Lucía Sainz Pelegri (born 5 October 1984) is a Spanish former professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player and currently a professional

padel Padel ( es, Pádel) is a racket sport typically played in doubles on an enclosed court slightly smaller than a doubles tennis court. Scoring is the same as normal tennis, and the balls used are similar but with a little less pressure. The main ...

player.

Tennis career

She has won six doubles titles on the

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. She decided to follow the college route and was part of the

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tennis team from 2004 to 2006. Fresno State's Lucia Sainz has been named the Western Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week for the week of February 28. Sainz retired from professional tennis in 2009.

Padel tennis career

Since 2015, she is a professional

player where she has attained a world No. 1 ranking as of 2020. In 2018, she was awarded the Dona y Esport award as Barcelona's best athlete. She has been competing as a partner with Gemma Triay since 2016. Together with her, Sainz reached world No. 1 in 2020.

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* * 1984 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Female tennis players playing padel Tennis players from Barcelona Sportswomen from Catalonia Fresno State Bulldogs women's tennis players Spanish expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub