Sofia Sewing
| Country (sports) | .png){kind=small} United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Born | July 22, 1999 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| College | University of Miami |
| Prize money | $76,565 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 155–118 |
| Career titles | 4 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 455 (March 6, 2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 126–69 |
| Career titles | 14 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 125 (January 29, 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 289 (October 28, 2024) |
| Last updated on: October 28, 2024. | |
Sofia Sewing (born July 22, 1999) is an American professional pickleball player and former professional tennis player. She began playing pickleball professionally in 2024 and rapidly rose to prominence on the Association of Pickleball Players (APP) tour.
In tennis, Sewing reached a career-high ITF junior ranking of world No. 9, as well as WTA rankings of 455 in singles and 125 in doubles, before retiring in 2024.
Pickleball career
Sewing had been encouraged by friends and former tennis competitors to consider a switch to pickleball while she was still competing on the tennis tour. After retiring from tennis, she immediately began practicing with pro pickleball players and was invited to compete in an APP tour event just a month later.[1] In the fall of 2024, Sewing began to compete regularly in pro events. She quickly enjoyed success in singles, winning a pair of tournaments overseas, including the PWR India Masters.[2]
Sewing joined the APP tour full-time in 2025, and earned her first singles title in the year's second event, the Vlasic Classic in Daytona Beach, Florida.[3] She also won three of the next four singles titles, and by August was the top-ranked women's singles player on the APP tour.[4] Sewing ended up winning eight APP singles titles in 2025[5] as well as the singles crown at the USA Pickleball National Championships.[6] She also won four titles in women's doubles and two in mixed doubles.[7]
Tennis career
A talented junior player, Sewing won a number of youth titles, including the prestigious Eddie Herr tournament in back-to-back years. She reached the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon Championships juniors in 2017 and turned pro later that year.[1]
Sewing won four singles and 14 doubles titles at tournaments on the ITF Circuit. In December 2023, she reached her first final on the WTA Challenger Tour, partnering with María Paulina Pérez in Buenos Aires, Argentina, but they lost the match in a super-tiebreaker to María Lourdes Carlé and Despina Papamichail.[8]
Due to chronic knee issues, Sewing stopped playing singles in 2023, and left the tennis tour altogether in April 2024.[1]
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2023 | Buenos Aires Open, Argentina |
Clay |  María Paulina Pérez
|
 María Lourdes Carlé  Despina Papamichail
|
3–6, 6–4, [9–11] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2017 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | 15,000 | Clay |  Nika Kukharchuk
|
0–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | May 2019 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | 15,000 | Hard |  Emilie Lindh
|
6–1, 1–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jan 2020 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | 15,000 | Hard | Anastasia Sysoeva
|
7–5, 6–0 |
| Win | 3–1 | Sep 2022 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | 15,000 | Clay | María Herazo González
|
4–6, 6–3, 6-2 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2022 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | 15,000 | Clay | María Herazo González
|
4–6, 3-6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Oct 2022 | ITF Bucaramanga, Colombia | 15,000 | Clay |  Kaitlin Quevedo
|
3–6, 7–6(6), 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Nov 2022 | ITF Lima, Peru | 15,000 | Clay |  Noelia Zeballos
|
6–3, 3–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Nov 2022 | ITF Lima, Peru | 15,000 | Clay | María Herazo González
|
7–6(3), 6–1 |
Doubles: 25 (14 titles, 11 runner-ups)
| Legend |
|---|
| $80,000 tournaments (0–1) |
| $60,000 tournaments (1–0) |
| $40,000 tournaments (2–1) |
| $25,000 tournaments (7–5) |
| $10/15,000 tournaments (4–4) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2016 | ITF Bethany Beach, United States |
10,000 | Clay | Veronika Miroshnichenko
|
Sophie Chang Alexandra Mueller
|
1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 2017 | ITF Manta, Ecuador | 15,000 | Hard |  María Portillo Ramírez
|
Emily Appleton María Herazo González
|
6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Dec 2017 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | 15,000 | Clay | María Portillo Ramírez
|
Stephanie Nemtsova  Dominique Schaefer
|
7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Nov 2018 | ITF Norman, US | 25,000 | Hard | María Portillo Ramírez
|
 Vladica Babić Ena Shibahara
|
2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2019 | ITF Wesley Chapel, US | 15,000 | Clay | Kylie Collins
|
Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa
|
6–3, 4–6, [11–13] |
| Win | 3–3 | Sep 2019 | ITF Lubbock, US | 15,000 | Hard | María Portillo Ramírez
|
Ashlyn Krueger  Shiori Fukuda
|
6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jan 2020 | ITF Cancún, Mexico | W15 | Hard | Victoria Rodríguez
|
 Lian Tran  Justina Mikulskytė
|
2–6, 6–4, [7–10] |
| Loss | 3–5 | Sep 2020 | ITF Prague, Czech Republic | W25 | Clay | Katie Volynets
|
 Anastasia Dețiuc Johana Marková
|
2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Jan 2022 | ITF Blumenau-Gaspar, Brazil | W25 | Clay | Eva Vedder
|
 Andrea Gámiz  Bárbara Gatica
|
4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 4–6 | Jan 2022 | ITF Florianópolis, Brazil | W25 | Hard | Andrea Gámiz
|
Bárbara Gatica  Rebeca Pereira
|
6-4, 6-1 |
| Win | 5–6 | Jan 2022 | ITF Florianópolis, Brazil | W25 | Hard | Andrea Gámiz
|
Jessie Aney Ingrid Martins
|
7–6(2), 6–4 |
| Win | 6–6 | Mar 2022 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | W25 | Hard | Andrea Gámiz
|
 Nicole Fossa Huergo Noelia Zeballos
|
6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 7–6 | Sep 2022 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | W15 | Clay | María Paulina Pérez
|
Romina Ccuno María Herazo González
|
6–4, 1–6, [10–2] |
| Loss | 7–7 | Oct 2022 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | W15 | Clay | María Paulina Pérez
|
Romina Ccuno María Herazo González
|
2–6, 7–5, [9-11] |
| Loss | 7–8 | Oct 2022 | ITF Ibagué, Colombia | W25 | Clay | María Herazo González
|
María Paulina Pérez Yuliana Lizarazo
|
4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 8–8 | Feb 2023 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | W40 | Hard |  Berfu Cengiz
|
Suzan Lamens  Darja Semeņistaja
|
6–1, 1–6, [12–10] |
| Win | 9–8 | Feb 2023 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
W25 | Hard | Darja Semeņistaja
|
 Nefisa Berberović  Eudice Chong
|
6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 9–9 | Apr 2023 | ITF Boca Raton, US | W25 | Clay |  Fanny Stollár
|
Makenna Jones Jamie Loeb
|
7–5, 3–6, [8–10] |
| Win | 10–9 | April 2023 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | W25 | Clay | Jessie Aney
|
 Noelia Bouzo Zanotti  Ani Vangelova
|
6–0, 6–2 |
| Win | 11–9 | April 2023 | ITF Guayaquil, Ecuador | W25 | Clay | Jessie Aney
|
Ana Candiotto Rebeca Pereira
|
6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 11-10 | Jun 2023 | ITF Otočec, Slovenia | W40 | Clay | .svg.png){kind=small} Kayla Cross
|
 Ekaterine Gorgodze Elvina Kalieva
|
2-6, 3-6 |
| Win | 12–10 | Jun 2023 | ITF Pörtschach, Austria | W25 | Clay |  Weronika Falkowska
|
 Elena-Teodora Cadar Diāna Marcinkēviča
|
6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 13-10 | Jul 2023 | ITF Palma del Río, Spain | W40 | Hard |  Andrea Gámiz
|
Robin Anderson .svg.png){kind=small} Elysia Bolton
|
6-3, 6–2 |
| Win | 14-10 | Oct 2023 | Georgia's Rome Open, US | W60 | Hard (i) |  Anastasia Tikhonova
|
Robin Anderson Fernanda Contreras Gómez
|
4–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
| Loss | 14-11 | Oct 2023 | Tennis Classic of Macon, US | W80 | Hard | Anastasia Tikhonova
|
Jana Kolodynska Tatiana Prozorova
|
3–6, 2–6 |
References
- ^ a b c Tice, Erik (January 24, 2025). "Meet Former Pro Tennis Player Sofia Sewing". The Dink. Retrieved November 12, 2025.
- ^ Narang, Rishav (October 27, 2024). "Who Is Sofia Sewing? Know All About The Winner Of PWR DUPR India Masters Pro Women's Singles Title". Times Now. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ Boss, Todd (February 11, 2025). "Sofia Sewing Wins First Gold At 2025 Association Of Pickleball Players Vlasic Classic Daytona Beach". Forbes. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ^ Kelly, Fred (August 15, 2025). "From ailing tennis pro to No. 1 pickleball player in world". Midland Daily News.
- ^ Tice, Erik (November 11, 2025). "APP Mesa Open Tournament Recap". The Dink. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ Peters, Andrew (November 23, 2025). "2025 USA Pickleball National Championships Series Results, Brees Plays in Exhibition". Bleacher Report. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ Tice, Erik (January 5, 2026). "26 Pro Pickleball Predictions for 2026". The Dink. Retrieved February 4, 2026.
- ^ "Pigossi captures WTA 125 Buenos Aires title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
External links
- Sofia Sewing at the Women's Tennis Association
- Sofia Sewing at the International Tennis Federation
- University of Miami Profile