María Sánchez Lorenzo
María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo is a retired professional tennis player from Spain.
Her highest WTA ranking has been world no. 33, a position she achieved on April 5, 2004.
She played two handed on both sides, and her favourite surface was the hardcourt, unusual for a Spanish tennis player.
At the 2005 French Open, Lorenzo defeated reigning champion Anastasia Myskina in three sets in the first round, which became the first time the reigning champ of the French Open lost in the first round.
WTA career finals
Singles: 3 (1–2)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | Aug 1999 | Knokke-Heist, Belgium | Clay |  Denisa Chládková | 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2. | May 2003 | Madrid, Spain | Clay |  Chanda Rubin | 4–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3. | Feb 2004 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay |  Fabiola Zuluaga | 6–3, 4–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 3 (0-3)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | Jul 1999 | Sopot, Poland | Clay |  Gala León García |  Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2. | May 2000 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Gala León García | Lisa Raymond  Rennae Stubbs | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5. | May 2006 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Gisela Dulko |  Li Ting Sun Tiantian | 2–6, 2–6 |
Performance timeline
ITF Singles Circuit finals: 12 (9–3)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Winner | 1. | 17 May 1993 | Tortosa, Spain | Clay | Ángeles Montolio | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Winner | 2. | 27 June 1994 | Cáceres, Spain | Clay |  Nathalie Herreman | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 24 July 1995 | Valladolid, Spain | Clay |  Claudia Porwik | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 23 February 1997 | Redbridge, United Kingdom | Hard |  Elena Tatarkova | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | 7 April 1997 | Athens, Greece | Hard |  Sofia Prazeres | 6–7, 6–1, 7–6 |
| Winner | 6. | 10 August 1998 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Clay | Radka Bobková | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 7. | 14 September 1998 | Bordeaux, France | Clay |  Rita Kuti-Kis | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 8. | 15 May 2000 | Porto, Portugal | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Winner | 9. | 18 March 2002 | Ciudad Juarez, Mexico | Clay |  Evelyn Fauth | 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner | 10. | 29 March 2002 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Clay | Melinda Czink | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 7 July 2002 | Orbetello, Italy | Clay |  Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Runner-up | 12. | 8 October 2005 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Kateřina Böhmová | 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |