David Sánchez Muñoz (; born 20 April 1978) is a Spanish tennis coach and a former professional player. He reached his career high singles ranking of World No. 41 on 24 February 2003. Career During his third round run at the 2001 French Open, Sánchez defeated the previous year's finalist Magnus Norman and former champion Carlos Moyá in five sets, and took a set off Roger Federer.
In 2003 he won both the Open Romania and the Movistar Open.
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP International Series (2–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Viña del Mar International SeriesClay Marcelo Ríos1–6, 6–3, 6–3Win2–0Bucharest International SeriesClay Nicolás Massú6–2, 6–2
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 12 (5–7) LegendATP Challenger (5–7)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (5–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Brașov, RomaniaChallengerClay Thierry Guardiola6–2, 0–6, 6–2Win2–0Lisbon, PortugalChallengerClay Jiří Vaněk6–4, 3–6, 6–2Win3–0Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Attila Sávolt6–3, 6–2Loss3–1Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Germán Puentes3–6, 3–6Loss3–2Graz, AustriaChallengerClay Michal Tabara5–7, 0–6Loss3–3Paget, BermudaChallengerClay José Acasuso6–7(4–7), 1–6Win4–3Kyiv, UkraineChallengerClay Attila Sávolt4–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss4–4Cagliari, ItalyChallengerClay Fernando Vicente6–4, 2–6, 4–6Win5–4Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay José Acasuso5–1 ret.Loss5–5Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Nikolay Davydenko3–6, 3–6Loss5–6San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay Alessio di Mauro3–6, 2–3 ret.Loss5–7Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Edgardo Massa2–6, 2–6
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament19981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ2AA1R1R2R2R1R0 / 52–5French OpenQ1AQ33R2R1R1R3R0 / 55–5WimbledonAAA1R1R1R1RA0 / 40–4US OpenAA1R1R1R1R2RA0 / 51–5Win–loss0–00–00–12–41–41–42–42–20 / 198–19ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAQ11R1R2RA0 / 31–3MiamiAAAA1R1R2RA0 / 31–3Monte CarloAAAAA1R2RQ20 / 21–2HamburgAAAQ22R2R1R1R0 / 42–4RomeAAAAA1R3RQ10 / 22–2CanadaAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1MadridNot HeldQ1A1RA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–31–65–70–10 / 177–17
Wins over top 10 ranked players Season200120022003TotalWins1113
Wins over Top 10s per season #PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore20011. Magnus Norman9French Open, Paris, FranceClay1R4–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1, 6–220022. Juan Carlos Ferrero8Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay2R5–7, 6–4, 6–320033. Paradorn Srichaphan10Barcelona, SpainClay2R6–0, 6–2
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