Caroline Garcia

Player

Birthday October 16, 1993

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

Age 30 years old

Nationality France

Height 5ft 10in

Weight 134 lbs

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1930

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.

At the Sony Open, Garcia was the only player to win a set against Serena Williams, as Williams was on her way toward winning her seventh title and setting the record for the most titles held by a man or woman at the tournament.

At the Copa Claro Colsanitas in Bogotá, Colombia, Garcia won her maiden WTA Tour singles title, beating the defending champion and former world No. 1, Jelena Janković, winning in straight sets.

At the Madrid Open in May, Garcia reached the quarterfinals 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 quarterfinals in three sets.

Garcia lost in the first round of the 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.

1993

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

She has a career-high ranking of world No. 4 in singles and world No. 2 in doubles.

Garcia is the 2022 WTA Finals champion.

2011

As a junior, Garcia reached the semifinals of the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon, and the finals of the US Open, losing to Grace Min, all in 2011.

She reached her highest junior ranking of 5, on 12 December 2011.

At the Australian Open, she earned a wild card and beat Varvara Lepchenko in the first round in a three-set match in her first appearance in the main draw of a WTA tournament.

However, she lost to Ayumi Morita in the second round in straight sets.

Garcia made entry into the French Open as a wildcard.

She played Zuzana Ondrášková and defeated her in straight sets.

In the second round, she had a 6–3, 4–1, 15–0 lead against former No. 1, Maria Sharapova, who then won eleven games in a row.

Garcia garnered a lot of respect for her talent.

Andy Murray said the following via his Twitter account: "The girl Sharapova is playing is going to be number one in the world one day... what a player".

At the 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.

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.

2013

Garcia has represented France in the Billie Jean King Cup since 2013, and was part of the team that won the title in 2019.

2016

She is also a two-time major champion in doubles, having won the French Open women's doubles title in 2016 and 2022 partnering Kristina Mladenovic.

The pair were also runners-up at the 2016 US Open, and reached the semifinals at the 2017 Australian Open.

Garcia reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 in October 2016, and has won eight doubles titles on the WTA Tour, including the 2016 Madrid Open.

She has also qualified for the WTA Finals on two occasions, and alongside Mladenovic was voted the 2016 WTA Doubles Team of the Year.

In singles, Garcia has won eleven WTA Tour titles, including three at the WTA 1000 level: the 2017 Wuhan Open, 2017 China Open and 2022 Cincinnati Open.

She won a Fed Cup Heart Award in 2016 for her role in leading France to its first final in eleven years.

She has also twice competed for France at the Olympics.

Caroline Garcia was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the Yvelines département, but moved with her family to Bron, a suburb of Lyon, shortly after.

She is the only child of Mylène and French Algeria-born Louis-Paul Garcia, a former sales manager whose grandparents originate from the Spanish Costa Blanca region.

Until 2021, Garcia was trained by her father.

In 2023, Garcia opened up about her struggles with bulimia nervosa following a foot injury and a loss of form.

She stated that conversations with family and friends, as well as a break from tennis, helped her to overcome bulimia, and to develop a healthy relationship with food once again.

2018

She achieved her career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 in both September 2018 and November 2022, the latter after winning the WTA Finals.