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Guillermo García López

García López at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	La Roda, Spain
Born	(1983-06-04) 4 June 1983 (age 41) La Roda, Spain
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2021
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	José Luis Aparisi & Diego Dinomo
Prize money	$8,451,851
Singles
Career record	297–354
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 23 (21 February 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (2015)
French Open	4R (2014)
Wimbledon	3R (2008)
US Open	3R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	118–171
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 27 (15 May 2017)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2017)
French Open	2R (2007, 2009, 2014, 2018)
Wimbledon	2R (2015)
US Open	F (2016)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería Singles 2005 Almería Doubles
Last updated on: 25 August 2021.

Guillermo García López (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡiˈʎeɾmo ɣaɾˈθi.a ˈlopeθ], 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 Sport 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. 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.

In January 2021, Garcia Lopez announced that he would retire after the 2021 season.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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

ATP career finals

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

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, 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, 6–3
Win	5–3	Apr 2015	Romanian Open, Romania	250 Series	Clay	Jiří Veselý	7–6, 7–6
Loss	5–4	Oct 2015	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	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, 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,
Loss	2–5	Jul 2014	Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Philipp Oswald	Mateusz Kowalczyk Artem Sitak	6–2, 1–6,
Win	3–5	Aug 2016	Winston-Salem Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Henri Kontinen	Andre Begemann Leander Paes	4–6, 7–6,
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

Singles: 18 (6-12)

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
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
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, 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
Win	6-11	Oct 2017	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Kamil Majchrzak	6–1, 7–6
Loss	6-12	Jul 2019	Perugia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Delbonis	0–6, 6–1, 6–7

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Wins over top 10 players

• 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, 7–6
2010
4.	Marin Čilić	9	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	2R	7–6, 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, 6–3
7.	Tomáš Berdych	7	Shanghai, China	Hard	3R	7–6, 6–3
2012
8.	Andy Murray	4	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	2R	7–6, 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 , 1–6, 7–6

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".

External links

• Guillermo García López at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Garcia Lopez Recent Match Results Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Garcia Lopez World Ranking History Archived 7 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
• Official web site

• 1983 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from the Province of Albacete
• Spanish male tennis players
• Tennis players from Castilla–La Mancha
• Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain
• Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Spain
• Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
• Mediterranean Games medalists in tennis
• 21st-century Spanish sportsmen