Ana Sofía Sánchez

Ana Sofía Sánchez Palau (Latin American Spanish: [ana soˈfi.a ˈsantʃes]; born 13 April 1994) is a Mexican tennis player.

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$ 330,751
Singles
Career record	427–355
Career titles	14 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 248 (28 June 2021)
Current ranking	No. 288 (7 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record	240–267
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 221 (15 August 2016)
Current ranking	No. 419 (7 October 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	10–10
Medal record Representing  Mexico Women's tennis Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Veracruz Team event 2014 Veracruz Singles
Last updated on: 7 October 2024.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Palau.

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]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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: 29 (11 titles, 18 runner–ups)

Legend W25/35 tournaments (5–6) W10/15 tournaments (6–12)

Finals by surface Hard (3–9) 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)

Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup participation

Singles

Edition	Round	Date	Location	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Score
2012	Z1 RR	Apr 2012	Guadalajara (MEX)	Costa Rica	Clay	Ximena Mino	W	6–2, 7–5
				Chile		Andrea Koch Benvenuto	L	3–6, 1–6
				Puerto Rico		Monica Puig	L	3–6, 5–7
				Uruguay		María José Pintos	W	6–0, 6–1
				Trinidad and Tobago		Yolande Leacock	W	6–4, 3–6, 6–1

References

1. "Wta Monterrey - Garbine Muguruza wins while Ana Sofia Sanchez makes history". 4 April 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
2. "Guadalajara Open Akron: Yastremska wins opener". 17 September 2023.
3. "Stefanini acaba con el sueño de Ana Sofía Sánchez" (in Spanish). 10 September 2024.

External links

• Ana Sofía Sánchez at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ana Sofía Sánchez at the International Tennis Federation
• Ana Sofía Sánchez at the Billie Jean King Cup