Education
Sanchez attended the where she was a three-time All-American in singles and doubles. She was the Number. 1 collegiate player throughout the 2011–2012 season, and was named the Industry Training Authority Senior Player of the Year. She was upset in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Round of 16 by Mallory Burdette, and reached the semi-finals of doubles with Trojan teammate Kaitlyn Christian.
Sanchez graduated with a degree in Real Estate.
While at University of Southern California, star quarterback Matt Barkley was quoted as saying that Sanchez was his favorite athlete on campus.
Career
On July 8, 2013, she reached her highest Women's Tennis Association singles ranking of northern 107. On 1 February 2016, she reached her highest Women's Tennis Association doubles ranking of northern 76. 2012 In Sanchez"s first full season on tour, she has climbed over 530 spots in the Women's Tennis Association world rankings.
Her first sign of promise came at the The Bahamas Women"s Open $100,000 International Tennis Federation in February, where she took out Urszula Radwańska and Eva Birnerová as a wildcard entry before falling to Bojana Jovanovski in the quarter-finals.
Sanchez went on to reach the 2012 Audi Melbourne Pro Tennis Classic $50,000 International Tennis Federation final, losing to Grace Minister and finishing runner-up to Melanie Oudin in the race for the USTA 2012 French Open main draw wildcard. Sanchez quickly added a second title at the Coleman Vision Championships $75,000 International Tennis Federation event in Albuquerque, New Mexico in September, where she defeated American teenager Lauren Davis 6–1, 6–1.
Sanchez has four older brothers and is an avid sports fan who enjoys rooting for her Northern California teams, namely, the San Francisco Giants and San Francisco 49ers. In high school, Sanchez was a two-sport star on the basketball and tennis courts at Davis High in Modesto.
She eschewed offers to play college basketball in order to focus on tennis at University of Southern California. Sanchez, who is of Mexican American descent, speaks fluent Spanish and has been featured in multiple videos on Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Deportes Los Los Angeles
Sanchez is coached by American professional tennis coach Kevin O"Neil, who played professionally after starring at Pepperdine in college. Sanchez is represented by tennis agent and licensed attorney Jordan J. Butler of Agent Atleta, Limited., a Las Vegas-based athlete management company. Singles: 7 (2–5) Doubles: 30 (16–14).