Maria Sanchez (tennis)

Maria Sanchez
	Sanchez in Wimbledon, 2016
Full name	Maria Victoria Sanchez
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Boca Raton, Florida
Born	November 26, 1989 (age 34); Modesto, California
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$616,495
Singles
Career record	249–218 (53.3%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 107 (July 8, 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2013, 2016)
French Open	Q2 (2013, 2015)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2013, 2015)
US Open	1R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	287–167 (63.2%)
Career titles	3 WTA, 1 WTA 125
Highest ranking	No. 51 (April 22, 2019)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016, 2017)
French Open	1R (2016, 2017, 2020)
Wimbledon	3R (2016)
US Open	2R (2012, 2015, 2016)

Last updated April 15, 2024

Maria Victoria Sanchez (born November 26, 1989) is a former tennis player from the United States. In July 2013, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 107. On 22 April 2019, she peaked at No. 51 of the WTA doubles ranking. Sanchez has been primarily a doubles player. In doubles, she won three WTA titles, one WTA 125 title, and 24 ITF titles. She also won two 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 her first full season on tour, Sanchez climbed over 530 spots in the world rankings. She captured the Gold River Challenger $50k 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 $75k event in Albuquerque, New Mexico in September, where she defeated American teenager Lauren Davis, 6–1, 6–1.

2021: Last match

Sanchez competed her last pro match in July 2021 at the WTA 125 event in Charleston, where she lost her quarterfinal match in the doubles draw.

Doubles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	A	2–2
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	1R		0–4
Wimbledon	A	Q1	Q1	2R	3R	1R	A	1R	NH		3–4
US Open	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	A	1R	A		3–6
Win–loss	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	4–4	1–3	0–0	0–3	0–1	0–0	8–16

WTA career finals

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International (3–2)

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

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	Jan 2014	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	Sharon Fichman	Lucie Hradecká Michaëlla Krajicek	2–6, 6–0, [10–4]
Loss	1.	Mar 2016	Monterrey Open, Mexico	Hard	Petra Martić	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 5–7, [7–10]
Win	2.	Sep 2018	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Asia Muhammad	Darija Jurak Xenia Knoll	6–4, 6–3
Win	3.	Apr 2019	Monterrey Open, Mexico	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Monique Adamczak Jessica Moore	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Loss	2.	Aug 2019	Washington Open, United States	Hard	Fanny Stollár	Coco Gauff Caty McNally	2–6, 2–6

WTA 125 finals

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2018	Chicago Challenger, United States	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Mona Barthel Kristýna Plíšková	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2019	Guadalajara Challenger, Mexico	Hard	Fanny Stollár	Cornelia Lister Renata Voráčová	7–5, 6–1

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75/80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2012	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States	50,000	Clay	Grace Min	4–6, 6–7
Win	1–1	May 2012	Sacramento Challenger, United States	50,000	Hard	Jessica Pegula	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	2–1	Sep 2012	Albuquerque Championships, United States	75,000	Hard	Lauren Davis	6–1, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Nov 2012	Phoenix Tennis Classic, United States	75,000	Hard	Madison Keys	3–6, 6–7
Loss	2–3	May 2014	ITF Raleigh, United States	25,000	Clay	Heidi El Tabakh	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Nov 2014	Toronto Challenger, Canada	50,000	Hard (i)	Gabriela Dabrowski	4–6, 6–2, 6–7⁽⁷⁾
Loss	2–5	Feb 2015	Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States	25,000	Hard	CiCi Bellis	2–6, 0–6
Loss	2–6	Sep 2017	Albuquerque Championships, United States	80,000	Hard	Emina Bektas	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 44 (24 titles, 20 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	20 July 2009	ITF Evansville, United States	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Kaitlyn Christian Lindsey Nelson	4–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss	1.	18 July 2010	ITF Atlanta, United States	Hard	Irina Falconi	Kristy Frilling Julia Glushko	2–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win	2.	31 July 2010	ITF St. Joseph, United States	Hard	Ellen Tsay	Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Gabriela Paz	4–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Loss	2.	3 October 2010	Las Vegas Open, United States	Hard	Irina Falconi	Lindsay Lee-Waters Megan Moulton-Levy	6–1, 5–7, [4–10]
Win	3.	18 September 2011	ITF Redding, United States	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Brittany Augustine Whitney Jones	7–6⁽²⁾, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	3.	13 November 2011	Phoenix Tennis Classic, United States	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Jamie Hampton Ajla Tomljanović	6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	4.	5 February 2012	Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Irina Buryachok Elizaveta Ianchuk	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 4–6, [10–8]
Win	5.	18 February 2012	ITF Surprise, United States	Hard	Yasmin Schnack	Mihaela Buzărnescu Valeria Solovyeva	6–4, 6–3
Win	6.	28 April 2012	ITF Charlottesville, U.S.	Clay	Yasmin Schnack	Julia Glushko Elena Bovina	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4.	2 June 2012	Sacramento Challenger, U.S.	Hard	Kaitlyn Christian	Yasmin Schnack Asia Muhammad	3–6, 6–7
Loss	5.	22 September 2012	ITF Albuquerque, U.S.	Hard	Irina Falconi	Yasmin Schnack Asia Muhammad	2–6, 6–1, [10–12]
Loss	6.	21 April 2013	Dothan Pro Classic, U.S.	Hard	Irina Falconi	Julia Cohen Tatjana Maria	4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win	7.	8 June 2013	Nottingham Trophy, UK	Grass	Nicola Slater	Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	7.	16 February 2014	Midland Tennis Classic, U.S.	Hard (i)	Sharon Fichman	Anna Tatishvili Heather Watson	5–7, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss	8.	26 April 2014	ITF Charlottesville, U.S.	Clay	Irina Falconi	Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend	3–6, 1–6
Loss	9.	6 June 2014	Nottingham Trophy, UK	Grass	Sharon Fichman	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–4, [5–10]
Loss	10.	12 July 2014	Sacramento Challenger, U.S.	Hard	Zoë Gwen Scandalis	Daria Gavrilova Storm Sanders	2–6, 1–6
Win	8.	3 August 2014	Vancouver Open, Canada	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Jamie Loeb Allie Will	6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Loss	11.	28 September 2014	Las Vegas Open, U.S.	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Verónica Cepede Royg María Irigoyen	3–6, 7–5, [9–11]
Win	9.	19 October 2014	ITF Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Petra Martić	Valeria Savinykh Kateryna Bondarenko	3–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Win	10.	31 October 2014	Toronto Challenger, Canada	Hard (i)	Taylor Townsend	Gabriela Dabrowski Tatjana Maria	7–5, 4–6, [15–13]
Loss	12.	9 November 2014	Captiva Island Classic, U.S.	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Gabriela Dabrowski Anna Tatishvili	3–6, 3–6
Loss	13.	21 February 2015	ITF Surprise, U.S.	Hard	Johanna Konta	Jacqueline Cako Kaitlyn Christian	4–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win	11.	25 April 2015	Dothan Pro Classic, U.S.	Clay	Johanna Konta	Paula Cristina Gonçalves Petra Krejsová	6–3, 6–4
Win	12.	3 May 2015	ITF Charlottesville, U.S.	Clay	Françoise Abanda	Olga Ianchuk Irina Khromacheva	6–1, 6–3
Win	13.	10 May 2015	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, U.S.	Clay	Taylor Townsend	Alexandra Stevenson Angelina Gabueva	6–0, 6–1
Win	14.	22 August 2015	Vancouver Open, Canada	Hard	Johanna Konta	Raluca Olaru Anna Tatishvili	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–4
Loss	14.	24 October 2015	Saguenay Challenger, Canada	Hard (i)	Sharon Fichman	Mihaela Buzărnescu Justyna Jegiołka	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 6–4, [7–10]
Win	15.	30 October 2015	Toronto Challenger, Canada	Hard (i)	Sharon Fichman	Kristie Ahn Fanny Stollár	6–2, 6–7⁽⁶⁾, [10–6]
Win	16.	31 January 2016	Maui Championships, U.S.	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Jessica Pegula Taylor Townsend	6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss	15.	8 May 2016	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, U.S.	Clay	Jessica Pegula	Julia Glushko Alexandra Panova	5–7, 4–6
Loss	16.	4 June 2016	Eastbourne Trophy, UK	Grass	Asia Muhammad	Yang Zhaoxuan Zhang Kailin	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 1–6
Win	17.	24 September 2016	ITF Albuquerque, U.S.	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	Elise Mertens Mandy Minella	6–2, 6–4
Win	18.	2 October 2016	Las Vegas Open, U.S.	Hard	Michaëlla Krajicek	Jamie Loeb Chanel Simmonds	7–5, 6–1
Loss	17.	17 September 2017	ITF Redding, U.S.	Hard	Harriet Dart	Daneika Borthwick Ana Veselinović	3–6, 4–6
Win	19.	21 October 2017	ITF Florence, U.S.	Hard	Taylor Townsend	Tara Moore Amra Sadiković	6–1, 6–2
Loss	18.	18 November 2017	ITF Norman, U.S.	Hard	Caitlin Whoriskey	Chiara Scholl Tamaryn Hendler	6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	19.	4 February 2018	Midland Tennis Classic, U.S.	Hard (i)	Jessica Pegula	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	5–7, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss	20.	14 April 2018	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, U.S.	Hard	Jessica Pegula	Irina Bara Sílvia Soler Espinosa	4–6, 2–6
Win	20.	23 June 2018	Ilkley Trophy, UK	Grass	Asia Muhammad	Natela Dzalamidze Galina Voskoboeva	4–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Win	21.	29 September 2018	ITF Templeton Pro, U.S.	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Quinn Gleason Luisa Stefani	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	22.	3 November 2018	Toronto Challenger, Canada	Hard (i)	Sharon Fichman	Maja Chwalińska Elitsa Kostova	6–0, 6–4
Win	23.	11 November 2018	Las Vegas Open, U.S.	Hard	Asia Muhammad	Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller	6–3, 6–4
Win	24.	9 February 2020	Midland Tennis Classic, U.S.	Hard (i)	Caroline Dolehide	Valeria Savinykh Yanina Wickmayer	6–3, 6–4

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