Ana Sofía Sánchez

Ana Sofía Sánchez
Full name	Ana Sofía Sánchez Palau
Country (sports)	Mexico
Born	13 April 1994 (age 30); San Luis Potosí
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$282,418
Singles
Career record	389–319
Career titles	13 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 248 (28 June 2021)
Current ranking	No. 380 (25 September 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	222–239
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 221 (15 August 2016)
Current ranking	No. 578 (25 September 2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	10–10
Medal record
Representing Mexico
Women's Tennis
Central American and Caribbean Games
	Last updated on: 26 September 2023.

Ana Sofía Sánchez Palau (Latin American Spanish: [ana soˈfi.a ˈsantʃes]; born 13 April 1994) is a Mexican tennis player. On 28 June 2021, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 248. On 15 August 2016, she peaked at No. 221 in the WTA doubles rankings. Sánchez has won 13 singles and 10 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In 2012, Sánchez made her debut for the Mexico Fed Cup team.

Career

In August 2016, in doubles she reached the semifinal in Florianopolis, Brazil with partner Montserrat González. The pair lost to third-seeded Tímea Babos and Réka Luca Jani, in straight sets.

On the WTA Tour in singles, she reached the second round at the 2018 Monterrey Open, her best result thus far. She beat Usue Maitane Arconada in the first round, before losing to Sachia Vickery.

In 2023, she qualified into the main draw of her home tournament at the WTA 1000 2023 Guadalajara Open Akron where she lost to Dayana Yastremska.^[1]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 25 (13 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (1–3)
$10/15,000 tournaments (12–9)

Finals by surface
Hard (8–8)
Clay (5–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2011	ITF Zacatecas, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Jessica Roland	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win	2–0	Apr 2012	ITF Chosica, Peru	10,000	Clay	Anastasia Kharchenko	7–5, 6–1
Win	3–0	May 2012	ITF Rosario, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Guadalupe Moreno	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3–1	Jun 2013	ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Montserrat González	6–4, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–7⁽¹⁾
Win	4–1	Jun 2013	ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Montserrat González	6–3, 6–2
Win	5–1	Jun 2013	ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Marcela Zacarías	6–1, 6–3
Loss	5–2	Aug 2013	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Jelena Pandžić	4–6, 4–6
Loss	5–3	Oct 2013	ITF Victoria, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Victoria Rodríguez	2–6, 6–4, 0–4 ret.
Win	6–3	Nov 2013	ITF Lima, Peru	10,000	Clay	Francesca Segarelli	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win	7–3	May 2014	ITF Sousse, Tunisia	10,000	Hard	Nuria Párrizas Díaz	6–1, 6–2
Win	8–3	May 2014	ITF Sousse, Tunisia	10,000	Hard	Lina Gjorcheska	6–3, 6–1
Loss	8–4	Jun 2014	ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Victoria Rodríguez	6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Win	9–4	Jun 2014	ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Allie Will	3–6, 6–0, 6–0
Win	10–4	Jun 2014	ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Marcela Zacarías	4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss	10–5	Aug 2015	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Daniela Seguel	2–6, 2–6
Loss	10–6	Apr 2016	ITF León, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Renata Zarazua	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	10–7	Jul 2017	ITF Amstelveen, Netherlands	15,000	Clay	Lisa Matviyenko	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 2–6
Win	11–7	Jul 2017	ITF Brussels, Belgium	15,000	Clay	Mirjam Björklund	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	12–7	Sep 2017	ITF Schoonhoven, Netherlands	15,000	Clay	Marina Melnikova	6–3, 6–4
Loss	12–8	Dec 2017	ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia	15,000	Clay	Fernanda Brito	4–6, 3–6
Loss	12–9	Feb 2018	ITF Surprise, United States	25,000	Hard	Yanina Wickmayer	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	12–10	Jan 2019	ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe	25,000	Hard	Urszula Radwańska	1–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	12–11	Apr 2019	ITF Cancún, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Marcela Zacarías	0–6, 5–7
Win	13–11	Jun 2021	ITF Santo Domingo, DR	25,000	Hard	Emina Bektas	3–6, 7–6⁽³⁾, 7–6⁽⁹⁾
Loss	13–12	May 2022	ITF Naples, United States	25,000	Clay	Kayla Day	1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 28 (10 titles, 18 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (4–6)
$10/15,000 tournaments (6–12)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–9)
Clay (7–9)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2012	ITF Trujillo, Peru	10,000	Clay	Aranza Salut	Patricia Kú Flores Katherine Miranda Chang	3–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Loss	1–1	Aug 2012	ITF Lima, Peru	10,000	Clay	Aranza Salut	Eduarda Piai Karina Venditti	4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	1–2	Sep 2012	ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Aranza Salut	Andrea Benítez Camila Silva	3–6, 0–6
Win	2–2	May 2013	ITF Villa María, Argentina	10,000	Clay	Camila Silva	Victoria Bosio Aranza Salut	6–1, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Jun 2013	ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Daniela Schippers	Danielle Mills Francesca Segarelli	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Jun 2013	ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico	10,000	Hard	Daniela Schippers	Akari Inoue Julia Moriarty	7–5, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, [10–12]
Loss	2–5	Aug 2013	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Marcela Zacarías	Carolina Betancourt Camila Fuentes	2–6, 3–6
Loss	2–6	Oct 2013	ITF Victoria, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Hsu Chieh-yu	María Fernanda Álvarez Terán María Irigoyen	6–7⁽²⁾, 3–6
Win	3–6	Nov 2013	ITF Lima, Peru	10,000	Clay	Francesca Segarelli	Daniela Farfan María Herazo González	0–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	3–7	May 2014	ITF Sousse, Tunisia	10,000	Hard	Chantal Škamlová	Alexandra Nancarrow Olga Parres Azcoitia	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–8	Mar 2015	ITF Irapuato, Mexico	25,000	Hard	Ayaka Okuno	Marcela Zacarías Victoria Rodríguez	1–6, 5–7
Loss	3–9	May 2015	ITF Obregón, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Francesca Segarelli	Marcela Zacarías Victoria Rodríguez	3–6, 1–6
Win	4–9	Aug 2015	ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico	15,000	Hard	Montserrat González	Maria Fernanda Alves Laura Pigossi	6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Win	5–9	Nov 2015	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Montserrat González	Catalina Pella Daniela Seguel	6–4, 7–6⁽³⁾
Win	6–9	Nov 2016	ITF Santiago, Chile	10,000	Clay	Victoria Rodríguez	Fernanda Brito Camila Giangreco Campiz	7–5, 7–5
Loss	6–10	Jun 2017	ITF Sassuolo, Italy	15,000	Clay	Carla Lucero	Federica Arcidiacono Martina Spigarelli	w/o
Loss	6–11	Aug 2017	ITF Vienna, Austria	15,000	Clay	Lucrezia Stefanini	Anastasia Grymalska Dalila Spiteri	6–0, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	6–12	Aug 2017	ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands	15,000	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	Deborah Kerfs Chiara Scholl	5–7, 3–6
Loss	6–13	Dec 2017	ITF Santiago, Chile	25,000	Clay	Carolina Alves	Tamaryn Hendler Anastasia Pivovarova	5–7, 2–6
Loss	6–14	Dec 2017	ITF Luque, Paraguay	15,000	Hard	Montserrat Gonzalez	Thaisa Grana Pedretti Noelia Zeballos	2–6, 4–6
Win	7–14	May 2018	ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain	25,000+H	Clay	Jamie Loeb	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Chiara Scholl	6–3, 6–2
Win	8–14	Jul 2019	ITF Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain	25,000	Hard	Victoria Rodríguez	Alba Carrillo Marín Ángela Fita Boluda	6–3, 6–3
Win	9–14	Aug 2019	ITF Las Palmas, Spain (GC)	25,000+H	Hard	Victoria Rodríguez	Marina Bassols Ribera Feng Shuo	6–3, 7–5
Loss	9–15	Sep 2020	Zagreb Ladies Open, Croatia	25,000	Clay	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	Silvia Njirić Dejana Radanović	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	10–15	Oct 2020	ITF Porto, Portugal	25,000	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Jana Fett Erin Routliffe	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	10–16	May 2021	ITF Salinas, Ecuador	25,000	Hard	Victoria Rodríguez	Rasheeda McAdoo Conny Perrin	4–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾
Loss	10–17	May 2022	ITF Naples, United States	25,000	Clay	Rasheeda McAdoo	Anna Rogers Christina Rosca	1–6, 4–6
Loss	10–18	June 2023	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	25,000	Clay	Yulia Starodubtseva	María Herazo González Ksenia Laskutova	6–2, 4–6, [9-11]

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

Singles

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2012	Z1 RR	Apr 2012	Guadalajara (MEX)	Costa Rica	Clay	Ximena Mino	W	6–2, 7–5
				Chile		Andrea Koch Benvenuto	L	3–6, 1–6
				Puerto Rico		Monica Puig	L	3–6, 5–7
				Uruguay		María José Pintos	W	6–0, 6–1
				Trinidad and Tobago		Yolande Leacock	W	6–4, 3–6, 6–1

References

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External links

Ana Sofía Sánchez at the Women's Tennis Association
Ana Sofía Sánchez at the International Tennis Federation
Ana Sofía Sánchez at the Billie Jean King Cup

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