# María Sánchez Lorenzo

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)

* Legend
* Tier I (0–0)
* Tier II (0–0)
* Tier III (0–2)
* Tier IV & V (1–0)
| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 1999 | Knokke-Heist, Belgium | Clay | Denisa Chládková | 6–7, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | May 2003 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Chanda Rubin | 4–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Feb 2004 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Fabiola Zuluaga | 6–3, 4–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Tier I (0–0)
* Tier II (0–0)
* Tier III (0–2)
* Tier IV & V (0–1)
| Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 1999 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | Gala León García | Laura Montalvo Paola Suárez | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | May 2000 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Gala León García | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | May 2006 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Gisela Dulko | Li Ting Sun Tiantian | 2–6, 2–6 |

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | W–L |
| Australian Open | 2R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 6–10 |
| French Open | 2R | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 7–9 |
| Wimbledon | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 5–10 |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 5–9 |
| Win–loss | 2–4 | 1–3 | 0–4 | 8–4 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 23–38 |
| Year-end ranking | 117 | 53 | 71 | 41 | 99 | 215 | 110 | 42 | 52 | 83 | 137 |

## ITF Circuit finals

* $100,000 tournaments
* $75,000 tournaments
* $50,000 tournaments
* $25,000 tournaments
* $10,000 tournaments

### Singles (9–3)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1. | 17 May 1993 | ITF Tortosa, Spain | Clay | Ángeles Montolio | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 2. | 27 June 1994 | ITF Cáceres, Spain | Clay | Nathalie Herreman | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3. | 24 July 1995 | ITF Valladolid, Spain | Clay | Claudia Porwik | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4. | 23 February 1997 | ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom | Hard (i) | Elena Tatarkova | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 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, 6–2 |
| Win | 7. | 14 September 1998 | ITF Bordeaux, France | Clay | Rita Kuti-Kis | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 8. | 15 May 2000 | ITF Porto, Portugal | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 9. | 18 March 2002 | ITF Juarez, Mexico | Clay | Evelyn Fauth | 4–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 10. | 29 March 2002 | ITF San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Clay | Melinda Czink | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 11. | 7 July 2002 | ITF Orbetello, Italy | Clay | Evgenia Kulikovskaya | 1–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 12. | 8 October 2005 | Barcelona Ladies Open, Spain | Clay | Kateřina Böhmová | 6–3, 3–6, 5–7 |

### Doubles (1–2)

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 1. | 27 June 1994 | ITF Cáceres, Spain | Hard | Mariam Ramón Climent | Gala León García Janet Souto | 6–4, 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2. | 11 September 2000 | ITF Bordeaux, France | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Virginie Razzano Melanie Schnell | 6–2, 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 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 | Score |
| 2005 |||||||
| 1. | Anastasia Myskina | No. 6 | French Open | Clay | 1R | 6–4, 4–6, 6–0 |