Sofia Sewing

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Sofia Sewing
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Residence Miami, Florida, U.S.
Born (1999-07-22) July 22, 1999 (age 26)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
College University of Miami
Prize money$76,565
Singles
Career record155–118
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 455 (March 6, 2023)
Doubles
Career record126–69
Career titles14 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 125 (January 29, 2024)
Current rankingNo. 289 (October 28, 2024)
Last updated on: October 28, 2024.

Sofia Sewing (born July 22, 1999) is an American professional pickleball player and former professional tennis player. She began playing pickleball professionally in 2024 and rapidly rose to prominence on the Association of Pickleball Players (APP) tour.

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In tennis, Sewing reached a career-high ITF junior ranking of world No. 9, as well as WTA rankings of 455 in singles and 125 in doubles, before retiring in 2024.

Pickleball career

Sewing had been encouraged by friends and former tennis competitors to consider a switch to pickleball while she was still competing on the tennis tour. After retiring from tennis, she immediately began practicing with pro pickleball players and was invited to compete in an APP tour event just a month later. [1] In the fall of 2024, Sewing began to compete regularly in pro events. She quickly enjoyed success in singles, winning a pair of tournaments overseas, including the PWR India Masters. [2]

Sewing joined the APP tour full-time in 2025, and earned her first singles title in the year's second event, the Vlasic Classic in Daytona Beach, Florida. [3] She also won three of the next four singles titles, and by August was the top-ranked women's singles player on the APP tour. [4]

Tennis career

A talented junior player, Sewing won a number of youth titles, including the prestigious Eddie Herr tournament in back-to-back years. She reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships juniors in 2017 and turned pro later that year. [1]

Sewing won four singles and 14 doubles titles at tournaments on the ITF Circuit. In December 2023, she reached her first final on the WTA Challenger Tour, partnering with María Paulina Pérez in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but they lost the match in a super-tiebreaker to María Lourdes Carlé and Despina Papamichail. [5]

Due to chronic knee issues, Sewing stopped playing singles in 2023, and left the tennis tour altogether in April 2024. [1]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Dec 2023 Buenos Aires Open,
Argentina		Clay Flag of Colombia.svg María Paulina Pérez Flag of Argentina.svg María Lourdes Carlé
Flag of Greece.svg Despina Papamichail 		3–6, 6–4, [9–11]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Dec 2017ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador15,000Clay Flag of Russia.svg Nika Kukharchuk0–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win1–1May 2019ITF Cancún, Mexico15,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emilie Lindh6–1, 1–6, 6–1
Win2–1Jan 2020ITF Cancún, Mexico15,000Hard Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Sysoeva7–5, 6–0
Win3–1Sep 2022ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador15,000Clay Flag of Colombia.svg María Herazo González 4–6, 6–3, 6-2
Loss3–2Oct 2022ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador15,000Clay Flag of Colombia.svg María Herazo González4–6, 3-6
Loss3–3Oct 2022ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia15,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Kaitlin Quevedo3–6, 7–6(6), 5–7
Loss3–4Nov 2022ITF Lima, Peru15,000Clay Flag of Bolivia.svg Noelia Zeballos 6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Win4–4Nov 2022ITF Lima, Peru15,000Clay Flag of Colombia.svg María Herazo González7–6(3), 6–1

Doubles: 25 (14 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$40,000 tournaments (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (7–5)
$10/15,000 tournaments (4–4)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jun 2016 ITF Bethany Beach,
United States		10,000Clay Flag of Russia.svg Veronika Miroshnichenko Flag of the United States.svg Sophie Chang
Flag of the United States.svg Alexandra Mueller 		1–6, 4–6
Win1–1 Nov 2017 ITF Manta, Ecuador15,000Hard Flag of Mexico.svg María Portillo Ramírez Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Appleton
Flag of Colombia.svg María Herazo González 		6–1, 6–3
Win2–1 Dec 2017 ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador15,000Clay Flag of Mexico.svg María Portillo Ramírez Flag of the United States.svg Stephanie Nemtsova
Flag of Peru.svg Dominique Schaefer 		7–5, 6–2
Loss2–2 Nov 2018 ITF Norman, US25,000Hard Flag of Mexico.svg María Portillo Ramírez Flag of Montenegro.svg Vladica Babić
Flag of the United States.svg Ena Shibahara 		2–6, 3–6
Loss2–3 Jun 2019 ITF Wesley Chapel, US15,000Clay Flag of the United States.svg Kylie Collins Flag of the United States.svg Allura Zamarripa
Flag of the United States.svg Maribella Zamarripa 		6–3, 4–6, [11–13]
Win3–3 Sep 2019 ITF Lubbock, US15,000Hard Flag of Mexico.svg María Portillo Ramírez Flag of the United States.svg Ashlyn Krueger
Flag of Japan.svg Shiori Fukuda		6–2, 6–4
Loss3–4 Jan 2020 ITF Cancún, MexicoW15Hard Flag of Mexico.svg Victoria Rodríguez Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lian Tran
Flag of Lithuania.svg Justina Mikulskytė 		2–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Loss3–5 Sep 2020 ITF Prague, Czech RepublicW25Clay Flag of the United States.svg Katie Volynets Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Anastasia Dețiuc
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Johana Marková		2–6, 1–6
Loss3–6 Jan 2022 ITF Blumenau-Gaspar, BrazilW25Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Eva Vedder Flag of Ecuador.svg Andrea Gámiz
Flag of Chile.svg Bárbara Gatica 		4–6, 1–6
Win4–6 Jan 2022 ITF Florianópolis, BrazilW25Hard Flag of Ecuador.svg Andrea Gámiz Flag of Chile.svg Bárbara Gatica
Flag of Brazil.svg Rebeca Pereira 		6-4, 6-1
Win5–6 Jan 2022 ITF Florianópolis, BrazilW25Hard Flag of Ecuador.svg Andrea Gámiz Flag of the United States.svg Jessie Aney
Flag of Brazil.svg Ingrid Martins 		7–6(2), 6–4
Win6–6 Mar 2022 ITF Guayaquil, EcuadorW25Hard Flag of Ecuador.svg Andrea Gámiz Flag of Italy.svg Nicole Fossa Huergo
Flag of Bolivia.svg Noelia Zeballos 		6–4, 7–5
Win7–6 Sep 2022 ITF Guayaquil, EcuadorW15Clay Flag of Colombia.svg María Paulina Pérez Flag of Peru.svg Romina Ccuno
Flag of Colombia.svg María Herazo González		6–4, 1–6, [10–2]
Loss7–7 Oct 2022 ITF Guayaquil, EcuadorW15Clay Flag of Colombia.svg María Paulina Pérez Flag of Peru.svg Romina Ccuno
Flag of Colombia.svg María Herazo González		2–6, 7–5, [9-11]
Loss7–8 Oct 2022 ITF Ibagué, ColombiaW25Clay Flag of Colombia.svg María Herazo González Flag of Colombia.svg María Paulina Pérez
Flag of Colombia.svg Yuliana Lizarazo 		4–6, 5–7
Win8–8 Feb 2023 ITF Mexico City, MexicoW40Hard Flag of Turkey.svg Berfu Cengiz Flag of the Netherlands.svg Suzan Lamens
Flag of Latvia.svg Darja Semeņistaja 		6–1, 1–6, [12–10]
Win9–8 Feb 2023 ITF Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic		W25Hard Flag of Latvia.svg Darja Semeņistaja Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Nefisa Berberović
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Eudice Chong 		6–3, 6–2
Loss9–9 Apr 2023 ITF Boca Raton, USW25Clay Flag of Hungary.svg Fanny Stollár Flag of the United States.svg Makenna Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Loeb 		7–5, 3–6, [8–10]
Win10–9 April 2023 ITF Guayaquil, EcuadorW25Clay Flag of the United States.svg Jessie Aney Flag of Spain.svg Noelia Bouzo Zanotti
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ani Vangelova 		6–0, 6–2
Win11–9 April 2023 ITF Guayaquil, EcuadorW25Clay Flag of the United States.svg Jessie Aney Flag of Brazil.svg Ana Candiotto
Flag of Brazil.svg Rebeca Pereira 		6–1, 6–2
Loss11-10 Jun 2023 ITF Otočec, SloveniaW40Clay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kayla Cross Flag of Georgia.svg Ekaterine Gorgodze
Flag of the United States.svg Elvina Kalieva 		2-6, 3-6
Win12–10 Jun 2023 ITF Pörtschach, AustriaW25Clay Flag of Poland.svg Weronika Falkowska Flag of Romania.svg Elena-Teodora Cadar
Flag of Latvia.svg Diāna Marcinkēviča 		6–1, 6–2
Win13-10 Jul 2023 ITF Palma del Río, SpainW40Hard Flag of Venezuela.svg Andrea Gámiz Flag of the United States.svg Robin Anderson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elysia Bolton 		6-3, 6–2
Win14-10 Oct 2023 Georgia's Rome Open, USW60Hard (i)Flag placeholder.svg Anastasia Tikhonova Flag of the United States.svg Robin Anderson
Flag of Mexico.svg Fernanda Contreras Gómez 		4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss14-11 Oct 2023 Tennis Classic of Macon, USW80HardFlag placeholder.svg Anastasia TikhonovaFlag placeholder.svg Jana Kolodynska
Flag placeholder.svg Tatiana Prozorova 		3–6, 2–6

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tice, Erik (January 24, 2025). "Meet Former Pro Tennis Player Sofia Sewing". The Dink. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
  2. ↑ Narang, Rishav (October 27, 2024). "Who Is Sofia Sewing? Know All About The Winner Of PWR DUPR India Masters Pro Women's Singles Title". Times Now. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  3. ↑ Boss, Todd (February 11, 2025). "Sofia Sewing Wins First Gold At 2025 Association Of Pickleball Players Vlasic Classic Daytona Beach". Forbes. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
  4. ↑ Kelly, Fred (August 15, 2025). "From ailing tennis pro to No. 1 pickleball player in world". Midland Daily News.
  5. ↑ "Pigossi captures WTA 125 Buenos Aires title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved November 1, 2024.


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