Gala León García

Gala León García
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	23 December 1973 (age 51); 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
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
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)

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III (1–2)
Tier IV & V (0–2)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1998	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 (runner-ups)

Legend
Tier III (0–2)
Tier IV & V

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

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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	Open Denain, France	Clay	Anabel Medina Garrigues	4–6, 0–6

Doubles: 8 (2–6)

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

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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.

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	W–L
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	0–7
French Open	4R	1R	3R	4R	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	11–9
Wimbledon	1R	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3–9
US Open	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	5–8
Win–loss	3–3	3–4	4–4	4–4	2–4	1–4	0–4	1–3	1–3	19–33

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 (archived)