María José Sánchez Alayeto (born 20 June 1984) is a former professional

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player and current professional

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player from Spain. She is the twin sister of

María Pilar Sánchez Alayeto María Pilar Sánchez Alayeto (born 20 June 1984) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and a current professional padel player. Career She is the twin sister of María José Sánchez Alayeto, a former professional tennis player and c ...

Tennis career

María José Sánchez Alayeto has won four singles titles, and four doubles titles in the

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. She retired from professional tennis in 2003, with a win rate of 65% and 64% in her singles and doubles career, respectively.

Padel career

Since 2013, she has been a professional

player, where she was ranked No. 1 worldwide in 2019, alongside her partner and twin sister

. She has won 244 out of the 302 games she has played.

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* * 1984 births Living people Spanish female tennis players Female padel players Sportspeople from Zaragoza Spanish twins 21st-century Spanish sportswomen {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub