Melissa Torres Sandoval (born 3 February 1984) is a Mexican former tennis player who now serves as a federal lawmaker.
Having entered the tournament with a wildcard in the main draw, she defeated Nicole Pratt and Eva Birnerová in the quarterfinals, before losing to Julia Schruff.
[1] In 2013, she began a two-year stint as an adjunct director general of the National Security Commission, a division of the Secretariat of the Interior.
[1] In 2015, the Social Encounter Party placed Torres Sandoval second on their list of proportional representation federal deputies from the fourth electoral region, assuring her of a seat in the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress.
[1] She serves on eight commissions including Health, Public Security, Gender Alert, Foreign Relations, and Bicameral for Dialogue and Conciliation in Chiapas.