Lucía Sainz

Lucía Sainz Pelegri (born 5 October 1984) is a Spanish former professional tennis player^[1] and currently a professional padel player.

Lucía Sainz

Full name	Lucía Sainz Pelegri
Country (sports)	Spain
Born	(1984-10-05) 5 October 1984 (age 40) Barcelona, Spain
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Fresno State Bulldogs
Prize money	$11,048
Official website	Official website
Singles
Career record	18-39
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 840 (25 May 2009)
Doubles
Career record	57-40
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 323 (3 August 2009)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sainz and the second or maternal family name is Pelegri.

Tennis career

She has won six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. She decided to follow the college route and was part of the Fresno State Bulldogs tennis team from 2004 to 2006. Fresno State's Lucia Sainz has been named the Western Athletic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Week for the week of February 28.^[2] Sainz retired from professional tennis in 2009.

Padel tennis career

Since 2015, she is a professional padel player where she has attained a world No. 1 ranking as of 2020.^[3] In 2018, she was awarded the Dona y Esport award as Barcelona's best athlete.^[4] She has been competing as a partner with Gemma Triay since 2016.^[5] Together with her, Sainz reached world No. 1 in 2020.^[6]