Gala León García

Gala León García

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1973-12-23) 23 December 1973 (age 50) Madrid, Spain
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2004
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,053,309
Singles
Career record	277–224 (55.3%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 27 (25 September 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004)
French Open	4R (1996, 1999)
Wimbledon	3R (1997)
US Open	3R (1998)
Doubles
Career record	77–73 (51.3%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 107 (12 June 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2001)
Wimbledon	Q1 (1996)
US Open	2R (1995)

Gala León García (born 23 December 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. On 21 September 2014, she was announced as the new Davis Cup captain for the Spanish national men's tennis team.

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1988	Maria Lankowitz, Austria	Clay	Patty Schnyder	2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	1–1	May 2000	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Fabiola Zuluaga	4–6, 6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Jul 2000	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Anke Huber	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss	1–3	Jul 2001	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Iroda Tulyaganova	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Jul 2001	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Cristina Torrens Valero	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1999	Sopot, Poland	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	May 2000	Madrid, Spain	Clay	María Sánchez Lorenzo	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	1–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (6–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	8 February 1993	ITF Faro, Portugal	Hard	Sofia Prazeres	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2.	15 March 1993	ITF Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Chantal Reuter	3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	3.	22 March 1993	ITF Madrid, Spain	Hard	Lenka Němečková	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4.	28 March 1994	ITF Alicante, Spain	Clay	Yi Jingqian	6–7(2), 7–6(7), 2–6
Win	5.	22 May 1995	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Hard	Vera Zhukovets	6–0, 6–0
Win	6.	10 July 1995	ITF Vigo, Spain	Hard	Estefanía Bottini	6–0, 6–1
Win	7.	17 July 1995	ITF Getxo, Spain	Clay	Christína Papadáki	6–3, 6–4
Loss	8.	13 May 1996	ITF Athens, Greece	Clay	Cristina Torrens Valero	4–6, 4–6
Win	9.	9 June 1997	ITF Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Mariana Díaz Oliva	7–5, 6–2
Loss	10.	11 August 1997	ITF Bratislava, Slovakia	Clay	Henrieta Nagyová	4–6, 0–6
Loss	11.	8 September 2003	ITF Denain, France	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	4–6, 0–6

Doubles: 8 (2–6)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	11 May 1992	ITF Barcelona, Spain	Hard	Rosa Bielsa	Paola Suárez Pamela Zingman	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	15 March 1993	ITF Zaragoza, Spain	Hard	Silvia Ramón-Cortés	Dominika Gorecká Lenka Němečková	4–6, 1–6
Loss	3.	1 November 1993	ITF Vilamoura, Portugal	Hard	Ana Segura	Magdalena Feistel Katharzyna Teodorowicz	6–7, 2–6
Loss	4.	21 February 1994	Open de Valencia, Spain	Clay	Janet Souto	Seda Noorlander Hanneke Ketelaars	4–6, 4–6
Win	1.	27 June 1994	ITF Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Janet Souto	Mariam Ramón Climent María Sánchez Lorenzo	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss	5.	14 September 1997	ITF Mollerusa, Spain	Clay	Marta Cano	Patricia Aznar Paula Hermida	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Win	2.	6 October 2002	ITF Girona, Spain	Clay	Lubomira Bacheva	Flavia Pennetta Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6.	7 September 2003	ITF Fano, Italy	Clay	María Emilia Salerni	Conchita Martínez Granados Giulia Casoni	3–6, 3–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

External links

• Gala León García at the Women's Tennis Association
• Gala León García at the International Tennis Federation
• Gala León García at the Billie Jean King Cup

This page was last edited on 13 March 2024, at 07:19