- Galo Blanco
Galo Blanco (born
October 8 ,1976 ) is a retired professionaltennis player fromOviedo ,Spain . Blanco is a member of the men's professional tour since 1995.Most of Blanco's early professional tour appearances were earned by qualifying for tournaments. He would do so by winning the qualifier's rounds that are usually played before the tournaments themselves, to fill one last tournament spot. It was that way that he was able to participate at the
Fairmonts tournament in Scottsdale,Arizona , U.S. in 1996, for example.Blanco eventually began to be invited to tournaments, and his name has gained reasonable importance in the men's professional circuit. He came closest to winning a Grand Slam title in 1997, reaching the quarterfinals of the
French Open .He lost in the second round of the 2004
Australian Open . He announced his retirement after the2006 Torneo Godó .
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