Albert Portas Soy (, ; born 15 November 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 19 in October 2001.

Career Portas turned professional in 1994.

His first and only top-level singles title came at the 2001 Hamburg Masters tournament, where as a qualifier (and ranked No. 42 in the world) he defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final. His mastery of the drop shot (key to his victory in the final) earned him the nickname "Drop Shot Dragon". According to the BBC, Lleyton Hewitt said of Portas that "He sure hits a lot of drop shots, but he hits them so well, as well as anyone I have faced." His final at Barcelona Open in 1997 was also very remarkable. En route to the final he defeated Gustavo Kuerten (eventual champion this same year of French Open), Marcelo Ríos, and Carlos Moyá, but lost in the final to Albert Costa. In 1999, Portas lost the final of San Marino defeated by his countryman Galo Blanco.

Immediately after his retirement from playing tennis in September 2007, Portas started coaching WTA player Daniela Hantuchová, whom he coached from 2007 to 2012.

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA1R1R2R1R2R1R1RAAA0 / 72–7French OpenAQ1Q13R1R2R3R1R3R2R1RQ11RQ10 / 98–9WimbledonQ2AAA1R1R3R1R1R1RAA1RQ10 / 72–7US OpenAAA1RA1R1R3R1R1RAQ1AA0 / 62–6Win–loss0–00–00–02–20–31–45–42–43–41–40–20–00–20–00 / 2914–29ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAA1RAAA1RAAAAA0 / 20–2MiamiAAAAAAA1R3RAAAAA0 / 21–2Monte CarloA2RAA1RQ11R2R1R2R1RAQ11R0 / 83–8HamburgAAAA1RQ1Q2W1RA2RAQ1A1 / 47–3RomeAQ1A2R1R1R1R2R1R1RQ2AAA0 / 72–7CanadaAAAAAAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAAAAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1StuttgartAAA1RAAA1RNot Masters Series0 / 20–2ParisAAA1RAAA2RAAAAAA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–01–10–01–30–40–10–29–71–51–21–20–00–00–11 / 2914–28

Doubles

Tournament199819992000200120022003200420052006SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA2R2R1RQF2RAA0 / 56–5French OpenAA1R2R2R1RAA2R0 / 53–5WimbledonAA1R1RA1RAA1R0 / 40–4US OpenA1R1R1R1R1RAAA0 / 50–5Win–loss0–00–11–42–41–33–41–10–01–20 / 199–19ATP Masters SeriesMiamiAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1Monte CarloAAQ1AAAAAA0 / 00–0HamburgQ1A1R2RAAAAA0 / 21–2Rome1RAAQ11RAAAA0 / 20–2StuttgartAAA1RNot Masters Series0 / 10–1ParisAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–10–00–11–40–10–00–00–00–00 / 71–7

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 (1–0)ATP 500 Series (0–1)ATP 250 Series (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–3)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Barcelona, SpainChampionship SeriesClay Albert Costa5–7, 4–6, 4–6Loss0–2San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClay Galo Blanco6–4, 4–6, 3–6Win1–2Hamburg, GermanyMasters 1000Clay Juan Carlos Ferrero4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–5Loss1–3Sopot, PolandWorld SeriesClay Tommy Robredo6–1, 5–7, 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–0)ATP 250 Series (1–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–3)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Santiago, ChileWorld SeriesClay Dinu Pescariu Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni4–6, 2–6Win1–1Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Álex López Morón Ivan Ljubičić Lovro Zovko6–1, 7–6(7–2)Loss1–2Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Fernando Vicente František Čermák Julian Knowle4–6, 4–6Loss1–3Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Guillermo García López Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch4–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (8–11) LegendATP Challenger (8–11)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (8–11)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Jiří Novák2–6, 5–7Win1–1Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Hicham Arazi6–7, 6–4, 6–4Win2–1Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Fernando Vicente6–1, 6–4Loss2–2Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Radomír Vašek1–6, 3–6Loss2–3Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Carlos Costa5–7, 6–7Win3–3Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Alberto Martín6–2, 1–6, 6–3Win4–3Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Óscar Serrano3–6, 6–4, 6–3Win5–3Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Jiří Vaněk7–5, 6–3Loss5–4San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay José Acasuso6–3, 3–6, 2–6Loss5–5Seville, SpainChallengerClay Olivier Mutis3–6, 5–7Loss5–6Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo6–4, 4–6, 1–6Loss5–7Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Stefano Galvani2–6, 7–6, 6–1Loss5–8Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Rafael Nadal2–6, 6–7(2–7)Loss5–9Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Nicolás Massú4–6, 3–6Win6–9Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Albert Montañés6–4, 6–4Win7–9Furth, GermanyChallengerClay Philipp Kohlschreiber7–6(7–5), 6–2Loss7–10Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Simon Greul5–7, 2–6Win8–10Vigo, SpainChallengerClay Iván Navarro6–4, 6–4Loss8–11Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Fernando Vicente2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 22 (12–10) LegendATP Challenger (12–10)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (12–9)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Tashkent, UzbekistanChallengerClay Marcelo Charpentier Andrei Cherkasov Laurence Tieleman6–1, 6–2Loss1–1Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Alberto Martín Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt3–6, 4–6Loss1–2Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Alberto Martín Lucas Arnold Ker Tom Vanhoudt1–6, 2–6Win2–2Furth, GermanyChallengerClay Álex López Morón Juan Ignacio Carrasco Martín Rodríguez6–4, 6–4Win3–2Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Dinu Pescariu Lan Bale Nebojša Đorđević6–3, 6–4Win4–2Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Álex López Morón Alberto Martín Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez4–6, 6–3, 6–2Win5–2Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Germán Puentes Tomás Carbonell Nebojša Đorđević6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–3Win6–2Venice, ItalyChallengerClay Germán Puentes Diego del Río Mariano Hood6–4, 6–0Loss6–3Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Germán Puentes Nuno Marques Tom Vanhoudt2–6, 2–6Loss6–4Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Álex López Morón Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jairo Velasco7–6, 4–6, 6–7Loss6–5Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Álex López Morón Jens Knippschild Jeff Tarango2–6, 2–6Win7–5Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Tomás Carbonell Marcus Hilpert Jens Knippschild5–7, 6–1, 6–4Win8–5Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Álex López Morón Petr Kovačka Pavel Kudrnáč6–4, 6–3Loss8–6Seville, SpainChallengerClay Álex López Morón Mariano Hood Luis Horna6–4, 1–6, 4–6Loss8–7Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Álex López Morón Tomas Behrend Karsten Braasch6–7(3–7), 4–6Loss8–8Cagliari, ItalyChallengerClay Juan Ignacio Carrasco Álex López Morón Andrés Schneiter7–5, 4–6, 5–7Loss8–9Córdoba, SpainChallengerHard Juan Ignacio Carrasco Brandon Coupe Noam Okun4–6, 6–1, 4–6Win9–9Seville, SpainChallengerClay Óscar Hernández Enzo Artoni Sergio Roitman6–4, 4–6, 6–4Win10–9Kyiv, UkraineChallengerClay Sergio Roitman Igor Kunitsyn Yuri Schukin6–1, 6–1Win11–9Ettlingen, GermanyChallengerClay Marc López Jeroen Masson Gabriel Trujillo Soler3–6, 6–1, 7–5Loss11–10Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Álex López Morón Óscar Hernández Gabriel Trujillo Soler5–7, 4–6Win12–10Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay David Marrero Alessandro Motti Flavio Cipolla6–4, 6–4

Wins over top 10 players

Season 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Total Wins 3 0 0 1 4 0 2 10

#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore19971. Marcelo Ríos9Barcelona, SpainClay2R7–5, 7–6(7–3)2. Carlos Moyá9French Open, Paris, FranceClay2R6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 6–33. Thomas Muster4Stuttgart, GermanyClay2R6–4, 7–520004. Gustavo Kuerten5Australian Open, Melbourne, AustraliaHard1R4–6, 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6), 6–420015. Magnus Norman5Barcelona, SpainClay2R1–1, ret.6. Magnus Norman6Hamburg, GermanyClay2R7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7)7. Lleyton Hewitt7Hamburg, GermanyClaySF3–6, 7–5, 6–28. Juan Carlos Ferrero9Hamburg, GermanyClayF3–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–520039. Andy Roddick6Monte Carlo, MonacoClay1R7–6(7–5), 6–310. Carlos Moyá4Sopot, PolandClay1R7–6(7–4), 6–7(6–8), 6–4

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