 PTT Thailand Open – Doubles| | Thailand Open, Thailand | 250 Series | Hard |  Mischa Zverev |  Eric Butorac Rajeev Ram | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | 2010 Qatar Open – Doubles| | Qatar Open, Qatar | 250 Series | Hard | Albert Montañés | František Čermák Michal Mertiňák | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–4 | 2013 Crédit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad – Doubles| | Swiss Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Pablo Andújar |  Jamie Murray John Peers | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–4 | 2014 Brasil Open – Doubles| | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay |  Philipp Oswald |  Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 5–7, 6–4, |
| Loss | 2–5 | 2014 MercedesCup – Doubles| | Stuttgart Open, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Philipp Oswald |  Mateusz Kowalczyk Artem Sitak | 6–2, 1–6, |
| Win | 3–5 | 2016 Winston-Salem Open – Doubles| | Winston-Salem Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Henri Kontinen | Andre Begemann Leander Paes | 4–6, 7–6, |
| Loss | 3–6 | 2016 US Open – Men's Doubles| | US Open, United States | Grand Slam | Hard | Pablo Carreño Busta | Jamie Murray Bruno Soares | 2–6, 3–6 |