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Olivia Sanchez (born 17 November 1982) is a retired French tennis player. Her paternal grandparents are Spanish.
On 9 June 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 90. On 6 December 2010, she peaked at No. 427 in the doubles rankings. In her career, Sanchez won 12 singles titles and one doubles title on the ITF Women's Circuit. She finished her career with a record of 287 wins and 207 losses and prize money of $376,039.
She was coached by Norbert Palmier.
Sanchez reached five ITF singles finals, winning four (in Spain, Portugal, France and Mexico). Sanchez won her first $75k tournament in September 2007 at the Open Engie Porte du Hainaut, defeating Anastasiya Yakimova in the final.
In February, Sanchez made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Abierto Mexicano. She won in the first round against Martina Müller, but lost 1–6, 5–7 to Sorana Cîrstea in the second.
She received a wildcard into the main draw of the French Open but lost 2–6, 6–7 to Karin Knapp. On 9 June 2008, Sanchez reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 90.
She reached five singles finals on the ITF Circuit, winning four (in the United States, Brazil, Spain and France).
Sanchez declared her retirement from tennis in 2012.
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| Loss | 1. | 29 June 1998 | ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France | Clay | Stéphanie Testard | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1. | 1 November 1999 | Open de Saint-Raphaël, France | Hard (i) | Magdalena Kučerová | 6–1, 1–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2. | 15 November 1999 | ITF Deauville, France | Clay (i) | Virginie Razzano | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3. | 18 September 2000 | ITF Sunderland, UK | Hard (i) | Hannah Collin | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4. | 30 September 2001 | ITF Sunderland, UK | Hard (i) | Sofia Arvidsson | 3–6, 6–2, 0–6 |
| Loss | 5. | 27 January 2002 | ITF Belfort, France | Hard (i) | Sandra Klösel | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 6. | 1 May 2006 | ITF Vic, Spain | Clay | Nuria Sánchez García | 2–6, 6–7(8) |
| Win | 2. | 19 June 2006 | Open de Montpellier, France | Clay | Stéphanie Vongsouthi | 6–7(6), 6–0, 6–0 |
| Loss | 7. | 23 July 2006 | ITF Vittel, France | Clay | Jarmila Wolfe | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 3. | ITF Madrid, Spain | Hard | Katie O'Brien | 6–7(7), 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 8. | 8 July 2007 | ITF Mont-de-Marsan, France | Clay | Anna Gerasimou | 3–6, 6–2, 4–6 |
| Win | 4. | 5 August 2007 | ITF Vigo, Spain | Hard | Marina Erakovic | w/o |
| Win | 5. | 4 August 2007 | ITF Coimbra, Portugal | Hard | Neuza Silva | 7–6(8), 6–1 |
| Win | 6. | 3 September 2007 | Open Denain, France | Clay | Anastasiya Yakimova | 6–2, 1–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 7. | 28 October 2007 | ITF Mexico City | Hard | Stephanie Vogt | 2–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 8. | 1 February 2010 | ITF Rancho Mirage, United States | Hard | Tadeja Majerič | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Win | 9. | 8 February 2010 | ITF Laguna Niguel, United States | Hard | Mandy Minella | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 9. | 9 May 2010 | ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Clay | Bianca Botto | 2–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
| Win | 10. | 16 May 2010 | ITF Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Clay | Bianca Botto | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 11. | 4 June 2010 | ITF Pozoblanco, Spain | Hard | Beatriz García Vidagany | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 10. | 18 July 2010 | Open de Contrexéville, France | Clay | Jelena Dokic | 6–4, 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 12. | 25 April 2011 | ITF San Severo, Italy | Clay | Alice Moroni | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 1. | 7 September 1998 | Open Denain, France | Clay | Amandine Dulon | Lincky Ackron Karyn Bacon | 5–7, 7–5, 6–3 |
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