Sabrina Santamaria

Sabrina Santamaria
Santamaria at the 2021 French Open
Full nameSabrina Ashley Vida Santamaria
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceLos Angeles
Born (1993-02-24) February 24, 1993 (age 31)
Los Angeles
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUSC Trojans
Prize moneyUS$ 667,477
Singles
Career record132–85
Career titles0 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 384 (June 20, 2016)
Doubles
Career record212–223
Career titles2 WTA, 3 WTA Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 53 (August 12, 2019)
Current rankingNo. 91 (November 4, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2019, 2020, 2023)
French Open2R (2019, 2020)
Wimbledon2R (2021, 2022)
US Open2R (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2021)
US Open1R (2013, 2021)
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Sabrina Ashley Vida Santamaria (born February 24, 1993) is an American tennis player.[1] She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 384, achieved in June 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 53, set on 12 August 2019.

College career

Santamaria graduated from the University of Southern California in 2015 with a degree in International Relations. During her collegiate career, she was the 2013 NCAA Doubles Champion alongside Christian, while being the 2013 Pac-12 Player of the Year and Doubles Team of the Year. She was also the 2013 World University Games silver medalist in singles in Kazan, Russia.

Professional career

Partnering Kaitlyn Christian, Santamaria won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the 2021 L'Open 35 de Saint-Malo, defeating Hayley Carter and Luisa Stefani in the final.[2]

She claimed her maiden WTA 250 doubles crown at the 2022 Monterrey Open, playing with Catherine Harrison and overcoming Han Xinyun and Yana Sizikova in the final.[3]

Alongside Yana Sizikova, Santamaria won the doubles at the WTA 250 2023 Morocco Open with a win in the final against Lidziya Marozava and Ingrid Gamarra Martins.[4]

Partnering with Dalila Jakupović, she won the doubles title at the WTA 125 2024 Mumbai Open, defeating Arianne Hartono and Prarthana Thombare in the final.[5]

At the WTA 125 2024 Makarska International Championships, Santamaria and Iryna Shymanovich overcame Nao Hibino and Oksana Kalashnikova in a deciding champions tiebreak to win the doubles final and take the title.[6]

Personal life

Santamaria was born in the United States to a Panamanian father and Philippine mother.[7]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles

Tournament 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 2R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 0 / 6 3–6 33%
French Open A A A A 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 6 2–6 25%
Wimbledon A A A Q1 1R NH 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
US Open 1R A A 2R 2R 1R 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–4 2–3 2–4 2–4 1–4 0–2 0 / 23 11–23 32%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A A A A 1R A 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Indian Wells Open A A A A 1R NH QF 1R A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Miami Open A A A A 1R NH A 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Madrid Open A A A A A NH 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Italian Open A A A A A 2R A 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Canadian Open A A A A 2R NH A A 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati Open A A A SF A 1R 1R A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
China Open A A A 1R A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wuhan Open A A A 2R A NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 1–4 1–2 0–3 0–4 0–0 0 / 16 6–16 27%

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (0–1)
WTA 250 (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partnering Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2018 Mexican Open,
Mexico
International[b] Hard United States Kaitlyn Christian Germany Tatjana Maria
United Kingdom Heather Watson
5–7, 6–2, [2–10]
Loss 0–2 Apr 2019 İstanbul Cup,
Turkey
International Clay Chile Alexa Guarachi Hungary Tímea Babos
France Kristina Mladenovic
1–6, 0–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2019 Tashkent Open,
Uzbekistan
International Hard Slovenia Dalila Jakupović United States Hayley Carter
Brazil Luisa Stefani
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–4 Mar 2021 St. Petersburg Trophy, Russia WTA 500 Hard (i) United States Kaitlyn Christian Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
Romania Raluca Olaru
6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 1–4 Mar 2022 Monterrey Open,
Mexico
WTA 250 Hard United States Catherine Harrison China Han Xinyun
Russia Yana Sizikova
1–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Loss 1–5 Sep 2022 Korea Open,
South Korea
WTA 250 Hard United States Asia Muhammad France Kristina Mladenovic
Belgium Yanina Wickmayer
3–6, 2–6
Win 2–5 May 2023 Rabat Grand Prix,
Morocco
WTA 250 Clay Yana Sizikova Brazil Ingrid Martins
Lidziya Marozava
3–6, 6–1, [10–8]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2021 Open de Saint-Malo, France Clay United States Kaitlyn Christian United States Hayley Carter
Brazil Luisa Stefani
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5]
Loss 1–1 Oct 2023 Abierto Tampico, Mexico Hard United Kingdom Heather Watson Kamilla Rakhimova
Anastasia Tikhonova
6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win 2–1 Feb 2024 Mumbai Open, India Hard Slovenia Dalila Jakupović Netherlands Arianne Hartono
India Prarthana Thombare
6–4, 6–3
Win 3–1 Jun 2024 Makarska International, Croatia Clay Iryna Shymanovich Japan Nao Hibino
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)

Legend
$10/15,000 tournaments (2–1)
Finals by surface
Clay (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2013 ITF Rimini, Italy 10,000 Clay Italy Alice Balducci 2–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 May 2016 ITF Warsaw, Poland 10,000 Clay Italy Deborah Chiesa 6–1, 6–4
Win 2–1 Apr 2017 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Austria Mira Antonitsch 6–2, 6–0

Doubles: 21 (14 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–1)
$80,000 tournaments (1–0)
$50/60,000 tournaments (2–4)
$25,000 tournaments (3–1)
$10/15,000 tournaments (6–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (9–2)
Clay (5–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2010 ITF Evansville, United States 10,000 Hard United States Brynn Boren Ukraine Anastasia Kharchenko
Venezuela Gabriela Paz
6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jul 2011 ITF Evansville, United States 10,000 Hard United States Brynn Boren United States Nadia Echeverría Alam
United States Elizabeth Ferris
6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Win 3–0 Jul 2013 ITF Rimini, Italy 10,000 Clay United States Kaitlyn Christian Italy Giulia Gasparri
Switzerland Lisa Sabino
6–2, 6–1
Win 4–0 Mar 2016 ITF Le Havre, France 10,000 Clay (i) United States Bernarda Pera Spain Georgina Garcia-Perez
Latvia Diāna Marcinkeviča
6–2, 6–2
Win 5–0 May 2016 ITF Warsaw, Poland 10,000 Clay Finland Emma Laine Italy Deborah Chiesa
Sweden Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
7–6(6), 6–0
Win 6–0 Oct 2016 ITF Redding, United States 25,000 Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Ema Burgić Bucko United States Julia Elbaba
United States Bernarda Pera
6–3, 7–6(4)
Loss 6–1 Oct 2016 Tennis Classic of Macon, US 50,000 Hard United States Keri Wong Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek
United States Taylor Townsend
6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Win 7–1 Apr 2017 ITF Tučepi, Croatia 15,000 Clay Finland Emma Laine Slovakia Jana Jablonovská
Slovakia Sandra Jamrichová
6–3, 6–2
Loss 7–2 May 2017 ITF Charleston Pro, US 60,000 Clay United States Kaitlyn Christian United States Emina Bektas
Chile Alexa Guarachi
7–5, 3–6, [5–10]
Win 8–2 Jun 2017 ITF Bethany Beach, US 25,000 Clay Papua New Guinea Abigail Tere-Apisah United States Sophie Chang
United States Alexandra Mueller
6–4, 6–0
Win 9–2 Oct 2017 Tennis Classic of Macon, US 80,000 Hard United States Kaitlyn Christian Brazil Paula Cristina Gonçalves
United States Sanaz Marand
6–1, 6–0
Win 10–2 Feb 2018 Midland Tennis Classic, US 100,000 Hard (i) United States Kaitlyn Christian United States Maria Sanchez
United States Jessica Pegula
7–5, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 11–2 Feb 2018 Rancho Santa Fe Open, US 25,000 Hard United States Kaitlyn Christian Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová
United States Taylor Townsend
6–7(6), 6–1, [10–6]
Loss 11–3 Mar 2018 ITF Heraklion, Greece 15,000 Clay Finland Emma Laine Hungary Anna Bondár
Hungary Réka Luca Jani
5–7, 2–6
Loss 11–4 Apr 2018 Wiesbaden Open, Germany 25,000 Clay Sweden Cornelia Lister Belgium Hélène Scholsen
South Africa Chanel Simmonds
3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win 12–4 May 2018 Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France 100,000 Hard United States Kaitlyn Christian Belarus Vera Lapko
Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva
2–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 12–5 Jul 2018 Berkeley Challenge, US 60,000 Hard Australia Ellen Perez United States Nicole Gibbs
United States Asia Muhammad
4–6, 1–6
Win 13–5 Oct 2022 ITF Templeton Pro, US W60 Hard Japan Nao Hibino United States Sophie Chang
Poland Katarzyna Kawa
6–4, 7–6(4)
Win 14–5 Nov 2022 Calgary Challenger, Canada W60 Hard (i) United States Catherine Harrison Canada Kayla Cross
Canada Marina Stakusic
7–6(2), 6–4
Loss 14–6 May 2024 Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia W75 Clay Slovenia Dalila Jakupović Slovenia Veronika Erjavec
Slovenia Tamara Zidanšek
4–6, 4–6
Loss 14–7 Aug 2024 Open Gran Canaria, Spain W100 Clay Italy Angelica Moratelli Poland Katarzyna Piter
Hungary Fanny Stollár
4–6, 2–6

Notes

  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

  1. ^ "WTA Players: Sabrina Santamaria". wtatennis.com. Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved June 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Resurgent Golubic captures Saint-Malo 125 title over Paolini". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  3. ^ "Fernandez saves five championship points vs. Osorio to defend Monterrey title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  4. ^ "Bronzetti outlasts Grabher in Rabat; wins first WTA title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
  5. ^ "Semenistaja saves championship point en route to Mumbai WTA 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  6. ^ "Volynets triumphs at WTA 125 Makarska; Todoni wins WTA 125 Bari". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  7. ^ "2019 National Hispanic Heritage Month". www.usta.com.