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Women's Tennis

Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Nickname(s)	The Barcelona Bumblebee
Country	Spain
Residence	Andorra
Date of birth	December 18, 1971 (age 37)
Place of birth	Barcelona
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 61⁄2 in)
Weight	56 kg (120 lb; 8.8 st)
Turned pro	1985
Retired	2002/2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$16,942,640
Int. Tennis HOF	2007 (member page)
Singles
Career record	759–295
Career titles	29
Highest ranking	No. 1 (February 6, 1995)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	F (1994, 1995)
French Open	W (1989, 1994, 1998)
Wimbledon	F (1995, 1996)
US Open	W (1994)
Doubles
Career record	676–224
Career titles	69
Highest ranking	No. 1 (October 19, 1992)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1992, 1995, 1996)
French Open	F (1992, 1995)
Wimbledon	W (1995)
US Open	W (1993, 1994)
Mixed Doubles
Career record	4-4
Career titles	4
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	W (1993)
French Open	W (1990, 1992)
US Open	W (2000)
	Last updated on: September 18, 2009.

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Sánchez and the second is Vicario.

Aránzazu Arantxa Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario^[1] (born December 18, 1971 in Barcelona, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She won four Grand Slam singles titles, six Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.

[edit] Career

Sánchez Vicario started playing tennis at age four, when she followed her older brothers Emilio Sánchez and Javier Sánchez (both of whom became professional players) to the court and hit balls against the wall with her first racquet. As a 17-year old, she became the youngest winner of the women's singles title at the 1989 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 tenaciousness and refusal to concede a point. Commentator Bud Collins described her as "unceasing in determined pursuit of tennis balls, none seeming too distant to be retrieved in some manner and returned again and again to demoralize opponents" and nicknamed her the "Barcelona Bumblebee".^[2]

She won six women's doubles Grand Slam titles, including the US Open in 1993 (with Helena Suková) and Wimbledon in 1995 (with Jana Novotná). She also won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. In 1991, she helped Spain win its first-ever Fed Cup title, and helped Spain win the Fed Cup in 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1998. Sanchez Vicario holds the records for the most matches won by a player in Fed Cup competition (72) and for most ties played (58).^[3]

Sánchez Vicario was also a member of the Spanish teams that won the Hopman Cup in 1990 and 2002.

Over the course of her career, Sánchez Vicario won 29 singles titles and 69 doubles titles before retiring in November 2002^[4]. She came out of retirement in 2004 to play doubles in a few select tournaments as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she became the only tennis player to play in five Olympics in the Games history.^[5]. Sanchez Vicario is the most decorated Olympian in Spanish history with four medals - two silver and two bronze.^[6]

In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put her in 27th place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era and in 2007, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was only the third Spanish player (and the first Spanish woman) to be inducted.

In 2009, Sánchez-Vicario was present at the opening ceremony of Madrid's Caja Mágica, the new venue for the Madrid Masters. The second show court is named Court Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in her honour.^[7]

[edit] Personal life

She has been married twice: her first marriage, to sportswriter Juan Vehils, ended in 2001. She married businessman Jose Santacana in September 2008.^[8] Their first child, a baby girl also named Arantxa, was born in February 2009.^[9]

[edit] Major finals

[edit] Grand Slam finals

[edit] Singles: 12 finals (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1989	French Open	Clay	Steffi Graf	7–6(6), 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1991	French Open	Clay	Monica Seles	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1992	US Open	Hard	Monica Seles	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1994	Australian Open	Hard	Steffi Graf	6–0, 6–2
Winner	1994	French Open (2)	Clay	Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–4
Winner	1994	US Open	Hard	Steffi Graf	1–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
Runner-up	1995	Australian Open	Hard	Mary Pierce	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1995	French Open	Clay	Steffi Graf	7–5, 4–6, 6–0
Runner-up	1995	Wimbledon	Grass	Steffi Graf	4–6, 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	1996	French Open	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–3, 6–7(4), 10–8
Runner-up	1996	Wimbledon	Grass	Steffi Graf	6–3, 7–5
Winner	1998	French Open (3)	Clay	Monica Seles	7–6(5), 0–6, 6–2

[edit] Women's doubles: 11 finals (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

[edit] Wins (6)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1992	Australian Open	Helena Suková	Mary Joe Fernandez Zina Garrison	6–4, 7–6
1993	US Open	Helena Suková	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	6–4, 6–2
1994	US Open (2)	Jana Novotná	Katerina Maleeva Robin White	6–3, 6–3
1995	Australian Open (2)	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
1995	Wimbledon	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1996	Australian Open (3)	Chanda Rubin	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernandez	7–5, 2–6, 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups (5)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1992	French Open	Conchita Martínez	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–2
1994	Wimbledon	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–1
1995	French Open	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–7, 6–4, 7–5
1996	US Open	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
2002	Australian Open	Daniela Hantuchová	Anna Kournikova Martina Hingis	6–2, 6–7, 6–1

[edit] Mixed doubles: 8 finals (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1989	French Open	Clay	Horacio de la Peña	Manon Bollegraf Tom Nijssen	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
Winner	1990	French Open	Clay	Jorge Lozano	Nicole Provis Danie Visser	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	1991	US Open	Hard	Emilio Sánchez	Manon Bollegraf Tom Nijssen	6–2, 7–6
Runner-up	1992	Australian Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Nicole Provis Mark Woodforde	6–3, 4–6, 11–9
Winner	1992	French Open (2)	Clay	Mark Woodforde	Lori McNeil Bryan Shelton	6–2, 6–3
Winner	1993	Australian Open	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Zina Garrison Rick Leach	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	2000	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Todd Woodbridge	Rennae Stubbs Jared Palmer	7–5, 7–6
Winner	2000	US Open	Hard	Jared Palmer	Anna Kournikova Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–3

[edit] WTA Tour Championships finals

[edit] Singles runner-up

Year	Location	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1993	New York City	Steffi Graf	6–4, 3–6, 6–1, 6-4

[edit] Doubles (6)

[edit] Wins (2)

Year	Location	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1992	New York City	Helena Suková	Larisa Savchenko Neiland Jana Novotná	7–6, 6–1
1995	New York City	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–1

[edit] Runner-ups (4)

Year	Location	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1990	New York City	Mercedes Paz	Kathy Jordan Elizabeth Smylie	7–6, 6–4
1994	New York City	Jana Novotná	Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1996	New York City	Jana Novotná	Mary Joe Fernandez Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–2
1999	New York City	Larisa Neiland	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6–4, 6–4

[edit] Grand Slam performance timelines

[edit] Singles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	SF	SF	SF	F	F	QF	3R	QF	2R	QF	A	1R	0 / 11
French Open	QF	QF	W	2R	F	SF	SF	W	F	F	QF	W	SF	SF	2R	1R	3 / 16
Wimbledon	1R	1R	QF	1R	QF	2R	4R	4R	F	F	SF	QF	2R	4R	2R	A	0 / 15
US Open	1R	4R	QF	SF	QF	F	SF	W	4R	4R	QF	QF	4R	4R	3R	1R	1 / 16
Grand Slam SR	0 / 3	0 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	2 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	4 / 58

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

[edit] Doubles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	3R	W	QF	SF	W	W	SF	QF	QF	1R	A	F	A	A	A	3 / 11
French Open	3R	1R	QF	QF	SF	F	QF	A	F	SF	SF	SF	QF	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	0 / 17
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	QF	QF	SF	QF	F	W	QF	QF	QF	3R	3R	QF	A	A	1R	A	1 / 16
US Open	2R	2R	1R	QF	3R	SF	W	W	QF	F	SF	3R	SF	3R	QF	1R	A	A	A	2 / 16
Grand Slam SR	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 3	2 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 1	6 / 60