Carla Suárez Navarro
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Suárez Navarro at the 2016 US Open
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| Country (sports) |
 Spain |
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| Residence | Barcelona |
| Born |
September 3, 1988 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Turned pro | 2003 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Coach(es) | Xavier Budó Bartumeu Marc Casabo |
| Prize money | $ 7,185,361 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 410–256 (61.56%) |
| Career titles | 2 WTA, 6 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 6 (29 February 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 14 (30 January 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2009, 2016) |
| French Open | QF (2008, 2014) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2013, 2016) |
| US Open | QF (2013) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 123–115 |
| Career titles | 3 WTA, 4 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 11 (27 April 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 16 (8 February 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2013) |
| French Open | SF (2014) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2013, 2014) |
| US Open | 3R (2014) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | F (2015) |
| Last updated on: 8 February 2016. | |
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 February 29, 2016, she reached her career high ranking of World No. 6.
Suárez Navarro first came to prominence by reaching the quarter-finals of the 2008 French Open as a qualifier, in what was her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament and only her third appearance in the main draw of a WTA Tour tournament. She also reached the quarter-finals of the 2009 Australian Open, defeating Venus Williams en route, the 2013 US Open, where she lost to eventual champion Serena Williams, the 2014 French Open, where she lost in three sets to Eugenie Bouchard and the quarter-finals of the 2016 Australian Open, where she lost to Agnieszka Radwańska.
Suárez Navarro was born in Las Palmas to a handball player, José Luís, and a former gymnast, Lali. She started playing tennis when she was 9 and moved to Barcelona in 2007 in order to train at the Pro-Ab Team Tennis Academy. She admires Steffi Graf, Lleyton Hewitt, Justine Henin and Michael Jordan.
At the French Open, Suárez Navarro reached the quarter-finals of 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.
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