Maria Sanchez (tennis)

Maria Sanchez

Full name	Maria Victoria Sanchez
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	United States
Born	(1989-11-26) November 26, 1989 United States
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Turned pro	June 2011
Retired	Active
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$70,626
Singles
Career record	39-28
Career titles	0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 111 (February 25, 2013)
Current ranking	No. 111 (February 25, 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	3rd Rd of Qualies (2012)
Doubles
Career record	48-16
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 111 (October 7, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 111 (October 7, 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	2R (2012)
Last updated on: August 05, 2011.

Maria Sanchez (born November 26, 1989 in United States) is a professional American tennis player. On January 28, 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 117. On October 7, 2012, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of 111.

Career

2012

In Sanchez's first full season on tour, she has climbed over 530 spots in the WTA world rankings. Her first sign of promise came at the The Bahamas Women's Open $100,000 ITF in February, where she took out Urszula Radwańska and Eva Birnerová as a wildcard entry before falling to Bojana Jovanovski in the quarter-finals. Sanchez went on to reach the 2012 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic $50,000 ITF final, losing to Grace Min and finishing runner-up to Melanie Oudin in the race for the USTA 2012 French Open main draw wildcard. A few weeks later, Sanchez captured the 2012 FSP Gold River Women's Challenger $50,000 title in front of friends and family in Northern California, defeating Jessica Pegula in a three-set final. The win marked Sanchez's first pro title. Sanchez quickly added a second title at the Coleman Vision Championships $75,000 ITF event in Albuquerque, New Mexico in September, where she defeated American teenager Lauren Davis 6-1, 6-1.

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. She was upset in the NCAA Round of 16 by Mallory Burdette, and reached the semi-finals of doubles with Trojan teammate Kaitlyn Christian. Sanchez graduated with a degree in Real Estate. While at USC, star quarterback Matt Barkley was quoted as saying that Sanchez was his favorite athlete on campus.

Personal

Sanchez has four older brothers and is an avid sports fan who enjoys rooting for her Northern California teams, namely, the San Francisco Giants and San Francisco 49ers. In high school, Sanchez was a two-sport star on the basketball and tennis courts at Davis High in Modesto. She eschewed offers to play college basketball in order to focus on tennis at USC. Sanchez speaks fluent Spanish and has been featured in multiple videos on ESPN Deportes Los Angeles.

Coaching, Training & Representation

Sanchez trains at the Evert Academy in Boca Raton. Tennis legend Chris Evert has taken a professional interest in Maria after seeing her play World Team Tennis in the summer of 2011. When she's not at Evert's, Sanchez travels and is coached by Canadian Pierre-Luc Tessier, former coach of Canadian professional Stephanie Dubois. Sanchez is represented by tennis agent and licensed attorney Jordan J. Butler of Agent Atleta, Ltd., a Las Vegas-based athlete management company.

ITF Circuit Finals

Singles(1-1)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	30 April 2012	Indian Harbour Beach	Clay	Grace Min	6-4 7-6 (7-4)
Winner	2.	28 May 2012	Sacramento	Hard	Jessica Pegula	4-6 6-3 6-1
Winner	3	17 September 2012	Albuquerque	Hard	Lauren Davis	6-1 6-1

External links

• Maria Sanchez at the Women's Tennis Association
• Twitter handle: @mariavs10
• Articles about Maria Sanchez at Tennis Grandstand