Caroline Garcia

Caroline Garcia

Caroline Garcia at the 2015 Mutua Madrid Open
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Lyon, France
Born	16 October 1993 Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 2,205,210
Singles
Career record	177–161 (52.37%)
Career titles	1 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	25 (23 March 2015)
Current ranking	38 (15 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2015)
French Open	2R (2011, 2013)
Wimbledon	3R (2014)
US Open	2R (2013)
Doubles
Career record	111 - 74
Career titles	4 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	13 (17 August 2015)
Current ranking	15 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2014, 2016)
French Open	3R (2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2015)
US Open	QF (2015)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	1R (2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2015)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–3
Hopman Cup	RR (2016)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Caroline Garcia (born 16 October 1993) is a French professional tennis player.

Garcia has won one singles and four doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as one singles and four doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 23 March 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 25. On 17 August 2015, she peaked at world number 13 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for France at the Fed Cup, Garcia has a win-loss record of 6–3.

2011

At the 2011 Australian Open, she earned a wild card and beat Varvara Lepchenko in the first round in her first appearance in the main draw of a WTA tournament. However she lost to Ayumi Morita in the second round.

Garcia made entry into the 2011 French Open as a wild card. Garcia played Zuzana Ondrášková and defeated her in straight sets. In the second round, Garcia had a 6–3, 4–1, 15–0 lead against former no. 1 Maria Sharapova. Maria won 11 games in a row after being down 1–4 in the set. Caroline Garcia gained a lot of respect for her upcoming talent. Andy Murray said the following via Twitter account, "The girl Sharapova is playing is going to be number one in the world one day ... what a player".^[1]

2013

At the 2013 Australian Open, Garcia lost in the first round to no. 47 Elena Vesnina. She then beat qualifier Yuliya Beygelzimer, before losing to eventual champion, Serena Williams, at the French Open. She qualified for Wimbledon.^[2] This marks the first Grand Slam for which she qualified; she received a wild card for the previous five. Caroline beat Zheng Jie in the first round, before losing again to Serena Williams in the second round.

She was ranked high enough to gain direct entry to the main draw of the US Open, and beat American wild card Shelby Rogers in the first round, before losing to 30th seed Laura Robson of Great Britain. Her first round win meant that Garcia reached the world's top 70 for the first time.

2014: First WTA title

At the 2014 Sony Open Tennis tournament, Garcia was the only player to win a set against the eventual winner, Serena Williams, as Williams was on her way toward winning her seventh title and setting the record for the most number of titles held by a man or woman at the tournament. At the 2014 Copa Claro Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia, Garcia won her maiden WTA tour singles title, beating the defending champion and former World Number 1 Jelena Janković, winning in straight sets.

At the Mutua Madrid Open in May, Garcia reached the quarter-finals of any Premier event for the first time, defeating Angelique Kerber in the first round after the German retired with a lower back injury, receiving a walkover from Maria Kirilenko after the Russian withdrew with a wrist injury, and then defeating tenth seed Sara Errani in three sets in the third round. She eventually lost to third seed Agnieszka Radwańska in the final eight stage, in three sets.^[3] Garcia lost in the first round of the 2014 French Open to Ana Ivanovic.

Garcia made the third round of the Wimbledon, eventually losing to Ekaterina Makarova. She lost early at the US Open to American Nicole Gibbs. Garcia rebounded at the 2014 Wuhan Open, defeating Venus Williams and Agnieszka Radwańska back-to-back, with a 7–6 score in the final set tiebreak. She also defeated American Coco Vandeweghe in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals, where she was defeated by eventual champion Petra Kvitová. Despite the loss, Garcia moved up to a career high of 36 in the rankings.

2016

Garcia represented France at the 2016 Hopman Cup alongside Kenny de Schepper. She was undefeated in her singles matches, beating Heather Watson, Sabine Lisicki, and eventual champion Daria Gavrilova. Garcia and de Schepper were beaten in all of their mixed doubles matches. At the Sydney International, Garcia defeated fellow French Kristina Mladenovic, but lost in three sets to eventual semifinalist Simona Halep. She then fell short in the first round of the Australian Open, losing to Barbora Strycova in straight sets. At the Fed Cup, however, Garcia rebounded and helped France in their tie against Italy, earning wins over Sara Errani and Camila Giorgi. In her next tournament, the Dubai Tennis Championships, she reached her first quarterfinal of the year, defeating Anna Karolina Schmiedlova and Carla Suárez Navarro en route.

Significant finals

WTA Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 finals

Doubles: 3 (2 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2014	Wuhan	Hard	Cara Black	Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta	4–6, 7–5, [10–12]
Runner-up	2015	Toronto	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	1–6, 2–6
	2016	Madrid	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza

WTA career finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-up)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	13 April 2014	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Jelena Janković	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	28 February 2015	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Hard	Timea Bacsinszky	3–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	9 March 2015	Monterrey Open, Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Timea Bacsinszky	6–4, 2–6, 4–6

WTA 125K series finals

Singles (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	15 November 2015	Limoges, France	Hard (i)	Louisa Chirico	6–1, 6–3

Doubles: 13 (4 titles, 8 runners-up)

Winner — Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–2) Premier (3–5) International (1–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–7) Grass (1–0) Clay (3–1) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	12 April 2014	Copa Colsanitas, Bogotà, Colombia	Clay	Lara Arruabarrena	Vania King Chanelle Scheepers	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Runner-up	1.	27 September 2014	Wuhan Open, Wuhan, China	Hard	Cara Black	Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta	4–6, 7–5, [10–12]
Runner-up	2.	12 October 2014	Generali Ladies Linz, Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Annika Beck	Raluca Olaru Anna Tatishvili	2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	18 October 2014	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Arantxa Parra Santonja	Martina Hingis Flavia Pennetta	3–6, 5–7
Runner-up	4.	10 January 2015	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Martina Hingis Sabine Lisicki	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	26 April 2015	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	Katarina Srebotnik	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	4–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	27 May 2015	Aegon International, Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Katarina Srebotnik	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up	6.	16 August 2015	Rogers Cup, Toronto, Canada	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	16 January 2016	Apia International Sydney, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	6–1, 5–7, [5–10]
Runner-up	8.	20 February 2016	Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Kristina Mladenovic	Chuang Chia-jung Darija Jurak	4–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	10 April 2016	Charleston Open, Charleston, United States	Clay (green)	Kristina Mladenovic	Bethanie Mattek-Sands Lucie Šafářová	6–2, 7–5
Winner	4.	24 April 2016	Stuttgart Open, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	2-6, 6-1, [10-6]
	5/9.	7 May 2016	Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza

Other tennis statistics

ITF Circuit singles finals: 4 (1–3)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	11 July 2010	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Mădălina Gojnea	1–6, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	17 April 2011	Osprey, Florida, USA	Clay	Claire de Gubernatis	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	8 August 2011	Kazan, Russia	Hard	Yulia Putintseva	4–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	12 May 2013	Cagnes-sur-Mer, France	Clay	Maryna Zanevska	6–0, 4–6, 6–3

ITF Circuit doubles finals: 4 (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	21 September 2009	Espinho, Portugal	Clay	Elixane Lechemia	Mishel Okhremchuk Morgane Pons	7–5, 6–1
Runner–up	1.	10 August 2010	Limoges, France	Clay	Claire Feuerstein	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiya Kichenok	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [8–10]
Winner	2.	10 May 2011	Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Aurélie Védy	Anastasia Pivovarova Olga Savchuk	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	15 October 2012	Makinohara, Japan	Grass	Monique Adamczak	Eri Hozumi Miyu Kato	6–7^(6–8), 3–6

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	2R	Q3	1R	1R	3R	1R	0 / 5	3–5
French Open	Q1	2R	1R	2R	1R	1R		0 / 5	2–5
Wimbledon	A	Q2	Q1	2R	3R	1R		0 / 3	3–3
US Open	A	Q1	Q2	2R	1R	1R		0 / 3	1–3
Win–Loss	0–0	2–2	0–1	3–4	2–4	2–4	0–1	0 / 16	9–16
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	Q1	A	2R	4R	1R	0 / 3	3–3
Miami	A	A	Q1	A	3R	2R	3R	0 / 3	4–3
Madrid	A	A	A	A	QF	3R	2R	0 / 3	6–3
Beijing	A	A	A	Q1	2R	2R		0 / 2	2–2
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	A	A	Premier			2R	P	0 / 1	1–1
Doha	NH	P	1R	2R	1R	P	1R	0 / 4	1–4
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1
Montréal / Toronto	A	A	A	Q2	2R	1R		0 / 2	1–2
Cincinnati	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	3R		0 / 1	2–1
Tokyo	A	A	1R	A	Premier			0 / 1	0–1
Wuhan	Not Held				QF	2R		0 / 2	4–2
Career statistics
Tournaments Played	0	4	6	14	24	17	2	67
Titles	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	2–4	1–6	8–14	24–23	21–17	1–2	57–65
Win %	0%	33%	14%	36%	51%	55%	33%
Year End Ranking	280	146	138	74	38	35

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	SR	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	3R	3R	0 / 2	4–2
French Open	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R	0 / 5	3–5
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	2R	2R	0 / 2	2–2
US Open	A	A	2R	2R	QF	0 / 3	5–3
Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	2–2	4–4	8–4	0 / 12	14–12
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	QF	0 / 1	2–1
Miami	A	A	A	A	QF	0 / 1	2–1
Madrid	A	A	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2
Beijing	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	A	Premier			SF	0 / 1	3–1
Doha	P	A	2R	2R	P	0 / 2	2–2
Rome	A	A	A	A	SF	0 / 1	2–1
Montreal / Toronto	A	A	A	2R	F	0 / 2	4–2
Cincinnati	A	A	A	1R	2R	0 / 2	0–2
Wuhan	Not Held			F	2R	0 / 2	4–2
Career statistics
Tournaments Played	1	4	10	18	18	51
Titles	0	0	0	1	1	2
Finals	0	0	0	4	4	8
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	0–4	6–10	28–17	30–17	64–49
Year End Ranking	309	167	115	26	14

Top 10 wins per season

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
2014
1.	Jelena Janković	No. 9	Bogota, Colombia	Clay	Final	6–3, 6–4
2.	Angelique Kerber	No. 8	Madrid, Spain	Clay	1st Round	6–3, 2–0, retired
3.	Agnieszka Radwańska	No. 6	Wuhan, China	Hard	2nd Round	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(9–7)
2015
4.	Ana Ivanovic	No. 6	Monterrey, Mexico	Hard	Semifinals	6–1, 6–4
5.	Ana Ivanovic	No. 6	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	3rd Round	6–2, 5–7, 6–2
6.	Ana Ivanovic	No. 6	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	1st Round	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
7.	Petra Kvitová	No. 4	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	2nd Round	7–5, 4–6, 6–2

References

1. http://www.fedcup.com/en/news/144088.aspx
2. http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2013-06-20/201306201371745470421.html
3. Madrid: Radwanska d. Garcia, tennis.com, 9 May 2014

External links

• Caroline Garcia at the Women's Tennis Association
• Caroline Garcia at the International Tennis Federation
• Caroline Garcia at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile
• Caroline Garcia at the Fed Cup