Spanish tennis player (born 1983)
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
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 Spanishtennis coach and a former professional player. He won five singles titles and achieved a career-high singlesranking of world No. 23 in February 2011.
As of 2021, he collected thirteen wins over top-10 players, including world No. 1Rafael Nadal in 2010, world No. 4Andy Murray in 2012 and world No. 3Stan Wawrinka in 2014.
He is named after the famed tennis playerGuillermo Vilas – who his father admired greatly for his clay court dominance. He is good friends with fellow Spanish tennis playerJuan Carlos Ferrero , and both train at theJC Ferrero Equelite Sport Academy inVillena , 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 atAustrian Open . During the 2009 year, he beat 11th seedFernando Verdasco in the first round of the2009 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and Women's Open , also beatingMikhail Youzhny in the second round. He fell toJulien Benneteau in the third round.
At the2010 BNP Paribas Open , he upset World No. 9Marin Čilić in the second round. García López continued his good form into the next round by defeating 26th seedThomaz Bellucci after losing the first set. However, he lost toJuan Mónaco in the fourth round.
At the2010 Aegon International in Eastbourne, he reached the final, but lost toMichaël Llodra .
In the semifinals of the2010 PTT Thailand Open , he recorded arguably the biggest win of his career, defeating World No. 1Rafael 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 overJarkko Nieminen .
He continued his form in the2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo. He stretched his winning streak to seven by beatingRajeev Ram andFeliciano López , before falling toViktor Troicki in the quarterfinals.
Going into the2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000 , he managed to battle fatigue with his newfound confidence, beatingEduardo Schwank , tenth seedAndy 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. 2Novak Djokovic .
In 2012, he upset World No. 4Andy Murray atIndian Wells in the second round.Garcia Lopez also defeated fourth-seededPablo Andújar to enter the quarterfinals of theMercedes Cup .[ 2]
In January 2021, Garcia Lopez announced that he would retire after the 2021 season.[ 3] [ 4]
Garcia Lopez is currently coachingVilius Gaubas since 2020.[ 5]
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 , Austria250 Series Clay Julien Benneteau 3–6, 7–6(7–1) , 6–3 Loss 1–1 Jun 2010 Eastbourne International , United Kingdom250 Series Grass Michaël Llodra 5–7, 2–6 Win 2–1 Oct 2010 Thailand Open , Thailand250 Series Hard (i) Jarkko Nieminen 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 Loss 2–2 Apr 2013 Romanian Open , Romania250 Series Clay Lukáš Rosol 3–6, 2–6 Loss 2–3 Sep 2013 St. Petersburg Open , Russia250 Series Hard (i) Ernests Gulbis 6–3, 4–6, 0–6 Win 3–3 Apr 2014 Grand Prix Hassan II , Morocco250 Series Clay Marcel Granollers 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 Win 4–3 Feb 2015 Zagreb Indoors , Croatia250 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 , China250 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 , CroatiaInternational Clay Albert Portas Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch 4–6, 4–6 Loss 0–2 Jul 2007 Stuttgart Open , GermanyIntl. Gold Clay Fernando Verdasco František Čermák Leoš Friedl 4–6, 4–6 Loss 0–3 Oct 2009 Thailand Open , Thailand250 Series Hard (i) Mischa Zverev Eric Butorac Rajeev Ram 6–7(4–7) , 3–6 Win 1–3 Jan 2010 Qatar Open , Qatar250 Series Hard Albert Montañés František ČermákMichal Mertiňák 6–4, 7–5 Loss 1–4 Jul 2013 Swiss Open , Switzerland250 Series Clay Pablo Andújar Jamie Murray John Peers 3–6, 4–6 Win 2–4 Mar 2014 Brasil Open , Brazil250 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 OswaldMateusz Kowalczyk Artem Sitak 6–2, 1–6, [7–10] Win 3–5 Aug 2016 Winston-Salem Open , United States250 Series Hard Henri Kontinen Andre Begemann Leander Paes 4–6, 7–6(8–6) , [10–8] Loss 3–6 Sep 2016 US Open , United StatesGrand Slam Hard Pablo Carreño Busta Jamie MurrayBruno 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 , SpainChallenger 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 , SwitzerlandChallenger Clay Olivier Patience 4-6, 1-6 Win 3-8 Jul 2006 Scheveningen , NetherlandsChallenger Clay Albert Montañés 0–6, 6–3, 6–4 Win 4-8 Nov 2007 Tunis , TunisiaChallenger Hard Michael Lammer 6–4, 7–6(7–3) Loss 4-9 Apr 2013 Rome , ItalyChallenger Clay Julian Reister 6–4, 3–6, 2–6 Win 5-9 Jul 2017 Scheveningen , NetherlandsChallenger Clay Ruben Bemelmans 6–1, 6–7(3–7) , 6–2 Loss 5-10 Aug 2017 Manerbio , ItalyChallenger Clay Roberto Carballés Baena 4–6, 6–2, 2–6 Loss 5-11 Sep 2017 Genova , ItalyChallenger Clay Stefanos Tsitsipas 5–7, 6–7(2–7) Win 6-11 Oct 2017 Tashkent , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Kamil Majchrzak 6–1, 7–6(7–1) Loss 6-12 Jul 2019 Perugia , ItalyChallenger Clay Federico Delbonis 0–6, 6–1, 6–7(5–7)
Performance timelines [ edit ] (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, AustraliaHard 1R 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 2006 2. Andre Agassi 9 Delray Beach , United StatesHard QF 6–4, 6–2 2009 3. Fernando Verdasco 10 Cincinnati , United StatesHard 1R 7–6(7–4) , 7–6(7–4) 2010 4. Marin Čilić 9 Indian Wells , United StatesHard 2R 7–6(7–1) , 6–0 5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 10 Madrid , SpainClay 2R 6–2, retired 6. Rafael Nadal 1 Bangkok , ThailandHard (i) SF 2–6, 7–6(7–3) , 6–3 7. Tomáš Berdych 7 Shanghai , ChinaHard 3R 7–6(7–4) , 6–3 2012 8. Andy Murray 4 Indian Wells , United StatesHard 2R 7–6(7–4) , 6–3 2013 9. Janko Tipsarević 10 Bucharest , RomaniaClay QF 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 2014 10. Tomáš Berdych 5 Monte Carlo , MonacoClay 3R 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 11. Stan Wawrinka 3 French Open , Paris, FranceClay 1R 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 6–0 2015 12. Marin Čilić 10 Rome , ItalyClay 1R 6–4, 6–3 2018 13. Pablo Carreño Busta 10 Buenos Aires , ArgentinaClay 2R 7–6 (7–5) , 1–6, 7–6 (8–6)
^ In isolation,García is pronounced[ɡaɾˈθi.a] . ^ García López andCarreño Busta walkover before the first round, so it doesn't count as a loss