Arantxa SÃ¡nchez Vicario

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Arantxa SÃ¡nchez Vicario

Aránzazu Arantxa Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario (born December 18, 1971 in Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Spain

Spain

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) is a Spanish professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
player. She won four Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

The four Grand Slam tournaments are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention....
singles titles, six Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.

hez Vicario started playing tennis at age four, when she followed her older brothers Emilio Sánchez

Emilio Sánchez

Emilio Angel S?nchez Vicario is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He won five Grand Slam men's doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games....
and Javier Sánchez

Javier Sánchez

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Aránzazu Arantxa Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario (born December 18, 1971 in Barcelona

Barcelona

Spain

Tennis

Grand Slam (tennis)

Career

Sánchez Vicario started playing tennis at age four, when she followed her older brothers Emilio Sánchez

Emilio Sánchez

Javier Sánchez

Javier S?nchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain.S?nchez won the U.S. Open junior title in 1986, and then turned professional....
(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

Steffi Graf

Stefanie Maria Graf is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players ranked female tennis player from Germany. Billie Jean King is quoted as saying in 1999, "Steffi is definitely the greatest women's tennis player of all time." Martina Navratilova has included Graf on her list of great players....
in the final. (Monica Seles

Monica Seles

Monica Seles is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was born in Novi Sad, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Hungarians in Vojvodina parents but became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994....
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".

She won six women's doubles Grand Slam titles, including the US Open in 1993 (with Helena Suková

Helena Suková

Helena Sukov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles....
) and Wimbledon in 1995 (with Jana Novotná

Jana Novotná

Jana Novotn? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1998 and for crying on the shoulder of the Katharine, Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final in 1993....
). She also won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. In 1991, she helped Spain win its first-ever Fed Cup

Fed Cup

Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 Federation Cup to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation ....
title, and helped Spain win the Fed Cup in 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1998. Sánchez Vicario holds the record for the most singles and doubles wins by any player in Fed Cup competition, with 72 victories. She also holds the records for most ties played (58) and most years played (16).

Sánchez Vicario was also a member of the Spanish teams that won the Hopman Cup

Hopman Cup

The Hopman Cup is an annual international team tennis tournament founded by Paul McNamee and Charlie Fancutt, and held in Perth, Western Australia, Western Australia in early-January each year, which plays mixed teams on a country by country basis....
in 1990 and 2002. She represented Spain in five events at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
, winning two silver and two bronze medals.

Over the course of her career, Sánchez Vicario won 29 singles titles and 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 and in 2007, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame

International Tennis Hall of Fame

File:ITHF.jpgThe International Tennis Hall of Fame is a non-profit tennis hall of fame and museum at the Newport Casino in Newport, Rhode Island, USA....
. She was only the third Spanish player (and the first Spanish woman) to be inducted.

Personal life

She has been married twice: her first marriage, to sportswriter Joan Girona, ended in 2001. She married businessman Jose Santacana in September 2008.

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1989	French Open		7–6, 3–6, 7–5
1994	French Open (2)	Mary Pierce Mary Pierce Mary Pierce is a tennis professional playing on the WTA Tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics....	6–4, 6–4
1994	US Open		1–6, 7–6, 6–4
1998	French Open (3)		7–6, 0–6, 6–2

Runner-ups (8)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1991	French Open		6–3, 6–4
1992	US Open		6–3, 6–3
1994	Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....		6–0, 6–2
1995	Australian Open (2)		6–3, 6–2
1995	French Open (2)		7–5, 4–6, 6–0
1995	Wimbledon		4–6, 6–1, 7–5
1996	French Open (3)		6–3, 6–7, 10–8
1996	Wimbledon (2)		6–3, 7–5

Grand Slam women's doubles finals

Wins (6)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1992	Australian Open		Mary Joe Fernandez Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernandez Godsick is a former professional tennis player from the United States and is of Spanish and Cubans descent. She was the runner-up in three Grand Slam singles tournaments and won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles and two Olympic Games gold medals.... Zina Garrison Zina Garrison Zina Lynna Garrison is a former professional tennis player from the United States. During her career, she was a women's singles runner-up at Wimbledon Championships in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games....	6–4, 7–6
1993	US Open		Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer is the most accomplished female professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004.... Inés Gorrochategui Ines Gorrochategui In?s Gorrochategui is a former professional female tennis player from Argentina. She reached her career-high singles ranking World No. 19 on October 17, 1994....	6–4, 6–2
1994	US Open (2)		Robin White Robin White (tennis) Robin White is a former professional tennis player from the United States. She played on the WTA tour from 1983 to 1995. She won two singles titles, in Hershey, Pennsylvania in 1985 and in Auckland in 1992 but the highlight of her career was her victory with Gigi Fern?ndez in the US Open doubles in 1988 at Flushing Meadows....	6–3, 6–3
1995	Australian Open (2)		Gigi Fernández Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fern?ndez is a former professional Puerto Rico tennis player. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest doubles players of all time.... Natasha Zvereva Natasha Zvereva Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva is a retired tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she be able to keep her tournament earnings....	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
1995	Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....		Natasha Zvereva	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
1996	Australian Open (3)	Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin is a professional tennis player from the United States.Throughout her long career, she has been ranked as high as No. 6 in the world even though she has been plagued by injuries....	Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic Games gold medal in singles.... Mary Joe Fernandez	7–5, 2–6, 6–4

Runner-ups (5)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1992	French Open	Conchita Martínez Conchita Martínez Inmaculada Concepci?n Mart?nez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monz?n, Arag?n, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon Championships, when she beat Martina Navr?tilov? in the 1994 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles....	Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–2
1994	Wimbledon		Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 6–1
1995	French Open (2)		Natasha Zvereva	6–7, 6–4, 7–5
1996	US Open		Natasha Zvereva	1–6, 6–1, 6–4
2002	Australian Open	Daniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchov? is a Slovaks professional tennis player.She is currently coached by Albert Portas. Her Women's Tennis Association Tour mentor in the "Partners for Success" program was Martina Navratilova, who was her doubles partner for a brief period in early 2005....	Anna Kournikova Anna Kournikova Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a semi-retired Russian professional tennis player and model . Her celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis players worldwide.... Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles ....	6–2, 6–7, 6–1

Grand Slam mixed doubles finals

Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1990	French Open	Jorge Lozano Jorge Lozano Jorge Lozano is a retired professional tennis player from from Mexico. On August 22, 1988, he reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 4....	Danie Visser Danie Visser Danie Visser is a former professional tennis player from South Africa. A doubles specialist, he won 3 Grand Slam men's doubles titles . Visser reached the World No....	7–6, 7–6
1992	French Open (2)	Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. He is most famously remembered as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....	Lori McNeil Lori McNeil Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison.... Bryan Shelton Bryan Shelton Bryan Shelton is a former tennis player from the United States who played collegiately for the Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from 1985 to 1988 and professionally from 1989 to 1997....	6–2, 6–3
1993	Australian Open	Todd Woodbridge Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former professional tennis player. He turned professional in 1988....	Rick Leach Rick Leach Rick Leach is a professional tennis player from the United States. A doubles specialist, he has won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles ....	7–5, 6–4
2000	US Open	Jared Palmer Jared Palmer Jared Palmer is a professional tennis player who won 28 professional doubles titles and one singles title in his career on the ATP Tour. He also won four double titles on the challenger's circuit ....	Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus. Today he is a doubles specialist but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in world for the 7 straight years as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since Apr.1994, where he holds an outstanding record of 47 wins and 27 losses in 35 ties playe...	6–4, 6–3

Runner-ups (4)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1989	French Open	Horacio de la Peña Horacio de la Peña Horacio de la Pe?a , nicknamed El Pulga , is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina.De la Pe?a was born in Buenos Aires....	Manon Bollegraf Manon Bollegraf Manon Maria Bollegraf is a former professional female tennis player from the Netherlands, who finished fourth in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.... Tom Nijssen Tom Nijssen Tom Nijssen is a former professional tennis player from the Netherlands.A doubles specialist, he won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with Manon Bollegraf, the French Open in 1989 and the U.S....	6–3, 6–7, 6–2
1991	US Open		Tom Nijssen	6–2, 7–6
1992	Australian Open		Mark Woodforde	6–3, 4–6, 11–9
2000	Australian Open (2)		Rennae Stubbs Rennae Stubbs Rennae Stubbs is an Australian professional female tennis player. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at three successive Olympic Games....	7–5, 7–6

WTA Tour Championships finals

Singles

Runner-up (1)

Year	Location	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1993	New York City		6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1

Doubles

Wins (2)

Year	Location	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1992	New York City		Larisa Neiland Larisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a retired Ukrainians-born tennis player who represented Latvia in play. She turned professional in 1988, one of a group of other Soviet players that emerged in time for tennis's full re-entry into the Olympics.... Jana Novotná	7–6, 6–1
1995	New York City		Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 6–1

Runner-ups (4)

Year	Location	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1990	New York City	Mercedes Paz Mercedes Paz Mercedes Mar?a Paz is a former professional tennis player from Argentina, who won three singles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. The right-hander reached her highest career ranking on April 29 1991, when she became the number 28 of the world....	Kathy Jordan Kathy Jordan Kathryn Jordan is a former American tennis player who won seven Grand Slam titles during her career.... Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie, born 11 April 1963 in Perth, Western Australia. She is a former Australian tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985....	7–6, 6–4
1994	New York City		Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
1996	New York City		Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–2
1999	New York City		Anna Kournikova	6–4, 6–4

Grand Slam performance timelines

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 French Open (tennis) The French Open is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between mid-May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the second of the Grand Slam title tournaments on the annual tennis calendar and the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world....	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.

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

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.

Titles (98)

Singles (29)

Legend
Grand Slam Titles (4)
WTA Tour Championships (0)
Tier I (6)
Tier II (12)
Tier III (3)
Tier IV-V (4)

Titles by Surface
Hard (8)
Clay (19)
Grass (1)
Carpet (1)

No.	Date	Tournament Name	Location	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	July 11, 1988	Belgian Open Belgian Open (tennis) The Belgian Open was a WTA Tour tennis event held over three different periods from 1987-2002. It was competed in July from 1987-1989 and 2001, and May from 1992-1993 to 1999-2001....	Brussels, Belgium Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is the de facto capital city of the European Union and the largest urban area in Belgium....	Clay	Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi Raffaella Reggi is a former professional tennis player from Italy, known for her fiery on-court personality, expressiveness and gesticulations....	6–0, 7–5
2.	April 25, 1989	International Championships of Spain Barcelona Kia Barcelona Ladies Open is a tennis tournament for women held in Barcelona, Spain. It is a Tier IV event on the Women's Tennis Association with total prize money of $145,000 and is played on clay court.... (1)	Barcelona, Spain Barcelona Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....	Clay	Helen Kelesi Helen Kelesi Helen Kelesi is a former tour professional tennis player. She has been coached by her father, Milan Kelesi, throughout her tennis career."Hurricane Helen", as the Canadian pressed dubbed her for her fiery demeanour, achieved a career high Women's Tennis Association ranking of World No....	6–2, 5–7, 6–1
3.	June 11, 1989	French Open 1989 French Open - Women's Singles Arantxa S?nchez-Vicario defeated Steffi Graf 7-6 3-6 7-5 in the final to win the 'Women's Singles' title at the 1989 French Open.See also:Seeds... (1)	Paris Paris Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....	Clay		7–6(6), 3–6, 7–5
4.	April 29, 1990	International Championships of Spain (2)	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Isabel Cueto Isabel Cueto Isabel Cueto is a retired professional tennis player from Germany. Her career high ranking was No. 20, which she achieved on 28 August 1989.Cueto won a total of six titles on the main WTA Tour over the course of her career; five in singles, one in doubles....	6–4, 6–2
5.	July 22, 1990	Virginia Slims of Newport Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships The Hall of Fame Championships is an international tennis tournament that has been held every year in July since 1976 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island....	Newport, Rhode Island Newport, Rhode Island Newport is a city on Aquidneck Island in Newport County, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles south of Providence, Rhode Island.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...	Grass	Jo Durie Jo Durie Jo Durie is a former world Top 5 professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles....	7–6(2), 4–6, 7–5
6.	August 25, 1991	Virginia Slims of Washington	Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the Capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790.... , U.S.	Hard	Katerina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the Women's Tennis Association tour, competing in singles, Doubles and Types of tennis match between 1984 and 1997....	6–2, 7–5
7.	March 22, 1992	Lipton International Players Championships (1)	Key Biscayne, Florida Key Biscayne, Florida Key Biscayne is a village in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Florida, United States on the island of Key Biscayne. The population was 10,507 at the 2000 census.... , U.S.	Hard	Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentina tennis player. She was one of the leading players on the women's circuit in the late-1980s and early-1990s....	6–1, 6–4
8.	August 23, 1992	Matinee Ltd. - Canadian Open (1)	Montreal, Canada Montreal Montreal, or Montr?al, is the largest city in the Provinces and territories of Canada of Quebec and the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population....	Hard		6–3, 4–6, 6–4
9.	March 21, 1993	Lipton International Players Championships (2)	Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.	Hard		6–4, 3–6, 6–3
10.	April 11, 1993	Bausch & Lomb Championships Bausch & Lomb Championships The MPS Group Championships is a women's tennis tournament held in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, United States. Held since 1980, this Women's Tennis Association event is an WTA International tournaments and is played on outdoor green clay courts.... (1)	Amelia Island, Florida, U.S.	Clay		6–2, 5–7, 6–2
11.	April 25, 1993	International Championships of Spain (3)	Barcelona, Spain	Clay		6–1, 6–4
12.	May 2, 1993	Citizen Cup (1)	Hamburg, Germany Hamburg Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....	Clay		6–3, 6–3
13.	April 10, 1994	Bausch & Lomb Championships (2)	Amelia Island, Florida, U.S.	Clay		6–1, 6–4
14.	April 24, 1994	International Championships of Spain (4)	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Iva Majoli Iva Majoli Iva Majoli Maric is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997....	6–0, 6–2
15.	May 1, 1994	Citizen Cup (2)	Hamburg, Germany	Clay		4–6, 7–6(3), 7–6(6)
16.	June 5, 1994	French Open 1994 French Open - Women's Singles Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario defeated Mary Pierce 6-4 6-4 in the final to win the 'Women's Singles' title at the 1994 French Open.See also:Seeds... (2)	Paris	Clay		6–4, 6–4
17.	August 21, 1994	Matinee Ltd. International - Canadian Open (2)	Montreal, Canada	Hard		7–5, 1–6, 7–6(4)
18.	September 11, 1994	US Open 1994 US Open - Women's Singles Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario defeated Steffi Graf 1-6 7-6 6-4 in the final to win the 'Women's Singles' title at the 1994 U.S. Open .See also:Seeds...	New York City	Hard		1–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
19.	September 25, 1994	Nichirei International Championships Tokyo International The Tokyo International, also known by the corporate title of the Nichirei International Championship, was a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament held annually from 1990-1996....	Tokyo, Japan Tokyo , officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....	Hard (I)	Amy Frazier Amy Frazier Amy Frazier is a professional female tennis player from the United States.She will be most remembered for her longevity on the WTA Tour. In her 20 years on the tour, she manages to play well enough to qualify for major tournaments, though once there she rarely advances to the finals....	6–1, 6–2
20.	November 6, 1994	Bank of the West Classic Bank of the West Classic The Bank of the West Classic is a week-long tennis tournament on the Women's Tennis Association held on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, California, California, United States....	Oakland, California Oakland, California Oakland , founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Alameda County, California. Oakland is approximately 8 miles east of San Francisco and the cities are separated by San Francisco Bay.... , U.S.	Carpet (I)		1–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(3)
21.	April 30, 1995	Ford International Championships of Spain (5)	Barcelona, Spain	Clay		5–7, 6–0, 6–2
22.	May 21, 1995	German Open	Berlin, Germany Berlin Berlin is the Capital of Germany city and one of sixteen States of Germany of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is the country's largest city....	Clay	Magdalena Maleeva Magdalena Maleeva Magdalena Maleeva is a Bulgarian former tennis player. She has played in the Women's Tennis Association tour, competing in singles and doubles, since April 1989....	6–4, 6–1
23.	April 7, 1996	Family Circle Magazine Cup Family Circle Cup The Family Circle Cup is a Women's Tennis Association affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every year since 1973. The tournament is currently played on the green clay courts at the Daniel Island Tennis Center in Charleston, South Carolina, South Carolina, USA....	Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Barbara Paulus Barbara Paulus Barbara Paulus is a former professional female tennis player from Austria. She began playing on the WTA Tour in 1986 and retired in 2001. During her career she won a total of seven WTA tournaments ....	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
24.	May 5, 1996	Rexona Cup (3)	Hamburg, Germany	Clay		4–6, 7–6(4), 6–0
25.	January 18, 1998	Sydney International Medibank International The Medibank International Sydney is a professional tennis tournament in Sydney, Australia, played annually at the Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre in Homebush....	Sydney, Australia Sydney Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....	Hard	Venus Williams Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players American tennis player who, as of February 23, 2009, is ranked World No....	6–1, 6–3
26.	June 7, 1998	French Open 1998 French Open - Women's Singles Arantxa S?nchez Vicario defeated Monica Seles 7-6 0-6 6-2 in the final to win the 'Women's Singles' title at the 1998 French Open .See also:Seeds... (3)	Paris	Clay		7–6(5), 0–6, 6–2
27.	April 25, 1999	Dreamland Egypt Classic Dreamland Egypt Classic The Dreamland Egypt Classic was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Cairo from April 12?19, 1999. It only saw one year of play on the WTA Tour, and was categorized as a Tier III event....	Cairo, Egypt Cairo Cairo , which means "the triumphant", is the Cairo and largest city of Egypt.It is the most populous metropolitan area in Egypt and is also one of the most populous in the world....	Clay	Irina Spîrlea Irina Spîrlea Irina Sp?rlea is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles during her career....	6–1, 6–0
28.	April 8, 2001	Porto Open Porto Open The Porto Open was a women's professional tennis tournament held in Porto, Portugal. It was played on outdoor clay courts and was classed as a Tier IV event on the Women's Tennis Association Tour....	Porto, Portugal Porto Porto , also Oporto in English, is Portugal's second city and capital of the Norte, Portugal NUTS II region. The city is located in the estuary of the Douro river in northern Portugal....	Clay	Magüi Serna Magüi Serna Mar?a Luisa Serna Barrera is a professional female tennis player from Spain. She joined the WTA Tour in 1993 and was ranked World No. 19 on 12 January 2004....	6–3, 6–1
29.	May 26, 2001	Open de España Villa de Madrid Madrid Open (tennis) The Madrid Open is a defunct tennis tournament on the WTA Tour, held between 1997 and 2003. It replaced the Barcelona Ladies Open during these years, before a new tournament was started in Barcelona in 2007....	Madrid, Spain Madrid Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...	Clay	Ángeles Montolio Ángeles Montolio Angeles Montolio is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Montolio reached a career high ranking of world No. 22 in February 2002, and won three WTA Tour titles at the small events in Porto Open, Estoril Open, and Croatian Bol Ladies Open, as well as reaching the finals of Madrid Open and Internazionali Femminili di Palermo....	7–5, 6–0

Doubles (69)

Grand slam events in boldface.

1986: Athens (with Isabel Cueto
Isabel Cueto

Isabel Cueto is a retired professional tennis player from Germany. Her career high ranking was No. 20, which she achieved on 28 August 1989.Cueto won a total of six titles on the main WTA Tour over the course of her career; five in singles, one in doubles....
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1990: Hilton Head (with Martina Navratilova
Martina Navratilova

Martina Navratilova is a former List of WTA number 1 ranked players women's tennis player. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and Types of tennis match player who's ever lived." Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, named her as the...
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1990: Amelia Island (with Mercedes Paz
Mercedes Paz

Mercedes Mar?a Paz is a former professional tennis player from Argentina, who won three singles titles during her career on the WTA Tour. The right-hander reached her highest career ranking on April 29 1991, when she became the number 28 of the world....
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1990: Tampa (with Mercedes Paz)
1990: Barcelona (with Mercedes Paz)
1991: Sydney (with Helena Suková
Helena Suková

Helena Sukov? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles....
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1991: Amelia Island(with Helena Suková)
1991: Barcelona (with Martina Navratilova)
1992: Sydney (with Helena Suková)
1992: Australian Open (with Helena Suková)
1992: Tokyo Pan Pacific (with Helena Suková)
1992: Key Biscayne (with Larisa Neiland
Larisa Neiland

Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a retired Ukrainians-born tennis player who represented Latvia in play. She turned professional in 1988, one of a group of other Soviet players that emerged in time for tennis's full re-entry into the Olympics....
)
1992: Hilton Head (with Natasha Zvereva
Natasha Zvereva

Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva is a retired tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she be able to keep her tournament earnings....
)
1992: Amelia Island (with Natasha Zvereva)
1992: Barcelona (with Conchita Martínez
Conchita Martínez

Inmaculada Concepci?n Mart?nez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monz?n, Arag?n, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon Championships, when she beat Martina Navr?tilov? in the 1994 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles....
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1992: Manhattan Beach (with Helena Suková)
1992: Fildestadt (with Helena Suková)
1992: Virginia Slims Championships (with Helena Suková)
1993: Barcelona (with Conchita Martínez)
1993: Rome (with Jana Novotná
Jana Novotná

Jana Novotn? is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She is best remembered for winning the women's singles title at Wimbledon Championships in 1998 and for crying on the shoulder of the Katharine, Duchess of Kent after losing the Wimbledon singles final in 1993....
)
1993: Manhattan Beach (with Helena Suková)
1993: US Open (with Helena Suková)
1993: Essen (with Helena Suková)
1994: Delray Beach (with Jana Novotná)
1994: Wesley Chapel (with Jana Novotná)
1994: Hilton Head (with Lori McNeil
Lori McNeil

Lori McNeil is an African American tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United States. McNeil was a childhood friend of fellow African American pro Zina Garrison....
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1994: Amelia Island (with Larisa Neiland)
1994: Barcelona (with Larisa Neiland)
1994: Hamburg (with Jana Novotná)
1994: San Diego (with Jana Novotná)
1994: Montreal (with Meredith McGrath
Meredith McGrath

Meredith McGrath is a former professional tennis player. She was born on April 28, 1971 in Midland, Michigan, Michigan, USA and made her debut on the Women's Tennis Association tour in 1988....
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1994: US Open (with Jana Novotná)
1994: Tokyo Nichirei International (with Julie Halard)
1994: Oakland (with Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport

Lindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic Games gold medal in singles....
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1995: Australian Open (with Jana Novotná)
1995: Key Biscayne (with Jana Novotná)
1995: Barcelona (with Larisa Neiland)
1995: Eastbourne (with Jana Novotná)
1995: Wimbledon (with Jana Novotná)
1995: WTA Championships (with Jana Novotná)
1996: Australian Open (with Chanda Rubin
Chanda Rubin

Chanda Rubin is a professional tennis player from the United States.Throughout her long career, she has been ranked as high as No. 6 in the world even though she has been plagued by injuries....
)
1996: Key Biscayne (with Jana Novotná)
1996: Hilton Head (with Jana Novotná)
1996: Amelia Island (with Chanda Rubin)
1996: Hamburg (with Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy

Brenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy is a Netherlands tennis player. She is married to Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati....
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1996: Rome (with Irina Spîrlea
Irina Spîrlea

Irina Sp?rlea is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles during her career....
)
1996: Madrid (with Jana Novotná)
1996: Eastbourne (with Jana Novotná)
1996: Montreal (with Larisa Neiland)
1997: Sydney (with Gigi Fernández
Gigi Fernández

Beatriz "Gigi" Fern?ndez is a former professional Puerto Rico tennis player. She is widely considered to be one of the greatest doubles players of all time....
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1997: Key Biscayne (with Natasha Zvereva)
1997: Madrid (with Mary Joe Fernandez
Mary Joe Fernández

Mary Joe Fernandez Godsick is a former professional tennis player from the United States and is of Spanish and Cubans descent. She was the runner-up in three Grand Slam singles tournaments and won two Grand Slam women's doubles titles and two Olympic Games gold medals....
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1997: San Diego (with Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles ....
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1997: Filderstadt (with Martina Hingis)
1997: Zurich (with Martina Hingis)
1997: Moscow (with Natasha Zvereva)
1999: Cairo (with Laurence Courtois
Laurence Courtois

Laurence Courtois is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium.In her career she never won a WTA Tour singles titles but she did win 4 titles in doubles....
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1999: Hamburg (with Larisa Neiland)
1999: Los Angeles (with Larisa Neiland)
2000: Berlin (with Conchita Martínez)
2000: Leipzig (with Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
Anne-Gaëlle Sidot

Anne-Gaelle Sidot is a former tennis from France.Sidot turned professional in 1994. She has never the reached the singles final of a WTA Tour tournament, although she did reach the semi-final stage on 6 occasions and the quarter-final stage on 13 occasions....
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2001: Key Biscayne (with Nathalie Tauziat
Nathalie Tauziat

Nathalie Tauziat is a former tennis from France....
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2002: Doha (with Janette Husárová
Janette Husárová

Janette Hus?rov? is a professional female tennis player from Slovakia. She's probably best remembered for winning the WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002 partenering Russian Elena Dementieva....
)
2002: Amelia Island (with Daniela Hantuchová
Daniela Hantuchová

Daniela Hantuchov? is a Slovaks professional tennis player.She is currently coached by Albert Portas. Her Women's Tennis Association Tour mentor in the "Partners for Success" program was Martina Navratilova, who was her doubles partner for a brief period in early 2005....
)
2002: Sopot (with Svetlana Kuznetsova
Svetlana Kuznetsova

Svetlana Alexandrovna Kuznetsova is a Russian professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 7. She won the 2004 US Open singles title and was the runner-up in singles at the 2006 French Open and the 2007 U.S....
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2002: Helsinki (with Svetlana Kuznetsova)
2002: New Haven (with Daniela Hantuchová)
2002: Tokyo Princess Cup (with Svetlana Kuznetsova)
2004: Palermo (with Anabel Medina Garrigues
Anabel Medina Garrigues

Ana Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No....
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WTA Tour career earnings

Year	Majors	WTA wins	Total wins	Earnings ($)
1991	0	1	1
1992	0	2	2
1993	0	4	4
1994	2	7	9	No information
1995	0	2	2
1996	0	2	2
1997	0	0	0
1998	1	1	2
1999	0	1	1
2000	0	0	0
2001	0	2	2
2002	0	0	0
Career*	4	26	30

* As of August 28, 2006.

Arantxa SÃ¡nchez Vicario

Career

Personal life

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (4)

Runner-ups (8)

Grand Slam women's doubles finals

Wins (6)

Runner-ups (5)

Grand Slam mixed doubles finals

Wins (4)

Runner-ups (4)

WTA Tour Championships finals

Singles

Runner-up (1)

Doubles

Wins (2)

Runner-ups (4)

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Titles (98)

Singles (29)

Doubles (69)

WTA Tour career earnings

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