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Sanda Mamić (born 22 March 1985) is a retired female
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player and current full-time gaming streamer on Twitch from
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Early career

* 2001 – reached final at ITF Hvar/CRO * 2002 – reached final at ITF Sopron/HUN * 2003 – won first ITF Circuit title at ITF Yamaguchi/JPN; also reached final at ITF Makarska/CRO * 2004 – best career finish, reaching quarterfinals at Budapest. Mamić, ranked world No. 201, entered the main draw as a qualifier. Budapest was her
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main-draw debut, whereupon she defeated
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and
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en route, eventually losing to
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in three sets. In Seoul, she qualified and lost again, in the quarterfinals to
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. After qualifying at Moscow, Mamić notched her best win versus world No. 28,
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, winning 6–0, 6–4 before losing to
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. In May 2004, Mamić had her
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debut, reaching the main draw at the
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through qualifying. She would lose in the first round. Later in the year, she had her top-100 debut on 18 October at world No. 96, reaching career-high at the time to world No. 95 a week later. In 2005, Mamić reached third singles quarterfinal at Modena, losing in a third-set tiebreaker to eventual finalist Garbin. She managed to reach the second round four times, including Rome, where she defeated world No. 23,
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, and later losing to Pierce, and the French Open, where she eventually lost in the second round to Dementieva. During the rest of the year, she lost in the first round six times, including the other three Grand Slam tournaments. In September, she was invited to Croatian Fed Cup team for their match against Thailand. Although she lost both singles rubbers to
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and Suchanan Viratprasert, Croatia prevailed 3–2.


Late career

Later in her career, Mamić had problems with her wrist, which at first was thought to be a regular sport injury requiring only a short term break. Her ranking was protected for the next ten months. But further complications with her injury, talk about a mysterious bacteria that infected her wrist wound, and liver complications took her off the courts for more than two years. Her tennis career seemed almost over, and she moved on and started to work for a web design company. But in 2008, she came back to the courts. Her comeback began at the
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in March where she won her first-round match against
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(6–2, 6–2), but lost in the second round to then-No. 1 in the world,
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(2–6, 2–6). Mamić reached the second round in her Grand Slam comeback at the French Open, beating
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(6–4, 6–3) before falling to
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ITF Circuit finals


Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)


Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)


Grand Slam singles performance timeline


References


Current career

Sanda is currently a content creator and full-time gaming streamer on Twitch under the name Sansen (sansensworld) playing PUBG, League of Legends, Dead by Daylight, World of Warcraft, etc. She had a lot of notable gaming results: PUBG Broadcaster Royale S2 (Q1 - #10, Q2 - #4, LAN finals San Jose - #21 duo); qualified as the only female player from Europe 1st LAN female PUBG tournament, Shanghai CHINA (#4 duo) PUBG challengermode (#1 solo) PUBG Girl Gamer Royale S1 (#5 duo) PUBG Twitch Rivals (charity & regular) She promotes PLUR (Peace Love Unity Respect) ideology and is known for providing the FEEL GOOD content across media platforms.


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mamic, Sanda 1981 births Living people Croatian female tennis players Tennis players from Zagreb