María Sánchez Lorenzo

María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo (born 7 November 1977) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain.

For the American tennis player, see Maria Sanchez.

María Sánchez Lorenzo

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	(1977-11-07) 7 November 1977 Salamanca, Spain
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	$1,268,365
Singles
Career record	308–283
Career titles	1 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 33 (5 April 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1999)
French Open	3R (1999, 2003)
Wimbledon	3R (1999)
US Open	3R (2003)
Doubles
Career record	44–59
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 78 (19 June 2006)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2006)
French Open	2R (2006)
Wimbledon	2R (2005,2006)
US Open	1R (2006)

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Sánchez and the second or maternal family name is Lorenzo.

Her highest WTA ranking has been world no. 33, a position she achieved on April 5, 2004.

She played two handed on both sides, and her favourite surface was the hardcourt, unusual for a Spanish tennis player.

At the 2005 French Open, Lorenzo defeated reigning champion Anastasia Myskina in three sets in the first round, which became the first time the reigning champ of the French Open lost in the first round.

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (1–2)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)	Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)	Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (0/2)	Premier (0/0)
Tier IV & V (1/0)	International (0/0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	Aug 1999	Knokke-Heist, Belgium	Clay	Denisa Chládková	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	2.	May 2003	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Chanda Rubin	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss	3.	Feb 2004	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Fabiola Zuluaga	6–3, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 3 (0-3)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0/0)
WTA Championships (0/0)
Tier I (0/0)	Premier Mandatory (0/0)
Tier II (0/0)	Premier 5 (0/0)
Tier III (0/2)	Premier (0/0)
Tier IV & V (0/1)	International (0/0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 1999	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Gala León García	Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	May 2000	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Gala León García	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	1–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	May 2006	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Gisela Dulko	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	2–6, 2–6

Performance timeline

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	W–L
Australian Open	2R	1R	1R	4R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	3R	6–10
French Open	2R	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	A	3R	2R	2R	1R	7–9
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	5–10
US Open	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	A	3R	1R	2R	1R	5–9
GS W–L Total	2–4	1–3	0–4	8–4	1–4	0–2	0–1	4–4	2–4	3–4	2–4	23–38
Year End Ranking	117	53	71	41	99	215	110	42	52	83	137

ITF Singles Circuit finals: 12 (9–3)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	17 May 1993	Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Ángeles Montolio	6–2, 7–5
Winner	2.	27 June 1994	Cáceres, Spain	Clay	Nathalie Herreman	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	24 July 1995	Valladolid, Spain	Clay	Claudia Porwik	4–6, 2–6
Winner	4.	23 February 1997	Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Elena Tatarkova	6–1, 6–4
Winner	5.	7 April 1997	Athens, Greece	Hard (i)	Sofia Prazeres	6–7^(7–9), 6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	6.	10 August 1998	Bratislava, Slovakia	Clay	Radka Bobková	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner	7.	14 September 1998	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Rita Kuti-Kis	6–1, 6–4
Winner	8.	15 May 2000	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	9.	18 March 2002	Ciudad Juarez, Mexico	Clay	Evelyn Fauth	4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Winner	10.	29 March 2002	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Clay	Melinda Czink	7–5, 7–5
Runner-up	11.	7 July 2002	Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Evgenia Kulikovskaya	1–6, 5–7
Runner-up	12.	8 October 2005	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Kateřina Böhmová	6–3, 3–6, 5–7

ITF Doubles finals: 3 (1-2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	27 June 1994	Cáceres, Spain	Hard	Mariam Ramón Climent	Gala León García Janet Souto	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	11 September 2000	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Virginie Razzano Melanie Schnell	6–2, 5–7, 3–6
Winner	3.	3 October 2005	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Lourdes Domínguez Lino	Conchita Martínez Granados María José Martínez Sánchez	7–5, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–3)

Top 10 wins

Season	2005	Total
Wins	1	1

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2005
1.	Anastasia Myskina	No. 6	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	1st Round	6–4, 4–6, 6–0

External links

• María Sánchez Lorenzo at the Women's Tennis Association
• María Sánchez Lorenzo at the International Tennis Federation
• María Sánchez Lorenzo at the Fed Cup