How Arantxa Sanchez Vicario's $41 million tennis fortune 'vanished
New York Post • • sports
Key Points:
- Former World No.1 tennis player Arantxa Sanchez Vicario claims she is penniless after her ex-husband, Josep Santacana, drained her $41 million fortune, leaving her to repay large debts.
- Sanchez Vicario and Santacana were found guilty of fraud in January 2024 for allegedly hiding assets to avoid paying debts to Banque de Luxembourg; she avoided jail by agreeing to repay half her earnings.
- Previously, in 2009, Sanchez Vicario was fined $5.9 million for tax fraud related to residency claims between 1989-93 but avoided jail time.
- Santacana was sentenced to three years and three months in prison, while Sanchez Vicario, who divorced him in 2019, denies knowledge of wrongdoing, stating he handled their finances.
- Sanchez Vicario, a celebrated tennis star of the 1990s with multiple Grand Slam titles and Olympic medals, retired in 2002 and now faces financial and legal challenges.
