Garcia Lopez, Guillermo

Guillermo - one of the two sons of Juan Garcia Ballesteros and Raquel Lopez Cuesta; his younger brother is also called Juan.

Spaniard in tennis since the age of seven; the best hit is a backhand on the line; favorite coating is soil.

Carier start

Garcia-Lopez began his professional career in 2002. In February of that year, in doubles, he won the first title in a futures tournament. In 2003, Guillermo won three more “futures” in pairs and a debut single. In April of that year, he first performed at the main competitions of the ATP tour , playing at a tournament in Valencia . Immediately in the rivals he got the third in the world ranking at that time, Juan Carlos Ferrero . Garcia lost to a more experienced compatriot - 4-6, 4-6 and dropped out in the first round, and Ferrero won the tournament in the end. In January 2004, Garcia-Lopez and Ferrero already jointly performed in the doubles of the Australian Open , which was Guillermo's debut appearance in tournaments from the Grand Slam series . In early March, he won the futures in Spain. In late May, the Spaniard first played in the Grand Slam and singles. This happened at the French Open , where Garcia got through qualification. In the first round, he beat the Australian Todd Reed , and in the second he lost to Tommy Robredo . In July, Guillermo was able to reach the semifinals at the Umag dirt tournament.

In January 2005, Garcia-Lopez was able to reach the semifinals at the tournament in Chennai , where the fifth racket of the world at that time, Carlos Moya, closed his way to the finals. At the Australian Open, the tournament went through qualifications, Guillermo unexpectedly took revenge from Moya, beating him in the first round with a score of 7-5, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. But already in the next round, he was defeated by Kevin Kim . According to the results of performances in Australia, Garcia was able to rise for the first time in the Top 100 of the world singles rating. At the end of April, the Spanish tennis player reached the semi-finals of the Estoril clay tournament, defeating Joachim Johansson (6-2, 6-4), including No. 12 in the world, on his way. A week before Roland Garros, he played in the quarter finals at a tournament in St. Pölten , and dropped out at the start of the French Open. At the first Wimbledon tournament for himself, Garcia in the first round was able to beat No. 15 in the world of David Ferrer in three sets. In the next round, he lost in a stubborn five-set fight to Novak Djokovic , who at that time was not even in the first hundred. The US Open ended for Guillermo in the first round.

At the Australian Open 2006, Garcia-Lopez enters the second round. In February, he played in the semifinals at a tournament in Delray Beach and for this result beat Andrei Agassi No. 9 in the world - 6-4, 6-2. In April at a tournament in Valencia and in May in Estoril Guillermo reached the quarter finals. At the French Open, he lost in the first round to David Ferrer, and at Wimbledon he met him in the second round and lost again. In July, Garcia made a winning double (having won a single and a pair) at the Challenger series tournament in Scheveningen . At the end of the month, in the doubles at the tournament in Umag, he was able to reach the first final of the ATP, speaking together Albert Portas . At the US Open, he failed to overcome the first round. In September, at a tournament in Bucharest, his result was reaching the quarter-finals.

2007-10

At the 2007 Australian Championships in the second round, Garcia lost to Top 10 player Mario Anchich . In February, at the tournament in Delray Beach, he reached the quarter finals. The next time Guillermo reached the quarter finals in early May at the Estoril dirt tournament. On the courts of Roland Garros, he was eliminated in the second round. In June, the Spaniard gets into the quarterfinals in Nottingham , and takes off at Wimbledon in the first round. In July, Garcia, together with Fernando Verdasco, reached the final of the pair competition in Stuttgart . The US Open ended for him in the first round. At the end of the season, Garcia Somg win the Challenger in Tunisia .

Garcia began the 2008 season with a quarterfinal in Chennai. At the Australian Open, defeating Juan Ignacio Chela and Alejandro Fallu , he was able to first enter the third round of the Grand Slam. In February, at the hall tournament in San Jose, he was able to reach the semifinals. At the French Open in the second round, he lost to Russian Dmitry Tursunov . At the Wimbledon tournament, he was able to beat the 12th racket of the world of Nicholas Almagro in the second round match - 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 6-1, 6-2, and in the third round he lost in three sets to Rainer Shuttler . In July in Gstad in the quarter finals he was able to win No. 16 in the world of Mikhail Youzhny , and in the semifinal he lost to another Russian Igor Andreev . At the US Open, he lost in the second round. Until the end of the season, once in September, he reached the quarter finals of a tournament in Bucharest.

In the second round of the Australian Open 2009, Garcia-Lopez lost to Marat Safin . In February, he played in the quarter finals of the Johannesburg tournament and the Delray Beach tournament. In April, also in the quarter finals, Guillermo reached Houston . At the end of May, he managed to win the first ATP title in his career at a tournament in Kitzbuhel . In the decisive match, he defeated the Frenchman Julien Benneto with a score of 3-6, 7-6 (1), 6-3. Despite this success, at the French Open, Garcia dropped out in the first round, losing to Andreas Seppi . In June, at the grass tournament in Eastbourne, he reached the quarter finals. At the Wimbledon tournament in the second round, Guillermo went to rivals Roger Federer , who was able to win as the favorite. In August, in the first round match of the Masters series tournament in Cincinnati, he won against top 10 tennis player Fernando Verdasco. At the US Open in the second round lost Tommy Robredo. In October, Garcia played in the doubles finals at a tournament in Bangkok in an alliance with Misha Zverev . Until the end of the year, he was able to reach the quarter-final stage two times at tournaments in Stockholm and Valencia.

In January 2010, Garcia-Lopez wins the doubles prize at the tournament in Doha in a duet with compatriot Albert Montanes . In the Australian Championship, he lost in the first round to Stanislas Wawrinka . In March, at Masters in Indian Wells, Guillermo was able to win in the second round the representative of the top ten Marina Cilic (7-6 (1), 6-0) and reach the fourth round. In April, he played in the quarter-finals of the tournament in Casablanca , and in May in the semifinals in Estoril. Roland Garros ends for him in the second round stage. In June, Garcia reached the finals of the grass tournament in Eastbourne, where he lost in the title battle to Michael Llodra - 5-7, 2-6. At Wimbledon, he dropped out at the start, and at the US Open in the second round. In the fall, at the tournament in Bangkok, Garcia in the semifinals managed to beat the world classification leader, who at that time was Rafael Nadal (2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3). Having defeated Finn Jarkko Nieminen (6-4, 3-6, 6-4) in the finals, he won his second single ATP title. At the tournament in Tokyo, he went to the quarter finals. At the Masters in Shanghai, Garcia also reached the quarter finals, defeating Andy Roddick (on the opponent’s refusal) and No. 7 Tomas Berdykh along the way No. 11 in the world. According to the results of the 2010 season, he took 33rd place.

2011-14

At the January 2011 Doha tournament, Garcia-Lopez reached the quarter finals. At the Australian Open, he managed to get into the third round, where Andy Murray blocked the way further to him No. 5 in the world. The best result for February for Guillermo was reaching the semifinals in Zagreb . February 21, he reached the highest position for himself in the world ranking - 23rd place. In April, he played in the quarter finals of a tournament in Houston. At the French Open, the Spaniard played a long duel against Marcel Ilhan . Their fight lasted 3 hours 58 minutes and ended with the victory of Garcia with the score 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, 4-6, 13-11. He could not overcome the third round, having lost to Fabio Fognini . At Wimbledon and the US Open, he stopped at the second round stage.

In January 2012, Garcia-Lopez reached the quarterfinals in Auckland , and lost in the first round in the Australian Open. In March, at Masters in Indian Wells, he managed to beat Andy Murray in the second round match in the world number 4– 6–4, 6–2, but in the next stage he lost to Ryan Harrison himself . In April, he reached the quarter finals in Casablanca. Rolland Garros finished for him in the first, and Wimbledon in the second rounds. In July, he was able to reach the semifinals in Stuttgart, and stopped at the US Open in the second round. In September, Garcia played in the quarter finals at a tournament in St. Petersburg .

Guillermo dropped out in the first round at the 2013 Australian Championships. In February of that year, he first played for the Spanish national team in the first round of the Davis Cup . His match against the representative of the Canadian national team against Milos Raonic was decisive in the meeting of the two teams. Garcia-Lopez lost and thus Canada scored the third decisive point. In April, he played in the quarter finals in Casablanca, and was also able to reach the final at the tournament in Bucharest, where he lost the title to Lukas Rosol - 3-6, 2-6. In June, Garcia played in the grass semi-final in Hertogenbosch . In July, together with Pablo Andujar, he reached the doubles finals in Gstaad. The US Open, like all 2013 Grand Slams, ended in defeat for the Spaniard in the first round. In September, Garcia was able to play in the finals at a tournament in St. Petersburg, where he was beaten by Ernest Gulbis - 6-3, 4-6, 0-6.

At the start of the 2014 season, Garcia reached the quarter finals in Auckland. In the first round of the Australian Open, he defeated Tommy Haas No. 12 in the world. but I still couldn’t go beyond the second round. In February, at the tournament in Viña del Mar, he reached the quarter finals. At the very beginning of March, in partnership with Austrian Philip Oswald Guillermo was able to win the doubles tournament prize in Sao Paulo . In April, for the first time in four years, he was able to win the ATP title in singles. This happens at the tournament in Casablanca, in the final of which Garcia outplayed Marcel Granollers - 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. At the Masters tournament in Monte Carlo, he was able to beat the fifth racket of the world by Tomas Berdych (4-6, 6-3, 6-1) and reach the quarterfinals, where he could no longer cope with Novak Djokovic (6-4, 3- 6, 1-6). At the start of the French Open, Garcia-Lopez presented another surprise when he outplayed the third racket of the world, Stanislas Wavrinka - 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 6-0. After beating Adrian Mannarino and Donald Young , he first comes out in the fourth round of the Grand Slam. Gael Monfils closed the road to the quarter finals for him. Wimbledon finished for Garcia in the first round. In July, at a tournament in Stuttgart, he was able to reach the quarter finals alone and the finals in pairs in an alliance with Philip Oswald. In August, he played in the quarterfinals of the tournament in Winston-Salem , and at the US Open he was unable to overcome the second round.

2015-16

At the beginning of 2015, Garcia-Lopez reached the quarter-finals of the tournament in Chennai. At the Australian Open, he was able to get to the fourth round for the first time, where he lost to No. 4 in the world to Stansilas Wavrinka. Guillermo, having gained a good form, in February was able to win at the hall tournament in Zagreb, beating Andreas Seppi in the final - 7-6 (4), 6-3. In April, at a dirt tournament in Bucharest, Garcia took the next title, which was also the fifth in single-player ATP tournaments in his career. In the semifinals, he won No. 15 in the world of Gael Monfils (6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2), and in the final of the Czech Jiri Vesely (7-6 (5), 7-6 (11)). In early May, Guillermo reached the semifinal of the tournament in Estoril. In the first round of the Masters series tournament in Rome, he was able to beat the top 10 tennis player Marina Chilicha (6-4, 6-3). The French Open ended for him in the first round. In June, he played in the quarter finals in London , and dropped out in the first round at Wimbledon. At the US Open Garcia managed to get to the third round, where he loses to No. 6 in the world to Tomas Berdych. At a tournament in Metz , held in late September, the Spanish tennis player reached the quarterfinals. Then, at the tournament in Shenzhen, he was able to reach the final, where he lost to Tomas Berdykh with the score 3-6, 6-7 (7). At the end of October, he was once again able to reach the quarter-finals of the tournament in Valencia. At the end of the season, Garcia was able to finish in the Top 30, taking the 27th line.

Like last season, 2016 Garcia-Lopez began with the quarter finals in Chennai. At the Australian Open, he advanced to the third round. where he lost No. 7 in the world to Kei Nishikori . In February, he played in the quarter finals of a new tournament in Sofia . In April, he reached the same stage in Marrakesh . In Bucharest, he is advancing to the semifinals, and in the tournaments in Estoril and Geneva, he advanced to the quarter finals. Roland Garros finished for Garcia in the second round, where he lost to Dominic Tim , and Wimbledon was already in the first after losing to Andreas Seppi. In July, Guillermo reached the quarter-finals of the tournament in Hamburg . In August, he won the doubles trophy at a tournament in Winston-Salem, where he performed together with Henry Continen . At the US Open, Garcia lost to compatriot Roberto Bautista in the first round. In doubles, he managed to advance much further. Speaking in the same team with Pablo Carreño , he was able to reach the debut finals of the Grand Slam. In the decisive match for the title, the Spanish couple lost to Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares with a score of 2-6, 3-6.

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