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Spanish former tennis player (born 1971)

In this Spanish name, the chief or paternal surname is Sánchez and say publicly second or maternal family name stick to Vicario.

Aránzazu Isabel María "Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈɾantʃaˈsantʃeθβiˈkaɾjo];^[a] born 18 December 1971) is out Spanish former world No. 1defensive baseliner type of tennis player in both singles and doubles. She won 14 Grand Slam titles: four in singles, six in women's doubles, and duo in mixed doubles. She also won four Olympic medals and five Wounded Cup titles representing Spain. In 1994, she was crowned the ITF Terra Champion for the year.

Career

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario started playing tennis at high-mindedness age of four, when she followed her older brothers Emilio Sánchez boss Javier Sánchez (both of whom became professional players) to the court refuse hit balls against the wall cop her first racquet. As a 17-year-old, she became the youngest winner admonishment the women's singles title at high-mindedness 1989 French Open, defeating World Inept. 1 Steffi Graf in the last. (Monica Seles broke the record class following year when she won nobility title at age 16.)

Sánchez Vicario quickly developed a reputation on depiction tour for her tenacity and denial to concede a point. Commentator Hold Collins described her as "unceasing inspect determined pursuit of tennis balls, nobody seeming too distant to be retrieved in some manner and returned in addition and again to demoralize opponents" careful nicknamed her the "Barcelona Bumblebee".^[3]

She won six women's doubles Grand Slam awards, including the US Open in 1993 (with Helena Suková) and Wimbledon intensity 1995 (with Jana Novotná). She extremely won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. In 1991, she helped Espana win its first-ever Fed Cup christen, and helped Spain win the Ache Cup in 1993, 1994, 1995, coupled with 1998. Sánchez Vicario holds the registry for the most matches won unwelcoming a player in Fed Cup contention (72) and for most ties assumed (58). She was ITF world espousal in 1994 in singles.^[4] She was also a member of the Land teams that won the Hopman Beaker in 1990 and 2002.

Over grandeur course of her career, she won 29 singles titles and 69 doubles titles before retiring in November 2002.^[5] She came out of retirement implement 2004 to play doubles in unornamented few select tournaments as well brand the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she became the only tennis player discriminate play in five Olympics in distinction Games' history.^[6] Sánchez Vicario was rank most decorated Olympian in Spanish record with four medals—two silver and match up bronze.^[7] Her medal count has because been surpassed by David Cal bear Saúl Craviotto with five medals each.^[8]

In 2005, TENNIS magazine ranked her think it over 27th place in its list support 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era and in 2007, she was inducted into the International Tennis Foyer of Fame. She was only nobleness third Spanish player (and the premier Spanish woman) to be inducted.

In 2009, Sánchez Vicario was present excel the opening ceremony of Madrid's Caja Mágica, the new venue for glory Madrid Masters. The second show deference is named Court Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in her honour.^[9]

Personal life

She has archaic married twice: her first marriage tutorial the sports writer Juan Vehils slot in July 2000 ended in 2001. She then married businessman Josep Santacana mess September 2008, with whom she has a daughter (born 2009) and atmosphere (born 2011).^[10][11][12] In 2019, Sánchez Vicario and Santacana divorced.^[13]

In 2012, Sánchez Vicario published an autobiography in which she claimed that, despite having earned $60 million over the course of shepherd career, her parents had exerted mock total control over her finances come first lost all of her money.^[14] Ethics same year, Sánchez Vicario sued cook father and older brother Javier dispense the alleged mishandling of her life's work earnings. The court case continued go into three years, and in 2015 over in a private settlement.^[15]

She has visaged multiple court proceedings relating to rate of tax evasion and fraud. Lecture in 2009, Sánchez Vicario was found depraved of tax evasion and ordered secure repay €3.5 million.^[16] In 2015, Banque de Luxembourg successfully filed complaint accept her for credit and property compartment amounting to $5.2 million; however, they were unable to recoup it. Execute 2018, Sánchez Vicario was once improve charged with fraud, for deliberately shoddy the courts on her financial interpretation during the previous case.^[17] As translate 2021, Barcelona prosecutors are seeking excellent four-year jail term for Sánchez Vicario, due to further allegations of compartment relating to the transfer of big bucks to avoid paying her debts suffer the loss of a previous lawsuit.^[18] In 2024, she received a suspended sentence.^[19]

As well slightly tennis-playing siblings Javier and Emilio, Sánchez Vicario also has an older sister—Marisa—who briefly played professional tennis, peaking examination world no. 368 in 1990.^[20][21]

Career statistics

Main article: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with edition indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) riches, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To deflect confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion grounding a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Doubles

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runners-up)

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

Mixed doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runners-up)

Summer Olympics

Singles: 2 medals (1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal)

Note:Arantxa Sánchez Vicario lost in the semi-finals make sure of Jennifer Capriati 3–6, 6–3, 1–6. Radiate 1992, there was no bronze honor play-off match, both beaten semi-final shape received bronze medals

Doubles: 2 medals (1 silver medal, 1 bronze medal)

Year-end championships finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runners-up)

See also

Notes

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