Óscar Burrieza López (; born 22 July 1975) is a Spanish tennis coach, former professional
tennis
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player and sports columnist for the sports newspaper
''Marca''. Known as "the best Galician tennis player of all time."
Career
Burrieza López struggled with injuries early in his career.
[ATP World Tour Profile]
/ref> In 1995 he required three operations on his left knee and on his Grand Slam
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* Grand slam, winning category te ...
debut, at the 1997 Australian Open
The 1997 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne in Victoria in Australia. It was the 85th edition of the Australian Open and was held from 13 through 26 January 1997.
Prior to the ...
, he had to retire after just four games against Richey Reneberg
Richey Reneberg (born October 5, 1965) is an American former professional tennis player.
He attended Southern Methodist University, where he was a three-time All-American and reached the 1986 National Collegiate Athletics Association finals.
...
, having twisted his ankle.['']St. Petersburg Times
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'',"Graf wins in first set; Chang rolls to victory Series", 13 January 1997
The Spaniard lost in the opening round of the 1997 Wimbledon Championships
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, to Jason Stoltenberg
Jason Stoltenberg (born 4 April 1970) is an Australian former professional tennis player.
Tennis career
Stoltenberg began playing tennis at age ten on an antbed (crushed termite mound) court where his father owned a cotton farm in the Far Wes ...
.[
He reached the quarter-finals of the 1998 Hong Kong Open.][
In the 1999 Gerry Weber Open, Burrieza-Lopez had a win over world number 39 ]Magnus Larsson
Per Henrik ''Magnus'' Larsson (born 25 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.
Playing career
Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at Florence in 1990. His first doubles title ...
.[ At the same tournament the following year, he defeated ]Karim Alami
Karim Alami ( ar, كريم علمي) (born 24 May 1973) is a retired tennis player from Morocco, who turned professional in 1990.
The right-hander won two career titles in singles, both in 1996 (Atlanta and Palermo), and reached a career-high ...
, then ranked 30 in the world.[
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Challenger titles
Singles: (1)
Doubles: (1)
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1975 births
Living people
Spanish male tennis players
Sportspeople from Lugo
Spanish journalists