Feliciano López Díaz-Guerra (; born 20 September 1981) is a Spanish former professional
tennis
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player. He achieved his career-high singles
ranking
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of world No. 12 in March 2015 and doubles ranking of world No. 9 in November 2016.
In 2005, López was the first male Spanish tennis player to reach the quarterfinals of
Wimbledon since 1972. He repeated the feat in 2008 and 2011. López defeated
Tim Henman at the
2007 Wimbledon second round. He reached the quarterfinals of the
2015 US Open, and won his first Grand Slam title at the
2016 French Open when he won the
men's doubles title with
Marc López. In 2017, at the age of 35, López won the Aegon Championship at
The Queen's Club, London, beating
Marin Čilić
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in a third set tiebreak. He distinguished himself by winning his ATP titles, both in singles and doubles, on all surfaces, hard, grass and clay. During the
2018 Wimbledon Championships
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, López made his 66th consecutive Grand Slam main draw appearance, surpassing the previous record of 65 consecutive appearances held by
Roger Federer
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.
At the
2022 Australian Open, his record reached
79 consecutive Grand Slam appearances. As of
2022 Wimbledon, he shares the record for most Grand Slam appearances with Federer at 81. He has made 21 consecutive French Open appearances, also a record. López also holds the record for most losses on the ATP Tour, with 490. On 22 June 2021, he achieved 500 match wins at the
2021 Mallorca Championships, putting him No. 10 on the list of active players with over 500 match wins. On 13 July 2021 at the
2021 Hamburg European Open, he became the fifth player in the world to reach 10,000 aces on the
most aces in career list.
With his direct entry in the
2021 Indian Wells, he broke the record with his 139th participation in events in the Masters 1000 category.
Playing style
López is left-handed and uses a
single-handed backhand. He is known for his strong serve and ability to play balls repeatedly on the baseline, and is also a confident net player and has been known to serve and volley. Unlike most Spanish players, who almost always prefer clay courts due to the popularity of that surface in their country, López is an exceptionally strong grass-court player, with three quarter-final runs at Wimbledon (his strongest Grand Slam showing), as well as 4 titles on grass at the Eastbourne International in 2013 and 2014 and at the Queen's Club Championships in 2017 and 2019. This is due in part to his more traditional playing style, which is more like grass-court legends
Pete Sampras
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and
Roger Federer
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than fellow Spaniards
Rafael Nadal
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and
Tommy Robredo. This traditional arsenal includes a big serve and a willingness to come into the net.
Career
Early years
In 1997, Feliciano López made his pro circuit debut in Mallorca on 29 September, losing in the second round to
Dušan Vemić. In 1998, he made his ATP debut at the
1998 Open SEAT, where he lost to
Jiří Novák in the first round. He then competed on the Challenger circuit, making the quarter-finals of Spain F7 and Spain F8. In 1999, he competed on the Futures and Challenger circuits. He won his first Futures event in Spain F6, beating Pedro Canovas in the final. He also reached one other final, losing to
Réginald Willems at the Spain F7.
In 2000, López competed in only his second ATP tournament at the
2000 Estoril Open, losing to
Juan Antonio Marín. His performance was mediocre on the Challenger circuit, and he reached only two quarter-finals. The next year was a better one for López, as he won his second Futures event in France F3, defeating
Juan Antonio Marín in the final, and reaching the final in Maia, losing to
Jarkko Nieminen
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. He also made his first ATP win in the
2001 Chevrolet Cup, defeating
Adrián García. However, he lost the quarter-final to eventual champion
Guillermo Coria. He also made his Grand Slam debut at the
2001 French Open, losing to
Carlos Moyá in straight sets.
2002–2005
In 2002, López competed on the ATP circuit regularly. He started the year with his first semi-final at the
2002 ATP Buenos Aires, losing to
Nicolás Massú. He followed it up with a quarter-final appearance at the
2002 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, losing to
Antony Dupuis. He also reached the second round of the Miami Masters, losing to
Àlex Corretja
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in the final. He then won his first Grand Slam match at the
2002 French Open, defeating
Didac Pérez in five sets, before losing to third seed
Tommy Haas in straight sets. In his
Wimbledon debut, he reached the fourth round, losing to
André Sá
André Rezende Sá (; born 6 May 1977) is a former Brazilian tennis player.
In singles, he was a The Championships, Wimbledon, Wimbledon quarterfinalist in 2002 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles, 2002. Sá reached the semifinals of ATP ...
four sets, after defeating
Guillermo Cañas in five sets with the fifth going to 10–8, in the second round, a match that lasted 3 hours and 40 minutes. This was his first win over a top-20 player. He then gained revenge for his loss to
Sá by defeating him in López's
US Open debut in the first round in straight sets, before losing to
Gastón Gaudio in the next round. He then reached the quarter-finals in Hong Kong and Tokyo. In Tokyo, he defeated
Marat Safin
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in the second round, his first win over a top-5 player. He also reached the third round of the
2002 Madrid Masters, losing to
Andre Agassi
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. He ended the year in the top 100 for the first time, at no. 62.
In 2003, López started the year with first-round exits at Doha and Auckland. He made his Australian Open debut, reaching the third round, but losing to
Younes El Aynaoui in four sets. He performed badly in the first rounds in Milan, Marseille, and Rotterdam. He then reached the quarter-finals in Dubai, losing to
Tommy Robredo, and in Estoril, losing to
Max Mirnyi
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Mirnyi became a doubles specialist following his singles career, in which he reached a career-high of World No. 18 (August 2003) and finished ...
. He reached the second rounds of
Indian Wells and
Monte Carlo
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. In his second French Open, he lost to
Mariano Zabaleta in straight sets. He once again reached the fourth round of
Wimbledon, where he lost to
Roger Federer
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in straight sets. He then reached two straight semi-finals in Stuttgart and Kitzbühel, losing both to eventual champion
Guillermo Coria. He continued his form by reaching the quarter-finals at the
2003 Canada Masters, losing to
David Nalbandian
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in straight sets. After early losses in
Cincinnati
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, Long Island, the
US Open, and Moscow, he reached the quarter-finals of Vienna, the
Madrid Masters, and Basel. He ended the year with second-round exit at the
Paris Masters, where he lost to
Guillermo Coria, his fifth lost to Coria. He ended the year ranked no. 28.
In 2004, López began the year with a 1–3 record, losing in the first rounds of Sydney, the
2004 Australian Open, and Milan, with his only win coming at the Davis Cup. He reached his first final at the
2004 Dubai Open, losing to
Roger Federer
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. He then reached the second rounds of the
2004 Indian Wells Masters, the
2004 Miami Masters, the
2004 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, and the
2004 Monte Carlo Masters. He also reached the fourth round of the
2004 French Open, losing to
Gustavo Kuerten
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. This was the furthest he had reached at the French Open. He then lost in the third round of
2004 Wimbledon, losing to tall Croatian
Ivo Karlović. In his next three tournaments, he reached the second round, in Stuttgart, the
Canada Masters, and the
Cincinnati Masters. He also reached the quarter-finals of Kitzbühel, losing to
Fernando Verdasco. In the
2004 US Open, he reached the third round, before losing to eventual runner-up
Lleyton Hewitt
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. Then at the
2004 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, he won his first title, defeating
Guillermo Cañas in the final. He ended the year with a quarter-final appearance at the
2004 Paris Masters, losing to
Guillermo Cañas. He ended the year at world no. 24.
He started 2005 with quarter-final appearances at the
2005 Qatar ExxonMobil Open, losing to
Roger Federer
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, and at the 2005 Medibank International, losing to
Radek Štěpánek
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. At the
2005 Australian Open, he reached the third round, losing to
Joachim Johansson in five sets with the fifth set going to 11–13, in a match that lasted almost four hours. This propelled him to world no. 20 and the semi-finals of
2005 Open 13, once again losing to
Joachim Johansson. He then reached the third round of the
2005 Indian Wells Masters, losing to
Fabrice Santoro in straight sets, and the quarter-finals of the
2005 Estoril Open, losing to
Gastón Gaudio in straight sets. He then reached his first Grand Slam quarter-final at
2005 Wimbledon, losing to
Lleyton Hewitt
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in straight sets. He also reached the quarter-finals in Kitzbühel, losing to
Mariano Zabaleta in straight sets. At the
2005 Pilot Pen Tennis, he lost in his third final to
James Blake after winning the first set. He then reached the quarter-finals of the
2005 BA-CA Tennis Trophy, losing to
Radek Štěpánek
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in straight sets. He ended the year ranked world no. 34.
2006–2008
2006 was a plateau year for López. He suffered early losses throughout the year. However, he did reach the third round of the
2006 Australian Open, losing to
Ivan Ljubičić. He reached the third round of the
2006 Nottingham Open, losing to
Jonas Björkman. He reached the final of the
2006 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, losing to
Richard Gasquet
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. He reached the third round of the
2006 Legg Mason Tennis Classic, losing to eventual runner-up
Andy Murray
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. He reached the quarter-finals of the
2006 PTT Thailand Open, losing to
Jarkko Nieminen
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. He ended the year at world no. 81, 47 spots lower than the previous year.
In 2007, López started the year badly, having a 2–5 record in his first five tournaments, managing a win only at the
2007 Australian Open, losing to
Novak Djokovic
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, and at the
2007 SAP Open losing to
Vincent Spadea. However, he followed it up with a quarter-final appearance at the
2007 Tennis Channel Open, losing to eventual champion
Lleyton Hewitt
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. He then lost in the second round of the
2007 Indian Wells Masters, losing to eventual semi-finalist
Andy Roddick. He reached the fourth round of the
2007 Miami Masters, losing to eventual champion
Novak Djokovic
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. He then followed up with a 1–5 record, with his only win coming in the
2007 Open SEAT over compatriot
Guillermo García López. López reached the third round of the
2007 Wimbledon Championships, losing to
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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, after he ended
Tim Henman's Wimbledon career, beating him in a five-set thriller in the second round, Henman having been two sets up. He then reached the semi-finals of the
2007 Mercedes Cup, losing to eventual champion
Rafael Nadal
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. He reached the fourth round of the
2007 US Open, losing to eventual champion
Roger Federer
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, the first set being the fewest games won by Federer in one set in the whole tournament. He followed it up with three straight quarter-finals at the
2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships, losing to eventual champion
David Ferrer, at the
2007 BA-CA-TennisTrophy, losing to eventual runner-up
Stanislas Wawrinka
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, and the
2007 Madrid Masters, losing to
Roger Federer
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. He ended the year ranked world no. 35.
In 2008 López once again had a bad start, but rebounded at the
2008 Dubai Tennis Championships by reaching the finals, losing to
Andy Roddick. He then reached the third round of the
2008 Miami Masters, losing to
Dmitry Tursunov. He suffered first-round losses at the next three Masters Series at the
2008 Monte-Carlo Masters, the
2008 Rome Masters, and the
2008 Hamburg Masters. However, in the middle of these tournaments, he managed to reach the third round of the
2008 Torneo Godó, losing to eventual champion
Rafael Nadal
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. He once again lost early in the first rounds of the
2008 French Open and the
2008 Queen's Club Championships. He reached the quarter-finals of the
2008 Wimbledon Championships
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, for the second time losing to
Marat Safin
Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; ; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian former professional tennis player and former politician. He was ranked as the List of ...
. He recorded a 2–7 record after Wimbledon with wins coming only at the
2008 Countrywide Classic and at the Davis Cup World Group. He then reached the semi-finals of the
2008 Bank Austria-TennisTrophy, losing to eventual champion
Philipp Petzschner, the semi-finals of the
2008 Davidoff Swiss Indoors, losing to eventual champion
Roger Federer
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, and the quarter-finals of the
2008 Mutua Madrileña Masters Madrid, losing to
Rafael Nadal
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. He also helped the Spanish Davis Cup team to win the title against Argentina by beating
Juan Martín del Potro. He ended the year world no. 31.
2009: First Masters semifinal, Davis Cup winner
In 2009, López started the year with a string of first-round losses, in the
2009 Heineken Open to
Jarkko Nieminen
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, in the
2009 Australian Open to
Gilles Müller, and in the
2009 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament to
Julien Benneteau
Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois (; born 20 December 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 25 and doubles ranking of No. 5 in November 2014. Benneteau did not win a singles ti ...
. He then competed in the
2009 Open 13 and made it to the quarter-finals, before losing to eventual champion
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
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. López struggled after this, and at one point he suffered eight straight main-draw losses in a row. In the midst of his bad run, he won a title at the
Open Castilla y León Challenger event, beating
Adrian Mannarino in straight sets. At the inaugural
Shanghai Masters, he advanced to his first
Master Series semi-final, beating
David Ferrer,
Jürgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May 1981) is an Austrian tennis coach and former professional tennis player. Melzer reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in April 2011, and a doubles ranking of world No. 6 in September 2010. He has a youn ...
, and
Robin Söderling
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en route. However, he retired due to a right ankle injury in his semi-final match against
Rafael Nadal
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, trailing 1–6, 0–3. Despite his poor year on the ATP tour, López did play a key role for the
Spain Davis Cup team, helping them win the
2009 Davis Cup with doubles wins in the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals.
2010: Second ATP title
López started his 2010 season by playing in the
2010 Medibank International Sydney, where he lost to eventual runner-up
Richard Gasquet
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in the first round. He then competed in the
2010 Australian Open, where he reached the third round, defeating
Pablo Cuevas
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and
Rainer Schüttler, but lost to seventh seed
Andy Roddick in a close four-setter.
In the
2010 SA Tennis Open as the third seed, he beat
Benjamin Balleret,
Blaž Kavčič, and
Rajeev Ram in the first three rounds, reaching the final after defeating top seed
Gaël Monfils
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in the semi-finals. He went on to win the tournament, beating the eighth seed
Stéphane Robert. Thus, he ended his five and a half-year title drought and won just his second ATP-level title. His finals record now improved to 2–4. He lost in the first rounds of the
2010 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament and
2010 Dubai Tennis Championships. He then reached the third round of the
2010 BNP Paribas Open, losing to sixth seed
Robin Söderling
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, after defeating
Paul-Henri Mathieu and receiving a bye. He lost to
Mardy Fish in the third round, after defeating
Michael Berrer in the
2010 Sony Ericsson Open.
In the European clay season, he lost in the first round of
2010 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters to
Tomáš Berdych
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. He then won his first clay victory of the season by reaching the third round of the
2010 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, losing to
Robin Söderling
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. At the
2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, López reached the quarter-finals, losing to
Ernests Gulbis, but upset
Marin Čilić
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en route. After he disappointingly lost in the opening round at the
2010 French Open, he appeared at the
2010 Aegon Championships, the first grass tournament of the year. He beat
Grigor Dimitrov and
Julien Benneteau
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. He went on to stun top seed and world no. 1
Rafael Nadal
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to reach the semi-finals. There, he lost to
Mardy Fish. In the
2010 Aegon International, he retired against 342nd-ranked Briton
James Ward down 3–6, 4–5. He then played at
2010 Wimbledon, reaching the third round, but losing to
Jürgen Melzer
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. He then lost three straight matches, beginning in the semi-finals of the
2010 Farmers Classic to
Andy Murray
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, and the first rounds of the
2010 Rogers Cup and the
2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters. He reached the fourth round of the
2010 US Open, losing to eventual champion
Rafael Nadal
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in straight sets. He then ended the year with a five-match losing streak: in the second round of
2010 Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships and the first rounds of the
2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters 1000, the
2010 If Stockholm Open, the
2010 Valencia Open 500, and the
2010 BNP Paribas Masters.
2011: Third Wimbledon quarterfinal

López started his 2011 pre-Australian Open preparations at the
2011 Brisbane International and
2011 Medibank International Sydney, but lost early in both tournaments. He then was upset in the second round of the
2011 Australian Open and first round of the
2011 SA Tennis Open by 199th-ranked
Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic (; , ; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 17 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Tomic has won four singles titles on the ATP To ...
and 235th-ranked
Frank Dancevic. He then lost in the second rounds of the
2011 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament and the
2011 Dubai Tennis Championships. He lost in the first round of the
2011 BNP Paribas Open, the third round of the
2011 Sony Ericsson Open, and the second round of the
2011 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. He then reached his first quarter-final of the year at the
2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, where he lost to
Ivan Dodig. He reached his first final in over a year at the
2011 Serbia Open in Belgrade, where he lost to
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Новак Ђоковић, Novak Đoković, separator=" / ", ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at N ...
. He played a memorable match at the
2011 Mutua Madrid Open, where he lost to
Roger Federer
Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...
. López made it to the third round of the
2011 Rome Open, but lost to fellow countryman
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
. López lost in the first round of the
2011 French Open to
Roger Federer
Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...
.
López started the grass court season at the
2011 Aegon Open with a second round loss to
Andy Roddick. At
Wimbledon, López defeated
Michael Berrer in the first round, former semi-finalist
Rainer Schüttler in the second round, and former world no. 1 and three-time finalist
Andy Roddick in the third round. In the fourth round, López stormed back from two sets to love down to take out Polish qualifier
Łukasz Kubot. In his third quarter-final appearance at Wimbledon, López lost to world no. 4
Andy Murray
Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...
in straight sets.
López helped his country in the
2011 Davis Cup by beating American
Mardy Fish in five sets. He was scheduled to play
Andy Roddick in the fifth and final match, but Spain was already up 3–1 over the United States. Spain won that year's
Davis Cup without his help, beating Argentina in the December final.
Feliciano made it to the quarter-finals of the
2011 Suisse Open by defeating
Michael Lammer
Michael Lammer (born 25 March 1982) is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. At the 2009 Allianz Suisse Open in Gstaad, he won the doubles tournament with compatriot Marco Chiudinelli. It was his only ATP tour title.[< ...]
and
Daniel Gimeno Traver in the first two rounds. However, he lost to fellow countryman and top seed
Nicolás Almagro
Nicolás Almagro Sánchez (; born 21 August 1985 in Murcia, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player of Latin American descent. He reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 2008 French Open – Men's singles, 2008, 201 ...
in straight sets. He beat Radek Štěpánek in the first round of the
2011 Rogers Cup, but lost to
Mardy Fish in the second. He recorded a big win over fellow countryman and former world number one
Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (; born 12 February 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Pro ...
in the first round of the
2011 Western & Southern Open. He lost in the following round to
Philipp Kohlschreiber. At the
US Open, he lost in the third round, again to Murray.
At the
2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters, López beat ninth seed
Janko Tipsarević,
Alex Bogomolov Jr., sixth seed
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in May 2015. Berdych won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, i ...
, and
Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer (; born 5 October 1983) is a German former professional tennis player.
Mayer reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 in June 2011. Also in 2011, Mayer won his first ATP Tour title after four previous defeats in AT ...
, before losing in the semi-finals to third seed
David Ferrer.
2012: Australian Open fourth round
López played in Sydney to tune up for the Australian Open. He had a bye in the first round, then lost to
Julien Benneteau
Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois (; born 20 December 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 25 and doubles ranking of No. 5 in November 2014. Benneteau did not win a singles ti ...
in straight sets in the second.
At the Australian Open, he beat
John Isner
John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ...
in the third round to set up a match with eventual finalist
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
in the fourth, but succumbed in straight sets.
He reached the semi-finals in Houston, where Isner took his revenge, beating López in three sets with two tie-breakers. In Barcelona, he beat
Flavio Cipolla and
Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen (born 23 July 1981) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. His highest ranking of world No. 13, achieved in July 2006, is a Finnish record. He has won two ATP singles titles and five doubles titles in his caree ...
, only to fall to compatriot
David Ferrer in the quarter-finals. In Munich, he beat Australian
Bernard Tomic
Bernard Tomic (; , ; born 21 October 1992) is an Australian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 17 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Tomic has won four singles titles on the ATP To ...
in the quarter-finals, but was defeated by
Philipp Kohlschreiber in the semi-finals. After his successes on clay, he had a disappointing grass season. At Wimbledon, he lost to
Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen (born 23 July 1981) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. His highest ranking of world No. 13, achieved in July 2006, is a Finnish record. He has won two ATP singles titles and five doubles titles in his caree ...
in the first round. Back on clay, he made the quarter-finals in Gstaad, only to be beaten by Brazilian
Thomaz Bellucci.
At the
2012 Olympics, he beat Russian
Dmitry Tursunov and Argentine
Juan Mónaco, but was defeated by Frenchman
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (; born 17 April 1985) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 5 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved in February 2012. Tsonga won 18 singles titles on th ...
in straight sets with one tie-breaker.
At the US Open, he beat
Robin Haase
Robin Haase (; born 6 April 1987) is a Dutch professional tennis player.
He reached his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 33 in July 2012 and his highest doubles ranking of world No. 29 in May 2023 ...
and compatriot
Pablo Andújar, but could not stand up to eventual champion
Andy Murray
Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...
in the third round, against whom he lost in four sets with three tie-breakers. In Beijing, he beat Americans
Ryan Harrison and
Sam Querrey, before bowing again to Tsonga, retiring at 1–4 in the second set. In Shanghai, he defeated Kohlschreiber in straight sets to set up a meeting with
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Новак Ђоковић, Novak Đoković, separator=" / ", ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players#Weeks at N ...
, to whom he lost in straight sets.
2013: Third ATP title
López played in Sydney as a tune-up event for the
2013 Australian Open. He beat
Jérémy Chardy
Jérémy Chardy (; born 12 February 1987) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, in Stuttgart in 2009. His best major performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 ...
in the opening round in three sets, but he lost in the second round to
Kevin Anderson in straight sets. At the
Australian Open, he went out in straight sets in the second round to
Radek Štěpánek
Radek Štěpánek (; born 27 November 1978) is a Czech former professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 and best doubles ranking was world No. 4. Štěpánek's biggest achievements are reaching two Masters 1000 ...
.
In Memphis, López made it to the final, but was turned away by
Kei Nishikori. At the
French Open
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he lost in the third round to compatriot and eventual finalist
David Ferrer. The week before Wimbledon, López won his first grass-court title by beating
Gilles Simon in three sets in the final of the
Aegon International in Eastbourne.
2014: Fourth ATP title
López reached the final of the prestigious
Aegon Championships in June and had a championship point against
Grigor Dimitrov, but was eventually beaten in a deciding set tiebreak. However, one week later, López successfully defended his
Aegon International title, defeating
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gabriel Cyr Gasquet (; born 18 June 1986) is a French former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP, attained in July 2007. Gasquet won 16 singles ...
for the first time in six attempts, 7–5 in the deciding set.
López then continued his impressive grass-court form into the third Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon. He saw off both
Yūichi Sugita
is a Japanese former professional tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 36 on 9 October 2017.
Career
Juniors
As a junior Sugita compiled a win–loss record of 34–19 (and 26 ...
and
Ante Pavić in straight sets in the first and second rounds, respectively. He then met
John Isner
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in the third round. It was a match dominated by serve. López fought back from a set down to win 3 sets to 1, securing the first break of serve in the match in the penultimate game. López thus progressed to the fourth round, where he met
Stan Wawrinka, the fifth seed. López lost, despite having several set points in the second-set tiebreak.
López won over seeded players
Tomáš Berdych
Tomáš Berdych (; born 17 September 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 4 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved in May 2015. Berdych won 13 ATP Tour singles titles, i ...
and
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Раонић, Miloš Raonić, ; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP ...
at the
Rogers Cup to reach his third Masters 1000 semi-final, after which he lost to
Roger Federer
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. At the
2014 US Open, he was defeated by
Dominic Thiem in the third round. The Spaniard claimed wins over
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for ...
,
John Isner
John Robert Isner (born April 26, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as high as world No. 8 in singles and No. 14 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Considered one of the best servers ...
, and
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny (born 25 June 1982), nicknamed "Misha" and "Colonel" by his fans, is a Russian former professional tennis player who was ranked inside the top 10 and was the Russian No. 1. He achieved a top-10 ranking by the Associ ...
at the
2014 Shanghai Masters, then lost the semi-final match to
Gilles Simon.
2015: Career high singles ranking
López made the fourth round of the
2015 Australian Open, losing to
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Раонић, Miloš Raonić, ; born December 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has been ATP rankings, ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP ...
in five sets. He then entered the new
ATP 250 event, the
Ecuador Open in
Quito, Ecuador and reached the final, losing to
Víctor Estrella Burgos. López lost in the first round of the
2015 French Open.
2016: French Open doubles title, Fifth ATP title
In 2016 Lopez achieved one of the greatest highlights of his career by winning the French Open doubles championship along with compatriot
Marc López.
On 6 September 2016, López was part of the last match ever played in the old
Louis Armstrong Stadium at the
US Open. Alongside his partner
Marc López, they defeated
the Bryan brothers (
Bob and
Mike) in the quarter-finals of the men's doubles tournament, the score 7–6
(7–2), 4–6, 6–3. The pair eventually lost in the semi-finals against fellow countrymen
Pablo Carreño Busta and
Guillermo García López in straight sets.
2017: Sixth ATP title
López started the year representing Spain in the
Hopman Cup, along with
Lara Arruabarrena, but didn't make it past the round robin. In the
Auckland Open, he was seeded 6th and won in the first round to
Michael Venus, in three sets, but withdrew in the second round to
Jérémy Chardy
Jérémy Chardy (; born 12 February 1987) is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. He has won one ATP Tour singles title, in Stuttgart in 2009. His best major performance in singles was reaching the quarterfinals of the 2013 ...
.
He lost in the first round of the
2017 Australian Open to
Fabio Fognini
Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. Fognini's most successful surface is Clay court#Red clay, ...
in straight sets, where he achieved the wooden spoon. In the
Open Sud de France, he beat
Julien Benneteau
Julien Henry Guy Benneteau-Desgrois (; born 20 December 1981) is a French retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 25 and doubles ranking of No. 5 in November 2014. Benneteau did not win a singles ti ...
in three sets in the first round but then lost to
Benoît Paire in the second round. López appeared at the
2017 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament but lost to
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (; born 18 March 1991) is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he has completed the Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam with titles at the 2015 US Open – Men's doubles, 2015 US Open, the 20 ...
in the first round. López also appeared in the
2017 Abierto Mexicano Telcel but lost in the first round to
Jordan Thompson.
At the
Indian Wells Masters he lost in the second round to
Dušan Lajović.
In June López won the Men's Singles title at
Queen's Club Championships (the Aegon Championships at The Queen's Club, London), beating Marin Čilić 4–6, 7–6
(7–2), 7–6
(10–8), which was his sixth career title and third on grass.
2018–19: Singles & Doubles titles at Queens Club, Davis Cup winner
After a disappointing 2018 in which he failed to progress beyond the quarterfinals in any of the tournaments he played, López went through the first few months with defeats to younger opponents. His year began with a first-round loss to Jordan Thompson at the Australian Open, then continued with a loss to Denis Istomin at Delray Beach in the first round, a defeat by Alex de Minaur at the Acapulco Open, and second-round defeats to Karen Khachanov and Grigor Dimitrov at Indian Wells and Miami, respectively before finishing out the North American hard court tour with a loss to Alexander Bublik in the quarterfinals at Monterrey.
The clay court season was also unfruitful with first-round losses in each of the tournaments he entered. This culminated with losses to Thomas Fabbiano in the Monte Carlo qualifying rounds, Fernando Verdasco in Barcelona, Damir Džumhur in Geneva, and Ivo Karlović at Roland Garros.
The grass-court season was much more productive, as he made the round of 16 at Surbiton, losing to Ivo Karlović, then made the round of 32 at Stuttgart, losing to Lucas Pouille. He then won both the singles and doubles titles at the Queens Club Championships with a three-set singles win over Gilles Simon and a champion tie-break doubles win (partnering with
Andy Murray
Sir Andrew Barron Murray (born 15 May 1987) is a British former professional tennis player and coach. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professio ...
) over Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.
2021: Record Grand Slam & Masters appearances, 500th win, out of Top 100, Top 5 win
At the
2021 Australian Open Lopez reached the third round for the ninth time in his career defeating Australian wildcard
Li Tu and 31st seed
Lorenzo Sonego in five sets. He was the oldest player to win a major match from two sets down since Ken Rosewall at the 1974 Wimbledon Championships. He also was the oldest player to reach the third round of the Australian Open since 1978. Melbourne was the 75th Grand Slam he has played in a row, having not missed one since the 2002 French Open. He lost to seventh seed
Andrey Rublev.
He lost in the first round at the
2021 Wimbledon Championships to 26th seed
Daniel Evans but attained also a new record when he appeared in his 77th consecutive Grand Slam. Lopez played his 138th Masters 1000 tournament at the
2021 National Bank Open. As a result, he tied Roger Federer for the most appearances at the Masters’ events.
At the
2021 US Open he was eliminated in the first round by fellow countryman and qualifier
Bernabé Zapata Miralles in a five set match. This was his 78th appearance in a consecutive Slam and 79th overall. As a result, he dropped out of the top 100 to No. 110 on 20 September 2021, his 40th birthday.
Lopez played his 139th Masters 1000 tournament at the
2021 Indian Wells Masters. As a result, he now owns the record for the most appearances in the Masters 1000 category.
During
2021 Davis Cup Finals, he represented
Spanish Davis Cup team in both singles and doubles. He won both his singles matches. In the tie against
Russia
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, aged 40, he won his tie against world No. 5,
Andrey Rublev, which is only the second time in
Open Era history that a player aged 40+ managed to beat a top 5 player. Before Lopez, the only other 40+ player who managed to beat a top 5 ranked player was
Ken Rosewall, who, at the age of 42 scored a win against
Vitas Gerulaitis
Vytautas "Vitas" Kevin Gerulaitis (July 26, 1954 – September 17, 1994) was an American professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1978. Gerulaitis won the men's si ...
at
1977 Sidney Indoors.
2022: Record 79th consecutive & 81st overall Major appearances, Sixth doubles title
In January, at
2022 Australian Open, Feliciano lost in the first round in four sets to home favorite
John Millman. It was his record
79th consecutive Grand Slam appearance and
80th overall putting him one Major away from Roger Federer's record of 81 overall appearances.
In February, he won the
Mexican Open doubles tournament partnering with
Stefanos Tsitsipas.
He failed to qualify for the
2022 French Open
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ending his consecutive appearances streak at this Major, also a record of 21, and overall in Majors. At the same tournament in doubles however, he reached the third round partnering
Maxime Cressy.
With his participation in the
2022 Wimbledon Championships he made his 81st main draw Grand Slam appearance, equaling
Roger Federer
Roger Federer ( , ; born 8 August 1981) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the List of ATP number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 3 ...
's record. He was defeated in the first round by the No. 21 seed
Botic van de Zandschulp. Due to the ATP decision that Wimbledon will not be awarded ranking points and therefore players could not defend points from 2021, Feliciano automatically fell out of top 250, regardless of his Wimbledon result.
2023: 93rd ATP career quarterfinal, oldest quarterfinalist since 1995, 4th in most aces career list, Retirement
On 1 January, Lopez announced that the 2023 season will be his last after 25 years on the tour.
In February, he further stated that he would like to retire at
Queen's Club, a tournament he won several times in the past, two times in singles (2017, 2019) and one time in doubles (2019), if they give him a wildcard.
After receiving a main draw wildcard for the
Mexican Open in Acapulco, in the first round Lopez defeated
Christopher Eubanks in straight sets and scored his 504th singles career win. In the round of 16, he lost to the sixth seed
Frances Tiafoe.
He accepted a wildcard for the
2023 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, for the
2023 BOSS Open. He also received a wildcard for the qualifying draw at the
2023 Queen's Club Championships.
At the
2023 Mallorca Championships, the final tournament of his career, he received wildcards in both singles and doubles. In doubles, teamed with
Stefanos Tsitsipas, the pair lost in the first round to the No. 1 seeds,
Santiago González and
Édouard Roger-Vasselin. In singles, Lopez beat Australian
Max Purcell in the first round, in straight sets. After the match, according to ATP stats, his new haul of 10,261 untouched serves puts him fourth on the
most aces in career list. In the second round he beat another Australian,
Jordan Thompson, to reach his 93rd ATP career quarterfinal and his second quarterfinal at this tournament, previously reaching the same stage in 2021. He also became the oldest ATP quarterfinalist since 1995. In the quarterfinals, he lost to German
Yannick Hanfmann, which was to be his last professional match. He completed his career with a 506-490 tour-level singles record, having won more matches on grass (87) than any other Spaniard.
Modelling and endorsements
López has appeared as a model for the likes of
Hugo Boss
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and
Elle
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Arts, entertainment and media
* Elle (magazine), ''Elle'' (magazine), a fashion publication
** Elle Style Awards
* Elle (India), ''Elle'' (India), the Indian edition
* Elle (film), ''Elle'' (film), a 2016 French film
* ''Elle: ...
, and endorses
Braun shavers and
L'Oréal products. He has professed to dislike being called a model, however, and states that he wants to be seen only as a tennis player. He has been endorsed by
Ellesse tennis clothing since 2016; before that,
Joma was his endorser and
Nike endorses his shoes.
Personal life
López was born in
Toledo and now lives in
Madrid
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. He grew up with his younger brother, Victor López Díaz-Guerra (b. 1982), who also played professional tennis.
López was married to model Alba Carrillo from July 2015 to March 2017. The couple had been separated since June 2016. He married model Sandra Gago in September 2019, and their first child, son Dario was born in 2021.
On 30 November 2017, López was announced as the
Madrid Open tournament director, commencing in 2019.
Career statistics
Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
Doubles
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Olympic medal finals
Doubles: 1 (1 fourth place)
Records
* These records were attained in the
Open Era.
* Records in bold indicate peerless achievements.
* Records in ''italics'' are currently active streaks.
Notes
References
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1981 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Toledo, Spain
Spanish male tennis players
Tennis players from Castilla–La Mancha
Olympic tennis players for Spain
Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
French Open champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
Spanish male models
Hopman Cup competitors
21st-century Spanish sportsmen