# Melissa Torres Sandoval

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.

### 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.
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. After her retirement, she became a commentator for ESPN and Uno TV.

### 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.
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. She serves on eight commissions including Health, Public Security, Gender Alert, Foreign Relations, and Bicameral for Dialogue and Conciliation in Chiapas.

## 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 |