Erika Leticia Valdés Samaniego (born 20 July 1983) is a Mexican former professional

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player.

Biography

A right-handed player from

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, Valdés represented the Mexico Fed Cup team from 1999 to 2002, playing in a total of seven ties. As a professional player she reached a career best singles ranking of 402 and won two ITF titles. She twice featured as a wildcard in the main draw of the Mexican Open WTA Tour tournament, in 2001 and 2002. On both occasions she was eliminated in the first round, which included a loss to defending champion

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in the 2002 edition. In 2003 she ended her professional career to play college tennis in the United States at

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. She won a bronze medal for Mexico in the women's doubles at the

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. Valdés was a member of the Mexican squad for the

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in Santo Domingo but didn't participate in the tournament. She had travelled to Santo Domingo and an injury replacement for Jessica Fernández, however due to Mexico's authorities failing to notify the event organisers of this change in time, she was unable to take her place in the draw.

ITF circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Doubles: 3 (0–3)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Valdes, Erika 1983 births Living people Mexican female tennis players Tulane Green Wave women's tennis players Mexican expatriate tennis players in the United States Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Mexico Tennis players from Mexico City Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade 21st-century Mexican sportswomen