Mixed doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner–ups) Result Women's doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups) Result Major finals Grand Slam finals Singles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner–ups) Result Īs well as tennis-playing siblings Javier and Emilio, Sanchez Vicario also has an older sister – Marisa – who briefly played professional tennis, peaking at world no. As of 2021, Barcelona prosecutors are seeking a four-year jail term for Sánchez Vicario, due to further allegations of fraud relating to the transfer of assets to avoid paying her debts from a previous lawsuit. In 2018, Sánchez Vicario was once again charged with fraud, for deliberately misleading the courts on her financial set-up during the previous case. In 2015, Banque de Luxembourg successfully filed complaint against her for credit and property fraud amounting to $5.2 million, however they were unable to recoup it. In 2009, Sánchez Vicario was found guilty of tax evasion and ordered to repay €3.5 million. She has faced multiple court proceedings relating to charges of tax evasion and fraud. The court case continued over three years, and in 2015 concluded in a private settlement. The same year, Sánchez Vicario sued her father and older brother Javier for the alleged mishandling of her career earnings. In 2012, Sánchez Vicario published an autobiography in which she claimed that, despite having earned $60 million over the course of her career, her parents had exerted almost total control over her finances and lost all of her money. In 2019, Sánchez Vicario and Santacana divorced. She then married businessman Josep Santacana in September 2008, with whom she has a daughter (born 2009) and son (born 2011). She has been married twice: her first marriage to the sports writer Juan Vehils in July 2000 ended in 2001. She got involved in training Danish player Caroline Wozniacki. In 2015, Sanchez Vicario went into professional coaching. The second show court is named Court Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in her honour. In 2009, Sánchez Vicario was present at the opening ceremony of Madrid's Caja Mágica, the new venue for the Madrid Masters. She was only the third Spanish player (and the first Spanish woman) to be inducted. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked 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. Her medal count has since been surpassed by David Cal and Saul Craviotto with five medals each. Sanchez Vicario was the most decorated Olympian in Spanish history with four medals – two silver and two bronze. 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. Over the course of her career, Sánchez Vicario won 29 singles titles and 69 doubles titles before retiring in November 2002. Sánchez Vicario was also a member of the Spanish teams that won the Hopman Cup in 19. She was ITF world champion in 1994 in singles. Sanchez Vicario holds the records for the most matches won by a player in Fed Cup competition (72) and for most ties played (58). 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. She also won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. 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). 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". Sánchez Vicario quickly developed a reputation on the tour for her tenacity and refusal to concede a point. ( Monica Seles broke the record the following year when she won the title at age 16.) As a 17-year-old, she became the youngest winner of the women's singles title at the 1989 French Open, defeating World No. In 1994, she was crowned the ITF World Champion for the year.Īrantxa Sánchez Vicario started playing tennis at the age of 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. She also won four Olympic medals and five Fed Cup titles representing Spain. She won 14 Grand Slam titles: four in singles, six in women's doubles, and four in mixed doubles. 1 tennis player in both singles and doubles. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Vicario.Īránzazu Isabel María " Arantxa" Sánchez Vicario ( Spanish pronunciation: born 18 December 1971) is a Spanish former world No.
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