Guillermo García López (, born 4 June 1983) is a Spanish tennis coach and a former professional 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.

Coaching career Garcia Lopez is currently coaching Vilius Gaubas since 2020.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) Result YearChampionship Surface Partner OpponentsScore Loss2016US OpenHard Pablo Carreño Busta Jamie Murray Bruno Soares2–6, 3–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runners-up) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (3–1)Grass (0–1)Titles by settingOutdoor (3–3)Indoor (2–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Austrian Open, Austria250 SeriesClay Julien Benneteau3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3Loss1–1Eastbourne International, United Kingdom250 SeriesGrass Michaël Llodra5–7, 2–6Win2–1Thailand Open, Thailand250 SeriesHard (i) Jarkko Nieminen6–4, 3–6, 6–4Loss2–2Romanian Open, Romania250 SeriesClay Lukáš Rosol3–6, 2–6Loss2–3St. Petersburg Open, Russia250 SeriesHard (i) Ernests Gulbis6–3, 4–6, 0–6Win3–3Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco250 SeriesClay Marcel Granollers5–7, 6–4, 6–3Win4–3Zagreb Indoors, Croatia250 SeriesHard (i) Andreas Seppi7–6(7–4), 6–3Win5–3Romanian Open, Romania250 SeriesClay Jiří Veselý7–6(7–5), 7–6(13–11)Loss5–4Shenzhen Open, China250 SeriesHard Tomáš Berdych3–6, 6–7(7–9)

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners-up) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (1–4)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (2–5)Indoor (1–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Croatia Open, CroatiaInternationalClay Albert Portas Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch4–6, 4–6Loss0–2Stuttgart Open, GermanyIntl. GoldClay Fernando Verdasco František Čermák Leoš Friedl4–6, 4–6Loss0–3Thailand Open, Thailand250 SeriesHard (i) Mischa Zverev Eric Butorac Rajeev Ram6–7(4–7), 3–6Win1–3Qatar Open, Qatar250 SeriesHard Albert Montañés František Čermák Michal Mertiňák6–4, 7–5Loss1–4Swiss Open, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Pablo Andújar Jamie Murray John Peers3–6, 4–6Win2–4Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay (i) Philipp Oswald Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah5–7, 6–4, [15–13]Loss2–5Stuttgart Open, Germany250 SeriesClay Philipp Oswald Mateusz Kowalczyk Artem Sitak6–2, 1–6, [7–10]Win3–5Winston-Salem Open, United States250 SeriesHard Henri Kontinen Andre Begemann Leander Paes4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]Loss3–6US Open, United StatesGrand SlamHard Pablo Carreño Busta Jamie Murray Bruno Soares2–6, 3–6

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 18 (6-12) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (4-7)ITF Futures Tour (2-5)Titles by surfaceHard (3-3)Clay (3-9)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Spain F4, Canary Islands, SpainFuturesHard Nikos Rovas 7–5, 4–6, 4–6Loss0–2Spain F16, MadridFuturesHard Rafael Nadal3–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss0–3Portugal F5, FaroFuturesHard Konstantinos Economidis4-6, 1-6Win1-3Spain F5, CastellonFuturesClay Gorka Fraile6-0, 6-3Loss1-4Spain F13, AlicanteFuturesClay Nicolás Almagro3–6, 4–6Loss1-5Spain F14, ElcheFuturesClay Miguel Ángel López Jaén4–6, 5–7Loss1-6Seville, SpainChallengerClay Luis Horna 0–6, 6–4, 3–6Win2-6Portugal F1, FaroFuturesHard Philipp Petzschner6-3, 6-2Loss2-7Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Nicolas Coutelot 7–5, 5–7, 2–6Loss2-8Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Olivier Patience4-6, 1-6Win3-8Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Albert Montañés 0–6, 6–3, 6–4Win4-8Tunis, TunisiaChallengerHard Michael Lammer6–4, 7–6(7–3)Loss4-9Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Julian Reister 6–4, 3–6, 2–6Win5-9Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Ruben Bemelmans6–1, 6–7(3–7), 6–2Loss5-10Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay Roberto Carballés Baena 4–6, 6–2, 2–6Loss5-11Genova, ItalyChallengerClay Stefanos Tsitsipas5–7, 6–7(2–7)Win6-11Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerHard Kamil Majchrzak6–1, 7–6(7–1)Loss6-12Perugia, ItalyChallengerClay Federico Delbonis 0–6, 6–1, 6–7(5–7)

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021W–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA2R2R2R3R2R1R3R1R1R2R4R3R1R2R1RQ1Q115–15French Open2R1R1R2R2R1R2R3R1R1R4R1R2R3R2R1RQ1A13–16WimbledonA2R2R1R3R2R1R2R2R1R1R1R1RA2RQ2NHA8–13US OpenA1R1R1R2R2R2R2R2R1R2R3R1RAA1RAA8–13Win–loss1–12–42–42–46–43–42–46–42–40–45–45–43–42–23–30–30–00–044–57ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAA3R2R1R4R2R3RAA2R2R1RAANHA9–9Miami OpenAAA2R1R1R2R2R2RA3R3R2RA2RANHA7–10Monte-Carlo MastersA1RA3RQ2A1R2RAAQFA2R1R2RANHA6–8Madrid OpenAQ2AQ1Q11R3R3R2R1R2R1R1R1R1RANHA6–10Italian OpenAAAAAQ13R1R2RAA3R2RAQ2AAA6–5Canadian OpenAAAAA1RAAAA1RAAAAANHA0–2Cincinnati MastersAQ2AQ1A3RA1RAA1RAAA2RAAA2–4Shanghai MastersNot Masters Series1RQF2RQ2A1R1R1RAAANHA4–6Paris MastersAQ1AQ1Q1AA2R1RQ11R1RAQ2AAAA1–4German OpenAQ22R1RANot Masters Series1–2Win–loss0–00–11–14–41–22–611–65–85–50–16–73–63–60–31–40–00–00–042–60Career statisticsTitles–Finals0–00–00–00–00–01–11–20–00–00–21–12–30–00–00–00–00–00–05–9Year End Ranking12991689062413339766236277070105144220461

Doubles Tournament200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021W–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1RAA1R1R1RA1R2R1R3R2R1RSF3R3RAA12–13French OpenAAA2RA2R1R1R1R1R2R3R1R1R2RAAA6–10WimbledonAAA1RA1R1R1R1R1R1R2R1RA1RANHA1–9US OpenAA1RA1R3R1R1R2R1R3R1RFAAAAA10–10Win–loss0–10–00–11–30–23–40–30–42–40–45–44–45–44–13–32–10–00–029–43

Wins over top 10 players He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. Season20022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021Total Wins 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13

#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore20051. Carlos Moyá5Australian Open, Melbourne, AustraliaHard1R7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–320062. Andre Agassi9Delray Beach, United StatesHardQF6–4, 6–220093. Fernando Verdasco10Cincinnati, United StatesHard1R7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)20104. Marin Čilić9Indian Wells, United StatesHard2R7–6(7–1), 6–05. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga10Madrid, SpainClay2R6–2, retired6. Rafael Nadal1Bangkok, ThailandHard (i)SF2–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–37. Tomáš Berdych7Shanghai, ChinaHard3R7–6(7–4), 6–320128. Andy Murray4Indian Wells, United StatesHard2R7–6(7–4), 6–320139. Janko Tipsarević10Bucharest, RomaniaClayQF6–3, 3–6, 6–4201410. Tomáš Berdych5Monte Carlo, MonacoClay3R4–6, 6–3, 6–111. Stan Wawrinka3French Open, Paris, FranceClay1R6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 6–0201512. Marin Čilić10Rome, ItalyClay1R6–4, 6–3201813. Pablo Carreño Busta10Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay2R7–6 (7–5) , 1–6, 7–6 (8–6)

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References

External links

Garcia Lopez Recent Match Results Garcia Lopez World Ranking History Official web site