Javier Sánchez

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Javier Sánchez

Country	Spain
Residence	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Date of birth	February 1, 1968 (1968-02-01) (age 40)
Place of birth	Pamplona, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb/11 st)
Turned pro	1986
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$4,427,811
Singles
Career record:	327–335
Career titles:	4
Highest ranking:	No. 23 (June 6, 1994)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (1990)
French Open	4R (1990)
Wimbledon	2R (1991, 1992, 1997)
US Open	QF (1991, 1996)
Doubles
Career record:	379–311
Career titles:	26
Highest ranking:	No. 9 (April 30, 1990)

Javier Sánchez Vicario (born 1968 in Pamplona, Spain) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Sánchez won the US Open junior title in 1986, and then turned professional. He won his first professional doubles titles in 1987. His first top-level singles title came in 1988 at Buenos Aires. During his career he won a total of four top-level singles titles and 26 doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 23 in singles (in 1994) and No. 9 in doubles (in 1992).

Sánchez is a member of one of the world's most successful tennis families. His younger sister Arantxa Sánchez Vicario became the youngest-ever winner of the women's singles title at the French Open at age 17 in 1989, and went on to win several more Grand Slam titles. His older brother Emilio Sánchez was also a very successful player who won several Grand Slam doubles titles. In Javier's first career singles final in 1987 in Madrid, he faced Emilio. It was the first time that two brothers had met each other in the final of a top-level tour tournament. Emilio won the match 6–3, 3–6, 6–2. (Emilio and Javier faced each other a total of 12 times during their careers. Javier won two of their matches, and Emilio won ten.)

Javier Sánchez won his final career singles title in 1996 in Tel Aviv. His last doubles title came in 1999 at Umag. His career prize-money earnings totalled US$4,427,811. He retired from the professional tour in 2000.

Contents 1 Doubles titles (26) 1.1 Runner-ups (18) 2 Singles titles (4) 3 External links

[edit] Doubles titles (26)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP Tour (24)

Titles by Surface Hard (6) Clay (20) Grass (0) Carpet (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	21 September 1987	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Carlos Di Laura	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2.	16 November 1987	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Gilad Bloom	Tomás Carbonell Sergio Casal	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
3.	13 June 1988	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Rolf Hertzog Marc Walder	6–1, 7–6
4.	14 November 1988	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Carlos Costa	Eduardo Bengoechea José Luis Clerc	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
5.	8 May 1989	Munich, Germany	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
6.	15 May 1989	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	6–4, 6–1
7.	19 June 1989	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Tomas Nydahl Jorgen Windahl	6–2, 6–3
8.	7 August 1989	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	7–5, 7–6
9.	16 April 1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 7–5
10.	6 August 1990	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Eric Winogradsky	Francisco Clavet Horst Skoff	7–6, 6–2
11.	8 October 1990	Athens, Greece	Clay	Sergio Casal	Tom Kempers Richard Krajicek	6–4, 6–3
12.	11 March 1991	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Jim Courier	Guy Forget Henri Leconte	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
13.	20 May 1991	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Gilad Bloom	Richey Reneberg David Wheaton	7–6, 2–6, 6–1
14.	26 August 1991	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Andrés Gómez Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
15.	13 April 1992	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Ivan Lendl Karel Nováček	6–4, 6–4
16.	18 April 1994	Nice, France	Clay	Mark Woodforde	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	7–5, 6–3
17.	10 October 1994	Athens, Greece	Clay	Luis Lobo	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	5–7, 6–1, 6–4
18.	17 July 1995	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Luis Lobo	Arnaud Boetsch Marc Rosset	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
19.	28 August 1995	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Luis Lobo	David Ekerot László Markovits	6–4, 6–0
20.	22 April 1996	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Luis Lobo	Neil Broad Piet Norval	6–1, 6–3
21.	13 January 1997	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Luis Lobo	Paul Haarhuis Jan Siemerink	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
22.	10 March 1997	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Luis Lobo	Jonas Björkman Rick Leach	6–3, 6–3
23.	12 May 1997	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Luis Lobo	Neil Broad Piet Norval	6–3, 7–6
24.	6 October 1997	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Luis Lobo	Hendrik Jan Davids Daniel Orsanic	7–5, 7–5
25.	31 August 1998	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Julián Alonso	Brandon Coupe Dave Randall	6–4, 6–4
26.	2 August 1999	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Mariano Puerta	Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi	3–6, 6–2, 6–3

[edit] Runner-ups (18)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	3 August 1987	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–3
2.	26 October 1987	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Emilio Sánchez	Mel Purcell Tim Wilkison	6–3, 7–5
3.	7 November 1988	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Ricardo Acuña	Jay Berger Horacio de la Peña	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
4.	26 June 1989	Bari, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Simone Colombo Claudio Mezzadri	0–6, 6–3, 6–3
5.	30 April 1990	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Tomáš Šmíd Petr Korda	6–4, 7–6
6.	7 May 1990	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Juan Carlos Baguena Omar Camporese	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
7.	16 July 1990	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Omar Camporese	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
8.	30 September 1991	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jacco Eltingh Tom Kempers	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
9.	25 May 1992	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Javier Frana	Luke Jensen Laurie Warder	6–2, 6–3
10.	26 October 1992	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Marc Rosset	Glenn Layendecker Byron Talbot	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
11.	15 November 1993	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet	Wayne Ferreira	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 7–6
12.	11 April 1994	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jim Courier	Yevgeny Kafelnikov David Rikl	5–7, 6–1, 6–4
13.	16 May 1994	Rome, Italy	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Yevgeny Kafelnikov David Rikl	6–1, 7–5
14.	16 January 1995	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Luis Lobo	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–4, 6–3
15.	6 March 1995	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Luis Lobo	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
16.	1 May 1995	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Luis Lobo	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 6–4
17.	26 October 1995	Munich, Germany	Clay	Luis Lobo	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	6–3, 6–4
18.	6 May 1996	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Luis Lobo	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–3, 6–7, 6–3

[edit] Singles titles (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1988	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Guillermo Perez-Roldan	6–2, 7–6
2.	1989	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Franco Davin	6–1, 6–0
3.	1994	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
4.	1996	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Marcos Ondruska	6–4, 7–5

[edit] External links

• Official ATP Profile