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

Melissa Torres Sandoval
Country (sports) Mexico
Born (1984-02-03) 3 February 1984 (age 38)
Mexico City[1]
Retired2010
Prize money$96,745
Singles
Career record167–146 (53.4%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 227 (18 February 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ1 (2008)
Doubles
Career record73–70 (51.0%)
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 207 (25 November 2002)
Team competitions
Fed Cup18–13
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Women's tennis
Pan American Games
2003 Santo DomingoDoubles
Central American and Caribbean Games
2002 San SalvadorSingles
2002 San SalvadorDoubles
2002 San SalvadorTeam
2002 San SalvadorMixed
2006 Cartagena de IndiasSingles
2010 MayagüezMixed
Summer Universiade
2009 BelgradeMixed

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





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Melíssa Torres Sandoval nació el 3 de febrero de 1984 en la Ciudad de México.



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