Sabrina Ashley Vida Santamaria (born February 24, 1993) is an American
tennis
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player.
Career
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.
Alongside
Jarmere Jenkins
Jarmere Jenkins (born November 25, 1990) is a retired American professional tennis player who became the hitting partner for Serena Williams. He was the 2013 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Player of the Year and male ACC Athle ...
, she was given a wildcard into the mixed-doubles tournament of the
2013 US Open where they lost in the first round to
Alizé Cornet
Alizé Cornet (; born 22 January 1990) is a French professional tennis player. Cornet has won six singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 16 February 2009, she ...
and
Édouard Roger-Vasselin. She was awarded a wildcard into the
2015 US Open women's doubles event alongside
Kaitlyn Christian.
Santamaria graduated from the
University of Southern California
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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
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''Player of the Year'' and ''Doubles Team of the Year''. She was also the 2013
World University Games
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silver medalist in singles in
Kazan, Russia
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.
Personal life
Santamaria was born in the United States to a Panamanian father and Philippine mother.
Performance timeline
Doubles
WTA career finals
Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups)
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner–up)
Doubles: 19 (14 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Notes
References
External links
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USC Trojans profile
1993 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Tennis players from Los Angeles
USC Trojans women's tennis players
Universiade medalists in tennis
Universiade silver medalists for the United States
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
American sportspeople of Filipino descent
American sportspeople of Panamanian descent
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