Country (sports) Mexico Career titles 0 WTA, 6 ITF US Open Q1 (2008) Prize money 96,745 USD | Career record 167 - 146 Highest ranking 227 (18 February 2008) Career record 73 - 70 Retired 2010 | |
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Born 3 February 1984 (age 33)
Mexico City, Mexico ( 1984-02-03 ) | ||
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Melissa Torres Sandoval (born 3 February 1984) is a Mexican retired female tennis player who currently serves as a federal lawmaker.
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- Life
- Tennis career
- Political career
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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 WTA singles ranking of 227, achieved on 18 February 2008. Torres Sandoval also has a career high WTA doubles ranking of 207 achieved on 25 November 2002. Torres Sandoval has won six ITF singles and doubles titles.
Playing for Mexico at the Fed Cup, Torres Sandoval has a win–loss record of 18–13.
Torres Sandoval made her WTA tour debut at the 2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel. Having entered the a wildcard tournament in the main draw, she defeated Nicole Pratt and Eva Birnerová 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.