Pilar Pérez Pilar Pérez Pilar Pérez (born 22 September 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. Pérez, who began competing on the ITF circuit in the 1989 season, was the Orange Bowl champion in 1990, becoming the first Spanish female to win the prestigious junior tournament. As a 16-year old she featured in two Federation Cup ties for Spain, as the doubles partner of Conchita Martinez. Pérez and Martinez were beaten in both matches. This included the deciding rubber of the 1990 World Group semi-final against the USSR, as a replacement for Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, who was injured during her
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario the "TENNIS" era and in 2007, she was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. She was only the third Spanish player (and the first Spanish woman) to be inducted. In 2009, Sánchez Vicario was present at the opening ceremony of Madrid's Caja Mágica, the new venue for the Madrid Masters. The second show court is named Court Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in her honour. In 2015 Sanchez Vicario went into professional coaching. She got involved in training Danish player Caroline Wozniacki. She has been married twice: her first marriage to the sports writer Juan Vehils on July 21, 2000