Seone Mendez (born 15 May 1999) is an Australian

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player of Argentine descent. Mendez has career-high

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of 198 in singles, achieved on 21 March 2022, and 304 in doubles, set on 20 September 2021. She has won thirteen ITF singles titles and four ITF doubles titles.

Career

2021

In July 2021, Mendez made her

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debut at the

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where she qualified for the main draw, defeating Irina Fetecău in the final qualifying round. She went on to reach the quarterfinal in her WTA debut, losing in three sets to former world No. 9,

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. In October 2021, Mendez reached a career-high ranking of 206 and entered the Australian top 10.

2022

In January, she reached the second round of the 2022 Australian Open qualifying.

Personal life

Mendez is the daughter of Natalia and footballer

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, and the sister of Gian Mendez.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (13 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Notes

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mendez, Seone 1999 births Living people Australian female tennis players Tennis players from Sydney Sportspeople from Valencia Australian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Australian people of Argentine descent Sportswomen from New South Wales