Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
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Search complete. 8 mentions across 7 episodes found for "Arantxa Sánchez Vicario".
Oct 6, 2026
Chris BowersHOST
There were-
Gigi FernandezGUEST
There was Arantxa and Irina
Chris BowersHOST
...
Chris BowersHOST
Meredith and McGrath.
Blair HenleyCORRESPONDENT
She's been ranked as high as number six in the world, and owns seven career singles titles.
Blair HenleyCORRESPONDENT
She was a three-time Roland Garros quarterfinalist, and her best Grand Slam result came at the Australian Open, where she reached the semifinals in 1996 Also that year she became a major champion alongside Arantxa Sánchez Vicario when they took home the doubles title Down Under.
Blair HenleyCORRESPONDENT
From Lafayette, Louisiana, please welcome Chanda Rubin.
Blair HenleyCORRESPONDENT
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Blair HenleyHOST
She was a three-time Roland Garros quarterfinalist, and her best Grand Slam result came at the Australian Open, where she reached the semifinals in 1996.
Blair HenleyHOST
Also that year she became a major champion alongside Arantxa Sánchez Vicario when they took home the doubles title Down Under.
Blair HenleyHOST
From Lafayette, Louisiana, please welcome Chanda Rubin.
Blair HenleyHOST
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Kim ClijstersHOST
Incredible.
Kim ClijstersHOST
I ...
Kim ClijstersHOST
To me, there's a few names like that, and Arantxa Sánchez is one of them where you, you know, where you learn from.
Kim ClijstersHOST
I got to play her in the, um, when we had the WT finals at Madison Square Garden, and I got to play her-
Nicole PrattGUEST
And again, one thing that I'm really proud about from a generational standpoint was being pro in the early 90s.
Nicole PrattGUEST
And then playing through to 2008, you know, I was able to play against, you know, the likes of Monica Sellers, Lindsay Davenport, Mary Pierce, Conchita Martinez, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario.
Nicole PrattGUEST
Then even before Serena, you've got Kim Kleisters, Justine Hennen, Sharapova.
Nicole PrattGUEST
Like, they're all before...
Chanda RubinSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And for me, it was just, how is it going to be to play against her? Am I even going to get balls back in court? So that was what I remember first and foremost.
Clare BaldingHOST
Where Steppy Graf could dominate regular opponents at Grand Slams like Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario or even Martina Navratilova, with Monika Salas, it was dead level.
Clare BaldingHOST
They'd met six times and the score was 3-3.
Clare BaldingHOST
So spare a thought for tennis coach Heinz Gunthert, who was tasked with helping Steppy to find a way of beating Monika.
Ben EnnisHOST
Let's just sit on that, man.
Ben EnnisHOST
There is an all-time highlight going around these parts of when I think he was doing updates or something when he tried to pronounce the ranch as Sanchez Vicario.
Ben EnnisHOST
And that one...
Ben EnnisHOST
You might've guessed didn't go the way he wanted it to, but yeah, that is a poll and people of my vintage or slightly older.
Ben RothenbergHOST
Who was the other one?
Tumaini CarayolHOST
Um, that was '94, Graf, um, Sanchez Vicario.
Ben RothenbergHOST
Okay.
Tumaini CarayolHOST
And, and they also played the WTA finals the, the year before as, as did Rybakina and-