Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Tennis Player, - Biography, Aránzazu ( Arantxa ) Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario
Spanish tennis player. Catalonian Tennis Player
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb)
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pic of her
Born December 18, 1971, Barcelona, Spain
Turned Pro
1985 Retired 2002
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career Prize Money
US$16,942,640
Singles Career record: 759-295 Career titles: 29
Grand Slam
results Australian Open F (1994, 1995) French Open W (1989, 1994, 1998) Wimbledon
F (1995, 1996) U.S. Open W (1994)
Doubles Career record: 676-224 Career titles:
69
Olympic medal record Women's Tennis Silver 1996 Atlanta Singles Silver
1992 Barcelona Doubles Bronze 1992 Barcelona Singles Bronze 1996 Atlanta Doubles
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Spain. During her career, she won 4 Grand Slam singles titles & 6 Grand Slam doubles titles.
Sánchez Vicario started playing tennis at age four, when
she followed her older brothers Emilio Sánchez & Javier Sánchez
(both of whom became professional players) to the court & hit balls against
the wall with her first racquet.
Sánchez Vicario surprised the tennis world in 1989 when, as a 17-year-old, she became the youngest winner of the women's singles title at the French Open, defeating World No. 1 Steffi Graf in the final. (Monica Seles broke the record the following year when she won the title at age 16.)
Sánchez Vicario quickly developed a reputation on the tour for her tenacious fighting spirit & willingness to scamper around the court, refusing to concede a point. She was the ultimate counterpuncher. Affectionately known as the "Barcelona Bumblebee," she "stung" some of the major competitors of her era.
Sánchez Vicario's most successful year as a singles player was 1994, when she won both the French Open & U.S. Open singles titles. She won eight tournaments that year.
Sánchez Vicario was a singles finalist at least twice in all four Grand Slam singles events. Her win-loss record in Grand Slam singles finals was 4-8 (3-7 against Graf & Seles). Her fourth & final Grand Slam singles title was at the 1998 French Open.
Sánchez Vicario was the World No. 1 singles player in 1995 for 12 weeks. She was the first woman since Martina Navrátilová in 1987 to simultaneously hold the No. 1 ranking in both singles & doubles.
Sánchez Vicario won six women's doubles Grand Slam titles, including the U.S. Open in 1993 (with Helena Suková) & Wimbledon in 1995 (with Jana Novotná). She also won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.
In 1991, Sánchez Vicario helped Spain win its first-ever Fed Cup title, defeating the United States in the final. She was a member of Spanish teams that won the Fed Cup four additional times in 1993, 1994, 1995, & 1998. Sánchez Vicario holds the record for the most singles & doubles wins by any player in Fed Cup competition, with 72 victories. She also holds the records for most ties played (58) & most years played (16).
Sánchez Vicario was also a member of the Spanish teams that won the Hopman Cup in 1990 & 2002.
She represented Spain in five events at the 1992 & 1996 Olympic Games, winning two silver & two bronze medals.
Over the course of her career, Sánchez Vicario won 29 singles titles & 69 doubles titles. She married in August 2000 to sports journalist Joan Vehils, but her marriage lasted only 10 months. She separated from her husband in May 2001, then announced her retirement from the game shortly after. She attempted a return to the tour in 2004, playing in selected doubles events.
In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put her in 27th place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era.
In 2007, Sánchez Vicario was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was only the third Spanish player (and the first Spanish woman) to be inducted.
Grand Slam singles finals
Wins (4)
Year
Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1989 French Open Steffi Graf
7-6, 3-6, 7-5
1994 French Open (2) Mary Pierce 6-4, 6-4
1994 U.S. Open
Steffi Graf 1-6, 7-6, 6-4
1998 French Open (3) Monica Seles 7-6, 0-6, 6-2
Runner-ups (8)
Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1991
French Open Monica Seles 6-3, 6-4
1992 U.S. Open Monica Seles 6-3, 6-3
1994
Australian Open Steffi Graf 6-0, 6-2
1995 Australian Open (2) Mary Pierce
6-3, 6-2
1995 French Open (2) Steffi Graf 7-5, 4-6, 6-0
1995 Wimbledon
Steffi Graf 4-6, 6-1, 7-5
1996 French Open (3) Steffi Graf 6-3, 6-7, 10-8
1996 Wimbledon (2) Steffi Graf 6-3, 7-5
This site was written in February 2007
Some pictures of Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, not spelt Arancha Sanchez Vicario, or Arantsa Sansez Vicario,
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