Maria Sanchez (tennis)

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Maria Sanchez

Full name	Maria Victoria Sanchez
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida
Born	(1989-11-26) November 26, 1989 Modesto, California
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$595,139
Singles
Career record	242–210 (53.5%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 107 (8 July 2013)
Current ranking	No. 395 (3 February 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2013, 2016)
French Open	Q2 (2013, 2015)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2013, 2015)
US Open	1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	277–155 (64.1%)
Career titles	3 WTA, 1 WTA 125K, 21 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 56 (26 September 2016)
Current ranking	No. 92 (3 February 2020)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016, 2017)
French Open	1R (2016, 2017, 2020)
Wimbledon	3R (2016)
US Open	2R (2012, 2015, 2016)
Last updated on: 3 February 2020.

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

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

External links

• Maria Sanchez at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maria Sanchez at the International Tennis Federation
• Articles about Maria Sanchez at Tennis Grandstand