In the nineties, you would be hard-pressed to find a bigger fighter on the world courts. The tenacious Spaniard moved excellently around the court and was bad for her biggest rivals Steffi Grafová or Monica Selešová. However, she also earned the nickname “Barcelona bumblebee” for her hard work.
In doubles, she liked the Czech partners. She won one Grand Slam after another with Helena Suková or Jana Novotna. She collected a total of 11 in doubles.
No one had any idea what kind of trouble he could get into with such a great career.
The tennis player, who celebrates her 54th birthday on Thursday, retired in 2002 and her entanglements with the Spanish court soon began.
The tax authority discovered that between 1989 and 1993 she had listed Andorra as her residence, although she had permanently resided in Barcelona. The court then fined her three and a half million euros.
But in 2012, she came up with an unexpected accusation in her autobiography. “I don’t know how my father managed my income. I became his victim, I was cheated and now I have no resources. My parents robbed me of everything. My mother decided everything, including what kind of hair I would have, what I would wear,” said Vicariová.
During her career, she earned $17 million in prize money alone and another $40 in advertising. She said she lost it all.
Family disagreements went to court, but the proceedings eventually ended in an out-of-court settlement. However, he does not talk to any of his relatives.
She came into the hands of justice again two years ago, when the Luxembourg police accused her and her second husband of concealing assets to avoid paying off a debt of up to 190 million crowns.
“The only thing I was guilty of is that I fell in love, I trusted my husband and he played with me,” Marca Vicari defended herself for the website.
But the court found the ITF Hall of Fame member guilty and sentenced her to two years of probation.
“It’s unfair, I’ve already had to make brutal economic efforts to repay the debt to the bank. I’ll support the children only with what my friends give me,” complained the mother of a sixteen-year-old daughter and a fourteen-year-old son.
Currently, he earns by coaching children, occasionally co-commenting on television and organizing tennis tournaments.
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