An-Sophie Mestach

An-Sophie Mestach

Mestach at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Belgium
Born	(1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 31) Ghent, Belgium
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2009
Retired	September 2018
Prize money	$396,005
Singles
Career record	237–162
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 98 (14 September 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2015)
French Open	Q1 (2014)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2013)
US Open	Q2 (2013, 2015, 2016)
Doubles
Career record	131–74
Career titles	2 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 64 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	9–6
Medal record Representing a Mixed-NOCs team Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore Girls' doubles

An-Sophie Mestach (born 7 March 1994) is a Belgian former tennis player and padel player. She won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and six singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She represented Belgium in padel at the 2023 European Games.

Career

Ghent-born Mestach won the junior events of the 2011 Australian Open in both singles and doubles. Following these wins, she became the world No. 1 junior. She also won two Grade-A and three Grade-1 tournaments in singles on the Junior Circuit.

In 2012, Mestach made the final of one ITF event and the semifinals of two others. She ended the year with a ranking of world No. 361.

Playing for the Belgium Fed Cup team since 2010, Mestach has accumulated a win–loss record of 9–6.

Mestach won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 14 September 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 98. On 1 February 2016, she peaked at No. 64 in the doubles rankings.

Since retirement, Mestach has pursued a career as a police officer. She has also spent time on the professional padel circuit ^[1] and in that sport, she represented Belgium at the 2023 European Games, playing the women's doubles with Helena Wyckaert and reached the quarterfinals.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments Premier M & Premier 5 Premier (0–1) International (2–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Feb 2015	Diamond Games, Belgium	Premier	Hard (i)	Alison Van Uytvanck	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Win	Sep 2015	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	International	Hard (i)	Barbora Krejčíková	María Irigoyen Paula Kania	4–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Win	Jan 2016	Auckland Open, New Zealand	International	Hard	Elise Mertens	Danka Kovinić Barbora Strýcová	2–6, 6–3, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (6–11)

Legend $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (5–7) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–2) Carpet (1–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	16 May 2010	ITF Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Victoria Larrière	5–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	2.	7 August 2010	ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Nudnida Luangnam	0–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	1.	23 September 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Yurina Koshino	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3.	17 March 2013	GB Pro-Series Bath, UK	Hard (i)	Stephanie Vogt	6–7(3), 3–6
Win	2.	5 May 2013	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	Hard	Wang Qiang	1–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss	4.	12 May 2013	Fukuoka International, Japan	Carpet	Ons Jabeur	6–7(2), 2–6
Loss	5.	19 May 2013	Kurume Cup, Japan	Grass	Ons Jabeur	0–6, 2–6
Loss	6.	13 October 2013	Open de Touraine, France	Hard (i)	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	4–6, 2–6
Win	3.	26 January 2014	ITF Sunderland, UK	Hard (i)	Viktorija Golubic	6–1, 6–4
Win	4.	13 September 2014	Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia	Hard	Olga Ianchuk	6–2, 6–0
Win	5.	12 October 2014	ITF Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	6–3, 7–5
Loss	7.	18 October 2014	Abierto Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Mariana Duque	6–3, 1–6, 6–7(4)
Win	6.	23 November 2014	Toyota World Challenge, Japan	Carpet (i)	Shuko Aoyama	6–1, 6–1
Loss	8.	19 July 2015	Stockton Challenger, US	Hard	Nao Hibino	1–6, 6–7(6)
Loss	9.	26 July 2015	Sacramento Challenger, US	Hard	Anhelina Kalinina	6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	10.	31 January 2016	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	Hard (i)	Stefanie Vögele	1–6, 2–6
Loss	11.	29 May 2016	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	Grass	Nigina Abduraimova	3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 19 (8–11)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50/60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (5–5) Clay (2–2) Grass (1–2) Carpet (0–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	15 May 2009	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Sofie Oyen	Amanda Carreras Valentina Sulpizio	6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Runner-up	2.	1 August 2009	ITF Bree, Belgium	Clay	Demi Schuurs	Kiki Bertens Quirine Lemoine	1–6, 0–6
Winner	1.	13 September 2014	Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia	Hard	Sandra Zaniewska	Aleksandrina Naydenova Valeriya Strakhova	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	3.	2 May 2015	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Wang Yafan Xu Yifan	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	21 June 2015	Ilkley Trophy, UK	Grass	Demi Schuurs	Raluca Olaru Xu Yifan	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	29 January 2016	Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France	Hard (i)	Elise Mertens	Viktorija Golubic Xenia Knoll	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	5.	18 June 2016	Ilkley Trophy, UK	Grass	Storm Sanders	Yang Zhaoxuan Zhang Kailin	3–6, 6–7(5)
Winner	3.	6 August 2016	Challenger de Granby, Canada	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Julia Glushko Olga Govortsova	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	14 August 2016	ITF Landisville, US	Hard	Elise Mertens	Freya Christie Laura Robson	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	14 October 2016	ITF Équeurdreville, France	Hard (i)	Amandine Hesse	Cornelia Lister Polina Monova	5–7, 6–4, [6–10]
Runner-up	8.	12 November 2016	ITF Tokyo Open, Japan	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Rika Fujiwara Yuki Naito	4–6, 7–6(12), [8–10]
Winner	4.	19 May 2017	ITF Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Kimberley Zimmermann	Ilona Kremen Cornelia Lister	4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Winner	5.	18 June 2017	Manchester Trophy, UK	Grass	Magdalena Fręch	Chang Kai-chen Marina Erakovic	6–4, 7–6(5)
Winner	6.	23 June 2017	İzmir Cup, Turkey	Hard	Nina Stojanović	Emma Laine Kotomi Takahata	6–4, 7–5
Winner	7.	17 September 2017	Las Vegas Open, US	Hard	Laura Robson	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	7–6(7), 7–6(2)
Runner-up	9.	30 September 2017	ITF Stillwater, US	Hard	Harriet Dart	Jovana Jakšić Caitlin Whoriskey	6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Runner-up	10.	15 April 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	Carpet	Nina Stojanović	Sarah Beth Grey Olivia Nicholls	6–4, 6–7(4), [6–10]
Runner-up	11.	28 April 2018	ITF Óbidos, Portugal	Carpet	Freya Christie	Estrella Cabeza Candela Ángela Fita Boluda	6–7(3), 6–1, [6–10]
Winner	8.	14 July 2018	Open Contrexéville, France	Clay	Zheng Saisai	Prarthana Thombare Eva Wacanno	3–6, 6–2, [10–7]

Mestach at the 2010 ITF Torhout

Junior Circuit

Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2011	Australian Open	Hard	Monica Puig	6–4, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2010	US Open	Hard	Silvia Njirić	Tímea Babos Sloane Stephens	w/o
Winner	2011	Australian Open	Hard	Demi Schuurs	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato	6–2, 6–3

References

1. Former tennis player promises

External links

• An-Sophie Mestach at the Women's Tennis Association
• An-Sophie Mestach at the International Tennis Federation
• An-Sophie Mestach at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
• An-Sophie Mestach at ESPN.com
• An-Sophie Mestach at Wimbledon