Sanda Mamić

Sanda Mamić (born 22 March 1985) is a retired female tennis player from Croatia.

Sanda Mamić
Country (sports) Croatia
ResidenceZagreb, Croatia
Born (1985-03-22) 22 March 1985
Zagreb
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro2004
Retired2014
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$237,432
Singles
Career record145–104
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 83 (18 July 2005)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2005)
French Open2R (2005, 2008)
Wimbledon1R (2005)
US Open1R (2005)
Doubles
Career record21–24
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 298 (16 February 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2005)
US Open1R (2005 )
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–5

Early career
  • 2001 – reached final at ITF Hvar/CRO
  • 2002 – reached final at ITF Sopron/HUN
  • 2003 – won first ITF Circuit title at ITF Yamaguchi/JPN; also reached final at ITF Makarska/CRO
  • 2004 – best career finish, reaching quarterfinals at Budapest. Mamić, ranked world No. 201, entered the main draw as a qualifier. Budapest was her WTA Tour main-draw debut, whereupon she defeated Gala León García and Tathiana Garbin en route, eventually losing to Flavia Pennetta in three sets.

In Seoul, she qualified and lost again, in the quarterfinals to Anne Kremer.

After qualifying at Moscow, Mamić notched her best win versus world No. 28, Mary Pierce, winning 6–0, 6–4 before losing to Elena Dementieva.

In May 2004, Mamić had her Grand Slam debut, reaching the main draw at the French Open through qualifying. She would lose in the first round.

Later in the year, she had her top-100 debut on 18 October at world No. 96, reaching career-high at the time to world No. 95 a week later.

In 2005, Mamić reached third singles quarterfinal at Modena, losing in a third-set tiebreaker to eventual finalist Garbin.

She managed to reach the second round four times, including Rome, where she defeated world No. 23, Daniela Hantuchová, and later losing to Pierce, and the French Open, where she eventually lost in the second round to Dementieva.

During the rest of the year, she lost in the first round six times, including the other three Grand Slam tournaments.

In September, she was invited to Croatian Fed Cup team for their match against Thailand. Although she lost both singles rubbers to Tamarine Tanasugarn and Suchanan Viratprasert, Croatia prevailed 3–2.

Late career

Later in her career, Mamić had problems with her wrist, which at first was thought to be a regular sport injury requiring only a short term break. Her ranking was protected for the next ten months. But further complications with her injury, talk about a mysterious bacteria that infected her wrist wound, and liver complications took her off the courts for more than two years. Her tennis career seemed almost over, and she moved on and started to work for a web design company.

But in 2008, she came back to the courts. Her comeback began at the Bangalore Open in March where she won her first-round match against Chan Yung-jan (6–2, 6–2), but lost in the second round to then-No. 1 in the world, Jelena Janković (2–6, 2–6). Mamić reached the second round in her Grand Slam comeback at the French Open, beating Michaëlla Krajicek (6–4, 6–3) before falling to Francesca Schiavone.

ITF Circuit finals
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 16 April 2001 ITF Hvar, Croatia Clay Petra Cetkovská 3–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 2 September 2002 ITF Chieti, Italy Clay Emily Stellato 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up 3. 23 September 2002 ITF Sopron, Hungary Clay Tina Schiechtl 6–7, 5–7
Runner-up 4. 10 March 2003 ITF Makarska, Croatia Clay Delia Sescioreanu 4–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 14 April 2003 ITF Yamaguchi, Japan Clay Ryoko Takemura 6–2, 6–2
Winner 6. 12 July 2004 ITF Garching, Germany Clay Maria Kondratieva 6–3, 1–6, 6–2

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 6 May 2002 ITF Zaton, Croatia Clay Tina Hergold Daniela Klemenschits
Sandra Klemenschits		 4–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 7 July 2003 ITF Darmstadt, Germany Clay Ana Vrljic Daniela Berček
Maria Goloviznina		 7–6(9–7), 6–1
Runner-up 3. 25 January 2004 ITF Bergamo, Italy Carpet (i) Iva Majoli Alberta Brianti
Kildine Chevalier		 4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament20042005Career SRCareer W-L
Australian Open - 1R 0 / 1 0–1
French Open 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Wimbledon - 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open - 1R 0 / 1 0–1

Current career

Sanda is currently a content creator and full-time gaming streamer on Twitch under the name Sansen (sansensworld) playing PUBG, League of Legends, Dead by Daylight, World of Warcraft, etc.

She had a lot of notable gaming results: PUBG Broadcaster Royale S2 (Q1 - #10, Q2 - #4, LAN finals San Jose - #21 duo); qualified as the only female player from Europe 1st LAN female PUBG tournament, Shanghai CHINA (#4 duo) PUBG challengermode (#1 solo) PUBG Girl Gamer Royale S1 (#5 duo) PUBG Twitch Rivals (charity & regular)

She promotes PLUR (Peace Love Unity Respect) ideology and is known for providing the FEEL GOOD content across media platforms.

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