An-Sophie Mestach (born 7 March 1994) is a Belgian retired

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player. In her career, Mestach won two doubles titles on the

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, as well as six singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 14 September 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 98. On 1 February 2016, she peaked at No. 64 in the doubles rankings.

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-born Mestach won the junior events of the

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in both singles and doubles. Following these wins, she became the world No. 1 junior. She also won two Grade-A and three Grade-1 tournaments in singles on the junior circuit. In 2012, Mestach made the final of one ITF event and the semifinals of two others. She ended the year with a ranking of world No. 361. Playing for the

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since 2010, Mestach has accumulated a win–loss record of 9–6. Since retirement, Mestach has pursued a career as a police officer. She has also spent time on the professional

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WTA career finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (6–11)

Doubles: 19 (8–11)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles

Girls' doubles

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mestach, An-Sophie 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Ghent Belgian female tennis players Flemish sportspeople Tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles 21st-century Belgian women Female tennis players playing padel