Maria Sanchez Biography

Maria Sanchez (born November 26, 1989) is an American professional tennis player. On July 8, 2013, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of no. 107. On September 26, 2016, she reached her highest WTA doubles ranking of no. 56.

Career

2012

In Sanchez's first full season on tour, she climbed over 530 spots in the WTA world rankings. Her first sign of promise came at The Bahamas Women's Open $100,000 ITF in February, where, as a wildcard entry, she took out Urszula Radwa?ska and Eva Birnerov 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, who is of Mexican American descent, speaks fluent Spanish and has been featured in multiple videos on ESPN Deportes Los Angeles.

WTA career finals

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

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0-0) WTA Tour Championships (0-0) Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0-0) Tier II / Premier (0-0) Tier III, IV & V / International (1-1)

Titles by surface Hard (1-1) Grass (0-0) Clay (0-0) Carpet (0-0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	January 4, 2014	ASB Classic, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Lucie Hradeck Michalla Krajicek	2-6, 6-0, [10-4]
Runner-up	1.	06 March 2016	Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Petra Marti?	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja}}	6-4, 5-7, [7-10]

ITF Circuit Finals

Singles: 7 (2-5)

Finals by category $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2/3) Clay (0/2) Grass (0/0) Carpet (0/0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	April 30, 2012	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Grace Min	4-6 6-7
Winner	2.	May 28, 2012	Sacramento, United States	Hard	Jessica Pegula	4-6 6-3 6-1
Winner	3.	September 17, 2012	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Lauren Davis	6-1 6-1
Runner-up	4.	November 11, 2012	Phoenix, United States	Hard	Madison Keys	3-6, 6-7
Runner-up	5.	May 11, 2014	Raleigh, United States	Clay	Heidi El Tabakh	3-6, 4-6
Runner-up	6.	November 2, 2014	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	4-6, 6-2, 6-7(7-9)
Runner-up	7.	February 24, 2015	Rancho Santa Fe, United States	Hard	CiCi Bellis	2-6, 0-6

Doubles: 34 (18-16)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	20 July 2009	Evansville, United States	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Kaitlyn Christian Lindsey Nelson	4-6 6-1 10-4
Runner-up	2.	12 July 2010	Atlanta, United States	Hard	Irina Falconi	Kristy Frilling Julia Glushko	2-6 6-2 4-6
Winner	3.	26 July 2010	St. Joseph, United States	Hard	Ellen Tsay	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Gabriela Paz	4-6 6-4 6-4
Runner-up	4.	27 September 2010	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Irina Falconi	Lindsay Lee-Waters Megan Moulton-Levy	6-1 5-7 4-6
Winner	5.	12 September 2011	Redding, United States	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Brittany Augustine Whitney Jones	7-6 4-6 6-2
Runner-up	6.	7 November 2011	Phoenix, United States	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Jamie Hampton Ajla Tomljanovic	6-3 3-6 3-6
Winner	7.	30 January 2012	Rancho Santa Fe, United States	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Irina Buryachok Elizaveta Ianchuk	7-6(7-4) 4-6 10-8
Winner	8.	13 February 2012	Surprise, United States	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Mihaela Buzarnescu Valeria Solovyeva	6-4 6-3
Winner	9.	23 April 2012	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Yasmin Schnack	Julia Glushko Elena Bovina	6-2 6-2
Runner-up	10.	28 May 2012	Sacramento, United States	Hard	Kaitlyn Christian	Yasmin Schnack Asia Muhammad	3-6 6-7
Runner-up	11.	17 September 2012	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Irina Falconi	Yasmin Schnack Asia Muhammad	2-6 6-1 [10-12]
Runner-up	12.	15 April 2013	Dothan, United States	Hard	Irina Falconi	Julia Cohen Tatjana Maria	4-6 6-4 [9-11]
Winner	13.	3 June 2013	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Nicola Slater	Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman	4-6, 6-3, [10-8]
Runner-up	14.	16 February 2014	Midland, United States	Hard (i)	Sharon Fichman	Anna Tatishvili Heather Watson	5-7, 7-5, [6-10]
Runner-up	15.	21 April 2014	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Irina Falconi	Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend	3-6 1-6
Runner-up	16.	6 June 2014	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Sharon Fichman	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6-7(5-7), 6-4, [5-10]
Runner-up	17.	7 July 2014	Sacramento, United States	Hard	Zo Gwen Scandalis	Daria Gavrilova Storm Sanders	2-6 1-6
Winner	18.	3 August 2014	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Jamie Loeb Allie Will	6-3, 1-6, [10-8]
Runner-up	19.	28 September 2014	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Vernica Cepede Royg Mara Irigoyen	3-6, 7-5, [9-11]
Winner	20.	19 October 2014	Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Petra Marti?	Valeria Savinykh Kateryna Bondarenko	3-6 6-3 [10-2]
Winner	21.	31 October 2014	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Taylor Townsend	Gabriela Dabrowski Tatjana Maria	7-5, 4-6, [15-13]
Runner-up	22.	9 November 2014	Captiva Island, United States	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Gabriela Dabrowski Anna Tatishvili	3-6, 3-6
Runner-up	23.	16 February 2015	Surprise, United States	Hard	Johanna Konta	Jacqueline Cako Kaitlyn Christian	4-6, 7-5, [7-10]
Winner	24.	25 April 2015	Dothan, United States	Clay	Johanna Konta	Paula Cristina Gonalves Petra Krejsov	6-3, 6-4
Winner	25.	3 May 2015	Charlottesville, United States	Clay	Franoise Abanda	Olga Ianchuk Irina Khromacheva	6-1, 6-3
Winner	26.	10 May 2015	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Taylor Townsend	Alexandra Stevenson Angelina Gabueva	6-0, 6-1
Winner	27.	17 August 2015	Vancouver, Canada	Hard	Johanna Konta	Raluca Olaru Anna Tatishvili	7-6(7-5), 6-4
Runner-up	28.	October 24, 2015	Saguenay, Canada	Hard (i)	Sharon Fichman	Mihaela Buz?rnescu Justyna Jegio?ka	6-7(6-8), 6-4, [7-10]
Winner	29.	October 30, 2015	Toronto, Canada	Hard (i)	Sharon Fichman	Kristie Ahn Fanny Stollr	6-2, 6-7(6-8), [10-6]
Winner	30.	31 January 2016	Maui, United States	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Jessica Pegula Taylor Townsend	6-2, 3-6, [10-6]
Runner-up	31.	08 May 2016	Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Jessica Pegula	Julia Glushko Alexandra Panova	5-7, 4-6
Runner-up	32.	4 June 2016	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Asia Muhammad	Yang Zhaoxuan Zhang Kailin	6-7(5-7), 1-6
Winner	33.	24 September 2016	Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Michalla Krajicek	Elise Mertens Mandy Minella	6-2, 6-4
Winner	34.	2 October 2016	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Michalla Krajicek	Jamie Loeb Chanel Simmonds	7-5, 6-1