Carla Suárez Navarro

Carla Suárez Navarro

Country	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Born	September 3, 1988 (1988-09-03) Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	62 kg (140 lb; 9.8 st)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$823,005
Singles
Career record	177–109
Career titles	0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 22 (May 18, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 65 (February 20, 2012)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (2009)
French Open	QF (2008)
Wimbledon	3R (2009)
US Open	4R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	56–60
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 118 (November 02, 2008)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2009)
French Open	1R (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2009)
US Open	2R (2009)
Last updated on: October 19, 2009.

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Suárez and the second or maternal family name is Navarro.

Carla Suárez Navarro (born September 3, 1988 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) is a Spanish tennis player. She began playing for Spain in the 2008 Fed Cup. On May 18, 2009, she reached her career high ranking at World No. 22.

Career

2008

At the French Open, Suárez Navarro reached the singles quarterfinals in her first Grand Slam main draw tournament. After she won three qualifying matches, she defeated former World No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo of France in the second round 6–3, 6–4, Australian Casey Dellacqua in the third round, and 26th-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta in the fourth round 6–3, 6–2. Suárez Navarro then lost to third-seeded Jelena Janković in the quarterfinals 6–3, 6–2.

At Wimbledon, Suárez Navarro lost to second-seeded Janković in the second round 6–1, 6–3.

2009

Suárez Navarro reached the second Grand Slam quarterfinal of her career at the 2009 Australian Open before being defeated by Elena Dementieva 6–2, 6–2. She upset Venus Williams in the second round 2–6, 6–3, 7–5. This was her first win over a top 10 player.

In March, Suárez Navarro reached her first final on the WTA Tour at the Andalucia Tennis Experience, a clay court event in Marbella, Spain. She lost to Jelena Janković in the final 6–3, 3–6, 6–3.

At Roland Garros seeded 22, she defeated Edina Gallovits 6–1, 6–4 and Lucie Hradecká 6–2, 6–4, before losing to Victoria Azarenka in the third round 7–5, 5–7, 2–6.

At Wimbledon, Suárez Navarro defeated #25 Kaia Kanepi in the first round and Ekaterina Makarova in the second round. She faced defending champion Venus Williams for the first time since the 2009 Australian Open but was unable to repeat the upset win, losing 0–6, 4–6.

2010

Suárez Navarro had a good start to 2010, making the second round of the 2010 ASB Classic in Auckland before losing to top seed Flavia Pennetta in straight sets. She then made the quarter-final of the 2010 Moorilla Hobart International before losing to No.2 seed Shahar Pe'er 6–4, 6–7, 5–7.

At the 2010 Australian Open, Suárez Navarro made it to the third round before losing to top seed, the defending (and eventual) champion Serena Williams, 0–6, 3–6.

She was upset in the first round of the 2010 Copa BBVA-Colsanitas by World No.198 Kristina Antoniychuk 1–6, 4–6, then made it to the semi-finals of the 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco before losing to Polona Hercog 3–6, 5–7.

Unseeded at the 2010 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, California, Suárez Navarro reached the fourth round, losing to Alisa Kleybanova 6–2, 6–7, 4–6. Along the way, she gained one of the biggest wins of her career by defeating World No.3 and top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 in the second round.

She reached the final of the Andalucia Tennis Experience in Marbella for the second year in a row, losing to Flavia Pennetta 2–6, 6–4, 3–6.

Suarez Navarro suffered an ankle injury at the tournament in Fes, Morocco. She returned to play in the 2010 French Open, losing her first-round match to Olga Govortsova 6–7, 1–6, she remained sidelined until the 2010 US Open.

Playing style

Unlike most female professional tennis players, she has a single-handed backhand. Suárez Navarro has said in interviews that her favorite shot is her cross-court backhand and that her favorite surfaces are clay and hard. Frew McMillan has said, "There's something of Justine Henin about her game. She has a great variety of shot."

WTA Tour singles finals (2)

Runner-Ups (2)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (0)	Premier Mandatory (0)
Tier II (0)	Premier 5 (0)
Tier III (0)	Premier (0)
Tier IV & V (0)	International (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	April 12, 2009	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Jelena Janković	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
2.	April 11, 2010	Marbella, Spain	Clay	Flavia Pennetta	6–2, 4–6, 6–3

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	W–L
Australian Open	A	LQ	QF	3R	2R	2R	8–4
French Open	A	QF	3R	1R	A		6–3
Wimbledon	A	2R	3R	A	LQ		3–2
US Open	LQ	1R	2R	1R	4R		4–4
Win–Loss	0–0	5–3	9–4	2–3	4–2	1–1	21–13

External links

• Carla Suárez-Navarro at the Women's Tennis Association