Guillermo García López (, born 4 June 1983) is a Spanish former professional

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player. He has won five singles titles and achieved a career-high singles

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of world No. 23 in February 2011. As of 2021, he has collected thirteen wins over top-10 players, including world No. 1

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in 2010, world No. 4

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in 2012 and world No. 3

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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

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, and both train at the JC Ferrero Equelite Tennis Academy in

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, 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

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in the first round of the

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, also beating Mikhail Youzhny in the second round. He fell to

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in the third round. At the

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, 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

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in the fourth round. At the

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in Eastbourne, he reached the final, but lost to

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. In the semifinals of the

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, he recorded arguably the biggest win of his career, defeating World No. 1

, 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

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. He continued his form in the

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in Tokyo. He stretched his winning streak to seven by beating

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and

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, before falling to

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in the quarterfinals. Going into the

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, he managed to battle fatigue with his newfound confidence, beating

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, tenth seed

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(who retired due to injury in the second set), and stunning seventh seed (and World No. 7)

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to reach the quarterfinals. There, he went down against second seed and World No. 2

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. In 2012, he upset World No. 4

at Indian Wells in the second round. Garcia Lopez also defeated fourth-seeded

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to enter the quarterfinals of the

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

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP career finals

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

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runners-up)

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 18 (6-12)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

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.

Notes

References

External links

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Garcia Lopez Recent Match Results

Garcia Lopez World Ranking History

Official web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia Lopez, Guillermo 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