Javier Sánchez (tennis)

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Javier Sánchez

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Born	(1968-02-01) 1 February 1968 Pamplona, Spain
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1986
Retired	2000
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$4,427,811
Singles
Career record	327–335
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 23 (6 June 1994)
Grand Slam singles 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 (30 April 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1993, 1998)
French Open	QF (1989)
Wimbledon	1R (1988, 1991, 1996, 1999)
US Open	QF (1993, 1996, 1998)

Javier Sánchez Vicario (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjeɾ ˈsantʃeθ]; born 1 February 1968) 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. He reached the quarterfinals of the US Open in 1991 and 1996, and the semifinals of the 1994 Hamburg Masters. His career-high rankings were world No. 23 in singles (in 1994) and No. 9 in doubles (in 1992). His playing style was somewhat of a throwback in that he had a solid all-round game but did not have a weapon of a shot that won him easy points. In addition, he had a one-handed backhand that he usually hit with a slice rather than up-and-through.

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.)

Career finals

Doubles: 44 (26 wins, 18 losses)

Legend Grand Slam (0) ATP Masters Series (2) ATP Championship Series (3) ATP Tour (21)

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

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Aug 1987	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–7, 3–6
Win	1.	Sep 1987	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Carlos di Laura	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	2.	Oct 1987	Vienna, Austria	Carpet (i)	Emilio Sánchez	Mel Purcell Tim Wilkison	3–6, 5–7
Win	2.	Nov 1987	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Gilad Bloom	Tomás Carbonell Sergio Casal	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Win	3.	Jun 1988	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Rolf Hertzog Marc Walder	6–1, 7–6
Loss	3.	Nov 1988	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Ricardo Acuña	Jay Berger Horacio de la Peña	7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Win	4.	Nov 1988	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Carlos Costa	Eduardo Bengoechea José Luis Clerc	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	5.	May 1989	Munich, Germany	Clay	Balázs Taróczy	Peter Doohan Laurie Warder	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Win	6.	May 1989	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	6–4, 6–1
Win	7.	Jun 1989	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Tomas Nydahl Jorgen Windahl	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4.	Jun 1989	Bari, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Simone Colombo Claudio Mezzadri	6–0, 3–6, 3–6
Win	8.	Aug 1989	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	7–5, 7–6
Win	9.	Apr 1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	7–6, 7–5
Loss	5.	Apr 1990	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Tomáš Šmíd Petr Korda	4–6, 6–7
Loss	6.	May 1990	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Juan Carlos Baguena Omar Camporese	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	7.	Jul 1990	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Omar Camporese	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	10.	Aug 1990	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Eric Winogradsky	Francisco Clavet Horst Skoff	7–6, 6–2
Win	11.	Oct 1990	Athens, Greece	Clay	Sergio Casal	Tom Kempers Richard Krajicek	6–4, 6–3
Win	12.	Mar 1991	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Jim Courier	Guy Forget Henri Leconte	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
Win	13.	May 1991	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Gilad Bloom	Richey Reneberg David Wheaton	7–6, 2–6, 6–1
Win	14.	Aug 1991	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Andrés Gómez Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	8.	Sep 1991	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	Jacco Eltingh Tom Kempers	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Win	15.	Apr 1992	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Ivan Lendl Karel Nováček	6–4, 6–4
Loss	9.	May 1992	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Javier Frana	Luke Jensen Laurie Warder	2–6, 3–6
Loss	10.	Oct 1992	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Marc Rosset	Glenn Layendecker Byron Talbot	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	11.	Nov 1993	Antwerp, Belgium	Carpet (i)	Wayne Ferreira	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	3–6, 6–7
Loss	12.	Apr 1994	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Jim Courier	Yevgeny Kafelnikov David Rikl	7–5, 1–6, 4–6
Win	16.	Apr 1994	Nice, France	Clay	Mark Woodforde	Hendrik Jan Davids Piet Norval	7–5, 6–3
Loss	13.	May 1994	Rome, Italy	Clay	Wayne Ferreira	Yevgeny Kafelnikov David Rikl	1–6, 5–7
Win	17.	Oct 1994	Athens, Greece	Clay	Luis Lobo	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	14.	Jan 1995	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Luis Lobo	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	4–6, 3–6
Loss	15.	Mar 1995	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Luis Lobo	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	16.	May 1995	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Luis Lobo	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 4–6
Win	18.	Jul 1995	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Luis Lobo	Arnaud Boetsch Marc Rosset	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Win	19.	Aug 1995	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Luis Lobo	David Ekerot László Markovits	6–4, 6–0
Loss	17.	Oct 1995	Munich, Germany	Clay	Luis Lobo	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	3–6, 4–6
Win	20.	Apr 1996	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Luis Lobo	Neil Broad Piet Norval	6–1, 6–3
Loss	18.	May 1996	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Luis Lobo	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vace	3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win	21.	Jan 1997	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Luis Lobo	Paul Haarhuis Jan Siemerink	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
Win	22.	Mar 1997	Scottsdale, U.S.	Hard	Luis Lobo	Jonas Björkman Rick Leach	6–3, 6–3
Win	23.	May 1997	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Luis Lobo	Neil Broad Piet Norval	6–3, 7–6
Win	24.	Oct 1997	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Luis Lobo	Hendrik Jan Davids Daniel Orsanic	7–5, 7–5
Win	25.	Aug 1998	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Julián Alonso	Brandon Coupe Dave Randall	6–4, 6–4
Win	26.	Aug 1999	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Mariano Puerta	Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi	3–6, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	Career SR	Career W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	NH	A	A	A	2R	1R	2R	QF	1R	1R	2R	3R	QF	1R	A	0 / 10	11–10
French Open	A	A	2R	1R	QF	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	3R	2R	2R	3R	A	0 / 13	12–13
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 4	0–4
US Open	A	A	1R	2R	3R	2R	1R	1R	QF	1R	1R	QF	2R	QF	1R	A	0 / 13	14–13
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 0	0 / 40	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–3	5–2	2–3	0–4	1–3	7–3	1–3	0–3	6–4	4–3	7–3	2–4	0–0	N/A	37–40
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	Tournaments Were Not Masters Series Events Before 1990					1R	W	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	QF	QF	A	1 / 10	11–9
Key Biscayne						2R	2R	A	2R	1R	QF	3R	SF	2R	2R	A	0 / 9	9–8
Monte Carlo						F	QF	1R	1R	1R	F	SF	QF	1R	1R	A	0 / 10	13–10
Rome						2R	A	2R	2R	F	2R	QF	QF	SF	1R	A	0 / 9	15–9
Hamburg						2R	SF	1R	1R	2R	2R	QF	W	2R	1R	A	1 / 10	12–8
Montreal / Toronto						A	A	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1
Cincinnati						A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Madrid (Stuttgart)						1R	A	2R	A	QF	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 5	3–5
Paris						1R	A	1R	A	1R	A	1R	A	2R	A	A	0 / 5	1–5
Masters Series SR	N/A					0 / 7	1 / 4	0 / 6	0 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 5	0 / 8	1 / 5	0 / 7	0 / 5	0 / 0	2 / 59	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A					4–7	11–3	3–6	1–4	7–7	9–4	10–8	12–4	6–7	3–5	0–0	N/A	66–55
Year-end ranking	442	351	67	76	22	30	36	48	45	26	25	31	22	36	70	257	N/A

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held

External links

• Javier Sánchez at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Javier Sánchez at the International Tennis Federation
• Javier Sánchez at the Davis Cup