| R32 | L | Guillaume Raoux | 6-1 6-3 | H2H |
🇪🇸 ESP · Right-handed · 180 cm · b. 1965-05-29
Emilio Sanchez
Active 1984–1997 · best rank seen: 7
431–291
16
0
1
28
18,955
Career summary
Emilio Sanchez of Spain is a former right-handed player who competed on the ATP tour from 1984 to 1997. He won 16 tour-level singles titles and 1 Masters, from a career match record of 431–291 (59.7%). His strongest surface by win rate was clay, where he went 301–168 (64%). His best three-year stretch came in 1990–1992, and he reached a peak Elo rating of 2202. His most frequent opponent was Martin Jaite, whom he faced 13 times with a record of 9–4.
Hard
104–74 (58.4%)
Clay
301–168 (64.2%)
Grass
4–10 (28.6%)
Carpet
22–39 (36.1%)
Main rivals
| Opponent | Record | Meetings | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇷 Martin Jaite | 9–4 | 13 | Full H2H |
| 🇪🇸 Javier Sanchez | 10–2 | 12 | Full H2H |
| 🇸🇪 Stefan Edberg | 3–9 | 12 | Full H2H |
| 🇷🇺 Andrei Cherkasov | 7–3 | 10 | Full H2H |
| 🇸🇪 Mats Wilander | 2–8 | 10 | Full H2H |
Opponents faced 10+ times; walkovers excluded.
Grand Slam record
| '84 | '85 | '86 | '87 | '88 | '89 | '90 | '91 | '92 | '93 | '94 | '95 | '96 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | |||||||
| Roland Garros | 4R | 3R | 4R | 4R | QF | 1R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 2R | ||
| Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | ||||||
| US Open | 1R | 3R | QF | 3R | 4R | 4R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 2R |
Season by season
Gold band: best three-year window (1990–1992).
Elo over time
Pre-match Elo, sampled across the career. Peak: 2202.
Career titles (16)
- 1992 World Team Cup Clay
- 1992 Sydney Outdoor Hard
- 1991 Gstaad Clay
- 1991 Rome Masters Clay
- 1991 Barcelona Clay
- 1990 Estoril Clay
- 1990 Wellington Hard
- 1989 Kitzbuhel Clay
- 1988 Hilversum Clay
- 1987 Madrid Clay
- 1987 Kitzbuhel Clay
- 1987 Bordeaux Clay
- 1987 Gstaad Clay
- 1986 Bastad Clay
- 1986 Munich Clay
- 1986 Nice Clay
Match results
| R64 | L | Nicolas Lapentti | 2-6 6-1 6-1 | H2H |
| R32 | L | Jason Stoltenberg | 6-2 6-4 | H2H |
| R64 | L | Jordi Burillo | 6-3 6-0 | H2H |
Methodology
Titles include Slams, Masters, Tour Finals, 500s, 250s, legacy tour events and Olympic gold; Davis Cup is excluded, and walkovers are excluded from all win–loss records. GOAT points value every round reached, scaled per tier (Slam title 2000 anchor; ranking includes Slam champions only, but every player's points are shown here). Elo is a chess-style rating over the full match history (K = 250/(n+5)^0.4); the timeline shows pre-match ratings, sampled. The gold band on the season chart marks the best three-consecutive-year window.