Galo Blanco

Galo Blanco ({{#invoke:IPA|main}};Template:Efn born 8 October 1976) is a retired professional tennis player from Oviedo, Spain. After many years as a professional tennis coach Blanco joined the Davis Cup steering committee in 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Tennis career

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Coaching career

Blanco is a prominent tennis coach.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He has previously coached the rising Canadian star Milos Raonic. This partnership ended in May 2013. He coached Canadian Filip Peliwo.<ref name="TC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He coached Karen Khachanov until November 2017.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He coached Dominic Thiem from December 2017 until November 2018.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Life after tennis

Since the beginning of 2019 Blanco has been working on the new format Davis Cup event.<ref name=":0" /> In June 2021, Kosmos announced the launch of an athlete management agency to be headed up by Blanco.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	[[1999 Internazionali di Tennis di San Marino – Singles|Template:Dts]]	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Albert Portas	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	[[2001 Abierto Mexicano Pegaso – Men's singles|Template:Dts]]	Acapulco, Mexico	Championship Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Kuerten	4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (4–5)

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	Template:Dts	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Christian Bergström	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–0	Template:Dts	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Kuerten	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Template:Dts	Dresden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Patrik Fredriksson	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Template:Dts	Oporto, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Richard Fromberg	3–6, 6–7
Loss	2–3	Template:Dts	Campinas, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Kuerten	6–7, 3–6
Win	3–3	Template:Dts	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Fredrik Jonsson	6–4, 6–2
Loss	3–4	Template:Dts	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Karim Alami	3–6, 1–6
Loss	3–5	Template:Dts	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kristof Vliegen	2–6, 2–6
Win	4–5	Template:Dts	Brindisi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Francisco Fogués	7–5, 1–6, 7–5

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	2R	A	0 / 7	1–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	4R	1R	3R	3R	Q1	0 / 9	11–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	0 / 6	1–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 6	2–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–2	4–3	0–4	2–4	1–4	3–4	0–3	2–1	3–3	0–0	0 / 28	15–28	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 5	2–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	Q2	2R	A	A	3R	Q2	Q2	Q1	A	0 / 2	3–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	A	1R	A	Q1	A	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	1R	Q1	A	Q1	1R	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Not Masters Series				0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Madrid	Not Held						A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	3–4	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 11	5–11	Template:Tennis win percentage

Wins over top 10 ranked players

Season	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	Total
Wins	2	0	0	0	2	4

Wins over Top 10s per season

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
1997
1.	Template:Flagicon Carlos Moyá	10	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	2R	4–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
2.	Template:Flagicon Àlex Corretja	4	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	3R	7–6(7–4), 7–5
2001
3.	Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Ferrero	9	Monte-Carlo, Monaco	Clay	2R	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
4.	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras	5	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	2R	7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–2

External links

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• Galo Blanco at the Association of Tennis Professionals Coach profile
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