Javier Sánchez

Javier Sánchez Vicario (; born 1 February 1968) is a former top-ten doubles professional tennis player from Spain. Sánchez won the US Open junior singles and doubles title in 1986, and reached the quarterfinal stage in the US Open men's singles event twice – in 1991 and 1996.

Career

Sánchez won the US Open junior singles and doubles title in 1986, partnering with Tomás Carbonell, and became world no. 1 junior that same year.

In Javier's first career singles final in 1987 in Madrid, he faced his brother Emilio Sánchez. Emilio won the match in three sets. Emilio and Javier would play each other a total of 12 times during their careers, Emilio winning ten of their encounters and Javier winning two. They also partnered together to win three doubles titles.

Sanchez won his first professional doubles titles in 1987 and his first singles title in 1988 in Buenos Aires. His best grand slam performances included reaching the quarterfinals of the US Open in 1991 (defeating world no. 5 Sergi Bruguera) and 1996. Sanchez also reached the semifinals of the 1994 Hamburg Masters. He won a career total of four singles titles and 26 doubles titles, and reached a career-high ranking of no. 23 in singles (in 1994) and no. 9 in doubles (in 1992).

Personal life Sánchez is a member of one of the world's most successful tennis families. His younger sister Arantxa Sánchez Vicario achieved the world no. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, and won four Grand Slam singles titles; and his older brother Emilio Sánchez reached world no. 1 in doubles and won five Grand Slam doubles titles. They also have an older sister – Marisa – who also played professional tennis, peaking at world no. 368 in 1990.

Sánchez and wife Isabel wed in September 1994. They have two daughters, Alba (born July 1998) and Julia (born March 2000).

Career finals Doubles: 44 (26 wins, 18 losses)

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

Doubles performance timeline

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Doubles: 1 (1–0)