Samantha Terán
| Full name | Samantha Quintanilla Teran |
|---|---|
| Country | Mexico |
| Born | May 6, 1982 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Residence | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Turned pro | 2000 |
| Retired | 2019 |
| Plays | Right Handed |
| Coached by | Javier Teran |
| Racquet used | Harrow |
| Women's singles | |
| Highest ranking | No. 11 (May 2010) |
| Current ranking | No. 34 (January 2016) |
| Title(s) | 15 |
| Tour final(s) | 19 |
| Updated on January 2016. | |
Samantha Terán Quintanilla (born May 6, 1981, in Mexico City) is a professional female squash player who represents Mexico. Terán first joined the WISPA Tour in 2000, and she entered the world top twenty for the first time in 2008 as she won the eighth and ninth Tour titles of her career. These followed two in 2007, the Gannon Open and Toronto Open, in both events beating American Latasha Khan in the final.
In early 2008 it was Khan who was despatched in the finals of the Liberty Bell and Windy City Opens in the United States. The Mexican did it again in May to win the Subway Goshen Open, but this time Khan was beaten in the semis. Terán then captured another two titles at the end of June at Los Angeles Open, and at the Harrow Mexican Open, an event she had developed herself.
Added to her twelve Tour titles are a gold medal in the Pan American Games and four golds in the Central American and Caribbean Games. Terán reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 15 in February 2009.
In 2011 Terán reached the semi-finals of the 2011 World Open, becoming the first Mexican to do so.