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).

In 2012, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario sued Javier Sánchez (and their father) for the alleged mishandling and embezzlement of her $60 million career earnings. The court case continued over three years, and in 2015 concluded in a private settlement.

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

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Career SR Career W–L Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenANHAAA2R1R2RQF1R1R2R3RQF1RA0 / 1011–10 French OpenAA2R1RQF1R1R1R2R2R1R3R2R2R3RA0 / 1312–13 WimbledonAAA1RAA1RAAAA1RAA1RA0 / 40–4 US OpenAA1R2R3R2R1R1RQF1R1RQF2RQF1RA0 / 1314–13Grand Slam SR0 / 00 / 00 / 20 / 30 / 20 / 30 / 40 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 30 / 40 / 30 / 30 / 40 / 00 / 40N/AAnnual win–loss0–00–01–21–35–22–30–41–37–31–30–36–44–37–32–40–0N/A37–40 ATP Masters Series Indian WellsTournaments Were NotMasters Series EventsBefore 19901RW2R1R1R1R1R2RQFQFA1 / 1011–9 Key Biscayne2R2RA2R1RQF3RSF2R2RA0 / 99–8 Monte-CarloFQF1R1R1RFSFQF1R1RA0 / 1013–10 Rome2RA2R2RF2RQFQFSF1RA0 / 915–9 Hamburg2RSF1R1R2R2RQFW2R1RA1 / 1012–8 Montreal / TorontoAAAAAASFAAAA0 / 12–1 CincinnatiAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0 Madrid (Stuttgart)1RA2RAQFA1RA1RAA0 / 53–5 Paris1RA1RA1RA1RA2RAA0 / 51–5Masters Series SRN/A0 / 71 / 40 / 60 / 50 / 70 / 50 / 81 / 50 / 70 / 50 / 02 / 59N/AAnnual win–lossN/A4–711–33–61–47–79–410–812–46–73–50–0N/A66–55 Year-end ranking44235167762230364845262531223670257N/A

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (1–1) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1986WimbledonGrass Eduardo Vélez3–6, 5–7Win1986 US OpenHard Franco Davín6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (1–0) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreWin1986 US OpenHard Tomás Carbonell Jeff Tarango David Wheaton6–4, 1–6, 6–1

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