Melissa Torres Sandoval

Melissa Torres Sandoval
Country (sports)	Mexico
Born	3 February 1984 (age 40); Mexico City
Retired	2010
Prize money	$96,745
Singles
Career record	167–146
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 227 (18 February 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	Q1 (2008)
Doubles
Career record	73–70
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 207 (25 November 2002)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	18–13
Medal record
Representing Mexico
Women's tennis
Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games
Summer Universiade

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

Life

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

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

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

Singles (6–3)

$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	Erika Clarke	6–4, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–5
Winner	2.	1 October 2001	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Maria Eugenia Brito	6–1, 6–4
Winner	3.	9 October 2001	Pachuca, Mexico	Hard	Maria Eugenia Brito	6–2, 6–2
Winner	4.	8 September 2004	Ciudad Victoria, Mexico	Hard	Tamara Encina	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	13 September 2004	Matamoros, Mexico	Hard	Story Tweedie-Yates	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Winner	5.	25 September 2004	San Salvador, El Salvador	Clay	Roxane Vaisemberg	6–2, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	17 October 2004	Mexico City	Hard	Frederica Piedade	5–7, 2–6
Winner	6.	9 November 2004	Mexico City	Hard	Micaela Moran	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	10 April 2007	Jackson, United States	Clay	Olga Govortsova	1–6, 1–6

Doubles (6–4)

$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	Erika Valdés	Stephanie Mabry Michelle Summerside	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	2.	21 August 2000	Toluca, Mexico	Clay	Erika Valdés	Kristy Blumberg Anne Plessinger	w/o
Winner	1.	2 April 2002	Coatzacoalcos, Mexico	Hard	Jorgelina Cravero	Ekaterina Kozhokina Anastasia Rodionova	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	11 November 2002	Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Jorgelina Cravero	Olga Vymetálková Gabriela Chmelinová	1–6, 6–4, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Runner-up	4.	30 August 2004	Mexico City	Hard	Marcela Arroyo	Lauren Barnikow Mariana Correa	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 5–7
Winner	2.	20 September 2004	San Salvador, El Salvador	Clay	Marcela Arroyo	Patricia Holzman Hilda Zuleta Cabrera	6–1, 7–5
Winner	3.	18 October 2004	Aguascalientes, Mexico	Clay	Marcela Arroyo	Jorgelina Cravero Flavia Mignola	6–3, 6–2
Winner	4.	9 November 2004	Mexico City	Hard	Marcela Arroyo	Lorena Arias Erika Clarke	6–1, 3–6, 6–0
Winner	5.	15 November 2004	Puebla, Mexico	Hard	Marcela Arroyo	Lorena Arias Erika Clarke	2–6, 7–6⁽²⁾, 6–0
Winner	6.	6 October 2007	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Florencia Molinero	Frederica Piedade Roxane Vaisemberg	6–1, 7–5

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f SIL: Profile for Melissa Torres Sandoval (LXIII Legislature)
^ Melissa Torres Sandoval at the Billie Jean King Cup
^ 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.

External links

Melissa Torres Sandoval at the Women's Tennis Association
Melissa Torres-Sandoval at the International Tennis Federation
Melissa Torres-Sandoval at the Billie Jean King Cup

[sil-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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