Galo Blanco

2008 Davis Cup champion (Lopez) Galo Blanco (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡalo ˈβlaŋko];[a] born 8 October 1976) is a retired professional tennis player from Oviedo, Spain.

After many years as a professional tennis coach Blanco joined the Davis Cup steering committee in 2018.

[1] Blanco came closest to winning a Grand Slam title in 1997, reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open by defeating Neville Godwin, Magnus Gustafsson, Chris Woodruff and Petr Korda before losing to Pat Rafter.

[6] Since the beginning of 2019 Blanco has been working on the new format Davis Cup event.

[6] In June 2021, Kosmos announced the launch of an athlete management agency to be headed up by Blanco.