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Spanish tennis player
Galo Blanco Career record 122–175 Career record 3–15 Coachee singles titles total 4 (Raonic), 1 (Melzer), 1 (Khachanov) Coachee(s) doubles titles total 1 (Melzer) List of notable tournaments (with champion)
Galo Blanco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡalo ˈβlaŋko] ;[ a] born 8 October 1976) is a retired professionaltennis player fromOviedo ,Spain .After many years as a professional tennis coach Blanco joined theDavis Cup steering committee in 2018.[ 1]
Blanco came closest to winning a Grand Slam title in 1997, reaching the quarterfinals of theFrench Open by defeatingNeville Godwin ,Magnus Gustafsson ,Chris Woodruff andPetr Korda before losing toPat Rafter .He won his only title in 1999San Marino GO&FUN Open to his countrymanAlbert Portas and reached the final (2001 Mexican Open ) and the semifinals in2000 Majorca Open losing to eventual championMarat Safin .
Blanco had two high-profile wins in majors, beating former 2-time US Open Champion,Patrick Rafter ,in the first round of the2000 US Open ,and in beatingPete Sampras in the second round of the2001 French Open .
Blanco lost in the second round of the2004 Australian Open .He announced his retirement after the2006 Torneo Godó .[ 2]
Blanco is a prominent tennis coach.[ 3] He has previously coached the rising Canadian starMilos Raonic .This partnership ended in May 2013. He coached CanadianFilip Peliwo .[ 4] He coachedKaren Khachanov until November 2017.[ 5] He coachedDominic Thiem from December 2017 until November 2018.[ 6]
Since the beginning of 2019 Blanco has been working on the new format Davis Cup event.[ 6]
In June 2021, Kosmos announced the launch of an athlete management agency to be headed up by Blanco.[ 7]
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–1)
ATP 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (4–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Jul 1995
Tampere ,Finland
Challenger
Clay
Christian Bergström
6–3, 6–1
Win
2–0
Apr 1996
Prague ,Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Gustavo Kuerten
6–1, 6–2
Loss
2–1
May 1996
Dresden ,Germany
Challenger
Clay
Patrik Fredriksson
4–6, 4–6
Loss
2–2
Sep 1996
Oporto ,Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Richard Fromberg
3–6, 6–7
Loss
2–3
Nov 1996
Campinas ,Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Gustavo Kuerten
6–7, 3–6
Win
3–3
Aug 1999
Poznań ,Poland
Challenger
Clay
Fredrik Jonsson
6–4, 6–2
Loss
3–4
Nov 1999
Montevideo ,Uruguay
Challenger
Clay
Karim Alami
3–6, 1–6
Loss
3–5
Aug 2002
Geneva ,Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Kristof Vliegen
2–6, 2–6
Win
4–5
Aug 2003
Brindisi ,Italy
Challenger
Clay
Francisco Fogués
7–5, 1–6, 7–5
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Wins over top 10 ranked players [ edit ]
Season
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total
Wins
2
0
0
0
2
4
Wins over Top 10s per season [ edit ]
#
Player
Rank
Event
Surface
Rd
Score
1997
1.
Carlos Moyá
10
Stuttgart ,Germany
Clay
2R
4–6, 7–6(7–3) ,7–5
2.
Àlex Corretja
4
Kitzbühel ,Austria
Clay
3R
7–6(7–4) ,7–5
2001
3.
Juan Carlos Ferrero
9
Monte-Carlo ,Monaco
Clay
2R
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
4.
Pete Sampras
5
French Open ,Paris, France
Clay
2R
7–6(7–4) ,6–3, 6–2