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Gala Leon Garcia

ESP Age 52 163 cm / 5'4" Plays: Left-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1995–2004

Gala Leon Garcia represented Spain on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 27. In TennisDB's records, Gala Leon Garcia finished with a career record of 117–141 and one singles title. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

27 (Sep 25, 2000)

Elo peak

1836 (80th percentile)

Career record

117–141 (45.3%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,053,309

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Gala Leon Garcia's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Elena Likhovtseva #39	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 2004*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Mary Pierce #31	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 27, 2004*	R64	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Laura Granville #54	6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 26, 2004*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Sanda Mamic #201	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 29, 2004*	R32	Budapest	WTA 250	Clay
Marta Domachowska #178	1-6 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 9, 2004*	R16	Casablanca	WTA 250	Clay

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Gala Leon Garcia's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Conchita Martínez	1	6	7	May 15, 2002	H2H
Patty Schnyder	2	3	5	May 2, 2003	H2H
Amanda Coetzer	0	5	5	Mar 20, 2002	H2H
Sandrine Testud	0	5	5	Aug 30, 2001	H2H
Jelena Dokic	2	2	4	Mar 10, 2004	H2H

Titles (1)

Gala Leon Garcia titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2000	26	1	—	—	—	1	—	Madrid Open
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Gala Leon Garcia career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1995	21	0	1	1	0.0%	337	135
1996	22	5	11	16	31.3%	139	89
1997	23	11	13	24	45.8%	92	56
1998	24	19	18	37	51.4%	55	53
1999	25	16	17	33	48.5%	53	53
2000	26	23	19	42	54.8%	53	31
2001	27	24	22	46	52.2%	31	41
2002	28	10	23	33	30.3%	41	130
2003	29	5	9	14	35.7%	130	96
2004	30	4	8	12	33.3%	96	221
Career		117	141	258	45.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Gala Leon Garcia career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1995	21	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1996	22	1	3	4	25.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	11	16	31.2%
1997	23	1	3	4	25.0%	8	9	17	47.1%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	11	13	24	45.8%
1998	24	3	4	7	42.9%	14	11	25	56.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	19	18	37	51.4%
1999	25	2	5	7	28.6%	14	11	25	56.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	16	17	33	48.5%
2000	26	2	9	11	18.2%	20	8	28	71.4%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	23	19	42	54.8%
2001	27	7	10	17	41.2%	17	11	28	60.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	24	22	46	52.2%
2002	28	5	9	14	35.7%	5	13	18	27.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	10	23	33	30.3%
2003	29	0	2	2	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	9	14	35.7%
2004	30	2	2	4	50.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
Career	—	23	47	70	32.9%	89	80	169	52.7%	5	11	16	31.2%	0	3	3	0.0%	117	141	258	45.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Gala Leon Garcia career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1995	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1996	22	0	4	4	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	11	16	31.2%
1997	23	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	8	12	20	40.0%
1998	24	0	0	—	—	3	8	11	27.3%	8	7	15	53.3%	7	2	9	77.8%	18	17	35	51.4%
1999	25	2	5	7	28.6%	2	5	7	28.6%	7	4	11	63.6%	3	3	6	50.0%	14	17	31	45.2%
2000	26	2	5	7	28.6%	4	6	10	40.0%	10	7	17	58.8%	5	1	6	83.3%	21	19	40	52.5%
2001	27	0	6	6	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	12	9	21	57.1%	8	1	9	88.9%	23	22	45	51.1%
2002	28	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	6	14	20	30.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	10	23	33	30.3%
2003	29	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	1	6	7	14.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	5	9	14	35.7%
2004	30	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	4	8	12	33.3%
Career		4	23	27	14.8%	17	35	52	32.7%	55	60	115	47.8%	32	21	53	60.4%	108	139	247	43.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 247/258 (95.7%) of Gala Leon Garcia's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Gala Leon Garcia performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2003	29	4/14	0.8	4.5	67.0%	55.5%	32.5%	49.2%	32.8%	47.7%	37.6%
2004	30	3/12	1.3	2.3	71.6%	55.2%	30.8%	25.1%	40.5%	48.2%	40.5%
Career		7/258	1.0	3.6	69.0%	55.4%	31.7%	38.9%	36.1%	47.9%	38.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 7/258 (2.7%) of Gala Leon Garcia's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Gala Leon Garcia advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1995	21	1495	105.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.24
1996	22	1524	123.4	—	—	—	—	-4	+68	—	37.5%	-0.93	3–5 (38%)	3–1 (75%)	—	-0.23
1997	23	1616	123.2	—	—	—	—	-95	+18	+30	46.3%	-0.09	3–3 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	98.7	+0.09
1998	24	1705	123.5	—	—	—	—	-152	+26	-42	47.1%	-0.32	9–4 (69%)	5–3 (63%)	106.4	-0.18
1999	25	1722	136.4	—	—	—	—	-171	+39	—	52.1%	+0.03	1–6 (14%)	4–1 (80%)	96.0	-1.10
2000	26	1760	134.6	—	—	—	—	-268	+140	—	49.5%	+0.20	10–3 (77%)	3–6 (33%)	104.3	-2.70
2001	27	1731	138.8	—	—	—	—	-164	+156	—	50.5%	+0.09	9–6 (60%)	2–6 (25%)	99.5	-0.92
2002	28	1568	117.9	—	—	—	—	-24	+100	—	34.7%	-0.68	5–6 (45%)	0–6 (0%)	94.7	-0.98
2003	29	1524	111.5	-2.37	-2.26	0.718	42.8%	—	+111	—	45.2%	-0.52	1–4 (20%)	1–1	—	+0.46
2004	30	1499	99.1	-2.59	-0.97	0.781	45.1%	+30	+65	—	34.6%	-1.39	3–1 (75%)	1–1	—	+0.68
Career		1836	133.0	-2.46	-1.71	0.745	43.8%	-125	+85	-15	45.6%	-0.25	44–38 (54%)	19–28 (40%)	98.4	-1.98

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Gala Leon Garcia Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1996	22	—	R16	R128	R128	3–3 (50%)
1997	23	R128	R128	R32	R64	3–4 (43%)
1998	24	R128	R32	R128	R32	4–4 (50%)
1999	25	R128	R16	R128	R64	4–4 (50%)
2000	26	R128	R64	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
2001	27	R128	R128	R128	R64	1–4 (20%)
2002	28	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
2003	29	—	R64	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
2004	30	R128	R64	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		0–7 (0%)	11–9 (55%)	3–9 (25%)	5–8 (38%)	19–33 (37%)

WTA 1000

Gala Leon Garcia WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	ITA	BER	CAN	CHA	HIL	KEY	ZUR	W-L Win %
1996	22	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1997	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1998	24	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	1–3 (25%)
1999	25	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	R16	R128	—	5–5 (50%)
2000	26	R64	R128	R64	QF	R32	—	R32	—	R32	5–7 (42%)
2001	27	R32	R32	R16	R32	R64	R16	—	—	—	7–6 (54%)
2002	28	R128	R64	R64	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
2004	30	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	2–3 (40%)	4–6 (40%)	5–4 (56%)	2–4 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	23–30 (43%)

WTA 500

Gala Leon Garcia WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DUB	HAM	SDG	AME	BAH	POR	HAN	LEI	MAN	SCO	SYD	TOY	W-L Win %
1996	22	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1997	23	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	24	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
1999	25	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2000	26	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
2001	27	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	SF	5–6 (45%)
2002	28	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	1–3 (25%)
2003	29	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–7 (12%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	9–21 (30%)

WTA 250

Gala Leon Garcia WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	ASB	LIB	MAD	VIE	BAL	BAS	BIR	BOG	BOL	BRU	BUD	CAR	CAS	HEL	HOB	KLA	KNO	KRE	LUX	MAK	MAR	PAL	POR	PRA	SÃO	SAR	SOP	WAI	WAR	W-L Win %
1995	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1996	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
1997	23	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	7–7 (50%)
1998	24	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	F	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	14–9 (61%)
1999	25	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	6–6 (50%)
2000	26	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	15–4 (79%)
2001	27	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	11–6 (65%)
2002	28	R16	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	SF	—	8–11 (42%)
2003	29	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–5 (44%)
2004	30	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	9–5 (64%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	1–1 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	2–2 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	6–2 (75%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	13–5 (72%)	3–1 (75%)	2–3 (40%)	66–57 (54%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Sep 25, 2000

First Top 100

Jun 10, 1996

First Top 50

Jun 8, 1998

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Gala Leon Garcia ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	694	697
1992	18	—	618	569	543	539	527	468	493	487	487	477	479
1993	19	475	420	313	291	286	290	269	282	273	—	—	—
1994	20	—	358	343	359	350	317	325	—	336	326	327	338
1995	21	332	417	420	455	362	218	134	133	139	137	133	135
1996	22	138	139	138	120	107	65	77	78	80	84	85	89
1997	23	92	98	95	81	86	121	81	64	59	58	58	56
1998	24	52	54	52	55	56	49	53	62	55	52	53	53
1999	25	50	50	53	52	42	40	44	45	54	53	53	53
2000	26	49	52	49	57	31	47	31	29	27	34	32	31
2001	27	32	33	30	32	47	49	45	52	40	46	41	41
2002	28	42	43	47	50	63	61	138	111	132	129	129	130
2003	29	135	129	144	137	115	94	84	97	93	92	96	96
2004	30	95	97	88	92	107	113	135	140	215	215	217	221
2005	31	219	218	322	353	361	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Cristina Torrens Valero	ESP	27	1,786	2	270	117	153	43.3%	1993–2004	Match log
Kveta Peschke	CZE	26	1,806	1	208	92	116	44.2%	1993–2007	Match log
Kristina Brandi	PUR	27	1,722	1	255	104	151	40.8%	1995–2007	Match log
Virginia Ruano Pascual	ESP	28	1,818	3	436	200	236	45.9%	1990–2010	Match log
Corina Morariu	USA	29	1,806	1	196	92	104	46.9%	1995–2003	Match log
Asa Carlsson	SWE	28	1,817	2	299	128	171	42.8%	1992–2004	Match log
Tina Pisnik	SLO	29	1,720	1	210	91	119	43.3%	1998–2005	Match log
Emilie Loit	FRA	27	1,779	3	342	162	180	47.4%	1997–2009	Match log
Rachel Mcquillan	AUS	28	1,826	0	360	163	197	45.3%	1988–2003	Match log
Maria Vento-Kabchi	VEN	26	1,718	0	255	97	158	38.0%	1992–2006	Match log
Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	FRA	29	1,771	1	232	109	123	47.0%	1993–2001	Match log
María Sánchez Lorenzo	ESP	33	1,726	1	308	127	181	41.2%	1994–2006	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Gala Leon Garcia?: Gala Leon Garcia is 52 years old, born on December 23, 1973.
Which country does Gala Leon Garcia represent?: Gala Leon Garcia represents Spain in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Gala Leon Garcia?: Gala Leon Garcia is 163 cm / 5'4".
Is Gala Leon Garcia left-handed or right-handed?: Gala Leon Garcia plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Gala Leon Garcia won?: Gala Leon Garcia has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Gala Leon Garcia won?: TennisDB does not group any of Gala Leon Garcia's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Gala Leon Garcia won?: Gala Leon Garcia has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Madrid in 2000.
What is Gala Leon Garcia's highest WTA ranking?: Gala Leon Garcia's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 27, first achieved on September 25, 2000.
What is Gala Leon Garcia's career win-loss record?: Gala Leon Garcia has a career WTA singles record of 117 wins and 141 losses (45.3%).
How much career prize money has Gala Leon Garcia earned?: Gala Leon Garcia has earned at least $1,053,309 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Gala Leon Garcia's career appear in TennisDB?: Gala Leon Garcia appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1995 through 2004.
On which surface does Gala Leon Garcia have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Gala Leon Garcia's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 52.7% (89–80).
Who has Gala Leon Garcia faced most often?: Gala Leon Garcia's most frequent opponent is Conchita Martínez, with a head-to-head record of 1–6 across 7 meetings.