Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 2003
Nickname:	The Catalan Putette
Nation:	Spain
Birthday:	18th December 1971
Size:	169 cm
1st professional season:	1985
Resignation:	2002
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 16,942,640
singles
Career record:	759: 295
Career title:	29
Highest ranking:	1 (February 6 1995)
Weeks as No. 1:	12
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	676: 224
Career title:	69
Highest ranking:	1 (February 13 1995)
Weeks as No. 1:	111
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Record world number one in women's doubles

rank	Tennis player	Weeks
1.	Martina Navratilova	237
2.	Liezel Huber	199
3.	Cara Black	163
4th	Lisa Raymond	137
5.	Natallja Sverava	124
6th	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	111
7th	Roberta Vinci	110
As of October 9, 2017

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (born December 18, 1971 in Barcelona ) is a former Spanish tennis player . The clay court specialist was the first Spanish number 1 in the tennis world rankings (in singles and doubles ), won four Grand Slam titles in singles and six in doubles.

life and career

Inspired by her two older brothers Emilio and Javier Sánchez Vicario , who were both set to become top players on the ATP Tour , Sánchez started playing tennis at the age of four. In 1985 the fourteen-year-old became a professional player.

Arantxa Sánchez first surprised the tennis world in 1989 when she defeated nineteen-year-old Steffi Graf , who had previously won five Grand Slam tournaments in a row, in the final of the French Open . Sánchez was the youngest winner in Paris at the time. The duel with the German should determine her further career. Both faced each other seven times in finals at Grand Slam tournaments, with Graf five and Sánchez two wins.

Perseverance and fighting spirit soon became the unmistakable trademarks of the baseline player who never lost a ball. Sánchez Vicario was a typical counter-player who did not have an outstanding playful weapon herself, but on the other hand brought back almost every ball. Her game also included high moon balls, with which she could break the rhythm of her opponents and get back into the game.

Sánchez had her most successful year as a single player in 1994, when she won both the French Open and the US Open and remained victorious in a total of eight tournaments. She made her fourth single Grand Slam success in 1998 when she won the French Open again by defeating Monica Seles . Sánchez Vicario reached the finals at least twice in all four Grand Slam tournaments in singles. In addition to her four individual victories, she reached eight other finals. In 1995 Arantxa Sánchez was simultaneously number one in the world rankings in singles and doubles for twelve weeks . She was the first player to do so after Martina Navrátilová .

Sánchez Vicario won a total of six Grand Slam titles in doubles and four more in mixed doubles . In 1991, Sánchez was a member of the victorious Spanish Fed Cup team that defeated the USA in the final - a success that the Spanish could repeat in 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1998. Sánchez is also the record holder for the most singles and doubles wins in the Fed Cup competition.

Sánchez was also a member of the victorious Spanish Hopman Cup team in 1990 and 2002. She represented her home country five times at the Olympic Games , winning two silver and two bronze medals . In her career, Sánchez won a total of 29 singles and 69 doubles, and earned almost $ 17 million in prize money.

In August 2000 she married the sports journalist Joan Vehils. Their split followed just ten months later. In November 2002, Sánchez announced her retirement from professional tennis; she made another brief comeback in 2004 when she played a few doubles tournaments. In 2005, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was voted 27th among the best female players of all time by the American specialist publication Tennis Magazine . In 2007 she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame . In 2012 she was team leader of the Spanish Fed Cup team .

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario now lives in Sitges on the Costa del Garraf .

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 1988	Brussels	WTA Tier V	sand	Raffaella Reggi	6-0, 7-5
2.	April 1989	Barcelona	WTA Tier V	Sand hard court	Helen Kelesi	6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 1
3.	June 10, 1989	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Steffi Graf	7: 6 6 , 3: 6.7: 5
4th	April 1990	Barcelona	WTA Tier IV	sand	Isabel Cueto	6: 4, 6: 2
5.	July 1990	Newport	WTA Tier III	race	Jo Durie	7: 6, 4: 6, 7: 5
6th	August 1991	Washington	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Katerina Maleewa	6: 2, 7: 5
7th	March 22, 1992	Miami	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Gabriela Sabatini	6: 1, 6: 4
8th.	23rd August 1992	Montreal	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Monica Seles	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4
9.	March 21, 1993	Miami	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Steffi Graf	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
10.	April 1993	Amelia Island	WTA Tier II	sand	Gabriela Sabatini	6: 2, 5: 7, 6: 2
11.	April 1993	Barcelona	WTA Tier II	sand	Conchita Martínez	6: 1, 6: 4
12.	May 2, 1993	Hamburg	WTA Tier II	sand	Steffi Graf	6: 3, 6: 3
13.	April 1994	Amelia Island	WTA Tier II	sand	Gabriela Sabatini	6: 1, 6: 4
14th	April 1994	Barcelona	WTA Tier II	sand	Iva Majoli	6-0, 6-2
15th	May 1994	Hamburg	WTA Tier II	sand	Steffi Graf	4: 6, 7: 6 3 , 7: 6 8
16.	June 1994	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Mary Pierce	6: 4, 6: 4
17th	August 1994	Montreal	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Steffi Graf	7: 5, 1: 6, 7: 6 4
18th	September 1994	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Steffi Graf	1: 6, 7: 6 3 , 6: 4
19th	September 1994	Tokyo	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Amy Frazier	6: 1, 6: 2
20th	November 6, 1994	Oakland	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Martina Navrátilová	1: 6, 7: 6 5 , 7: 6 3
21st	April 1995	Barcelona	WTA Tier II	sand	Iva Majoli	5: 7, 6: 0, 6: 2
22nd	May 21, 1995	Berlin	WTA Tier I	sand	Magdalena Maleewa	6: 4, 6: 1
23.	April 7, 1996	Hilton Head Island	WTA Tier I	sand	Barbara Paulus	6: 2, 2: 6, 6: 2
24.	May 1996	Hamburg	WTA Tier II	sand	Conchita Martínez	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 0
25th	January 17, 1998	Sydney	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Venus Williams	6: 1, 6: 3
26th	June 6, 1998	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Monica Seles	7: 6, 0: 6, 6: 2
27.	April 25, 1999	Cairo	WTA Tier III	sand	Irina Spîrlea	6: 1, 6: 0
28.	April 8, 2001	postage	WTA Tier IV	sand	Magüi Serna	6: 3, 6: 1
29	May 26, 2001	Madrid	WTA Tier III	sand	Ángeles Montolio	7: 5, 6: 0

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	September 1986	Athens	WTA World Tour	sand	Isabel Cueto	Silke Meier Wiltrud Probst	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
2.	April 1990	Hilton Head Island	WTA Tier I	sand	Martina Navrátilová	Mercedes Paz Natallja Sverava	6: 2, 6: 1
3.	April 1990	Amelia Island	WTA Tier II	sand	Mercedes Paz	Regina Rajchrtová Andrea Temesvári	7: 6 6 , 6: 4
4th	April 1990	Tampa	WTA Tier III	sand	Mercedes Paz	Sandra Cecchini Laura Gildemeister	6: 2, 6: 0
5.	April 1990	Barcelona	WTA Tier IV	sand	Mercedes Paz	Sabrina Goleš Patricia Tarabini	6: 7, 6: 2, 6: 1
6th	January 1991	Sydney	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Jana Novotná	6: 1, 6: 4
7th	April 1991	Amelia Island	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Helena Suková	Mercedes Paz Natallja Sverava	4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
8th.	April 1991	Barcelona	WTA Tier III	sand	Martina Navrátilová	Nathalie Tauziat Judith Wiesner	6: 1, 6: 3
9.	January 1992	Sydney	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Helena Suková	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison	7: 6 4 , 6: 7 4 , 6: 2
10.	January 1992	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Helena Suková	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison	6: 4, 7: 6 3
11.	February 1992	Tokyo	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Helena Suková	Martina Navrátilová Pam Shriver	7: 5, 6: 1
12.	March 1992	Miami	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi	7: 5, 5: 7, 6: 3
13.	April 1992	Hilton Head Island	WTA Tier I	sand	Natallja Sverava	Larisa Savchenko-Neiland Jana Novotná	6: 4, 6: 2
14th	April 1992	Amelia Island	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Natallja Sverava	Zina Garrison Jana Novotná	6: 1, 6: 0
15th	April 1992	Barcelona	WTA Tier III	sand	Conchita Martínez	Nathalie Tauziat Judith Wiesner	6: 4, 6: 1
16.	August 1992	los Angeles	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Helena Suková	Zina Garrison Pam Shriver	6: 4, 6: 2
17th	October 1992	Filderstadt	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Helena Suková	Pam Shriver Natallja Swerawa	6: 4, 7: 5
18th	November 1992	Tour Championships	WTA Tour Championships	Carpet (hall)	Helena Suková	Jana Novotná Larisa Neiland	7: 6 4 , 6: 1
19th	April 1993	Barcelona	WTA Tier II	sand	Conchita Martínez	Magdalena Maleewa Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 0
20th	May 1993	Rome	WTA Tier I	sand	Jana Novotná	Mary Joe Fernández Zina Garrison-Jackson	6: 4, 6: 2
21st	August 1993	los Angeles	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Helena Suková	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	7: 6 3 , 6: 3
22nd	September 1993	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Helena Suková	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	6: 4, 6: 2
23.	October 1993	eat	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Helena Suková	Wiltrud Probst Christina Singer	6: 2, 6: 2
24.	March 1994	Delray Beach	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Jana Novotná	Manon Bollegraf Helena Suková	6: 2, 6: 0
25th	March 1994	Doubles Championships	WTA	sand	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	6: 2, 7: 5
26th	April 1994	Hilton Head Island	WTA Tier I	sand	Lori McNeil	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	6: 4, 4: 1 problem
27.	April 1994	Amelia Island	WTA Tier II	sand	Larisa Neiland	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	6: 2, 6: 7 6 , 6: 4
28.	April 1994	Barcelona	WTA Tier II	sand	Larisa Neiland	Julie Halard Nathalie Tauziat	6: 2, 6: 4
29	May 1994	Hamburg	WTA Tier II	sand	Jana Novotná	Yevgenia Manjukowa Leila Mes'chi	6: 3, 6: 2
30th	August 1994	San Diego	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Jana Novotná	Ginger Helgeson Rachel McQuillan	6: 3, 6: 3
31.	August 1994	Montreal	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Meredith McGrath	Pam Shriver Elizabeth Smylie	2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
32.	September 1994	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Jana Novotná	Katerina Maleewa Robin White	6: 3, 6: 3
33.	September 1994	Tokyo	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Julie Halard	Amy Frazier Rika Hiraki	6: 1, 0: 6, 6: 1
34.	November 1994	Oakland	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Lindsay Davenport	Gigi Fernández Martina Navrátilová	7: 5, 6: 4
35.	January 1995	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	6: 3, 6: 7 3 , 6: 4
36.	March 1995	Miami	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	7: 5, 2: 6, 6: 3
37.	April 1995	Barcelona	WTA Tier II	sand	Larisa Neiland	Mariaan de Swardt Iva Majoli	7: 5, 4: 6, 7: 5
38.	June 1995	Eastbourne	WTA Tier II	race	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	0: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
39.	July 1995	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 4
40.	November 1995	Tour Championships	WTA Tour Championships	Carpet (hall)	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natallja Swerawa	6: 2, 6: 1
41.	January 1996	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Chanda Ruby	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández	7: 5, 2: 6, 6: 4
42.	March 1996	Miami	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Jana Novotná	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	6: 4, 6: 4
43.	April 1996	Hilton Head Island	WTA Tier I	sand	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Mary Joe Fernández	6: 2, 6: 3
44.	April 1996	Amelia Island	WTA Tier II	sand	Chanda Ruby	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	6: 1, 6: 1
45.	May 1996	Hamburg	WTA Tier II	sand	Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis	4: 6, 7: 6, 6: 4
46.	May 1996	Rome	WTA Tier I	sand	Irina Spîrlea	Gigi Fernández Martina Hingis	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
47.	May 1996	Madrid	WTA Tier II	sand	Jana Novotná	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	7: 6, 6: 2
48.	June 1996	Eastbourne	WTA Tier II	race	Jana Novotná	Rosalyn Fairbank Pam Shriver	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 4
49.	August 1996	Montreal	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Larisa Neiland	Mary Joe Fernández Helena Suková	7: 6, 6: 1
50.	January 1997	Sydney	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Gigi Fernández	Lindsay Davenport Natallja Swerawa	6: 3, 6: 1
51.	March 1997	Miami	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Natallja Sverava	Sabine Appelmans Miriam Oremans	6: 2, 6: 3
52.	May 1997	Madrid	WTA Tier III	sand	Mary Joe Fernández	Inés Gorrochategui Irina Spîrlea	6: 3, 6: 2
53.	August 1997	San Diego	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Martina Hingis	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	6: 3, 7: 5
54.	October 1997	Filderstadt	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Martina Hingis	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	7: 6, 3: 6, 7: 6
55.	October 1997	Zurich	WTA Tier I	Hard court (hall)	Martina Hingis	Larisa Neiland Helena Suková	4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 1
56.	November 1997	Moscow	WTA Tier I	Carpet (hall)	Natallja Sverava	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	5: 3 disqualification
57.	April 1999	Cairo	WTA Tier III	sand	Laurence Courtois	Irina Spîrlea Caroline Vis	7: 5, 1: 6, 7: 6
58.	May 1999	Hamburg	WTA Tier II	sand	Larisa Neiland	Amanda Coetzer Jana Novotná	6: 2, 6: 1
59.	August 1999	Manhattan Beach	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Larisa Neiland	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6: 2, 6: 7 5 , 6: 0
60.	May 2000	Berlin	WTA Tier I	sand	Conchita Martínez	Amanda Coetzer Corina Morariu	3: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6 7
61.	November 2000	Leipzig	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	Kim Clijsters Laurence Courtois	6: 7 6 , 7: 5, 6: 3
62.	March 2001	Miami	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Nathalie Tauziat	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6-0, 6-4
63.	February 2002	Doha	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Janette Husárová	Alexandra Fusai Caroline Vis	6: 3, 6: 3
64.	April 2002	Amelia Island	WTA Tier II	sand	Daniela Hantuchová	María Emilia Salerni Åsa Svensson	6: 4, 6: 2
65.	July 2002	Sopot	WTA Tier III	sand	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Yevgenia Kulikovskaya Ekaterina Sysoeva	6: 2, 6: 2
66.	August 2002	Espoo	WTA Tier IV	sand	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Eva Bes María José Martínez Sánchez	6: 3, 6: 7 5 , 6: 3
67.	August 2002	New Haven	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Daniela Hantuchová	Tathiana Garbin Janette Husárová	6: 3, 1: 6, 7: 5
68.	September 2002	Tokyo	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Svetlana Kuznetsova	Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch	6: 2, 6: 4
69.	July 2004	Palermo	WTA Tier V	sand	Anabel Medina Garrigues	Ľubomíra Kurhajcová Henrieta Nagyová	6: 3, 7: 6 4

Career statistics and tournament record

singles

competition	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	total
Australian Open	-	-	-	-	-	-	HF	HF	HF	F.	F.	VF	3	VF	2	VF	-	1	0
French Open	-	-	VF	VF	S.	2	F.	HF	HF	S.	F.	F.	VF	S.	HF	HF	2	1	3
Wimbledon	-	-	1	1	VF	1	VF	2	AF	AF	F.	F.	HF	VF	2	AF	2	-	0
US Open	-	-	1	AF	VF	HF	VF	F.	HF	S.	AF	AF	VF	VF	AF	AF	3	1	1
Tour Championships	-	-	-	-	HF	VF	VF	VF	F.	1	1	VF	VF	1	1	1	VF	-	0
Chicago	na or a. K.					1	na or a. K.												0
Boca Raton	na or a. K.						-	-	not carried out										0
Indian Wells	na or a. K.												HF	-	-	-	3	VF	0
Miami	na or a. K.			2	3	-	-	S.	S.	VF	3	2	AF	HF	2	3	AF	AF	2
Hilton Head Island	na or a. K.					AF	HF	HF	F.	VF	VF	S.	AF	2	2	F.	n / A		1
Charleston	not carried out																2	2	0
Rome	na or a. K.					AF	-	-	HF	-	F.	VF	VF	HF	AF	VF	VF	-	0
Berlin	na or a. K.			2	-	-	F.	F.	-	2	S.	VF	AF	AF	HF	2	VF	AF	1
Montreal / Toronto	na or a. K.					-	-	S.	HF	S.	AF	F.	AF	F.	VF	HF	1	1	2
Tokyo	na or a. K.								-	-	-	F.	F.	-	-	-	-	-	0
Zurich	na or a. K.								-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	0
Philadelphia	na or a. K.								-	-	-	na or a. K.							0
Moscow	na or a. K.												VF	-	-	AF	-	-	0
Olympic games	not carried out			1	not carried out			B.	not carried out			F.	not carried out			VF	n / A		0
Fed Cup	-	AF	AF	VF	F.	HF	S.	F.	S.	S.	S.	S.	PO	S.	-	F.	-	F.	6th
Tournament participation	1	12	14th	17th	15th	16	16	18th	18th	17th	15th	19th	23	20th	19th	19th	24	24	307
Finals reached	0	1	0	2	5	7th	5	8th	9	12	3	9	1	5	1	2	3	1	74
Title won	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	4th	8th	2	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	29
Hard court wins / defeats	0-0	5: 3	0: 5	8: 4	16: 6	8: 2	25: 4	27: 4	36: 8	38: 5	19: 8	23: 8	21:12	28: 9	9: 9	22: 9	14:14	9:14	308: 124
Sand victories / defeats	0: 1	11: 9	12: 7	25:10	28: 5	21: 7	22: 6	29: 8	32: 3	29: 2	23: 4	24: 6	8: 1	13: 5	14: 6	19: 6	18: 6	16:11	344: 103
Turf wins / defeats	0-0	0-0	0: 1	0: 1	4: 1	5: 1	9: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3: 1	6: 1	6: 1	13: 7	6: 2	1: 2	3: 1	1: 1	0-0	61:24
Carpet victories / defeats	0-0	0: 1	0: 2	0: 1	3: 2	7: 5	5: 3	8: 4	6: 2	4: 1	1: 2	4: 6	5: 4	1: 4	0: 1	1: 5	1: 1	0-0	46:44
Overall wins / losses	0: 1	16:13	12:15	33:16	51:14	41:15	61:15	65:17	77:14	74: 9	49:15	57:21	47:24	48:20	24:18	45:21	34:22	25:25	759: 295
World ranking points	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	N / A
Year-end position	-	81	54	18th	5	7th	5	4th	2	2	3	3	9	4th	17th	9	17th	53	N / A

Explanation of symbols: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = entry into the final / semi-finals / quarter-finals / round of 16; 1, 2, 3 = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd main round; RR = Round Robin (group stage); na = not carried out; a. K. = other category; PO (playoff) = promotion and relegation round in the Fed Cup; K1, K2, K3 = participation in continental groups I, II, III in the Fed Cup.

Note : These statistics take into account all results individually, as stated on the WTA page. Only Category I WTA tournaments are shown .

Publications

• Arantxa ¡vamos! - memorias de una lucha, una vida y una mujer (Vamos! Memories of a life, a struggle and a woman.) La Esfera De Los Libros, 2012, ISBN 978-8499700090 (biography)

Web links

Commons : Arantxa Sánchez Vicario  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (English)
• ITF profile of Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (English)
• Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the "International Tennis Hall of Fame" (English; with picture)
• Literature by and about Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sánchez Vicario takes over the Spanish Fed Cup team (focus.de, accessed on January 13, 2012).
2. ↑ Settlement with the family. In: Spiegel Online from February 8, 2012