An-Sophie Mestach

An-Sophie Mestach
Country (sports) Belgium
Born (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 30)
Ghent, Belgium
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2009
RetiredSeptember 2018
Prize money$396,005
Singles
Career record237–162
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 98 (14 September 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2015)
French OpenQ1 (2014)
WimbledonQ3 (2013)
US OpenQ2 (2013, 2015, 2016)
Doubles
Career record131–74
Career titles2 WTA, 8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 64 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup9–6
Medal record
Representing a Mixed-NOCs team
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Singapore Girls' doubles

An-Sophie Mestach (born 7 March 1994) is a Belgian former tennis player and padel player.

In her career, Mestach won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as six singles titles and eight doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 14 September 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 98. On 1 February 2016, she peaked at No. 64 in the doubles rankings.

Ghent-born Mestach won the junior events of the 2011 Australian Open in both singles and doubles. Following these wins, she became the world No. 1 junior. She also won two Grade-A and three Grade-1 tournaments in singles on the Junior Circuit.

In 2012, Mestach made the final of one ITF event and the semifinals of two others. She ended the year with a ranking of world No. 361.

Playing for the Belgium Fed Cup team since 2010, Mestach has accumulated a win–loss record of 9–6.

Since retirement, Mestach has pursued a career as a police officer. She has also spent time on the professional padel circuit[1] and in that sport, she represented Belgium at the 2023 European Games, playing the women's doubles with Helena Wyckaert.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier (0–1)
International (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Feb 2015 Diamond Games,
Belgium
Premier Hard (i) Belgium Alison Van Uytvanck Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Win Sep 2015 Tournoi de Québec, Canada International Hard (i) Czech Republic Barbora Krejčíková Argentina María Irigoyen
Poland Paula Kania
4–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Win Jan 2016 Auckland Open,
New Zealand
International Hard Belgium Elise Mertens Montenegro Danka Kovinić
Czech Republic Barbora Strýcová
2–6, 6–3, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 17 (6–11)

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–7)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (1–1)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 16 May 2010 ITF Tortosa, Spain Clay France Victoria Larrière 5–7, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 2. 7 August 2010 ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia Hard Thailand Nudnida Luangnam 0–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win 1. 23 September 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey Hard Japan Yurina Koshino 6–3, 6–2
Loss 3. 17 March 2013 GB Pro-Series Bath, UK Hard (i) Liechtenstein Stephanie Vogt 6–7(3), 3–6
Win 2. 5 May 2013 Kangaroo Cup, Japan Hard China Wang Qiang 1–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss 4. 12 May 2013 Fukuoka International, Japan Carpet Tunisia Ons Jabeur 6–7(2), 2–6
Loss 5. 19 May 2013 Kurume Cup, Japan Grass Tunisia Ons Jabeur 0–6, 2–6
Loss 6. 13 October 2013 Open de Touraine, France Hard (i) Croatia Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 4–6, 2–6
Win 3. 26 January 2014 ITF Sunderland, UK Hard (i) Switzerland Viktorija Golubic 6–1, 6–4
Win 4. 13 September 2014 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia Hard Ukraine Olga Ianchuk 6–2, 6–0
Win 5. 12 October 2014 ITF Monterrey, Mexico Hard Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6–3, 7–5
Loss 7. 18 October 2014 Abierto Tampico, Mexico Hard Colombia Mariana Duque 6–3, 1–6, 6–7(4)
Win 6. 23 November 2014 Toyota World Challenge, Japan Carpet (i) Japan Shuko Aoyama 6–1, 6–1
Loss 8. 19 July 2015 Stockton Challenger, US Hard Japan Nao Hibino 1–6, 6–7(6)
Loss 9. 26 July 2015 Sacramento Challenger, US Hard Ukraine Anhelina Kalinina 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 10. 31 January 2016 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France Hard (i) Switzerland Stefanie Vögele 1–6, 2–6
Loss 11. 29 May 2016 ITF Karuizawa, Japan Grass Uzbekistan Nigina Abduraimova 3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 19 (8–11)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (1–2)
Carpet (0–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 15 May 2009 ITF Antalya, Turkey Clay Belgium Sofie Oyen United Kingdom Amanda Carreras
Italy Valentina Sulpizio
6–4, 3–6, [4–10]
Runner-up 2. 1 August 2009 ITF Bree, Belgium Clay Netherlands Demi Schuurs Netherlands Kiki Bertens
Netherlands Quirine Lemoine
1–6, 0–6
Winner 1. 13 September 2014 Batumi Ladies Open, Georgia Hard Poland Sandra Zaniewska Bulgaria Aleksandrina Naydenova
Ukraine Valeriya Strakhova
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 2 May 2015 Kangaroo Cup, Japan Hard United Kingdom Emily Webley-Smith China Wang Yafan
China Xu Yifan
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 4. 21 June 2015 Ilkley Trophy, UK Grass Netherlands Demi Schuurs Romania Raluca Olaru
China Xu Yifan
3–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 29 January 2016 Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France Hard (i) Belgium Elise Mertens Switzerland Viktorija Golubic
Switzerland Xenia Knoll
6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up 5. 18 June 2016 Ilkley Trophy, UK Grass Australia Storm Sanders China Yang Zhaoxuan
China Zhang Kailin
3–6, 6–7(5)
Winner 3. 6 August 2016 Challenger de Granby, Canada Hard United States Jamie Loeb Israel Julia Glushko
Belarus Olga Govortsova
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 6. 14 August 2016 ITF Landisville, US Hard Belgium Elise Mertens United Kingdom Freya Christie
United Kingdom Laura Robson
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 7. 14 October 2016 ITF Équeurdreville, France Hard (i) France Amandine Hesse Sweden Cornelia Lister
Russia Polina Monova
5–7, 6–4, [6–10]
Runner-up 8. 12 November 2016 ITF Tokyo Open, Japan Hard United States Jamie Loeb Japan Rika Fujiwara
Japan Yuki Naito
4–6, 7–6(12), [8–10]
Winner 4. 19 May 2017 ITF Båstad, Sweden Clay Belgium Kimberley Zimmermann Belarus Ilona Kremen
Sweden Cornelia Lister
4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Winner 5. 18 June 2017 Manchester Trophy, UK Grass Poland Magdalena Fręch Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
New Zealand Marina Erakovic
6–4, 7–6(5)
Winner 6. 23 June 2017 İzmir Cup, Turkey Hard Serbia Nina Stojanović Finland Emma Laine
Japan Kotomi Takahata
6–4, 7–5
Winner 7. 17 September 2017 Las Vegas Open, US Hard United Kingdom Laura Robson United States Sophie Chang
United States Alexandra Mueller
7–6(7), 7–6(2)
Runner-up 9. 30 September 2017 ITF Stillwater, US Hard United Kingdom Harriet Dart Serbia Jovana Jakšić
United States Caitlin Whoriskey
6–4, 4–6, [3–10]
Runner-up 10. 15 April 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal Carpet Serbia Nina Stojanović United Kingdom Sarah Beth Grey
United Kingdom Olivia Nicholls
6–4, 6–7(4), [6–10]
Runner-up 11. 28 April 2018 ITF Óbidos, Portugal Carpet United Kingdom Freya Christie Spain Estrella Cabeza Candela
Spain Ángela Fita Boluda
6–7(3), 6–1, [6–10]
Winner 8. 14 July 2018 Open Contrexéville, France Clay China Zheng Saisai India Prarthana Thombare
Netherlands Eva Wacanno
3–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Mestach at the 2010 ITF Torhout

Junior Circuit

Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Winner 2011 Australian Open Hard Puerto Rico Monica Puig 6–4, 6–2

Girls' doubles

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2010 US Open Hard Croatia Silvia Njirić Hungary Tímea Babos
United States Sloane Stephens
w/o
Winner 2011 Australian Open Hard Netherlands Demi Schuurs Japan Eri Hozumi
Japan Miyu Kato
6–2, 6–3

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