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 Cup in 1990 and 2002. Over the course of her career, Sánchez Vicario won 29 singles titles and 69 doubles titles before retiring in November 2002. She came out of retirement in 2004 to play doubles in a few select tournaments as well as the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she became the only tennis player to play in five Olympics in the Games history. Sanchez Vicario is the most decorated Olympian in Spanish history with four medals – two silver and two bronze. In 2005, "TENNIS "Magazine put her in 27th place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of