Maria Sanchez


Maria Sanchez 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.

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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1.4 January 2014ASB Classic Auckland, New ZealandHard Sharon Fichman Lucie Hradecká
Michaëlla Krajicek
2–6, 6–0,
Runner-up1.6 March 2016Monterrey Open, MexicoHard Petra Martić6–4, 5–7,
Winner2.16 September 2018Tournoi de Québec, CanadaCarpet Asia Muhammad Darija Jurak
Xenia Knoll
6–4, 6–3
Winner3.7 April 2019Monterrey Open, MexicoHard Asia Muhammad Monique Adamczak
Jessica Moore
7–6, 6–4
Runner-up2.3 August 2019Washington Open, USAHard Fanny Stollár Coco Gauff
Caty McNally
2–6, 2–6

WTA 125K series finals

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

ITF Circuit finals

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 2012ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States$50,000Clay Grace Min4–6, 6–7
Win1–1May 2012ITF Sacramento, United States$50,000Hard Jessica Pegula4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win2–1Sep 2012ITF Albuquerque, United States$75,000Hard Lauren Davis6–1, 6–1
Loss2–2Nov 2012ITF Phoenix, United States$75,000Hard Madison Keys3–6, 6–7
Loss2–3May 2014ITF Raleigh, United States$25,000Clay Heidi El Tabakh3–6, 4–6
Loss2–4Nov 2014ITF Toronto, Canada$50,000Hard Gabriela Dabrowski4–6, 6–2, 6–7
Loss2–5Feb 2015ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States$25,000Hard CiCi Bellis2–6, 0–6
Loss2–6Sep 2017ITF Albuquerque, United States$80,000Hard Emina Bektas4–6, 2–6

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