Emilio Sánchez

Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario (born 29 May 1965) 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. He is the brother of multiple Grand Slam winner Arantxa. Sanchez since retiring captained his nation to Davis Cup success in 2008. In 2012 Sanchez was a tournament director for two wheelchair tennis events.

Playing career

Born in Madrid, Spain, 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, including the Italian Open (Tennis Masters Series event) in 1991. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 7.

In men's doubles, Sánchez captured 50 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 US 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 Olympic Games in Seoul. Sánchez was ranked World No. 1 in men's doubles in 1989.

Sánchez won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in 1987, at the French Open (with Pam Shriver) and the US Open (with Martina Navratilova).

Sánchez often played for Spain in international team events. He was a member 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 that won the Hopman Cup in 1990 and the World Team Cup in 1992.

Sánchez is the brother of Javier Sánchez Vicario and former World No. 1 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. In 1987, Emilio and Javier met in the final at Madrid, with Emilio winning the match 6–3, 3–6, 6–2. Emilio and Javier faced each other 12 times during their professional careers, with Emilio winning 10 of their matches. In the third round of the 1992 US Open, Emilio defeated Javier 5–7, 6–1, 6–7, 7–6, 6–4.

Sánchez retired from the professional tour in 1997.

Coaching career

He was the captain of the Spanish Davis Cup team for three years; his tenure there culminated in Spain's 2008 Davis Cup championship. He resigned as captain after the win.

In 2009, he signed a contract with the Brazilian tennis confederation to coordinate the sport in Brazil.

French Open

• Singles quarterfinalist: 1988
• Doubles champion: 1988 (partnering Andrés Gómez), 1990 (partnering Sergio Casal)
• Mixed doubles champion: 1987 (partnering Pam Shriver)

US Open

• Singles quarterfinalist: 1988
• Doubles champion: 1988 (partnering Casal)
• Mixed doubles champion: 1987 (partnering Martina Navratilova)

Wimbledon

• Doubles finalist: 1987

Wins (50)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	8 April 1985	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	6–4, 5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	22 July 1985	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sergio Casal	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	0–6, 6–7
Winner	1.	12 August 1985	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sergio Casal	Paolo Canè Claudio Panatta	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Runner-up	3.	16 September 1985	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Colin Dowdeswell Joakim Nyström	4–6, 7–6, 6–7
Winner	2.	23 September 1985	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Sergio Casal	Carlos Kirmayr Cássio Motta	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Winner	3.	30 September 1985	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sergio Casal	Jan Gunnarsson Michael Mortensen	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	25 November 1985	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Sergio Casal	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	14 April 1986	Bari, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Gary Donnelly Tomáš Šmíd	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	4.	12 May 1986	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Broderick Dyke Wally Masur	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	5.	12 May 1986	Florence, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Mike De Palmer Gary Donnelly	6–4, 7–6
Winner	6.	14 July 1986	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Sergio Casal	Stefan Edberg Joakim Nyström	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	7.	28 July 1986	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Sergio Casal	Craig Campbell Joey Rive	6–4, 6–2
Winner	8.	22 September 1986	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	6–4, 6–1
Winner	9.	9 February 1987	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Sergio Casal	Christo Steyn Danie Visser	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Runner-up	6.	16 February 1987	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Sergio Casal	Anders Järryd Jonas Svensson	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	6 April 1987	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Sergio Casal	Boris Becker Slobodan Živojinović	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	20 April 1987	Nice, France	Clay	Sergio Casal	Claudio Mezzadri Gianni Ocleppo	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	8.	11 May 1987	Munich, Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Jim Pugh Blaine Willenborg	6–7, 6–4, 4–6
Winner	11.	15 June 1987	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Claudio Panatta Blaine Willenborg	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	6 July 1987	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Sergio Casal	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	6–3, 7–6, 6–7, 1–6, 4–6
Winner	12.	20 July 1987	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Sergio Casal	Darren Cahill Mark Woodforde	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	10.	3 August 1987	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Stefan Edberg Anders Järryd	6–7, 3–6
Winner	13.	10 August 1987	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sergio Casal	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	11.	21 September 1987	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Sergio Casal	Carlos di Laura Javier Sánchez	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	26 October 1987	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Javier Sánchez	Mel Purcell Tim Wilkison	3–6, 5–7
Winner	14.	30 November 1987	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Sergio Casal	Jorge Lozano Diego Pérez	6–2, 6–2
Winner	15.	18 April 1988	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Sergio Casal	Jason Stoltenberg Todd Woodbridge	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
Winner	16.	25 April 1988	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Sergio Casal	Henri Leconte Ivan Lendl	6–1, 6–3
Winner	17.	6 June 1988	French Open, Paris	Clay	Andrés Gómez	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	18.	13 June 1988	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Rolf Hertzog Marc Walder	6–1, 7–6
Runner-up	13.	11 July 1988	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Andrés Gómez	Petr Korda Milan Šrejber	6–7, 6–7
Winner	19.	18 July 1988	Stuttgart Outdoor, West Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Anders Järryd Michael Mortensen	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	20.	1 August 1988	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Sergio Casal	Magnus Gustafsson Guillermo Pérez Roldán	7–6, 6–3
Winner	21.	8 August 1988	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sergio Casal	Joakim Nyström Claudio Panatta	6–4, 7–5
Winner	22.	12 September 1988	US Open, New York City	Hard	Sergio Casal	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	W/O
Winner	23.	19 September 1988	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sergio Casal	Claudio Mezzadri Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	26 September 1988	Seoul Olympics, South Korea	Hard	Sergio Casal	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	3–6, 4–6, 7–6, 7–6, 7–9
Winner	24.	28 November 1988	Itaparica, Brazil	Hard	Sergio Casal	Jorge Lozano Todd Witsken	7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	15.	11 December 1988	Masters Doubles, London	Carpet	Sergio Casal	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	4–6, 3–6, 6–2, 0–6
Winner	25.	15 May 1989	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Boris Becker Eric Jelen	6–4, 6–1
Winner	26.	7 August 1989	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Petr Korda Tomáš Šmíd	7–5, 7–6
Runner-up	16.	8 January 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Sergio Casal	Kelly Evernden Nicolás Pereira	4–6, 6–7
Winner	27.	19 February 1990	Brussels, Belgium	Carpet	Slobodan Živojinović	Goran Ivanišević Balázs Taróczy	7–5, 6–3
Winner	28.	9 April 1990	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Sergio Casal	Omar Camporese Paolo Canè	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up	17.	16 April 1990	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sergio Casal	Andrés Gómez Javier Sánchez	6–7, 5–7
Winner	29.	21 May 1990	Rome, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Jim Courier Martin Davis	7–6, 7–5
Winner	30.	11 June 1990	French Open, Paris	Clay	Sergio Casal	Goran Ivanišević Petr Korda	7–5, 6–3
Winner	31.	16 July 1990	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Sergio Casal	Omar Camporese Javier Sánchez	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	32.	30 July 1990	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Sergio Casal	Paul Haarhuis Mark Koevermans	7–5, 7–5
Winner	33.	1 October 1990	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Carlos Costa Horacio de la Peña	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	18.	25 November 1990	Doubles Championships, Sanctuary Cove	Hard	Sergio Casal	Guy Forget Jakob Hlasek	4–6, 6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Winner	34.	14 January 1991	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Sergio Casal	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	35.	25 February 1991	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Carpet	Sergio Casal	Jeremy Bates Nick Brown	6–3, 7–5
Winner	36.	13 May 1991	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Cássio Motta Danie Visser	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	37.	22 July 1991	Stuttgart Outdoor, Germany	Clay	Wally Masur	Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	19.	26 August 1991	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Andrés Gómez	Javier Sánchez Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Runner-up	20.	30 September 1991	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Jacco Eltingh Tom Kempers	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Winner	38.	4 November 1991	Búzios, Brazil	Hard	Sergio Casal	Javier Frana Leonardo Lavalle	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	39.	13 January 1992	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Hard	Sergio Casal	Scott Davis Kelly Jones	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	21.	10 February 1992	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Sergio Casal	Neil Broad David Macpherson	7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	40.	11 May 1992	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Sergio Casal	Carl-Uwe Steeb Michael Stich	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	41.	27 July 1992	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sergio Casal	Horacio de la Peña Vojtěch Flégl	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	22.	31 August 1992	Schenectady, U.S.	Hard	Sergio Casal	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 4–6
Winner	42.	21 September 1992	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Sergio Casal	Arnaud Boetsch Guy Forget	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	23.	12 April 1993	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Sergio Casal	Shelby Cannon Scott Melville	6–7, 1–6
Winner	43.	21 June 1993	Genova, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Mark Koevermans Greg Van Emburgh	6–3, 7–6
Winner	44.	4 October 1993	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Sergio Casal	Juan Garat Jorge Lozano	6–3, 6–3
Winner	45.	18 October 1993	Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Sergio Casal	Mike Bauer David Rikl	6–4, 6–4
Winner	46.	8 November 1993	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Sergio Casal	Pablo Albano Javier Frana	4–6, 7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	24.	15 November 1993	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Sergio Casal	Tomás Carbonell Carlos Costa	4–6, 4–6
Winner	47.	11 July 1994	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Sergio Casal	Menno Oosting Daniel Vacek	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	25.	8 August 1994	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Sergio Casal	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	26.	7 November 1994	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Sergio Casal	Marcelo Filippini Luiz Mattar	6–7, 4–6
Winner	48.	14 November 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Sergio Casal	Tomás Carbonell Francisco Roig	6–3, 6–2
Winner	49.	8 May 1995	Atlanta, U.S.	Clay	Sergio Casal	Jared Palmer Richey Reneberg	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	27.	22 May 1995	Coral Springs, U.S.	Clay	Sergio Casal	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 1–6
Winner	50.	6 November 1995	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Sergio Casal	Jiří Novák David Rikl	2–6, 7–6, 7–6
Runner-up	28.	11 March 1996	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Nicolás Pereira	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	29.	30 September 1996	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Cristian Brandi	Andrew Kratzmann Marcos Ondruska	6–7, 4–6

Doubles performance timeline

A = did not attend tournament
NH = tournament not held

Wins (15)

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

Runners-up (12)

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