María Antonia Sánchez Lorenzo (born 7 November 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Her highest WTA ranking has been world No. 33, a position she achieved in April 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 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendTier I (0–0)Tier II (0–0)Tier III (0–2)Tier IV & V (1–0)
ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Aug 1999 Knokke-Heist, Belgium Clay Denisa Chládková 6–7, 6–4, 6–2Loss 1–1 May 2003 Madrid, Spain Clay Chanda Rubin 4–6, 7–5, 4–6Loss 1–2 Feb 2004 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Fabiola Zuluaga 6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups) LegendTier I (0–0)Tier II (0–0)Tier III (0–2)Tier IV & V (0–1)
ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Jul 1999 Sopot, Poland Clay Gala León García Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez 4–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 May 2000 Madrid, Spain Clay Gala León García Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 1–6, 3–6Loss 0–3 May 2006 Estoril, Portugal Clay Gisela Dulko Li Ting Sun Tiantian 2–6, 2–6
Performance timeline
Tournament19961997199819992000200120022003200420052006 Australian Open2R1R1R4R1R1RA1R1R1R3R6–10 French Open2RA1R3R1R1RA3R2R2R1R7–9 Wimbledon1R2R1R3R1RA1R1R2R2R1R5–10 US Open1R1R1R2R2RAA3R1R2R1R5–9Win–loss2–41–30–48–41–40–20–14–42–43–42–423–38Year-end ranking11753714199215110425283137
ITF Circuit finals $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments
Singles (9–3) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 17 May 1993 ITF Tortosa, Spain Clay Ángeles Montolio 6–2, 7–5Win 2. 27 June 1994 ITF Cáceres, Spain Clay Nathalie Herreman 6–4, 6–4Loss 3. 24 July 1995 ITF Valladolid, Spain Clay Claudia Porwik 4–6, 2–6Win 4. 23 February 1997 ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom Hard (i) Elena Tatarkova 6–1, 6–4Win 5. 7 April 1997 ITF Athens, Greece Hard (i) Sofia Prazeres 6–7(7), 6–1, 7–6(4)Win 6. 10 August 1998 ITF Bratislava, Slovakia Clay Radka Bobková 3–6, 6–2, 6–2Win 7. 14 September 1998 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay Rita Kuti-Kis 6–1, 6–4Win 8. 15 May 2000 ITF Porto, Portugal Clay Virginia Ruano Pascual 6–4, 4–6, 6–3Win 9. 18 March 2002 ITF Juarez, Mexico Clay Evelyn Fauth 4–6, 6–2, 6–1Win 10. 29 March 2002 ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Melinda Czink 7–5, 7–5Loss 11. 7 July 2002 ITF Orbetello, Italy Clay Evgenia Kulikovskaya 1–6, 5–7Loss 12. 8 October 2005 Barcelona Ladies Open, Spain Clay Kateřina Böhmová 6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Doubles (1–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 27 June 1994 ITF Cáceres, Spain Hard Mariam Ramón Climent Gala León García Janet Souto 6–4, 2–6, 1–6Loss 2. 11 September 2000 ITF Bordeaux, France Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Virginie Razzano Melanie Schnell 6–2, 5–7, 3–6Win 3. 7 October 2005 Barcelona Ladies Open, Spain Clay Lourdes Domínguez Lino Conchita Martínez Granados María José Martínez Sánchez 7–5, 6–7(4), 7–6(3)
Top 10 wins Season 2005 Total Wins 1 1
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score2005 1. Anastasia Myskina No. 6 French Open Clay 1R 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
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