Olivia Sanchez (born 17 November 1982) is a retired French
tennis
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player. Her paternal grandparents are Spanish.
On 9 June 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 90. On 6 December 2010, she peaked at No. 427 in the doubles rankings.
In her career, Sanchez won 12 singles titles and one doubles title on the
ITF Women's Circuit
The ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, previously known as the ITF Women's Circuit, is a series of professional tennis tournaments run by the International Tennis Federation for female professional tennis players.
History
It serves as a developmental ...
.
She was coached by Norbert Palmier.
Tennis career
2007
In May, she received a wildcard into the main draw of the
French Open, but lost to American
Shenay Perry in the first round, in three sets.
She reached five ITF singles finals, winning four (in Spain, Portugal, France and Mexico). Sanchez won her first $75k tournament in September 2007 at the
Open Engie Porte du Hainaut, defeating
Anastasiya Yakimova
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in the final.
2008
At the
Australian Open, she defeated
Zuzana Ondrášková
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Playing career
On 9 February 2004, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 74.
Her career included wins over several top pla ...
and
Yuliya Beygelzimer
Yuliya Markovna Beygelzimer ( ua, Юлія Марківна Бейгельзимер; born 20 October 1983) is a retired tennis player from Ukraine.
Career
She is perhaps best known for nearly defeating Jennifer Capriati at the 2004 French Op ...
, but then lost to
Alisa Kleybanova
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in the final round of qualifying, in straight sets.
In February, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the
Abierto Mexicano. She won in the first round against
Martina Müller, but lost 1–6, 5–7 to
Sorana Cîrstea
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in the second.
She received a wildcard into the main draw of the
French Open but then lost 2–6, 6–7 to
Karin Knapp
Karin Knapp (born 28 June 1987) is a retired Italian tennis player.
In her career, Knapp won two singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 24 August 2015, she reached her best s ...
. As of 9 June 2008, Sanchez reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 90.
2010
She received a wildcard entry into the main draw of the
French Open, but lost 5–7, 2–6 against
Marion Bartoli
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in the second round.
She reached five singles finals on the ITF Circuit, winning four (in the United States, Brazil, Spain and France).
Sanchez declared her retirement from professional tennis in 2012.
ITF finals
Singles (12–10)
Doubles (1–0)
References
External links
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1982 births
Living people
French female tennis players
French people of Spanish descent
Tennis players from Paris
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