Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsaɾa soˈriβes ˈtoɾmo]; born 8 October 1996) is a Spanish professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 32 by the WTA, achieved on 7 February 2022, and a best doubles ranking of No. 17, reached on 6 May 2024. Her most notable result is a bronze medal in the women's doubles at the 2024 Summer Olympics, with Cristina Bucșa.
She has won nine WTA Tour titles combined, two in singles and seven in doubles, as well as two doubles on the WTA Challenger level. On the ITF Circuit, she has won eleven singles and five doubles titles.
Sorribes Tormo made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Rio Open, after making it through the qualifying rounds. Her first appearance at a major tournament came at 2015 French Open but she failed to qualify, while her main-draw debut at a major happened at the 2016 French Open, when she passed qualifying draw. Her most significant results in 2017 was reaching the semifinals of the WTA Tour events at the 2017 Copa Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia in April and at the 2017 Ladies Championship Gstaad, Switzerland in July. During that season, she used to play at ITF tournaments.
Her first major match-win came at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, where she defeated Kaia Kanepi in the first round.
Sorribes Tormo won her maiden WTA Tour title at the 2021 Abierto Zapopan, Mexico.
Playing for Spain Fed Cup team, Sorribes Tormo made her debut in the 2015 Fed Cup World Group II Play-offs, and has accumulated a win–loss record of 6–4.
Sorribes Tormo was born on 8 October 1996 in Castellón de la Plana in Spain. Her mother owns a souvenir shop and used to be a tennis instructor, and her father works in real estate and used to play pro soccer. Her mother introduced her to the sport at age 6. Her favorite surface is clay. Her current residence is La Vall d'Uixó, Spain.
2012–15: Juniors, WTA Tour debut, top 200
In Juniors, Sorribes Tormo won three singles and three doubles titles on the ITF junior circuit. She was also runner-up at 2013 US Open in doubles, where together with Belinda Bencic, they lost to the Czech duo Barbora Krejčíková & Kateřina Siniaková. In 2014, she won the European Junior Championships, defeating her countrymate Paula Badosa in the final. She reached a Junior combined ranking of No. 33 in January 2014.
On the professional tour, Sorribes Tormo played in her first main draw on the at the 2012 Barcelona Open, where she lost in first round of qualifying to Ani Mijačika. At the 2012 Madrid Open, she received a wildcard for the qualifying, but lost in the first round to Varvara Lepchenko.
The following year, she received another wildcard chance for qualifying at Madrid but lost in the second round to Alexandra Dulgheru. At the Palermo Ladies Open and Swedish Open, she once failed to qualify for the main draw.
In 2014, she again received a wildcard for the Madrid Open qualifying but lost to Caroline Garcia in the first round. During the year, she got only one chance to debut in a WTA Tour main draw, but lost in the first round of qualifying at the Luxembourg Open to Barbora Krejčíková.
In 2015, she was successful on her first attempt to play in a tour main draw, passing qualifying at the Rio Open, where she lost in the first round to Paula Ormaechea. On 23 March 2015, Sara entered the top 200 for the first time, ranked 198th. At the Family Circle Cup, she went even further, reaching third round, defeating Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Shelby Rogers but then lost to Sara Errani. At Madrid, once again as a wildcard, she lost in the first round of qualifying to Bojana Jovanovski. She played at the French Open, which was her first appearance in a Grand Slam tournament qualifying. However, she lost to Shahar Pe'er in the first round. At Wimbledon, she lost in second round of qualifying to Yang Zhaoxuan.
2016–17: Breakthrough in singles, major debut & top 100
Sorribes Tormo did not start the 2016 season well in qualifyings at Brisbane, Hobart and the Australian Open, respectively. At Melbourne, she first defeated Cindy Burger but then lost to Zhu Lin. At the Morocco Open, she passed qualifying and in the main draw defeated Ons Jabeur, but wasn't good enough for Kiki Bertens in the second. Once again, with a wildcard for the Madrid Open, this time for the main draw, Sara lost to Samantha Stosur. It also was her first appearance in a Premier 5/Mandatory tournament main draw. At the French Open, she qualified for the first time for the main draw of a Grand Slam championship. In her debut match, she won only two games against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. At the Mallorca Open, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut on grass, and her first match win, against compatriot Paula Badosa. In the second round she lost to Ana Ivanovic. At Wimbledon, she was stopped by Irina Khromacheva in the first round of qualifying. At the US Open, Sorribes was close to her main-draw debut, but lost to Kristína Kučová in the third round of qualifying. At the Korea Open, she made her first WTA Tour quarterfinal, before being defeated by Patricia Maria Țig. She finished the year as world No. 107, only one place behind her then-best ranking of 106, that she reached on 14 November 2016.
Sorribes Tormo started 2017 with two losses in qualifying, at Shenzhen Open and Hobart International, but then entered the main draw of the Australian Open. She faced fifth seed Karolína Plíšková but won only two games. At the Hungarian Ladies Open, she lost in the first round to Hsieh Su-wei, while at the Malaysian Open, she advanced to the second round, where she lost to Duan Yingying in three sets. For the first time, Sara in qualified for the Indian Wells Open. In the first round, she defeated Ekaterina Makarova, her first win at any Premier 5/Mandatory tournament, but in the second round, she wasn't good enough for sixth seed Agnieszka Radwańska. With this result, Sara debuted in the top 100 on 20 March 2017, reaching No. 99. At the Miami Open, she lost in the final stage of qualifying to Madison Brengle. At Monterrey Open, she got to the second round, where she lost to countrymate Carla Suárez Navarro. Finally, she recorded more recognizable results, reaching her first WTA semifinal at the Copa Colsanitas, where countrymate Lara Arruabarrena stopped her from reaching her first WTA Tour final. On 8 May 2017, Sara got to her then-best career ranking of 79, which was also her best ranking until 2019. At the Madrid Open, she lost in the first round to Samantha Stosur for the second year in a row. At the Italian Open, she failed in qualifying losing to CiCi Bellis. At the French Open, Sara lost to Timea Bacsinszky in straight sets. The grass season didn't end well, losing in the first rounds of the Mallorca Open to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and Wimbledon to Naomi Osaka. In the second part of the clay-court season, Sara made her second career WTA semifinal at the Swiss Open. During her semifinal match against Kiki Bertens, after finishing the first set, Sara was forced to retire due to left wrist injury. At the Cincinnati Open, she lost in first round of qualifying to Monica Puig. Losing to Kurumi Nara in first round of US Open, Sara completed participation at all four Grand Slam events. By the end of 2017 season, she reached the quarterfinals of the Korea Open and Tianjin Open. She failed in qualifying for the China Open, losing to Andrea Petkovic in the final stage.
Sorribes Tormo finished the year as the No. 99 in the singles rankings.
2018–20: First major and top-10 wins