Guillermo Garcia-Lopez

Full name is Guillermo Garcia-Lopez...Nickname is Guille or Willy...Began playing tennis at seven years old...Father, Juan Garcia Ballesteros, is a teacher...Mother, Paqui Lopez Cuesta, is a nurse...Has one younger brother, Juan who is 15...Enjoys playing soccer and skiing...Follows results and supports FC Barcelona... Practices often with fellow resident Juan Carlos Ferrero...Athletes who inspired him are Zinedine Zidane, Pete Sampras and Michael Jordan...Favorite movie is Gladiator and book is Da Vinci Code...His favorite surface is clay and best shot is backhand down the line...Says greatest match he ever seen was countryman Sergi Bruguera's five-set win over Jim Courier in 1993 Roland Garros final...Considers his biggest win over No. 5 Carlos Moya in first round of 2005 Australian Open, which allowed him to break Top 100 for first time...Fitness trainer is Francisco Garcia Rebolloso and coached by Juan Manuel Esparcia Clemente.

2002 -- Reached two Futures finals in Spain and compiled a 29-14 Futures record...

2003 -- Made ATP debut in Valencia as a wild card (l. to Ferrero)...Reached first Challenger final in Seville (l. to Horna)...Was 11-9 in Challengers...In Futures, claimed one title while finishing as a runner-up four times...Had a Futures record of 23-16...Won a pair of Futures doubles titles...

2004 -- Made Grand Slam debut as a qualifier at Roland Garros and reached 2nd RD (d. Reid, l. to Robredo)...Reached first ATP SF at Umag, defeating Hanescu, Saretta and Novak before falling to Canas...Compiled a 5-7 ATP record...Reached final at Rome Challenger...Posted 23-13 Challenger record...Claimed one Futures title in Portugal...

2005 -- Opened season by reaching his second SF in Chennai, defeating van Scheppingen, Garcia and Tabara before falling to eventual champion Moya... Made Australian Open debut and recorded first Top 10 win over No. 5 Moya before falling to Kim... Made ATP Masters Series debut in Monte Carlo (l. to Gasquet)... Reached SF at Estoril, defeating Karlovic, J. Johansson and Marin before falling to eventual champion Gaudio... Following week defeated Lisnard and Horna to reach St. Poelten QF (l. to C. Rochus)... With that performance, reached career high ranking of No. 70... Reached 2nd RD at five straight events, including three on grass...

2006 -- Improved his year-end ATP Ranking for a sixth consecutive season, highlighted by one SF and a trio of QF...Also compiled an 11-4 record in Challenger play with one title...Advanced to third SF in Delray Beach (d. Agassi, l. to Malisse)...In April, reached QF in Valencia and Estoril...Then reached 2nd RD at ATP Masters Series Hamburg, defeating Youzhny (l. to Ancic)...Reached final at Lugano Challenger (l. to Patience) and one month later claimed title at Scheveningen Challenger (d. Montanes)... Reached QF in Bucharest...In doubles, won title at Scheveningen Challenger (w/Navarro)...Reached first ATP doubles final in Umag (w/Portas)...

2007 -- Finished in Top 100 for third consecutive year highlighted by three ATP QF showings on as many surfaces (clay, grass, hard)...In February, advanced to QF in Delray Beach (l. to eventual winner Malisse) and following month, reached 3rd RD at AMS Indian Wells (d. No. 18 Baghdatis, l. to Russell)...In April, reached QF in Estoril (l. to eventual champ Djokovic) and upset No. 12 Berdych in 1st RD at Roland Garros (l. to Brzezicki in 2nd RD)...On grass, turned in QF in Nottingham.

2008 -- The Spaniard finished in Top 70 for second time, highlighted by a personal-best 21 match wins and two ATP SF showings...Opened year with QF in Chennai (l. to Nadal) and followed with a Grand Slam-best 3rd RD at Australian Open (d. Chela, Falla, l. to Tsonga)...In February, advanced to SF in San Jose (l. to Roddick)...Did not win back-to-back ATP matches again until Wimbledon where he reached 3rd RD with victories over Van der Merwe and No. 12 Almagro (l. to Schuettler)...In July, returned to clay in Gstaad and advanced to SF (l. to Andreev)...After a 2nd RD at US Open (d. Hrbaty, l. to Seppi), reached QF in Bucharest (l. to Moya)...Went 0-4 vs. Top 10 opponents...Compiled 12-13 mark on hard and 7-8 on clay...Earned a career-high $405,030.

2009

The Spaniard reached three quarter-finals at Johannesburg (l. to Gil), Delray Beach (l. to Korolev) and Houston (l. to Hewitt) in the first four months of the season…Captured his maiden ATP World Tour title on clay at Kitzbuhel in May by posting three consecutive wins over seeded opponents en route to the final before defeating Julien Benneteau in the title match…In June, reached grass-court semi-final at Eastbourne (l. to Tursunov)…