Albert Portas
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Albert Portas Soy (born on November 15, 1973, in Barcelona, Catalonia) is a professional tennis player.
Portas turned professional in 1994. He reached his career-high ranking on October 1, 2001 at 19th in the world. He is currently 186th in the ATP rankings.
His only top-level singles title came at the Hamburg Masters in 2001, a tournament in which his mastery of the drop shot (key to his defeat of Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final) earned him the nickname "Drop Shot Dragon". According to the BBC, Lleyton Hewitt 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."[1]
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[edit] Titles
[edit] Singles titles
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (1) |
| ATP Tour (0) |
| Challengers (11) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | July 24, 1995 |  Prague |
Clay |  Hicham Arazi |
6–7, 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2. | April 21, 1997 | Prague |
Clay |  Fernando Vicente |
6–1, 6–4 |
| 3. | October 19, 1998 |  Cairo |
Clay | Alberto Martín |
6–2, 1–6, 6–3 |
| 4. | October 2, 2000 | Barcelona |
Clay | Óscar Serrano |
3–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 5. | October 9, 2000 | Cairo |
Clay | Jiří Vaněk |
7–5, 6–3 |
| 6. | May 14, 2001 |  Hamburg |
Clay | Juan Carlos Ferrero |
4–6, 6–2, 0–6, 7–6, 7–5 |
| 7. | October 6, 2003 | Barcelona |
Clay | Albert Montañés |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 8. | May 30, 2005 | Fürth |
Clay | Philipp Kohlschreiber |
7–6, 6–2 |
| 9. | August 15, 2005 | Vigo |
Clay | Iván Navarro Pastor |
6–4, 6–4 |
