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Galo Blanco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡalo ˈβlaŋko] [a] tennis player from Oviedo , Spain . After many years as a professional tennis coach Blanco joined the Davis Cup steering committee in 2018.[1]
Tennis career
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Blanco came closest to winning a Grand Slam title in 1997, reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open by defeating Neville Godwin , Magnus Gustafsson , Chris Woodruff and Petr Korda before losing to Pat Rafter . He won his only title in 1999 San Marino GO&FUN Open to his countryman Albert Portas and reached the final (2001 Mexican Open ) and the semifinals in 2000 Majorca Open losing to eventual champion Marat Safin .
Blanco had two high-profile wins in majors, beating former 2-time US Open Champion, Patrick Rafter , in the first round of the 2000 US Open , and in beating Pete Sampras in the second round of the 2001 French Open .
Blanco lost in the second round of the 2004 Australian Open . He announced his retirement after the 2006 Torneo Godó .[2]
Coaching career
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Blanco is a prominent tennis coach.[3] Milos Raonic . This partnership ended in May 2013. He coached Canadian Filip Peliwo .[4] Karen Khachanov until November 2017.[5] Dominic Thiem from December 2017 until November 2018.[6]
Life after tennis
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Since the beginning of 2019 Blanco has been working on the new format Davis Cup event.[6] [7]
ATP career finals
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[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–1)
ATP 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
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[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (4–5)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Jul 1995
Tampere , Finland
Challenger
Clay
Christian Bergström
6–3, 6–1
Win
2–0
Apr 1996
Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Gustavo Kuerten
6–1, 6–2
Loss
2–1
May 1996
Dresden , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Patrik Fredriksson
4–6, 4–6
Loss
2–2
Sep 1996
Oporto , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Richard Fromberg
3–6, 6–7
Loss
2–3
Nov 1996
Campinas , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Gustavo Kuerten
6–7, 3–6
Win
3–3
Aug 1999
Poznań , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Fredrik Jonsson
6–4, 6–2
Loss
3–4
Nov 1999
Montevideo , Uruguay
Challenger
Clay
Karim Alami
3–6, 1–6
Loss
3–5
Aug 2002
Geneva , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Kristof Vliegen
2–6, 2–6
Win
4–5
Aug 2003
Brindisi , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Francisco Fogués
7–5, 1–6, 7–5
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Key
W F
SF QF #R
RR Q#
DNQ
A NH
(W ) winner; (F ) finalist; (SF ) semifinalist; (QF ) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR ) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A ) absent; (NH ) not held; (SR ) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
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Wins over top 10 ranked players
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Season
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Total
Wins
2 0
0
0
2 4
Wins over Top 10s per season
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#
Player
Rank
Event
Surface
Rd Score
1997
1.
Carlos Moyá
10 Stuttgart , Germany
Clay
2R
4–6, 7–6(7–3) , 7–5
2.
Àlex Corretja
4 Kitzbühel , Austria
Clay
3R
7–6(7–4) , 7–5
2001
3.
Juan Carlos Ferrero
9 Monte-Carlo , Monaco
Clay
2R
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
4.
Pete Sampras
5 French Open , Paris, France
Clay
2R
7–6(7–4) , 6–3, 6–2
Notes
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References
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^ "Galo Blanco" . atptour.com .
^ "Filip Peliwo to be coached by Galo Blanco" . Tennis Canada. Retrieved October 24, 2013 .
^ Eccleshare, Charlie (2016-10-28). "Rising stars of tennis - Karen Khachanov: 'The next Marat Safin? I have my own character and charisma' . The Telegraph . ISSN 0307-1235 . Retrieved 2022-10-13 .
^ a b "Galo Blanco part ways with Dominic Thiem to embrace new Davis Cup role" . Tennis World USA . Retrieved 2020-11-19 .
^ "Gerard Piqué's Kosmos signs up Dominic Thiem as it moves into athlete management" . www.sportspromedia.com .
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Gustavo Kuerten
Christian Bergström
Richard Fromberg
Karim Alami
Kristof Vliegen
Pete Sampras
