Albert Portas Soy (, ; born 15 November 1973) is a Spanish former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player.
Career
Portas turned professional in 1994. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 19 in October 2001.
His only top-level singles title came at the
2001 Hamburg Masters, a tournament in which his mastery of the drop shot (key to his defeat of
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former world No. 1 tennis player. He won the men's singles title at the 2003 French Open, and in September of that year became the 21st player to hold the top ranking, which he h ...
in the final) earned him the nickname "Drop Shot Dragon". According to the BBC,
Lleyton Hewitt
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former world No. 1 tennis player. He is the most recent Australian man to win a major singles title, with two at the 2001 US Open and 2002 Wimbledon Championships. In November 200 ...
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 There are two sporting events named the Barcelona Open:
* Barcelona Open (golf)
* Barcelona Open (tennis)
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