Ana Sofía Sánchez
Mexican tennis player (born 1994
Ana Sofía Sánchez Full name Ana Sofía Sánchez Palau Country (sports) Mexico Born (1994-04-13 ) 13 April 1994 (age 30) San Luis Potosí Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Plays Left (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$340,073 Career record 432–359 Career titles 14 ITF Highest ranking No. 248 (28 June 2021) Current ranking No. 315 (18 November 2024) Australian Open Q1 (2022 ) Career record 243–271 Career titles 11 ITF Highest ranking No. 221 (15 August 2016) Current ranking No. 374 (18 November 2024) Fed Cup 10–10 Last updated on: 18 November 2024.
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is
Palau .
Ana Sofía Sánchez Palau (Latin American Spanish: [ana soˈfi.a ˈsantʃes] ; born 13 April 1994) is a Mexican tennis player.
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 .
Sánchez has won 14 singles and 11 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit .
In 2012, Sánchez made her debut for the Mexico Fed Cup team .
Career
In August 2016, in doubles she reached the semifinal in Florianopolis , Brazil with partner Montserrat González . The pair lost to third-seeded Tímea Babos and Réka Luca Jani , in straight sets.
She reached the second round at the 2018 Monterrey Open , her best result thus far, defeating Usue Maitane Arconada in the first round, before losing to Sachia Vickery . She became the first Mexican player ever to win at Monterrey, having lost her previous six WTA Tour level main draw matches.[ 1]
In 2023, she qualified into the main draw of her home tournament, the WTA 1000 Guadalajara Open , where she lost to Dayana Yastremska .[ 2] She also received wildcards in singles and doubles for the next edition of the tournament, which was downgraded to a WTA 500 in 2024 , but also lost in the first rounds.[ 3]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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(June 2022 )
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 27 (14 titles, 13 runner–ups)
Legend
W25 tournaments (2–4)
W10/15 tournaments (12–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–9)
Clay (5–4)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Jun 2011
ITF Zacatecas, Mexico
W10
Hard
Jessica Roland
6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win
2–0
Apr 2012
ITF Chosica, Peru
W10
Clay
Anastasia Kharchenko
7–5, 6–1
Win
3–0
May 2012
ITF Rosario, Argentina
W10
Clay
Guadalupe Moreno
6–1, 6–3
Loss
3–1
Jun 2013
ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico
W10
Hard
Montserrat González
6–4, 6–7(4) , 6–7(1)
Win
4–1
Jun 2013
ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico
W10
Hard
Montserrat González
6–3, 6–2
Win
5–1
Jun 2013
ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico
W10
Hard
Marcela Zacarías
6–1, 6–3
Loss
5–2
Aug 2013
ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico
W15
Hard
Jelena Pandžić
4–6, 4–6
Loss
5–3
Oct 2013
ITF Victoria, Mexico
W15
Hard
Victoria Rodríguez
2–6, 6–4, 0–4 ret.
Win
6–3
Nov 2013
ITF Lima, Peru
W10
Clay
Francesca Segarelli
6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win
7–3
May 2014
ITF Sousse, Tunisia
W10
Hard
Nuria Párrizas Díaz
6–1, 6–2
Win
8–3
May 2014
ITF Sousse, Tunisia
W10
Hard
Lina Gjorcheska
6–3, 6–1
Loss
8–4
Jun 2014
ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico
W10
Hard
Victoria Rodríguez
6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Win
9–4
Jun 2014
ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico
W10
Hard
Allie Will
3–6, 6–0, 6–0
Win
10–4
Jun 2014
ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico
W10
Hard
Marcela Zacarías
4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss
10–5
Aug 2015
ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina
W10
Clay
Daniela Seguel
2–6, 2–6
Loss
10–6
Apr 2016
ITF León, Mexico
W10
Hard
Renata Zarazua
6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Loss
10–7
Jul 2017
ITF Amstelveen, Netherlands
W15
Clay
Lisa Matviyenko
6–7(5) , 2–6
Win
11–7
Jul 2017
ITF Brussels, Belgium
W15
Clay
Mirjam Björklund
3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win
12–7
Sep 2017
ITF Schoonhoven, Netherlands
W15
Clay
Marina Melnikova
6–3, 6–4
Loss
12–8
Dec 2017
ITF Santa Cruz, Bolivia
W15
Clay
Fernanda Brito
4–6, 3–6
Loss
12–9
Feb 2018
ITF Surprise, United States
W25
Hard
Yanina Wickmayer
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss
12–10
Jan 2019
ITF Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe
W25
Hard
Urszula Radwańska
1–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss
12–11
Apr 2019
ITF Cancún, Mexico
W15
Hard
Marcela Zacarías
0–6, 5–7
Win
13–11
Jun 2021
ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.
W25
Hard
Emina Bektas
3–6, 7–6(3) , 7–6(9)
Loss
13–12
May 2022
ITF Naples, United States
W25
Clay
Kayla Day
1–6, 1–6
Win
14–12
Nov 2023
ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.
W25
Hard
Dejana Radanović
1–6, 7–6(0) , 6–2
Loss
14–13
Nov 2023
ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.
W25
Hard
Maria Mateas
5–7, 6–7(2)
Doubles: 30 (11 titles, 19 runner–ups)
Legend
W40/50 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (5–6)
W10/15 tournaments (6–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–10)
Clay (8–9)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Aug 2012
ITF Trujillo, Peru
W10
Clay
Aranza Salut
Patricia Kú Flores Katherine Miranda Chang
3–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Loss
1–1
Aug 2012
ITF Lima, Peru
W10
Clay
Aranza Salut
Eduarda Piai Karina Venditti
4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss
1–2
Sep 2012
ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina
W10
Clay
Aranza Salut
Andrea Benítez Camila Silva
3–6, 0–6
Win
2–2
May 2013
ITF Villa María, Argentina
W10
Clay
Camila Silva
Victoria Bosio Aranza Salut
6–1, 6–2
Loss
2–3
Jun 2013
ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico
W10
Hard
Daniela Schippers
Danielle Mills Francesca Segarelli
2–6, 4–6
Loss
2–4
Jun 2013
ITF Quintana Roo, Mexico
W10
Hard
Daniela Schippers
Akari Inoue Julia Moriarty
7–5, 6–7(4) , [10–12]
Loss
2–5
Aug 2013
ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico
W15
Hard
Marcela Zacarías
Carolina Betancourt Camila Fuentes
2–6, 3–6
Loss
2–6
Oct 2013
ITF Victoria, Mexico
W15
Hard
Hsu Chieh-yu
María Fernanda Álvarez María Irigoyen
6–7(2) , 3–6
Win
3–6
Nov 2013
ITF Lima, Peru
W10
Clay
Francesca Segarelli
Daniela Farfan María Herazo González
0–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss
3–7
May 2014
ITF Sousse, Tunisia
W10
Hard
Chantal Škamlová
Alexandra Nancarrow Olga Parres Azcoitia
4–6, 2–6
Loss
3–8
Mar 2015
ITF Irapuato, Mexico
W25
Hard
Ayaka Okuno
Marcela Zacarías Victoria Rodríguez
1–6, 5–7
Loss
3–9
May 2015
ITF Obregón, Mexico
W15
Hard
Francesca Segarelli
Marcela Zacarías Victoria Rodríguez
3–6, 1–6
Win
4–9
Aug 2015
ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico
W15
Hard
Montserrat González
Maria Fernanda Alves Laura Pigossi
6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Win
5–9
Nov 2015
ITF Santiago, Chile
W10
Clay
Montserrat González
Catalina Pella Daniela Seguel
6–4, 7–6(3)
Win
6–9
Nov 2016
ITF Santiago, Chile
W10
Clay
Victoria Rodríguez
Fernanda Brito Camila Giangreco Campiz
7–5, 7–5
Loss
6–10
Jun 2017
ITF Sassuolo, Italy
W15
Clay
Carla Lucero
Federica Arcidiacono Martina Spigarelli
w/o
Loss
6–11
Aug 2017
ITF Vienna, Austria
W15
Clay
Lucrezia Stefanini
Anastasia Grymalska Dalila Spiteri
6–0, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss
6–12
Aug 2017
ITF Oldenzaal, Netherlands
W15
Clay
Paula Ormaechea
Deborah Kerfs Chiara Scholl
5–7, 3–6
Loss
6–13
Dec 2017
ITF Santiago, Chile
W25
Clay
Carolina Alves
Tamaryn Hendler Anastasia Pivovarova
5–7, 2–6
Loss
6–14
Dec 2017
ITF Luque, Paraguay
W15
Hard
Montserrat Gonzalez
Thaisa Grana Pedretti Noelia Zeballos
2–6, 4–6
Win
7–14
May 2018
ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain
W25+H
Clay
Jamie Loeb
Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Chiara Scholl
6–3, 6–2
Win
8–14
Jul 2019
ITF Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
W25
Hard
Victoria Rodríguez
Alba Carrillo Marín Ángela Fita Boluda
6–3, 6–3
Win
9–14
Aug 2019
ITF Las Palmas, Spain
W25+H
Hard
Victoria Rodríguez
Marina Bassols Ribera Feng Shuo
6–3, 7–5
Loss
9–15
Sep 2020
Zagreb Ladies Open , Croatia
W25
Clay
Valentini Grammatikopoulou
Silvia Njirić Dejana Radanović
6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Win
10–15
Oct 2020
ITF Porto, Portugal
W25
Hard
Jamie Loeb
Jana Fett Erin Routliffe
2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss
10–16
May 2021
ITF Salinas, Ecuador
W25
Hard
Victoria Rodríguez
Rasheeda McAdoo Conny Perrin
4–6, 6–7(5)
Loss
10–17
May 2022
ITF Naples, United States
W25
Clay
Rasheeda McAdoo
Anna Rogers Christina Rosca
1–6, 4–6
Loss
10–18
Jun 2023
ITF Santo Domingo, Dom. Rep.
W25
Clay
Yulia Starodubtseva
María Herazo González Ksenia Laskutova
6–2, 4–6, [9–11]
Win
11–18
Jan 2024
ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina
W35
Clay
Jamie Loeb
Romina Ccuno Daria Lodikova
7–5, 7–6(2)
Loss
11–19
Nov 2024
ITF Chihuahua City, Mexico
W50
Hard
Laura Samson
Haley Giavara Dalayna Hewitt
1–6, 3–6
Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation
Singles
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