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Feb 01, 1968 Pamplona, Navarre, Spain 56 years old
Spanish tennis player
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About Javier Sánchez
- Javier Sánchez Vicario (Spanish pronunciation: [xa'ßje? 'sant?e?]; born 1 February 1968) 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 total of four top-level singles titles and 26 doubles titles.
- He reached the quarterfinals of the US Open in 1991 and 1996, and the semifinals of the 1994 Hamburg Masters.
- His career-high rankings were world No.
- 23 in singles (in 1994) and No.
- 9 in doubles (in 1992).
- His playing style was somewhat of a throwback in that he had a solid all-round game but did not have a weapon of a shot that won him easy points.
- In addition, he had a one-handed backhand that he usually hit with a slice rather than up-and-through. Sánchez is a member of one of the world's most successful tennis families.
- His younger sister Arantxa Sánchez Vicario became the youngest-ever winner of the women's singles title at the French Open at age 17 in 1989, and went on to win several more Grand Slam titles.
- His older brother Emilio Sánchez was also a very successful player who won several Grand Slam doubles titles.
- In Javier's first career singles final in 1987 in Madrid, he faced Emilio.
- It was the first time that two brothers had met 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.
- Javier won two of their matches, and Emilio won ten.)
