2012–15: WTA Tour debut, top 200 Sorribes Tormo played in her first main draw on the WTA Tour 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 WTA 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 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, Sara 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
Patricia Maria Țig defeated her. 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 No. 5 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 that year ranked world No. 99 in the singles ranking.
2018–20: First Grand Slam and top-10 wins In 2018, first tournament for Sara was
Qatar Open, where she lost in final stage of qualifying to
Kateryna Bondarenko. Next week, she played at
Hungarian Open, where in first round
Ysaline Bonaventure defeated her. At
Indian Wells qualifying, she won against
Allie Kiick and
Ajla Tomljanović, and reserved her spot in the main draw, but lost to CiCi Bellis. At
Miami, she lost in the first round of qualifying to
Carol Zhao. Her first WTA Tour main-draw win in 2018 happened at the
Monterrey Open, where she defeated
Tereza Martincová, but lost in the second round to
Ana Bogdan. Next week, she got to second round of
Copa Colsanitas, where Lara Arruabarrena stopped her. At the
Morocco Open,
Aleksandra Krunić was better in second round. At
Madrid, Sara earned her first win there against
Madison Keys, but then lost to
Kristýna Plíšková in the second round. At the
French Open, she lost in second round of qualifying. At
Wimbledon, Sara made her first singles grand-slam win, defeating
Kaia Kanepi in first round, but lost to Suárez Navarro in the second round. At the
Swiss Open in Gstaad, Sara lost to
Mandy Minella, losing her chance to get to her first semifinal in 2018. At
US Open, Sara lost to
Daria Gavrilova in the first round of the main draw. At
Wuhan Open, she passed qualifying and lost in the first round to
Viktorija Golubic. Her appearance at Wuhan was her first Premier 5 tournament. For the second year in a row, she lost to Andrea Petkovic in qualification of the
China Open. Sara started the 2019 season playing in quarterfinal at
ASB Classic, where on her way to the semifinal, Hsieh Su-wei stopped her. At
Australian Open, she lost in first round to
Anett Kontaveit. At
Indian Wells Open, she lost in the second round of qualification, while in
Miami she got to the second round in main draw, where she lost to
Donna Vekić. In
Charleston, she was eliminated in the second round by
Sloane Stephens in two tie-breaks. In
Bogotá, she was better than
Christina McHale and Ana Bogdan in first two rounds, but then lost in the quarterfinal to
Beatriz Haddad Maia. At
Stuttgart Open, she won three matches in qualification and then lost in the first round in the main draw to Andrea Petkovic. At
Madrid Open, she was better than her countrymate Lara Arruabarrena in the first round, but her next opponent, Naomi Osaka, was better in the second. At
Italian Open, she failed in qualification, losing in the first round to
Ons Jabeur. At
Morocco Open, she also did not do well, losing in the second round to
Nina Stojanović. At
French Open she marked her first win there, winning against
Alison Van Uytvanck, but in next round, Sloane Stephens defeated her. On 10 June 2019, she reached her career-high ranking of world No. 64. In the grass-court season, she made it to the second round of the
Nottingham Open, and lost in the first round of the
Mallorca Open. At
Wimbledon, she was forced to retire during her first-round match against former world No. 1,
Caroline Wozniacki, while trailing 5–4. At the
US Open, just like at Australian Open, she lost to Anett Kontaveit. During Asian tour, Sara played only two WTA tournaments. She played at the
Japan Women's Open, where she reached quarterfinals, losing to
Misaki Doi in straight sets. Then she headed to
Guangzhou, where she was stopped in the first round by
Anna Blinkova. The first two tournaments in 2020 were not successful for Sara, losing in both of them in the first round. Then she got to the
Australian Open, where she defeated
Veronika Kudermetova, but just like the year before, Anett Kontaveit stopped her from going to the next round. In February, in the
Fed Cup qualifying round, playing for
Spain, Sara defeated Naomi Osaka 6–0, 6–3. That was her first and so far only top-10 win. At both Mexican tournaments,
Mexican Open and
Monterrey Open, Sara lost in the first round. After the comeback of the WTA Tour after
COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, Sara played at the
Palermo International, but lost to
Dayana Yastremska in straight sets. In
Prague, she reached the quarterfinals, winning against
Barbora Strýcová and
Laura Siegemund, but then lost to
Irina-Camelia Begu in three-sets. At the
US Open, she beat
Claire Liu in the first round before 16th seed
Elise Mertens knocked her out of the tournament. In
Istanbul, she defeated
Heather Watson but then lost to Paula Badosa in the second round. At the
French Open, she faced top seed
Simona Halep and lost, winning only four games, all of them in the first set.
2021: First WTA title and two 1000 quarterfinals, top 50 debut Sorribes started the year with a quarterfinal appearance at the Abu Dhabi Open, where she lost to
Marta Kostyuk, in three sets. She then had a few first-round exits, losing in the first round of the Australian Open to
Daria Saville, in straight sets. In early March, Sorribes Tormo won her first WTA singles title at the
Abierto Zapopan. She only lost one set on the way to her win, beating second seed
Marie Bouzková, and then former world No. 5,
Eugenie Bouchard, in straight sets. After that, she headed to the
Monterrey Open where she made it to the semifinals losing to the eventual champion,
Leylah Fernandez. Sorribes Tormo entered the main draw of the
Miami Open where she reached the quarterfinals losing to world No. 9,
Bianca Andreescu, in three sets. This was Sorribes's first
WTA 1000 event. On the road to the quarterfinals, she beat Australian Open runner-up
Jennifer Brady, 21st seed
Elena Rybakina and 27th seed
Ons Jabeur. As a result, she entered the top 50 at world No. 48 on 5 April 2021. In the first round of
Wimbledon, Sorribes Tormo weathered 47 winners to beat
Ana Konjuh 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, then squared off against 2018 champion
Angelique Kerber in a 3-hour, 19 minute epic Kerber pulled out, 7–5, 5–7, 6–4, despite being broken seven times. The players received a standing ovation from the spectators for their efforts. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Sorribes Tormo shocked world No. 1,
Ashleigh Barty, with a score of 6–4, 6–3. In the second round, she defeated
Fiona Ferro (6-1, 6–4), but lost in the round of 16 to
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (1-6, 3–6). Tormo beat 22nd seed
Karolína Muchová, 6–2, 7–6, to reach the second round of the
US Open, only to be swept aside by
Emma Raducanu in the third, 6–0, 6–1.
2022: İstanbul Cup doubles title, Madrid singles quarterfinal Partnering
Marie Bouzková, Sorribes Tormo won the doubles title at the
İstanbul Cup, defeating
Natela Dzalamidze and
Kamilla Rakhimova in the final. She reached the quarterfinals of the
Madrid Open, beating
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova,
Naomi Osaka and
Daria Kasatkina, before losing to 12th seed
Jessica Pegula.
2023: 100 spots rankings drop, Major fourth round, Second WTA title, back to top 55 After taking a six months hiatus since October 2022, she dropped to No. 132 on 22 May 2023, 100 positions lower than her career high ranking back in February 2022. Subsequently, she entered the
2023 French Open using protected ranking. She reached the fourth round for the first time in her career, defeating wildcard
Clara Burel,
Petra Martić and
Elena Rybakina by walkover. She also reached the quarterfinals in doubles with
Marie Bouzková after the opposite team of Kato/Sutjiadi was defaulted (see details in French Open controversy below). As a result, she moved back up by 50 positions to the top 85 in the singles rankings to No. 82, and in doubles to No. 87, on 12 June 2023. She won her second singles title at the
2023 Tennis in the Land as a lucky loser. She became the sixth lucky loser in WTA history to win a singles title. It was her first title since 2021 Guadalajara. Sorribes Tormo and Bouzkova won their first WTA 1000
China Open title defeating
Giuliana Olmos and
Chan Hao-Ching.
French Open controversy At the 2023 French Open,
Miyu Kato and
Aldila Sutjiadi were disqualified from the tournament during their doubles match after a ball returned by Kato to a ballgirl accidentally hit the ballgirl. The incident sparked controversy and criticism of
Marie Bouzková and Sara Sorribes Tormo, who argued for the disqualification. Kato hit a one-handed backhand to return the ball to the ballgirl. The ballgirl seemed unaware that the ball was coming towards her and it unintentionally struck her, causing her discomfort and tears. After a consultation with officials, Kato and Sutjiadi were defaulted. The punishment received surprise and backlash from some viewers and tennis commentators. Former player
Gilles Simon criticized Bouzkova and Sorribes Tormo's actions, while some suggested they should also face consequences. The incident drew widespread attention and sparked debates about sportsmanship in tennis. Kato issued an apology, expressing remorse.
2024: Olympic bronze medal, second WTA 1000 doubles title and top 20 At the
Madrid Open, seeded eighth in doubles, she and compatriot
Cristina Bucșa won the title defeating
Barbora Krejčíková and
Laura Siegemund in the final, becoming the first all-Spanish doubles team to win in Madrid. This brought her to a career-high doubles ranking of No. 17, on 6 May 2024. Seeded eighth at the
Paris Olympics with Bucșa, they won the women's doubles bronze medal. at the
2024 Summer Olympics 2025: Hiatus and comeback In April, Sorribes Tormo announced she would be taking an indefinite break from professional tennis stating in a social media post that "I feel that I need to stop and rest. I don’t know if it will be permanent or temporary. I want to be coherent and consistent with what my body feels." On 5 November, she revealed she had undergone treatment for depression and planned to make her return to competitive tennis at the
WTA 125 Copa LP Chile later that month. Partnering
María Lourdes Carlé, Sorribes Tormo won the
doubles title at the event, defeating
Léolia Jeanjean and
Valeriya Strakhova in the final. ==Performance timelines==