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Emilio Sánchez

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1984
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Prize money	$5,339,395
Singles
Career record	428–292
Career titles	15
Highest ranking	No. 7 (April 30, 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1992)
French Open	QF (1988)
Wimbledon	4R (1987)
US Open	QF (1988)
Doubles
Career record	532–273
Career titles	50
Highest ranking	No. 1 (April 3, 1989)

Olympic medal record
Men's tennis
	1988 Seoul	Doubles

Emilio Angel Sánchez Vicario (born May 29, 1965, in Madrid, Spain) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. During his career he won five Grand Slam doubles titles, as well as the men's doubles Silver Medal at the 1988 Olympic Games. He lives in the tax haven of Monaco to avoid paying taxes in Spain.

Career

Sánchez turned professional in 1984 and won his first top-level singles title in Nice, France, in 1986. He won 15 singles titles during his career, the biggest of which was the Italian Open (Tennis Masters Series event) in 1991. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7.

However it was in doubles where Sánchez really excelled. He captured 50 professional men's doubles titles, including three at Grand Slam events. In 1988 he won the men's doubles titles at both the French Open (with Andrés Gómez) and the U.S. Open (with Sergio Casal). He won the French Open title again (with Casal) in 1990. Sánchez and Casal were also the men's doubles runners-up at Wimbledon in 1987, and the pair won the Silver Medal for Spain at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.

Sánchez also won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in 1987 at the French Open (with Pam Shriver) and the U.S. Open (with Martina Navrátilová).

Sánchez was ranked the World No. 1 doubles player in 1989.

Sánchez had an excellent record playing for Spain in international team events. He was a stalwart of Spain's Davis Cup team from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, compiling a 32–23 record. And he was part of the Spanish teams which won the Hopman Cup in 1990 and the World Team Cup in 1992.

Sánchez is a member of one of the world's most successful tennis families. His sister Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario and brother Javier Sánchez were also both top-level players. In 1987, Emilio and Javier met in the final at Madrid, marking the first time that two brothers had faced each other in the final of a top-level tour tournament. Emilio won the match 6–3, 3–6, 6–2. Emilio and Javier faced each other a total of 12 times during their careers, with Emilio winning 10 of their match-ups. They played an exciting five-set match in the third round of the 1992 U.S. Open, which Emilio won 5–7, 6–1, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4.

Emilio Sánchez retired from the professional tour in 1997.

Grand Slam record

French Open

• Singles quarter-finalist: 1988
• Men's Doubles champion: 1988 (partnering Gómez), 1990 (partnering Casal)
• Mixed Doubles champion: 1987 (partnering Shriver)

U.S. Open

• Singles quarter-finalist: 1988
• Men's Doubles champion: 1988 (partnering Casal)
• Mixed Doubles champion: 1987 (partnering Navrátilová)

Doubles titles (50)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	August 12, 1985	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sergio Casal	Paolo Canè Claudio Panatta	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
2.	September 23, 1985	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Sergio Casal	Carlos Kirmayr Cassio Motta	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
3.	September 30, 1985	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sergio Casal	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	6–3, 6–3
4.	May 12, 1986	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
5.	May 12, 1986	Florence, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–4, 7–6
6.	July 14, 1986	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Sergio Casal	Stefan Edberg Joakim Nyström	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
7.	July 28, 1986	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sergio Casal	Craig Campbell Joey Rive	6–4, 6–2
8.	September 22, 1986	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	6–4, 6–1
9.	February 9, 1987	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Sergio Casal	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
10.	April 20, 1987	Nice, France	Clay	Sergio Casal	Claudio Mezzadri Gianni Ocleppo	6–3, 6–3
11.	June 15, 1987	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Claudio Panatta Blaine Willenborg	6–3, 6–2
12.	July 20, 1987	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Sergio Casal	Darren Cahill Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–3
13.	August 10, 1987	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sergio Casal	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 7–6
14.	November 30, 1987	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Sergio Casal	Jorge Lozano Diego Pérez	6–2, 6–2
15.	April 18, 1988	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Sergio Casal	Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
16.	April 25, 1988	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sergio Casal	Henri Leconte Ivan Lendl	6–1, 6–3
17.	June 6, 1988	French Open, Paris	Clay	Andrés Gómez	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
18.	June 13, 1988	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Rolf Hertzog Marc Walder	6–1, 7–6
19.	July 18, 1988	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Anders Järryd Michael Mortensen	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
20.	August 1, 1988	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Sergio Casal	Magnus Gustafsson Guillermo Pérez Roldán	7–6, 6–3
21.	August 8, 1988	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sergio Casal	Joakim Nyström Claudio Panatta	6–4, 7–5
22.	September 12, 1988	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Sergio Casal	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	W/O
23.	September 19, 1988	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sergio Casal	Claudio Mezzadri Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–3
24.	November 28, 1988	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Sergio Casal	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	7–6, 7–6
25.	May 15, 1989	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	6–4, 6–1
26.	August 7, 1989	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	7–5, 7–6
27.	February 19, 1990	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Slobodan Živojinović	Goran Ivanišević Balázs Taróczy	7–5, 6–3
28.	April 9, 1990	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Sergio Casal	Omar Camporese Paolo Canè	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
29.	May 21, 1990	Rome, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Jim Courier Martin Davis	7–6, 7–5
30.	June 11, 1990	French Open, Paris	Clay	Sergio Casal	Goran Ivanišević Petr Korda	7–5, 6–3
31.	July 16, 1990	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Sergio Casal	Omar Camporese Javier Sánchez	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
32.	July 30, 1990	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Sergio Casal	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	7–5, 7–5
33.	October 1, 1990	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Carlos Costa Horacio de la Peña	6–3, 6–4
34.	January 14, 1991	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Sergio Casal	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
35.	February 25, 1991	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Sergio Casal	Jeremy Bates Nick Brown	6–3, 7–5
36.	May 13, 1991	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Cassio Motta Danie Visser	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
37.	July 22, 1991	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Wally Masur	Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
38.	November 4, 1991	Buzios, Brazil	Hard	Sergio Casal	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
39.	January 13, 1992	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Sergio Casal	Scott Davis Kelly Jones	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
40.	May 11, 1992	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Carl-Uwe Steeb Michael Stich	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
41.	July 27, 1992	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sergio Casal	Horacio de la Peña Vojtech Flegl	6–1, 6–2
42.	September 21, 1992	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Sergio Casal	Arnaud Boetsch Guy Forget	6–1, 6–4
43.	June 21, 1993	Genova, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Mark Koevermans Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 7–6
44.	October 4, 1993	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Juan Garat Jorge Lozano	6–3, 6–3
45.	October 18, 1993	Tel-Aviv, Israel	Hard	Sergio Casal	Mike Bauer David Rikl	6–4, 6–4
46.	November 8, 1993	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Sergio Casal	Pablo Albano Javier Frana	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
47.	July 11, 1994	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Sergio Casal	Menno Oosting Daniel Vacek	7–6, 6–4
48.	November 14, 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Sergio Casal	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 6–2
49.	May 8, 1995	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Sergio Casal	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
50.	November 6, 1995	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Sergio Casal	Jiří Novák David Rikl	2–6, 7–6, 7–6

Doubles runner-ups (29)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	April 8, 1985	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	4–6, 7–5, 7–5
2.	July 22, 1985	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sergio Casal	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–0, 7–6
3.	September 16, 1985	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Colin Dowdeswell Joakim Nyström	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
4.	November 25, 1985	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Sergio Casal	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–4, 6–3
5.	April 14, 1986	Bari, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Gary Donnelly Tomáš Šmíd	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
6.	February 16, 1987	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Sergio Casal	Anders Järryd Jonas Svensson	6–4, 6–2
7.	April 6, 1987	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Sergio Casal	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
8.	May 11, 1987	Munich, Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Jim Pugh Blaine Willenborg	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
9.	July 6, 1987	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Sergio Casal	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 6–7, 7–6, 6–1, 6–4
10.	August 3, 1987	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	7–6, 6–3
11.	September 21, 1987	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Sergio Casal	Carlos Di Laura Javier Sánchez	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
12.	October 26, 1987	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Javier Sánchez	Mel Purcell Tim Wilkison	6–3, 7–5
13.	July 11, 1988	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Petr Korda Milan Šrejber	7–6, 7–6
14.	September 26, 1988	Seoul Olympics, South Korea	Hard	Sergio Casal	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–3, 6–4, 6–7, 6–7, 9–7
15.	December 11, 1988	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Sergio Casal	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	6–4, 6–3, 2–6, 6–0
16.	January 8, 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Sergio Casal	Kelly Evernden Nicolas Pereira	6–4, 7–6
17.	April 16, 1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sergio Casal	Andrés Gómez Javier Sánchez	7–6, 7–5
18.	November 25, 1990	Doubles Championships, Sanctuary Cove	Hard	Sergio Casal	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	6–4, 7–6, 5–7, 6–4
19.	September 30, 1991	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Jacco Eltingh Tom Kempers	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
20.	August 26, 1991	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Andrés Gómez	Javier Sánchez Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 7–6, 7–6
21.	February 10, 1992	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Sergio Casal	Neil Broad David Macpherson	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
22.	August 31, 1992	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Sergio Casal	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 6–4
23.	April 12, 1993	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sergio Casal	Shelby Cannon Scott Melville	7–6, 6–1
24.	November 15, 1993	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Sergio Casal	Tomás Carbonell Carlos Costa	6–4, 6–4
25.	August 8, 1994	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sergio Casal	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6–7, 6–3, 7–5
26.	November 7, 1994	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Sergio Casal	Marcelo Filippini Luiz Mattar	7–6, 6–4
27.	May 22, 1995	Coral Springs, U.S.	Clay	Sergio Casal	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–1
28.	March 11, 1996	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Nicolás Pereira	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	6–2, 6–4
29.	September 30, 1996	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Cristian Brandi	Andrew Kratzmann Marcos Ondruska	7–6, 6–4

Singles finals (27)

Wins (15)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	April 21, 1986	Nice, France	Clay	Paul McNamee	6–1, 6–3
2.	May 12, 1986	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Ricki Osterthun	6–1, 6–3
3.	July 28, 1986	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Mats Wilander	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
4.	July 13, 1987	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Ronald Agenor	6–2, 6–3, 7–6
5.	July 20, 1987	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Ronald Agenor	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
6.	August 10, 1987	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Miloslav Mečíř	6–4, 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
7.	September 21, 1987	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Javier Sánchez	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
8.	August 1, 1988	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Guillermo Pérez-Roldán	6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
9.	August 7, 1989	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Martín Jaite	7–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–2
10.	January 8, 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Richey Reneberg	6–7, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
11.	April 9, 1990	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Franco Davín	6–3, 6–1
12.	April 15, 1991	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–4, 7–6, 6–2
13.	May 20, 1991	Rome, Italy	Clay	Alberto Mancini	6–3, 6–1, 3–0, ret.
14.	July 15, 1991	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–1, 6–4, 6–4
15.	January 13, 1992	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Guy Forget	6–3, 6–4

Runner-ups (12)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	May 19, 1986	Rome, Italy	Clay	Ivan Lendl	7–5, 4–6, 6–1, 6–1
2.	April 20, 1987	Nice, France	Clay	Kent Carlsson	7–6, 6–3
3.	June 15, 1987	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Kent Carlsson	6–2, 6–1
4.	March 7, 1988	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Boris Becker	7–5, 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
5.	June 13, 1988	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Alberto Mancini	7–5, 7–6
6.	August 8, 1988	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Kent Carlsson	6–1, 6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3
7.	July 31, 1989	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Karel Nováček	6–2, 6–4
8.	October 2, 1989	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Ivan Lendl	6–2, 6–2
9.	May 19, 1991	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Michael Stich	6–2, 6–4
10.	September 30, 1991	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Frederic Fontang	1–6, 6–3, 6–3
11.	October 5, 1992	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Sergi Bruguera	6–1, 6–3
12.	November 1, 1993	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Javier Frana	7–5, 3–6, 6–3

External links

• Emilio Sánchez at the Association of Tennis Professionals

• Spanish tennis players
• French Open champions
• US Open champions
• Olympic tennis players of Spain
• Tennis players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
• Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
• Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Olympic silver medalists for Spain
• Catalan tennis players
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