Maria Sanchez

Maria Sanchez (born November 26, 1989) is a professional tennis player from the United States. On July 8, 2013, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 107. On April 22, 2019, she reached her highest doubles ranking of No. 51. Sanchez is primarily a doubles player. In doubles, she has won three WTA titles, one WTA 125K series title, and 21 ITF titles. She has also won 2 ITF singles titles.

Maria Sanchez, 2013
Maria Sanchez
Full nameMaria Victoria Sanchez
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceBoca Raton, Florida
Born (1989-11-26) November 26, 1989
Modesto, California
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Turned pro2011
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$595,139
Singles
Career record242–210 (53.5%)
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 107 (8 July 2013)
Current rankingNo. 395 (3 February 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2013, 2016)
French OpenQ2 (2013, 2015)
WimbledonQ2 (2013, 2015)
US Open1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record277–155 (64.1%)
Career titles3 WTA, 1 WTA 125K, 21 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 56 (26 September 2016)
Current rankingNo. 92 (3 February 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2016, 2017)
French Open1R (2016, 2017, 2020)
Wimbledon3R (2016)
US Open2R (2012, 2015, 2016)
Last updated on: 3 February 2020.

College

Sanchez attended the University of Southern California where she was a three-time All-American in singles and doubles. She was the No. 1 collegiate player throughout the 2011–2012 season and was named the ITA Senior Player of the Year. While at USC, star quarterback Matt Barkley was quoted as saying that Sanchez was his favorite athlete on campus.

Career

2012

In Sanchez's first full season on tour, she climbed over 530 spots in the world rankings. Sanchez captured the 2012 FSP Gold River Women's Challenger $50,000 title in Northern California, defeating Jessica Pegula in a three-set final. The win marked her first pro title. Sanchez quickly added a second title at the Coleman Vision Championships $75,000 event in Albuquerque, New Mexico in September, where she defeated American teenager Lauren Davis 6–1, 6–1.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 4 January 2014 ASB Classic Auckland, New Zealand Hard Sharon Fichman Lucie Hradecká
Michaëlla Krajicek
2–6, 6–0, [10–4]
Runner-up 1. 6 March 2016 Monterrey Open, Mexico Hard Petra Martić Anabel Medina Garrigues
Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner 2. 16 September 2018 Tournoi de Québec, Canada Carpet (i) Asia Muhammad Darija Jurak
Xenia Knoll
6–4, 6–3
Winner 3. 7 April 2019 Monterrey Open, Mexico Hard Asia Muhammad Monique Adamczak
Jessica Moore
7–6(7–2), 6–4
Runner-up 2. 3 August 2019 Washington Open, USA Hard Fanny Stollár Coco Gauff
Caty McNally
2–6, 2–6

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2018 WTA Chicago, United States Hard Asia Muhammad Mona Barthel
Kristýna Plíšková
3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2019 WTA Guadalajara, Mexico Hard Fanny Stollár Cornelia Lister
Renata Voráčová
7–5, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 / $80,000 tournaments (1–2)
$50,000 tournaments (1–2)
$25,000 tournaments (0–2)
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2012 ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States $50,000 Clay Grace Min 4–6, 6–7
Win 1–1 May 2012 ITF Sacramento, United States $50,000 Hard Jessica Pegula 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–1 Sep 2012 ITF Albuquerque, United States $75,000 Hard Lauren Davis 6–1, 6–1
Loss 2–2 Nov 2012 ITF Phoenix, United States $75,000 Hard Madison Keys 3–6, 6–7
Loss 2–3 May 2014 ITF Raleigh, United States $25,000 Clay Heidi El Tabakh 3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Nov 2014 ITF Toronto, Canada $50,000 Hard (i) Gabriela Dabrowski 4–6, 6–2, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 2–5 Feb 2015 ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States $25,000 Hard CiCi Bellis 2–6, 0–6
Loss 2–6 Sep 2017 ITF Albuquerque, United States $80,000 Hard Emina Bektas 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 41 (21 titles, 20 runners-up)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 20 July 2009 Evansville, U.S. Hard Yasmin Schnack Kaitlyn Christian
Lindsey Nelson
4–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Runner-up 1. 12 July 2010 Atlanta, U.S. Hard Irina Falconi Kristy Frilling
Julia Glushko
2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner 2. 26 July 2010 St. Joseph, U.S. Hard Ellen Tsay Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
Gabriela Paz
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 27 September 2010 Las Vegas, U.S. Hard Irina Falconi Lindsay Lee-Waters
Megan Moulton-Levy
6–1, 5–7, 4–6
Winner 3. 12 September 2011 Redding, U.S. Hard Yasmin Schnack Brittany Augustine
Whitney Jones
7–6, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up 3. 7 November 2011 Phoenix, U.S. Hard Yasmin Schnack Jamie Hampton
Ajla Tomljanović
6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 30 January 2012 Rancho Santa Fe, U.S. Hard Yasmin Schnack Irina Buryachok
Elizaveta Ianchuk
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–8]
Winner 5. 13 February 2012 Surprise, U.S. Hard Yasmin Schnack Mihaela Buzărnescu
Valeria Solovyeva
6–4, 6–3
Winner 6. 23 April 2012 Charlottesville, U.S. Clay Yasmin Schnack Julia Glushko
Elena Bovina
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 4. 28 May 2012 Sacramento, U.S. Hard Kaitlyn Christian Yasmin Schnack
Asia Muhammad
3–6, 6–7
Runner-up 5. 17 September 2012 Albuquerque, U.S. Hard Irina Falconi Yasmin Schnack
Asia Muhammad
2–6, 6–1, [10–12]
Runner-up 6. 15 April 2013 Dothan, U.S. Hard Irina Falconi Julia Cohen
Tatjana Maria
4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Winner 7. 3 June 2013 Nottingham, U.K. Grass Nicola Slater Gabriela Dabrowski
Sharon Fichman
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Runner-up 7. 16 February 2014 Midland, U.S. Hard (i) Sharon Fichman Anna Tatishvili
Heather Watson
5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Runner-up 8. 21 April 2014 Charlottesville, U.S. Clay Irina Falconi Asia Muhammad
Taylor Townsend
3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 9. 6 June 2014 Nottingham, U.K. Grass Sharon Fichman Jocelyn Rae
Anna Smith
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [5–10]
Runner-up 10. 7 July 2014 Sacramento, U.S. Hard Zoë Gwen Scandalis Daria Gavrilova
Storm Sanders
2–6, 1–6
Winner 8. 3 August 2014 Vancouver, Canada Hard Asia Muhammad Jamie Loeb
Allie Will
6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Runner-up 11. 28 September 2014 Las Vegas, U.S. Hard Asia Muhammad Verónica Cepede Royg
María Irigoyen
3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Winner 9. 19 October 2014 Tampico, Mexico Hard Petra Martić Valeria Savinykh
Kateryna Bondarenko
3–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Winner 10. 31 October 2014 Toronto, Canada Hard (i) Taylor Townsend Gabriela Dabrowski
Tatjana Maria
7–5, 4–6, [15–13]
Runner-up 12. 9 November 2014 Captiva Island, U.S. Hard Asia Muhammad Gabriela Dabrowski
Anna Tatishvili
3–6, 3–6
Runner-up 13. 16 February 2015 Surprise, U.S. Hard Johanna Konta Jacqueline Cako
Kaitlyn Christian
4–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Winner 11. 25 April 2015 Dothan, U.S. Clay Johanna Konta Paula Cristina Gonçalves
Petra Krejsová
6–3, 6–4
Winner 12. 3 May 2015 Charlottesville, U.S. Clay Françoise Abanda Olga Ianchuk
Irina Khromacheva
6–1, 6–3
Winner 13. 10 May 2015 Indian Harbour Beach, U.S. Clay Taylor Townsend Alexandra Stevenson
Angelina Gabueva
6–0, 6–1
Winner 14. 17 August 2015 Vancouver, Canada Hard Johanna Konta Raluca Olaru
Anna Tatishvili
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up 14. October 24, 2015 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i) Sharon Fichman Mihaela Buzărnescu
Justyna Jegiołka
6–7(6–8), 6–4, [7–10]
Winner 15. October 30, 2015 Toronto, Canada Hard (i) Sharon Fichman Kristie Ahn
Fanny Stollár
6–2, 6–7(6–8), [10–6]
Winner 16. 31 January 2016 Maui, U.S. Hard Asia Muhammad Jessica Pegula
Taylor Townsend
6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up 15. 8 May 2016 Indian Harbour Beach, U.S. Clay Jessica Pegula Julia Glushko
Alexandra Panova
5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 16. 4 June 2016 Eastbourne, U.K. Grass Asia Muhammad Yang Zhaoxuan
Zhang Kailin
6–7(5–7), 1–6
Winner 17. 24 September 2016 Albuquerque, U.S. Hard Michaëlla Krajicek Elise Mertens
Mandy Minella
6–2, 6–4
Winner 18. 2 October 2016 Las Vegas, U.S. Hard Michaëlla Krajicek Jamie Loeb
Chanel Simmonds
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 17. 17 September 2017 Redding, U.S. Hard Harriet Dart Daneika Borthwick
Ana Veselinović
3–6, 4–6
Winner 19. 21 October 2017 Florence, U.S. Hard Taylor Townsend Tara Moore
Amra Sadiković
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up 18. 18 November 2017 Norman, U.S. Hard Caitlin Whoriskey Chiara Scholl
Tamaryn Hendler
6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Runner-up 19. 4 February 2018 Midland, U.S. Hard (i) Jessica Pegula Kaitlyn Christian
Sabrina Santamaria
5–7, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner-up 20. 14 April 2018 Indian Harbour Beach, U.S. Hard Jessica Pegula Irina Bara
Sílvia Soler Espinosa
4–6, 2–6
Winner 20. 3 November 2018 Toronto, Canada Hard (i) Sharon Fichman Maja Chwalińska
Elitsa Kostova
6–0, 6–4
Winner 21. 9 Feb 2020 Midland, United States Hard (i) Caroline Dolehide Valeria Savinykh
Yanina Wickmayer
6–3, 6–4
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