Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Encyclopedia
Aránzazu 'Arantxa' Isabel Maria Sánchez Vicario (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.
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".
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).
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. 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. Sanchez Vicario is the most decorated Olympian in Spanish history with four medals – two silver and two bronze.
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.
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.
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.
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, Spain) is a Spanish former professional tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player. She won four Grand Slam
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
singles titles, six Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.
Career
Sánchez Vicario started playing tennis at the age of four, when she followed her older brothers Emilio SánchezEmilio Sánchez
Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won three Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games...
and Javier Sánchez
Javier Sánchez
Javier Sánchez Vicario 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...
(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
Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
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, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007...
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
Bud Collins
-External links:*** 2001 interview with 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 Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. 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 Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...
). 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 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the International Tennis Federation...
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).
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 held in Perth, Western Australia in early January each year, which plays mixed teams on a country by country basis...
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. She came out of retirement in 2004 to play doubles in a few select tournaments as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
, where she became the only tennis player to play in five Olympics in the Games history. Sanchez Vicario is the most decorated Olympian in Spanish history with four medals – two silver and two bronze.
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
The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The hall of fame and honors players and contributors to the sport of tennis and includes a museum, grass tennis courts, an indoor tennis facility, and a court tennis facility.-History:The hall of fame and...
. 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
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
Caja Mágica
Caja Mágica
La Caja Mágica , also known as the Manzanares Park Tennis Center, is a sports structure located at the Park Manzanares, used for the Madrid Masters tournament in Madrid, Spain....
, the new venue for the Madrid Masters
Madrid Masters
There are two sporting events named the Madrid Masters:*Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open — a men's and women's tennis tournament*Madrid Masters...
. The second show court is named Court Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in her honour.
Personal life
She has been married twice: her first marriage, to the sportswriter Juan Vehils, ended in 2001. She married the businessman Jose Santacana in September 2008. Their first baby, a girl also named Arantxa, was born on February 27, 2009. Sánchez Vicario gave birth to their second child, a boy named Leo, on October 28, 2011.Singles: 12 finals (4 titles, 8 runner-ups)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner | 1989 1989 French Open - Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the final to 17-year-old Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario, 7–6, 3–6, 7–5, ending her winning streak of Grand Slams at five. Graf served for the third set at 5–3, but lost the game at love and won only three more points in the match from that... |
French Open | Clay |  Steffi GrafSteffi Graf Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24... |
7–6(6), 3–6, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 1991 1991 French Open - Women's Singles Monica Seles defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6-3 6-4 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1991 French Open.See also:-Seeds:... |
French Open | Clay |  Monica SelesMonica 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, Serbia, former Yugoslavia to Hungarian parents. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007... |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1992 | US Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881... |
Hard |  Monica Seles |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 1994 1994 Australian Open - Women's Singles Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–0 6–2 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1994 Australian Open. Monica Seles was the defending champion.See also:-Seeds:... |
Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
Hard |  Steffi Graf |
6–0, 6–2 |
| Winner | 1994 1994 French Open - Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but she was defeated by home player Mary Pierce in the semifinals.Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won the title, defeating Pierce, 6–4, 6–4.... |
French Open (2) | Clay |  Mary PierceMary Pierce Mary Pierce is a French-American tennis professional playing on the Women's Tennis Association tour. She is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States but plays for France in team competitions and the Olympics.Pierce has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles... |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 1994 | US Open | Hard | Steffi Graf |
1–6, 7–6(3), 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1995 1995 Australian Open - Women's Singles Mary Pierce defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3 6–2 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1995 Australian Open.See also:-Seeds:... |
Australian Open | Hard |  Mary Pierce |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1995 1995 French Open - Women's Singles Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 7-5 4-6 6-0 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1995 French Open.See also:-Seeds:... |
French Open | Clay | Steffi Graf |
7–5, 4–6, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 1995 1995 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 4-6 6-1 7-5 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1995 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:... |
Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... |
Grass | Steffi Graf |
4–6, 6–1, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 1996 1996 French Open - Women's Singles Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6-3 6-7 10-8 in the final to win the Women's Singles title at the 1996 French Open.See also:-Seeds:... |
French Open | Clay | Steffi Graf |
6–3, 6–7(4), 10–8 |
| Runner-up | 1996 1996 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6-3 7-5 in the final to win the Ladies' Singles title at the 1996 Wimbledon Championships.See also:-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below... |
Wimbledon | Grass | Steffi Graf |
6–3, 7–5 |
| Winner | 1998 1998 French Open - Women's Singles Iva Majoli was the defending champion, but lost to Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals.Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won the title, defeating Monica Seles, 7–6, 0–6, 6–2, in the final... |
French Open (3) | Clay |  Monica Seles |
7–6(5), 0–6, 6–2 |
Women's doubles: 11 finals (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner | 1992 | Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
Hard |  Helena SukováHelena Suková Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles... |
Mary Joe Fernandez Mary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player... Zina GarrisonZina 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 in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.-Career:An African-American... |
6–4, 7–6(3) |
| Runner-up | 1992 | French Open | Clay |  Conchita MartínezConchita Martínez Inmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998... |
Gigi Fernández Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand...  Natasha ZverevaNatasha Zvereva Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings... |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 1993 | US Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881... |
Hard |  Helena Suková |
 Amanda CoetzerAmanda Coetzer Amanda Coetzer is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.Coetzer turned professional in 1988 and retired in 2004...  Inés GorrochateguiInes Gorrochategui Inés Gorrochategui is a former professional female tennis player from Argentina. She reached her career-high singles ranking World No... |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1994 | Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... |
Grass | Jana Novotná Jana Novotná Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments... |
Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva |
6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner | 1994 | US Open (2) | Hard | Jana Novotná |
 Katerina MaleevaKaterina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990.-Biography:... Robin WhiteRobin White (tennis) Robin White is a former professional tennis player from the United States.White 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 Fernández in the US Open doubles... |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 1995 | Australian Open (2) | Hard | Jana Novotná |
Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva |
6–3, 6–7(3), 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1995 | French Open | Clay | Jana Novotná |
Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva |
6–7(6), 6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 1995 | Wimbledon | Grass | Jana Novotná |
Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva |
5–7, 7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 1996 | Australian Open (3) | Hard | Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin Chanda Rubin is an American tennis player. Winning seven WTA Tour singles titles, she reached her highest ranking World No. 6 on April 8, 1996, after reaching semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open. Rubin is also former World No... |
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 gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years... Mary Joe Fernandez |
7–5, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1996 | US Open | Hard | Jana Novotná |
Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva |
1–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2002 | Australian Open | Hard |  Daniela HantuchováDaniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos... |
 Martina HingisMartina Hingis Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...  Anna KournikovaAnna Kournikova Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian retired professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite the fact that she never won a WTA singles title. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name... |
6–2, 6–7(4), 6–1 |
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 Horacio de la Peña Horacio de la Peña, born August 1, 1966 and nicknamed "el Pulga" , is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina, who reached a top singles world rank of 31 during his career.... |
 Manon BollegrafManon 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, United States.-History:... Tom NijssenTom 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. Open in 1991. They were runner-up at the Wimbledon mixed doubles tournament in 1993. In 1992 Nijssen... |
6–3, 6–7, 6–2 |
| Winner | 1990 | French Open | Clay |  Jorge LozanoJorge Lozano Jorge Lozano is a retired professional tennis player from Mexico. On August 22, 1988, he reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 4. His highest singles ranking was World Number 51. During his career, he won two mixed doubles titles at the French Open: in 1990 with Arantxa Sánchez, and... |
 Nicole Provis Danie VisserDanie 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. 1 doubles ranking in 1990.Visser won the first of 17 career doubles titles in 1985 at Bristol... |
7–6, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 1991 | US Open | Hard | Emilio Sánchez Emilio Sánchez Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won three Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games... |
Manon Bollegraf Tom Nijssen |
6–2, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 1992 | Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
Hard | Todd Woodbridge Todd Woodbridge Todd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman... |
Nicole Provis Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge.... |
6–3, 4–6, 11–9 |
| Winner | 1992 | French Open (2) | Clay | Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde Mark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known 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 SheltonBryan Shelton Bryan Shelton is a former tennis player from the United States who played collegiately for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets from 1985 to 1988 and professionally from 1989 to 1997. He subsequently returned to his alma mater to coach women's tennis. Shelton was inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of... |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 1993 | Australian Open | Hard | Todd Woodbridge |
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 in 1990, a three-time Grand Slam mixed doubles champion, and a women's doubles gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games.-Career:An African-American... Rick LeachRick Leach ----Rick Leach is a former professional tennis player and a coach from the United States. A doubles specialist, he won 5 Grand Slam men's doubles titles , and 4 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles . Leach reached the World No... |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 2000 | Australian Open | Hard | Todd Woodbridge |
Rennae Stubbs Rennae Stubbs Rennae Stubbs is an Australian tennis player. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at four successive Olympic Games; Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008.... Jared PalmerJared Palmer Jared Eiseley 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... |
7–5, 7–6 |
| Winner | 2000 | US Open | Hard | Jared Palmer Jared Palmer Jared Eiseley 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... |
Anna Kournikova Anna Kournikova Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian retired professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite the fact that she never won a WTA singles title. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name... Max MirnyiMax Mirnyi Max Mirnyi is a professional tennis player from Belarus.Today Mirnyi is a doubles specialist, but he also enjoyed a good singles career, finishing in the top 50 in the world for seven straight years, as well as representing Belarus in Davis Cup competition since April 1994, where he holds a... |
6–4, 6–3 |
Singles: 1 final (1 silver medal)
| Outcome | Year | Location | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Silver medal | 1996 | Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.... |
Hard | 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 gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years... |
7–6(8), 6–2 |
Singles: 1 final (0 titles, 1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Location | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1993 1993 WTA Tour Championships The 1993 Virginia Slims Championships were held in New York, United States between November 15 and November 21.-Singles: Steffi Graf def. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1-Doubles:... |
New York City | Carpet (i) | Steffi Graf Steffi Graf Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24... |
6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
Doubles: 6 finals (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
| Outcome | Year | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1990 1990 WTA Tour Championships The 1990 Virginia Slims Championships were held in New York, United States between November 18 and November 24.-Singles: Monica Seles def. Gabriela Sabatini, 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2-Doubles:... |
New York City | Carpet (i) | Mercedes Paz Mercedes Paz Mercedes María 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 "Kathy" Jordan is a former American tennis player. During her career, she won 7 Grand Slam titles, 5 of them in women's doubles and 2 of them in mixed doubles... Elizabeth SmylieElizabeth Smylie Elizabeth Smylie is an Australian former tennis player.She won the Western Australian Sports Star of the Year award in 1985.She won the Comeback Player of the Year award in 1990 and 1993.... |
7–6(4), 6–4 |
| Winner | 1992 1992 WTA Tour Championships The 1992 Virginia Slims Championships were held in New York, United States between November 16 and November 22.-Singles: Monica Seles def. Martina Navrátilová, 7–5, 6–3, 6–1-Doubles:... |
New York City | Carpet (i) | Helena Suková Helena Suková Helena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles... |
 Larisa NeilandLarisa Neiland Larisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983... Jana NovotnáJana Novotná Jana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments... |
7–6(4), 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 1994 | New York City | Carpet (i) | Jana Novotná |
Gigi Fernández Gigi Fernández Beatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand... Natasha ZverevaNatasha Zvereva Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings... |
6–3, 6–7(4), 6–3 |
| Winner | 1995 | New York City (2) | Carpet (i) | Jana Novotná |
Gigi Fernández Natasha Zvereva |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 1996 | New York City | Carpet (i) | Jana Novotná |
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 gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years... Mary Joe FernandezMary Joe Fernández Mary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player... |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 1999 1999 WTA Tour Championships The 1999 Chase Championships were held in New York, United States between November 15 and November 21.-Singles: Lindsay Davenport def. Martina Hingis, 6–4, 6–2-Doubles:... |
New York City | Carpet (i) | Larisa Neiland |
Martina Hingis Martina Hingis Martina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles... Anna KournikovaAnna Kournikova Anna Sergeyevna Kournikova is a Russian retired professional tennis player. Her beauty and celebrity status made her one of the best known tennis stars worldwide, despite the fact that she never won a WTA singles title. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name... |
6–4, 6–4 |
Singles (29)
|
|
| No. | Date | Location | Surface | Opponent in Final | Score in Final |
| 1. | 11 July 1988 | Brussels, Belgium 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. From 2000-2001 it was sponsored by Dutch clothing chain Mexx and was temporarily renamed the Benelux Open. In 2002, it... |
Clay |  Raffaella ReggiRaffaella 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. | 24 April 1989 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay |  Helen KelesiHelen Kelesi Helen Kelesi is a former tour professional tennis player. She has been coached by her father, Milan Kelesi, throughout her tennis career.... |
6–2, 5–7, 6–1 |
| 3. | 29 May 1989 | French Open, Paris 1989 French Open - Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the two-time defending champion, but lost in the final to 17-year-old Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario, 7–6, 3–6, 7–5, ending her winning streak of Grand Slams at five. Graf served for the third set at 5–3, but lost the game at love and won only three more points in the match from that... |
Clay | Steffi Graf |
7–6(6), 3–6, 7–5 |
| 4. | 23 April 1990 | 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.-Early life:... |
6–4, 6–2 |
| 5. | 16 July 1990 | Newport, USA Virginia Slims of Newport The Virginia Slims of Newport is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1990. It was held at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island in the United States and played on grass courts.-Singles:-Doubles:... |
Grass |  Jo DurieJo Durie Jo Durie is a former world number 5 professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she won two Grand Slam titles, both in the mixed doubles.-Singles career:... |
7–6(2), 4–6, 7–5 |
| 6. | 19 August 1991 | Washington, D.C., USA | Hard | Katerina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva Katerina Maleeva is a Bulgarian tennis player. She played in the WTA tour, competing in singles, doubles and mixed doubles between 1984 and 1997. Her best position in the WTA rank list was number 6 in 1990.-Biography:... |
6–2, 7–5 |
| 7. | 16 March 1992 | Key Biscayne, USA | Hard | Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Sabatini Gabriela Beatriz Sabatini is a former professional Argentine 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. | 17 August 1992 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | Monica Seles |
6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| 9. | 15 March 1993 | Key Biscayne, USA | Hard | Steffi Graf |
6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| 10. | 5 April 1993 | Amelia Island, USA | Clay | Gabriela Sabatini |
6–2, 5–7, 6–2 |
| 11. | 19 April 1993 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Conchita Martínez |
6–1, 6–4 |
| 12. | 26 April 1993 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Steffi Graf |
6–3, 6–3 |
| 13. | 4 April 1994 | Amelia Island, USA | Clay | Gabriela Sabatini |
6–1, 6–4 |
| 14. | 18 April 1994 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay |  Iva MajoliIva Majoli Iva Majoli Marić 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. Majoli also won eight singles titles and one women's doubles title during her career.-Career:Majoli turned professional in 1991 at the age... |
6–0, 6–2 |
| 15. | 25 April 1994 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Steffi Graf |
4–6, 7–6(3), 7–6(6) |
| 16. | 23 May 1994 | French Open, Paris 1994 French Open - Women's Singles Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but she was defeated by home player Mary Pierce in the semifinals.Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won the title, defeating Pierce, 6–4, 6–4.... |
Clay | Mary Pierce |
6–4, 6–4 |
| 17. | 15 August 1994 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | Steffi Graf |
7–5, 1–6, 7–6(4) |
| 18. | 29 August 1994 | US Open, New York City 1994 US Open - Women's Singles Arantxa Sánchez 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:... |
Hard | Steffi Graf |
1–6, 7–6(3), 6–4 |
| 19. | 19 September 1994 | Tokyo, Japan (Nichirei International) | Hard | Amy Frazier Amy Frazier Amy Frazier is a now inactive professional female tennis player from the United States.She debuted in 1987 and was active player until the 2006 US Open in which she made her 20th consecutive appearance... |
6–1, 6–2 |
| 20. | 31 October 1994 | Oakland, USA Bank of the West Classic The Bank of the West Classic is a week-long tennis tournament on the WTA Tour held on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, United States. The 2011 event will be held on July 25th to July 31st. Started in 1971, the tournament is the oldest women's-only tournament in the world... |
Carpet (i) | Martina Navratilova |
1–6, 7–6(5), 7–6(3) |
| 21. | 24 April 1995 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Iva Majoli |
5–7, 6–0, 6–2 |
| 22. | 15 May 1995 | Berlin, Germany | Clay | Magdalena Maleeva Magdalena Maleeva Magdalena Maleeva is a Bulgarian former tennis player. She played on the WTA tour competing in singles and doubles, from April 1989 to June 2007. Her best position in the WTA Tour was no. 4 between January 29 to February 4, 1996.... |
6–4, 6–1 |
| 23. | 1 April 1996 | Hilton Head Island, USA Family Circle Cup The Family Circle Cup is a WTA Tour 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, USA... |
Clay |  Barbara PaulusBarbara Paulus Barbara Paulus is a former professional top 10 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. | 29 April 1996 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Conchita Martínez |
4–6, 7–6(4), 6–0 |
| 25. | 12 January 1998 | Sydney, Australia | Hard | Venus Williams Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and is ranked World No. 101 as of 10 October 2011 in singles and World No. 20 in doubles as of 2011. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate... |
6–1, 6–3 |
| 26. | 25 May 1998 | French Open, Paris 1998 French Open - Women's Singles Iva Majoli was the defending champion, but lost to Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals.Arantxa Sánchez Vicario won the title, defeating Monica Seles, 7–6, 0–6, 6–2, in the final... |
Clay | Monica Seles |
7–6(5), 0–6, 6–2 |
| 27. | 19 April 1999 | Cairo, Egypt Dreamland Egypt Classic The Dreamland Egypt Classic is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated tennis tournament played in 1999. It was held in Cairo in Egypt and played on outdoor clay courts.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*... |
Clay |  Irina SpîrleaIrina Spîrlea Irina Spîrlea is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on October 13, 1997, when she became number 7 in the world... |
6–1, 6–0 |
| 28. | 2 April 2001 | Porto, Portugal 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. It was held for two years , and had a total prize fund of US$140,000 in each year... |
Clay | Magüi Serna Magüi Serna María Luisa Serna Barrera is a professional female tennis player from Spain. She started competing in ITF challengers as from 1993, and joined the WTA Tour in 1996. On her high point she was ranked World No... |
6–3, 6–1 |
| 29. | 21 May 2001 | Madrid, Spain Madrid Open (tennis) The Madrid Open is a tournament for male and female professional tennis players, currently held in Madrid, Spain, during the first week of May... |
Clay | Ángeles Montolio Ángeles Montolio Ángeles 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, Estoril, and Bol, as well as reaching the finals of Madrid and Palermo... |
7–5, 6–0 |
Doubles (69)
Grand slam events in boldface.- 1986: Athens (with Isabel CuetoIsabel CuetoIsabel Cueto is a retired professional tennis player from Germany. Her career high ranking was No. 20, which she achieved on 28 August 1989.-Early life:...
) - 1990: Hilton Head (with Martina Navratilova)
- 1990: Amelia Island (with Mercedes PazMercedes PazMercedes María 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...
) - 1990: Tampa (with Mercedes Paz)
- 1990: Barcelona (with Mercedes Paz)
- 1991: Sydney (with Helena SukováHelena SukováHelena Suková is a former professional tennis player from Czechia. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles...
) - 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 NeilandLarisa NeilandLarisa Savchenko Neiland is a former tennis player who represented Latvia. A former number-one ranked doubles player, Neiland won two women's doubles Grand Slam titles. She also won two singles titles and sixty-five doubles titles.-Career:Neiland turned professional in 1983...
) - 1992: Hilton Head (with Natasha ZverevaNatasha ZverevaNatalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...
) - 1992: Amelia Island (with Natasha Zvereva)
- 1992: Barcelona (with Conchita MartínezConchita MartínezInmaculada Concepción Martínez Bernat is a former professional tennis player from Monzón, Aragón, Spain. She is the only Spanish woman to have won the singles title at Wimbledon, when she beat Martina Navrátilová in the 1994 Women's Singles. She also was the singles runner-up at the 1998...
) - 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 NovotnáJana NovotnáJana Novotná is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in 1998 and was runner-up in three previous Grand Slam tournaments...
) - 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 McNeilLori McNeilLori 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...
) - 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 McGrathMeredith McGrathMeredith McGrath is a former professional tennis player. She was born on April 28, 1971 in Midland, Michigan, USA and made her debut on the Women's Tennis Association tour in 1988. She won three singles titles in a ten year career, at Oklahoma City and Eastbourne in 1994 and Birmingham in 1996. ...
) - 1994: US Open (with Jana Novotná)
- 1994: Tokyo Nichirei International (with Julie Halard)
- 1994: Oakland (with Lindsay DavenportLindsay DavenportLindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
) - 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 RubinChanda RubinChanda Rubin is an American tennis player. Winning seven WTA Tour singles titles, she reached her highest ranking World No. 6 on April 8, 1996, after reaching semifinals at the 1996 Australian Open. Rubin is also former World No...
) - 1996: Key Biscayne (with Jana Novotná)
- 1996: Hilton Head (with Jana Novotná)
- 1996: Amelia Island (with Chanda Rubin)
- 1996: Hamburg (with Brenda Schultz-McCarthyBrenda Schultz-McCarthyBrenda Anne Marie Schultz-McCarthy is a Dutch tennis player. Primarily known for her maiden name Brenda Schultz, she married Sean McCarthy, a former American football player at University of Cincinnati, on 8 April 1995 and adopted his surname...
) - 1996: Rome (with Irina SpîrleaIrina SpîrleaIrina Spîrlea is a former tennis player from Romania, who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles during her career. The right-hander reached her highest individual ranking on the WTA Tour on October 13, 1997, when she became number 7 in the world...
) - 1996: Madrid (with Jana Novotná)
- 1996: Eastbourne (with Jana Novotná)
- 1996: Montreal (with Larisa Neiland)
- 1997: Sydney (with Gigi FernándezGigi FernándezBeatriz "Gigi" Fernández is a former professional tennis player, the first female athlete from her native Puerto Rico to turn professional, the first Puerto Rican woman to ever win an Olympic gold medal and the first to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.Fernandez won 17 Grand...
) - 1997: Key Biscayne (with Natasha Zvereva)
- 1997: Madrid (with Mary Joe FernandezMary Joe FernándezMary Joe Fernández Godsick is an American former professional tennis player...
) - 1997: San Diego (with Martina HingisMartina HingisMartina Hingis is a retired Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles...
) - 1997: Filderstadt (with Martina Hingis)
- 1997: Zurich (with Martina Hingis)
- 1997: Moscow (with Natasha Zvereva)
- 1999: Cairo (with Laurence CourtoisLaurence CourtoisLaurence Courtois is a former professional female tennis player from Belgium.Courtois won four doubles titles on the WTA Tour during her career.-Singles 2:-Doubles 9 :-References:*...
) - 1999: Hamburg (with Larisa Neiland)
- 1999: Los Angeles (with Larisa Neiland)
- 2000: Berlin (with Conchita Martínez)
- 2000: Leipzig (with Anne-Gaëlle SidotAnne-Gaëlle SidotAnne-Gaelle Sidot is a former professional tennis player from France.-Career:...
) - 2001: Key Biscayne (with Nathalie TauziatNathalie TauziatNathalie Tauziat is a former professional tennis player from France. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. Her career-high singles ranking was third in 2000....
) - 2002: Doha (with Janette HusárováJanette HusárováJanette Husárová is a professional female tennis player from Slovakia. She is probably best remembered for winning the WTA Tour Championships women's doubles title in 2002 partenering Russian Elena Dementieva...
) - 2002: Amelia Island (with Daniela HantuchováDaniela HantuchováDaniela Hantuchová is a Slovak professional tennis player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first Tier I tournament and ended the year in the top 10.She is currently coached by Larri Passos...
) - 2002: Sopot (with Svetlana KuznetsovaSvetlana KuznetsovaSvetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player and as of October 10, 2011 ranked No. 21 in the WTA singles and No. 90 in the doubles ranking. Kuznetsova has appeared in four singles Grand Slam finals, winning two, and has also appeared in six doubles...
) - 2002: Helsinki (with Svetlana Kuznetsova)
- 2002: New Haven (with Daniela Hantuchová)
- 2002: Tokyo Princess Cup (with Svetlana Kuznetsova)
- 2004: Palermo (with Anabel Medina GarriguesAnabel Medina GarriguesAna Isabel Medina Garrigues , better known as Anabel Medina, is a Spanish female tennis player. She reached a career high WTA Tour ranking of No. 16 on 4 May 2009, and has won 11 singles titles and 14 doubles titles, including the 2008 French Open and 2009 French Open with Virginia Ruano Pascual...
)
Mixed Doubles (4)
- 1990: French Open (with Jorge LozanoJorge LozanoJorge Lozano is a retired professional tennis player from Mexico. On August 22, 1988, he reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 4. His highest singles ranking was World Number 51. During his career, he won two mixed doubles titles at the French Open: in 1990 with Arantxa Sánchez, and...
) - 1992: French Open (with Mark WoodfordeMark WoodfordeMark Woodforde is a former professional tennis player from Australia. He is best known as one half of "The Woodies", a doubles partnership with Todd Woodbridge....
) - 1993: Australian Open (with Todd WoodbridgeTodd WoodbridgeTodd Andrew Woodbridge is an Australian former tennis player. He was born in Sydney and turned professional in 1988. He is best known for his successful Doubles partnerships with Mark Woodforde and later Jonas Björkman...
) - 2000: US Open (with Jared PalmerJared PalmerJared Eiseley 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...
)
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 |Roland Garros]]) is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June in Paris, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are... |
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.
WTA Tour career earnings
| Year | Majors | WTA wins | Total wins | Earnings ($) | Money list rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 0 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 1989 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 504,098 | 4 |
| 1990 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 517,662 | 9 |
| 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 799,340 | 5 |
| 1992 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1,376,355 | 3 |
| 1993 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1,938,239 | 2 |
| 1994 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2,943,665 | 1 |
| 1995 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1,456,516 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1,858,444 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 890,512 | 6 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1,468,608 | 5 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 807,921 | 9 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 819,689 | 10 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 725,342 | 13 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 441,378 | 24 |
| Career* | 4 | 25 | 29 | 16,942,640 | 8 |
- * As of January 17, 2010.