Sabrina Ashley Vida Santamaria (born February 24, 1993) is an American

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player.

Career

She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 384, achieved in June 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 53, set on 12 August 2019. Alongside

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in 2015 with a degree in International Relations. During her collegiate career, she was the 2013 NCAA Doubles Champion alongside Christian, while being the 2013

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''Player of the Year'' and ''Doubles Team of the Year''. She was also the 2013

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silver medalist in singles in

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Personal life

Santamaria was born in the United States to a Panamanian father and Philippine mother.

Performance timeline

Doubles

WTA career finals

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)

Doubles: 19 (14 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Notes

References

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1993 births Living people American female tennis players Tennis players from Los Angeles USC Trojans women's tennis players Universiade medalists in tennis Universiade silver medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade American sportspeople of Filipino descent American sportspeople of Panamanian descent {{US-tennis-bio-stub