David Sánchez Muñoz (born 20 April 1978) is a retired
Spanish
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tennis
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player. He turned professional in 1997. In 2003 he won both the
Open Romania and the
Movistar Open
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. He reached his career high singles ranking of World No. 41 on 24 February 2003.
During his third round run at the
2001 French Open
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Seniors
Men's singles
Gustavo Kuerten def ...
, Sánchez defeated the previous year's finalist
Magnus Norman
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and former champion
Carlos Moya
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in five sets, and took a set off
Roger Federer
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.
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 12 (5–7)
Performance timeline
Singles
Wins over top 10 ranked players
Wins over Top 10s per season
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Spanish male tennis players
1978 births
Living people
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