Ana Sofía Sánchez Palau (; born 13 April 1994) is a Mexican
tennis
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player.
Sánchez has won 13 singles and 10 doubles titles on the
ITF Women's Circuit
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History
It serves as a developmenta ...
.
Her best result so far on the
WTA Tour
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WTA Tour tou ...
in singles came when she reached the second round at the
Monterrey Open
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in 2018. She beat
Usue Maitane Arconada in the first round, before losing to
Sachia Vickery
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Her best results on the WTA Tour came at the 2 ...
.
In doubles, she reached the semifinal in
Florianopolis in August 2016 with partner
Montserrat González
Montserrat González Benítez (; born 1 July 1994) is a Paraguayan former tennis player.
In her career, she won eleven singles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit
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. The pair lost to third-seeded
Tímea Babos
Tímea Babos (; born 10 May 1993) is a Hungarian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
She is a four-time Grand Slam champion in women's doubles, having won the 2018 and 2020 Australian Opens, as well as the Fren ...
and
Réka Luca Jani
Réka Luca Jani (born 31 July 1991) is a Hungarian tennis player.
She has won 24 singles titles and 34 doubles titles on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour. On 19 September 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 104. On 22 Aug ...
, in straight sets.
On 28 June 2021, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 248. On 15 August 2016, she peaked at No. 221 in the
WTA doubles rankings.
In 2012, Sánchez made her debut for the
Mexico Fed Cup team.
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 25 (13 titles, 12 runner–ups)
Doubles: 27 (10 titles, 17 runner–ups)
Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation
Singles
Notes
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1994 births
Living people
People from San Luis Potosí City
Mexican female tennis players
Sportspeople from San Luis Potosí
Pan American Games competitors for Mexico
Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
20th-century Mexican women
21st-century Mexican women