Albert Portas Soy (, ; born 15 November 1973) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Career Portas turned professional in 1994. He reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 19 in October 2001. His only top-level singles title came at the 2001 Hamburg Masters, 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.". His final at Barcelona Open in 1997 was also very remarkable. En route to the final he defeated Gustavo Kuerten (eventual champion this same year of French Open), Marcelo Rios, and Carlos Moya, but lost in the final to Albert Costa. In 1999, Portas lost the final of San Marino defeated by his countryman Galo Blanco. He coached WTA player Daniela Hantuchová in 2008–2009. Performance timelines Singles Doubles ATP career finals Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups) ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Singles: 19 (8–11) Doubles: 22 (12–10) Wins over top 10 players References External links 1973 births Living people Spanish male tennis players Tennis players from Catalonia Tennis players from Barcelona Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade silver medalists for Spain Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade