Sanaz Marand

Sanaz Marand
Country (sports)	United States
Born	June 21, 1988 (age 35); Katy, Texas
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$158,037
Singles
Career record	232–204 (53.2%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 242 (October 27, 2014)
Doubles
Career record	229–170 (57.4%)
Career titles	20 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 119 (November 9, 2015)

Sanaz Marand (Persian: ساناز مرند; born June 21, 1988^[1]) is an American former tennis player.

In her career, she won two singles titles and 20 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. In October 2014, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 242. In November 2015, she peaked at No. 119 in the doubles rankings.

Marand made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Washington Open in doubles, partnering with Louisa Chirico; they lost to Arina Rodionova and Olivia Rogowska in the first round.^[2]

Marand played collegiate tennis at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she received All American honors and graduated in 2010.^[1]

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2012	ITF Bethany Beach, United States	10,000	Clay	Vojislava Lukić	2–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	May 2013	ITF El Paso, United States	25,000	Hard	Naomi Osaka	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Feb 2015	ITF Surprise, United States	25,000	Hard	Sofia Arvidsson	2–6, 1–6
Win	2–2	Jul 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Ayla Aksu	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Jul 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Ekaterine Gorgodze	2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 37 (20 titles, 17 runner–ups)[edit]

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75/80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (9–9)
Clay (10–8)
Grass (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	July 14, 2008	ITF Atlanta, United States	Hard	Kristi Miller	Whitney Jones Tiya Rolle	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	June 21, 2010	ITF Cleveland, United States	Clay	Caitlin Whoriskey	Emily Harman Eleanor Peters	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	1.	October 18, 2010	ITF Rock Hill, United States	Hard	Caitlin Whoriskey	Maria Fernanda Alves Mariana Duque	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up	2.	February 27, 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Nicola Slater	Claudia Giovine Anne Schäfer	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Runner-up	3.	March 12, 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Claudia Giovine	Gioia Barbieri Anastasia Grymalska	4–6, 6–1, [9–11]
Winner	3.	June 4, 2012	ITF El Paso, United States	Hard	Ashley Weinhold	Fatma Al-Nabhani María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	June 11, 2012	ITF Bethany Beach, United States	Clay	Jacqueline Cako	Anastasia Kharchenko Nika Kukharchuk	6–1, 6–2
Winner	5.	September 10, 2012	ITF Redding, United States	Hard	Jacqueline Cako	Macall Harkins Hsu Chieh-yu	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 7–5
Runner-up	4.	May 20, 2013	ITF Sumter, United States	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Kristy Frilling Alexandra Mueller	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	July 15, 2013	ITF Portland, United States	Clay	Ashley Weinhold	Irina Falconi Nicole Melichar	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	6.	January 6, 2014	ITF Vero Beach, United States	Clay	Jacqueline Cako	Irina Khromacheva Allie Will	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	7.	February 17, 2014	ITF Surprise, United States	Hard (i)	Ashley Weinhold	Shuko Aoyama Eri Hozumi	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	8.	April 28, 2014	ITF Indian Harbour Beach, United States	Clay	Jan Abaza	Asia Muhammad Taylor Townsend	2–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	June 2, 2014	ITF Brescia, Italy	Clay	Florencia Molinero	Louisa Chirico Asia Muhammad	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Winner	7.	June 22, 2014	ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Louisa Chirico	Jang Su-jeong Justyna Jegiołka	6–3, 6–4
Winner	8.	August 10, 2014	ITF Landisville, United States	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Lena Litvak Alexandra Mueller	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–1
Winner	9.	October 13, 2014	ITF Florence, United States	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Danielle Lao Keri Wong	6–3, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Runner-up	9.	January 17, 2015	ITF Plantation, United States	Clay	Jan Abaza	Irina Khromacheva Asia Muhammad	2–6, 2–6
Winner	10.	January 25, 2015	ITF Daytona Beach, United States	Clay	Jan Abaza	Elise Mertens Arantxa Rus	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Winner	11.	July 13, 2015	Stockton Challenger, United States	Hard	Jamie Loeb	Kaitlyn Christian Danielle Lao	6–3, 6–4
Winner	12.	September 21, 2015	ITF Albuquerque, United States	Hard	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	Tamira Paszek Anna Tatishvili	4–6, 6–2, [10–3]
Runner-up	10.	September 28, 2015	Las Vegas Open, United States	Clay	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	Julia Boserup Nicole Gibbs	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	11.	October 31, 2015	Classic of Macon, United States	Hard (i)	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	Jan Abaza Viktorija Golubic	6–7⁽³⁾, 5–7
Winner	13.	June 11, 2016	Surbiton Trophy, UK	Grass	Melanie Oudin	Robin Anderson Alison Bai	6–4, 7–5
Winner	14.	March 12, 2017	ITF Orlando, United States	Hard	Emina Bektas	Chiara Scholl Marcela Zacarías	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	March 19, 2017	ITF Tampa, United States	Hard (i)	Emina Bektas	Alexa Guarachi Hsu Chieh-yu	3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Winner	15.	April 15, 2017	ITF Pelham, United States	Clay	Emina Bektas	Amanda Carreras Tena Lukas	w/o
Winner	16.	April 23, 2017	ITF Dothan, United States	Clay	Emina Bektas	Kristie Ahn Lizette Cabrera	6–3, 1–6, [10–2]
Winner	17.	May 12, 2017	ITF Naples, United States	Clay	Emina Bektas	Danielle Collins Taylor Townsend	7–6⁽¹⁾, 6–1
Winner	18.	July 1, 2017	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Melis Sezer	Ena Kajević İpek Öz	6–2, 7–6⁽¹⁾
Runner-up	13.	October 28, 2017	Classic of Macon, United States	Hard	Paula Cristina Gonçalves	Kaitlyn Christian Sabrina Santamaria	1–6, 0–6
Winner	19.	April 8, 2018	ITF Jackson, United States	Clay	Whitney Osuigwe	Gaia Sanesi Chanel Simmonds	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	June 9, 2018	ITF Bethany Beach, United States	Clay	Quinn Gleason	Robin Anderson Maegan Manasse	6–2, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Runner-up	15.	July 14, 2018	ITF Winnipeg, Canada	Hard	Julia Glushko	Akiko Omae Victoria Rodriguez	6–7⁽²⁾, 3–6
Runner-up	16.	July 28, 2018	Ashland Classic, United States	Hard	Whitney Osuigwe	Jovana Jakšić Renata Zarazúa	3–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Runner-up	17.	August 4, 2018	Lexington Challenger, United States	Hard	Victoria Rodriguez	Hayley Carter Ena Shibahara	3–6, 1–6
Winner	20.	July 27, 2019	Ashland Classic, United States	Hard	Caitlin Whoriskey	Vladica Babić Julia Rosenqvist	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–4