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David Sanchez

ESP Age 48 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1997–2005

David Sanchez represented Spain on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 41. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 87–119 and 2 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

41 (Feb 24, 2003)

Elo peak

1719 (57th percentile)

Singles record

87–119 (42.2%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,451,767

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

David Sanchez's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Christophe Rochus #55	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 29, 2005*	R32	Palermo	ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Paul-Henri Mathieu #54	6-2 2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 2005*	R32	Tiriac Open	ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Rainer Schuettler #112	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 27, 2005*	R64	Austrian Open Kitzbühel	ATP International Series Gold → modern equivalent ATP 500	Clay
Fernando Gonzalez #21	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 2005*	SF	Dutch Open	ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Nicolas Massu #31	6-3 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 23, 2005*	QF	Dutch Open	ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

David Sanchez's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Gaston Gaudio	1	6	7	May 11, 2005	H2H
Nicolas Massu	3	3	6	Jul 23, 2005	H2H
Jose Acasuso	3	3	6	Sep 17, 2004	H2H
Carlos Moya	1	4	5	May 12, 2004	H2H
Christophe Rochus	1	3	4	Sep 29, 2005	H2H

Singles Titles (2)

David Sanchez singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
2003	25	2	—	—	—	2	—	Tiriac Open, Chile Open
Total		2	—	—	—	2	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

David Sanchez career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1997	19	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	407	262
1998	20	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	262	340
1999	21	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	342	196
2000	22	Qualifying Q	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—
2000	22	ATP	4	4	8	50.0%	201	89
2001	23	ATP	12	19	31	38.7%	89	74
2002	24	ATP	19	23	42	45.2%	74	60
2003	25	ATP	23	27	50	46.0%	60	50
2004	26	ATP	20	27	47	42.6%	50	74
2005	27	ATP	9	15	24	37.5%	74	137
Career		—	87	119	206	42.2%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

David Sanchez career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1997	19	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1998	20	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1999	21	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2000	22	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
2000	22	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%
2001	23	ATP	1	5	6	16.7%	11	13	24	45.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	12	19	31	38.7%
2002	24	ATP	0	7	7	0.0%	19	14	33	57.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	19	23	42	45.2%
2003	25	ATP	3	10	13	23.1%	20	15	35	57.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	23	27	50	46.0%
2004	26	ATP	5	9	14	35.7%	15	16	31	48.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	20	27	47	42.6%
2005	27	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	9	12	21	42.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	15	24	37.5%
Career	—	—	9	35	44	20.5%	78	77	155	50.3%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	87	119	206	42.2%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

David Sanchez career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1997	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1998	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1999	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2000	22	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%
2001	23	1	1	2	50.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	2	9	11	18.2%	6	4	10	60.0%	11	19	30	36.7%
2002	24	1	3	4	25.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	10	13	23	43.5%	6	2	8	75.0%	19	23	42	45.2%
2003	25	1	2	3	33.3%	0	8	8	0.0%	14	15	29	48.3%	8	2	10	80.0%	23	27	50	46.0%
2004	26	0	7	7	0.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	14	8	22	63.6%	6	5	11	54.5%	20	27	47	42.6%
2005	27	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	8	14	42.9%	2	2	4	50.0%	9	15	24	37.5%
Career		3	15	18	16.7%	6	29	35	17.1%	49	57	106	46.2%	28	18	46	60.9%	86	119	205	42.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 205/206 (99.5%) of David Sanchez's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

David Sanchez performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1997	19	1/1	6.0	2.0	50.9%	55.2%	53.6%	20.0%	40.0%	54.4%	37.5%
1998	20	2/2	0.0	5.0	71.0%	54.8%	38.7%	57.1%	62.5%	50.4%	33.2%
1999	21	1/1	1.0	5.0	74.0%	57.4%	31.6%	58.3%	27.3%	50.7%	36.1%
2000	22	8/8	2.0	2.0	63.0%	61.9%	50.6%	62.9%	51.2%	57.8%	47.0%
2001	23	28/31	1.9	2.8	63.4%	63.8%	48.8%	56.3%	47.9%	58.0%	39.9%
2002	24	36/42	2.4	2.0	62.2%	68.3%	53.4%	61.1%	46.8%	62.5%	40.3%
2003	25	49/50	2.4	3.0	57.7%	63.0%	46.4%	51.1%	42.2%	56.0%	41.6%
2004	26	46/47	2.6	1.7	62.0%	66.7%	46.3%	53.7%	44.2%	58.9%	38.0%
2005	27	24/24	2.7	2.0	60.7%	61.7%	45.0%	48.8%	50.5%	55.1%	36.9%
Career		195/206	2.4	2.3	61.1%	64.6%	47.9%	54.4%	45.9%	58.0%	39.8%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 195/206 (94.7%) of David Sanchez's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

David Sanchez advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1997	19	1485	100.6	-0.51	-1.79	0.822	45.5%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	+0.14
1998	20	1471	104.6	-2.05	-2.35	0.668	42.7%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.14
1999	21	1459	100.5	+1.82	-0.89	0.731	44.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	0–1	—	+0.07
2000	22	1520	112.3	-1.67	+2.95	1.115	52.6%	—	+50	—	43.8%	-0.25	0–1	1–3 (25%)	—	+0.14
2001	23	1569	122.4	-2.13	+0.89	0.950	49.3%	-119	+88	—	36.8%	-0.53	4–3 (57%)	4–5 (44%)	101.9	+0.08
2002	24	1634	136.6	+0.29	+1.36	1.077	51.3%	-252	+126	—	49.5%	+0.31	3–7 (30%)	4–6 (40%)	97.3	+0.51
2003	25	1623	130.4	-4.92	+3.22	0.946	48.8%	-236	+146	—	46.6%	-0.31	10–8 (56%)	7–5 (58%)	106.5	+0.42
2004	26	1574	133.1	-3.41	+1.28	0.923	48.4%	-117	+123	—	43.9%	-0.35	6–10 (38%)	6–10 (38%)	95.1	-0.88
2005	27	1597	119.1	-5.12	-2.04	0.822	46.3%	-167	+77	—	39.7%	-0.87	4–4 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	101.3	+0.21
Career		1719	132.7	-3.01	+1.32	0.948	49.0%	-180	+114	—	43.2%	-0.35	27–33 (45%)	24–31 (44%)	99.3	+0.27

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

David Sanchez Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2000	22	—	Q3	—	R128	2–2 (50%)
2001	23	R128	R32	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
2002	24	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
2003	25	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
2004	26	R64	R128	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
2005	27	R128	R32	—	—	2–2 (50%)
W-L		2–5 (29%)	7–6 (54%)	0–4 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	10–20 (33%)

Masters 1000

David Sanchez Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	HAM	IW	MAD	MC	MIA	ITA	W-L Win %
2002	24	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
2003	25	—	R64	R32	R64	—	R64	R128	R64	1–6 (14%)
2004	26	R64	—	R64	R64	R64	R32	R64	R16	5–7 (42%)
2005	27	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	2–2 (50%)	7–17 (29%)

ATP 500

David Sanchez ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	MEX	BAR	AUS	STU	W-L Win %
1998	20	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2001	23	R32	—	—	R16	2–2 (50%)
2002	24	QF	R16	—	—	4–2 (67%)
2003	25	R32	R16	R32	R64	2–4 (33%)
2004	26	R32	R32	R16	—	2–3 (40%)
2005	27	R32	—	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		2–5 (29%)	5–4 (56%)	1–3 (25%)	2–2 (50%)	10–14 (42%)

ATP 250

David Sanchez ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	ASB	SWE	BUC	BUE	CHN	DLB	DOH	EST	GST	MTP	MAL	SPB	STO	STU	UMA	BOL	CAS	COS	DUT	LON	MAR	MOS	PAL	SCO	SOP	ST.	U.S	VAL	STG	W-L Win %
1997	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	22	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
2001	23	R32	—	R32	R32	R32	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	QF	R32	R16	—	R16	8–13 (38%)
2002	24	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	R32	R32	—	QF	R32	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	QF	—	R32	QF	—	—	R32	13–14 (48%)
2003	25	—	R32	—	W	R32	—	—	R32	R32	QF	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	QF	R16	SF	—	R16	W	19–13 (59%)
2004	26	—	R16	—	R16	R16	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	SF	—	R32	SF	11–13 (46%)
2005	27	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	7–10 (41%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	9–5 (64%)	2–5 (29%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	4–3 (57%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–7 (46%)	2–2 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	10–5 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	10–4 (71%)	62–69 (47%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Feb 24, 2003

First Top 100

Jul 24, 2000

First Top 50

Feb 17, 2003

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

David Sanchez ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1995	17	—	1218	1224	1224	1228	1241	1226	1090	859	870	895	891
1996	18	891	688	696	618	630	620	628	662	414	418	416	408
1997	19	407	421	446	424	429	435	444	378	359	317	253	262
1998	20	259	252	255	258	233	217	191	203	263	263	338	340
1999	21	338	268	253	253	269	293	361	346	220	196	192	196
2000	22	239	213	161	159	144	115	101	93	96	88	89	89
2001	23	81	83	98	88	89	86	88	89	82	73	75	74
2002	24	72	75	65	74	64	62	62	61	57	60	60	60
2003	25	56	41	46	48	48	58	60	55	50	51	50	50
2004	26	50	56	57	57	55	54	54	64	72	72	74	74
2005	27	76	98	98	114	138	112	106	107	138	138	138	137
2006	28	145	153	154	165	225	355	937	918	1116	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

David Sanchez's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Galo Blanco	ESP	#40	1,751	297	122	175	41.1%	$1,832,691	1	1994–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Davide Sanguinetti	ITA	#42	1,772	390	157	233	40.3%	$2,935,584	2	1994–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Alex Calatrava	ESP	#44	1,699	178	69	109	38.8%	$1,335,933	1	1994–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Scott Draper	AUS	#42	1,818	233	107	126	45.9%	$1,594,598	1	1995–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Stefano Pescosolido	ITA	#42	1,764	263	107	156	40.7%	$1,657,671	2	1988–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Sargis Sargsian	ARM	#38	1,811	364	156	208	42.9%	$2,603,732	1	1993–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Kenneth Carlsen	DEN	#41	1,754	516	241	275	46.7%	$2,990,980	3	1992–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Julien Boutter	FRA	#46	1,817	146	62	84	42.5%	$1,430,283	1	1998–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Wayne Arthurs	AUS	#44	1,781	276	123	153	44.6%	$3,687,809	1	1996–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Andrew Ilie	AUS	#38	1,739	204	89	115	43.6%	$1,327,838	2	1995–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Hyung-Taik Lee	KOR	#36	1,798	277	121	156	43.7%	$2,355,686	1	1995–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Michal Tabara	CZE	#47	1,686	91	39	52	42.9%	$853,900	1	1996–2005	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is David Sanchez?: David Sanchez is 48 years old, born on April 20, 1978.
Which country does David Sanchez represent?: David Sanchez represents Spain in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is David Sanchez?: David Sanchez is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is David Sanchez left-handed or right-handed?: David Sanchez plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has David Sanchez won?: David Sanchez has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has David Sanchez won?: TennisDB does not group any of David Sanchez's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has David Sanchez won?: David Sanchez has won 2 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Vina Del Mar in 2003.
What is David Sanchez's highest ATP ranking?: David Sanchez's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 41, first achieved on February 24, 2003.
What is David Sanchez's career win-loss record?: David Sanchez has a career ATP singles record of 87 wins and 119 losses (42.2%).
How much career prize money has David Sanchez earned?: David Sanchez has earned at least $1,451,767 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of David Sanchez's career appear in TennisDB?: David Sanchez appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1997 through 2005.
On which surface does David Sanchez have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, David Sanchez's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 50.3% (78–77).
Who has David Sanchez faced most often?: David Sanchez's most frequent opponent is Gaston Gaudio, with a head-to-head record of 1–6 across 7 meetings.