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

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

player and a current professional

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player.

Career

She is the twin sister of María José Sánchez Alayeto, a former professional

player and current professional

player. She won one doubles titles on the

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, and retired from professional tennis in 2003. Since 2013, she has been a professional

player. She has attained a world No. 1 ranking as of 2019, alongside her partner twin sister.

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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