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Melissa Torres Sandoval

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Melissa Torres Sandoval
Country (sports) Mexico
Born (1984-02-03) 3 February 1984 (age 40)
Mexico City[1]
Retired2010
Prize money$96,745
Singles
Career record167–146
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 227 (18 February 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ1 (2008)
Doubles
Career record73–70
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 207 (25 November 2002)
Team competitions
Fed Cup18–13
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Women's tennis
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo Doubles
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 San Salvador Singles
Silver medal – second place 2002 San Salvador Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2002 San Salvador Team
Silver medal – second place 2002 San Salvador Mixed
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Cartagena de Indias Singles
Gold medal – first place 2010 Mayagüez Mixed
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Belgrade Mixed

Melissa Torres Sandoval (born 3 February 1984) is a Mexican former tennis player who now serves as a federal lawmaker.

Life

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Torres Sandoval was born in Mexico City. She is an alumna of the Universidad Anáhuac, where she obtained her bachelor's degree in business administration in 2008 and a master's degree in journalism in 2014.[1]

Tennis career

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Torres Sandoval has a career-high singles ranking by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) of 227, achieved on 18 February 2008. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of 207, set on 25 November 2002. Torres Sandoval won six singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Playing for Mexico Fed Cup team, she has a win–loss record of 18–13 in Fed Cup competition.[2]

Torres Sandoval made her WTA Tour debut at the 2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel. Having entered the tournament with a wildcard in the main draw, she defeated Nicole Pratt and Eva Birnerová in the quarterfinals, before losing to Julia Schruff.

She retired from tennis after the 2009 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, where she lost in the first round to Pauline Parmentier.[3] After her retirement, she became a commentator for ESPN and Uno TV.[1]

Political career

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In 2013, she began a two-year stint as an adjunct director general of the National Security Commission, a division of the Secretariat of the Interior.[1]

In 2015, the Social Encounter Party placed Torres Sandoval second on their list of proportional representation federal deputies from the fourth electoral region, assuring her of a seat in the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress.[1] She serves on eight commissions including Health, Public Security, Gender Alert, Foreign Relations, and Bicameral for Dialogue and Conciliation in Chiapas.[1]

ITF finals

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Singles (6–3)

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$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 6 August 2001 Poza Rica, Mexico Hard Mexico Erika Clarke 6–4, 6–7(4), 7–5
Winner 2. 1 October 2001 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Mexico Maria Eugenia Brito 6–1, 6–4
Winner 3. 9 October 2001 Pachuca, Mexico Hard Mexico Maria Eugenia Brito 6–2, 6–2
Winner 4. 8 September 2004 Ciudad Victoria, Mexico Hard United States Tamara Encina 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 13 September 2004 Matamoros, Mexico Hard United States Story Tweedie-Yates 6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Winner 5. 25 September 2004 San Salvador, El Salvador Clay Brazil Roxane Vaisemberg 6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up 2. 17 October 2004 Mexico City Hard Portugal Frederica Piedade 5–7, 2–6
Winner 6. 9 November 2004 Mexico City Hard Argentina Micaela Moran 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 3. 10 April 2007 Jackson, United States Clay Belarus Olga Govortsova 1–6, 1–6

Doubles (6–4)

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$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 14 August 2000 Cuernavaca, Mexico Clay Mexico Erika Valdés United States Stephanie Mabry
Australia Michelle Summerside
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 2. 21 August 2000 Toluca, Mexico Clay Mexico Erika Valdés United States Kristy Blumberg
United States Anne Plessinger
w/o
Winner 1. 2 April 2002 Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard Argentina Jorgelina Cravero Russia Ekaterina Kozhokina
Australia Anastasia Rodionova
6–4, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 11 November 2002 Puebla, Mexico Hard Argentina Jorgelina Cravero Czech Republic Olga Vymetálková
Czech Republic Gabriela Chmelinová
1–6, 6–4, 6–7(4)
Runner-up 4. 30 August 2004 Mexico City Hard Mexico Marcela Arroyo United States Lauren Barnikow
Ecuador Mariana Correa
6–7(7), 5–7
Winner 2. 20 September 2004 San Salvador, El Salvador Clay Mexico Marcela Arroyo Argentina Patricia Holzman
Ecuador Hilda Zuleta Cabrera
6–1, 7–5
Winner 3. 18 October 2004 Aguascalientes, Mexico Clay Mexico Marcela Arroyo Argentina Jorgelina Cravero
Argentina Flavia Mignola
6–3, 6–2
Winner 4. 9 November 2004 Mexico City Hard Mexico Marcela Arroyo Mexico Lorena Arias
Mexico Erika Clarke
6–1, 3–6, 6–0
Winner 5. 15 November 2004 Puebla, Mexico Hard Mexico Marcela Arroyo Mexico Lorena Arias
Mexico Erika Clarke
2–6, 7–6(2), 6–0
Winner 6. 6 October 2007 Monterrey, Mexico Hard Argentina Florencia Molinero Portugal Frederica Piedade
Brazil Roxane Vaisemberg
6–1, 7–5

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f SIL: Profile for Melissa Torres Sandoval (LXIII Legislature)
  2. ^ Melissa Torres Sandoval at the Billie Jean King Cup
  3. ^ Associated Press (23 February 2009). "La mexicana Melissa Torres se retira con una derrota ante la francesa Pauline Parmentier, en el Abierto Mexicano de Tenis". Televisa Deportes. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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