Carla Suárez Navarro (; born 3 September 1988) is a Spanish former professional
tennis
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player. A former top 10 singles player, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 6 on 29 February 2016, and a best WTA doubles ranking of 11, on 27 April 2015, and won two singles and three doubles titles on the
WTA Tour
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.
She first came to prominence by reaching the quarterfinals of the
2008 French Open as a qualifier, in what was her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. That year she also began representing
Spain
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in the
2008 Fed Cup. She reached another six Grand Slam quarterfinals in her career. These events were the
2009 Australian Open, where she defeated
Venus Williams en route, the
2013 US Open, where she lost to eventual champion
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...
, the
2014 French Open, where she lost in three sets to
Eugenie Bouchard
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; , ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian professional tennis and pickleball player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player repr ...
, the
2016 Australian Open
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, where she lost to
Agnieszka Radwańska
Agnieszka Roma Radwańska (; born 6 March 1989) is a Polish former professional tennis player and current coach. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), in July 2012. Radwańska won 20 WTA Tour sing ...
, the
2018 Australian Open, where she was defeated by eventual champion
Caroline Wozniacki
Caroline Wozniacki (; born 11 July 1990) is an inactive Danish professional tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA, hold ...
, and the
2018 US Open, where she lost to
Madison Keys
Madison Keys (born February 17, 1995) is an American professional tennis player. She has been WTA rankings, ranked as high as world No. 5 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Keys has won ten WTA Tour-level career singles ...
.
In September 2020, she was diagnosed with
Hodgkin lymphoma
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just months after announcing her retirement from tennis. The following year, she was declared cancer-free and returned to the tour.
Personal life
Suárez Navarro was born in the
Canary Islands
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to handball player José Luís Suárez and former gymnast Lali Navarro. She started playing tennis when she was 9 and moved to
Barcelona
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in 2007 in order to train at the Pro-Ab Team Tennis Academy. She admires
Steffi Graf
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,
Lleyton Hewitt
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,
Justine Henin
Justine Henin (; born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 117 weeks, i ...
and
Michael Jordan
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.
She is in a relationship with Spanish football player
Olga García. On June 2, 2023, she gave birth to twin daughters.
Career
2008–2009

At the
French Open
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, Suárez Navarro reached the quarterfinals of her first
Grand Slam main-draw tournament. After three qualifying matches she defeated former world No. 1,
Amélie Mauresmo, in the second round 6–3, 6–4, Australian
Casey Dellacqua
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in the third round, and 26th-seeded Italian
Flavia Pennetta
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in the fourth round 6–3, 6–2. Suárez Navarro then lost to third-seeded
Jelena Janković
Jelena Janković ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Јанковић, ; born 28 February 1985) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the W ...
in the quarterfinals. At
Wimbledon
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* W ...
, she lost to second-seeded Janković in the second round, also in straight sets.
Suárez Navarro reached the second
Grand Slam quarterfinal of her career at the
2009 Australian Open before being defeated by
Elena Dementieva
Elena Viacheslavovna Dementieva (, ; born 15 October 1981) is a Russian former professional tennis player. She was WTA rankings, ranked world No. 3 in women's singles and world No. 5 in women's doubles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Dem ...
, 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
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at the
Andalucia Tennis Experience, a
clay court
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event in
Marbella, Spain. She lost to Jelena Janković in the final.
At
Roland Garros seeded 22, she defeated
Edina Gallovits 6–1, 6–4 and
Lucie Hradecká
Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in October 2012. She w ...
6–2, 6–4, before losing to
Victoria Azarenka
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in the third round.
At
Wimbledon
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* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
Wimbledon may also refer to:
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* W ...
, Suárez Navarro defeated No. 25
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi (; born 10 June 1985) is an Estonian inactive professional tennis player. She achieved her career-high ranking of world No. 15 on 20 August 2012 and has won four singles titles on the WTA Tour.
Described as a 'resident Grand Slam up ...
in the first round and
Ekaterina Makarova
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She is a four-time Gra ...
in the second. 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
Auckland Open before losing to top seed Flavia Pennetta, in straight sets. She then made the quarterfinal of the
Hobart International losing to No. 2 seed
Shahar Pe'er
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Pe'er won five singles and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and three doubles titles on the International Tennis Federation, ITF circuit in her career ...
in a close three-setter.
At the
Australian Open
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, Suárez Navarro made it to the third round before losing to top seed, the defending (and eventual) champion
Serena Williams
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, 0–6, 3–6.
She was upset in the first round of the
Copa Colsanitas by world No. 198,
Kristina Antoniychuk, 1–6, 4–6, then made it to the semifinals of the
Mexican Open in Acapulco before losing to
Polona Hercog
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3–6, 5–7.
Unseeded at the
Indian Wells Open, Suárez Navarro reached the fourth round, losing to
Alisa Kleybanova
Alisa Mikhailovna Kleybanova (, born 15 July 1989) is a Russian former tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is world No. 20, achieved in February 2011. In her career, she won two singles titles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour. ...
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
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, 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
French Open
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, losing her first-round match to
Olga Govortsova
Olga Alekseyevna Govortsova ( (Volha Alyakseyeuna Havartsova); ; born 23 August 1988) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. On 23 June 2008, she achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 35. On 29 August 2011, she peaked at No. 2 ...
6–7, 1–6, she remained sidelined until the
US Open.
2011
Carla began the
season
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at
Auckland
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. As the ninth seed, she was upset in round two by
Heather Watson. She also lost early in
Hobart
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to
Alberta Brianti.
Going into the Australian Open, she defeated American
Christina McHale but lost to eventual titlist
Kim Clijsters of Belgium in the following round. Next, she represented Spain at the
Fed Cup
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against
Estonia
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in
Tallinn
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, where she had a 1–1 record, getting past
Anett Kontaveit but falling to
Kaia Kanepi
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Described as a 'resident Grand Slam up ...
.
Then, Suárez followed an early loss in
Paris
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with a semifinal and a quarterfinal, in
Bogotá
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and
Acapulco
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, respectively. An elbow injury caused her to stop playing for two and a half months and withdraw from Roland Garros.
She returned to the competition at the
Open de Marseille, where she beat
Sun Shengnan and
Aleksandra Wozniak to make the quarterfinals, but was beaten by home crowd favourite
Pauline Parmentier.
She failed to qualify for Wimbledon, losing to
Ekaterina Ivanova in round two.
In early September, Suárez reached round four of the US Open for the first time, defeating
Mathilde Johansson,
Simona Halep and compatriot
Sílvia Soler Espinosa. However, her run was ended by
Andrea Petkovic.
2012: Olympics debut
Carla Suárez Navarro was impressive in the
French Open
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, reaching the third round. In the first round, Suárez Navarro comfortably beat
Tamarine Tanasugarn, 6–0, 6–2. In the second, she faced
Sesil Karatantcheva of
Kazakhstan
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, and beat her 4–6, 6–4, 6–1. In the third round, she lost to
Yaroslava Shvedova, also from Kazakhstan, who had just returned from an injury.
At
Wimbledon
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* Wimbledon, London, a district of southwest London
* Wimbledon Championships, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam championships
Wimbledon may also refer to:
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* W ...
, Carla Suárez Navarro only made it to the first round, but it was against fifth seed
Samantha Stosur
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of Australia, she was defeated 1–6, 3–6.
At the Italiacom Open, she reached the quarterfinals, losing to Laura Robson 4–6, 6–2, 3–6.
At the
London Olympics, she beat
Samantha Stosur
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in a thrilling first-round match, 3–6, 7–5, 10–8, avenging her first round defeat to the Australian at Wimbledon the previous month.
2015: Top 10 ranking
At the
Australian Open
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she lost in the first round to
Carina Witthöft in straight sets. At the
Indian Wells Open, she reached the quarterfinals before losing to
Simona Halep in three sets. Her good form on the U.S. hardcourts continued with a run to her first
Premier Mandatory final at
Miami
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. She defeated Agnieszka Radwańska, Venus Williams and Andrea Petkovic before losing, 2–6, 0–6, in the final to Serena Williams. Despite this defeat she entered the top ten of the world rankings for the first time in her career. Another good run at the
Madrid Open resulted in a quarterfinal defeat to Williams, again in straight sets. In Rome at the
Italian Open, she reached her first final at
Premier 5 level. She recorded three victories over top-ten players at the same event for the first time, with victories over
Eugenie Bouchard
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (; , ; born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian professional tennis and pickleball player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships – Women's singles, 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player repr ...
,
Petra Kvitová
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and
Simona Halep before losing to
Maria Sharapova
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in three sets.
At the
French Open
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she was seeded eighth. She lost to
Jeļena Ostapenko
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in the first round of Wimbledon that year, and her results for the rest of the year were inauspicious apart from reaching the quarterfinals in
Moscow
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in October and a crushing 6–0, 6–0 victory over an injured Andrea Petkovic at
Zhuhai
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in November. Carla ended the year ranked 13th.
2016: Australian Open quarterfinal, top 10 return, first Premier 5 title, career-high ranking as world No. 6
Suárez Navarro made a good start to the year. She reached the semifinals at
Brisbane
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, losing to
Angelique Kerber
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, and the quarterfinals of the
Australian Open
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, losing to Agnieszka Radwańska. As a result, she moved back up to world No. 8 on February 1. She then defeated Jelena Janković in Spain's Fed Cup tie against Serbia.
At the
Dubai Tennis Championships
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, she received a first round bye but fell to eventual semifinalist
Caroline Garcia. Her next tournament was the
Qatar Open where she also received a first-round bye and defeated
Donna Vekić,
Timea Bacsinszky
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,
Elena Vesnina and Agnieszka Radwańska en route to the final, ensuring a new career-high ranking of world No. 6. She then avenged her first round loss to Jeļena Ostapenko in the previous year's Wimbledon with a three set win over Ostapenko, earning her first Premier title and her biggest title to date.
At the
2016 Summer Olympics
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, she reached the third round, beating
Ana Ivanovic and
Ana Konjuh.
2021: Comeback and retirement farewell tour
In April 2021, Suárez Navarro announced that her cancer was in complete remission, and that she would commence a farewell tour beginning at Roland-Garros and culminating in a final US Open appearance.
At the delayed
2020 Tokyo Olympics, she again reached the second round, where she was defeated by fifth seed
Karolina Plíšková.
Suárez Navarro retired after Spain's elimination from the
Billie Jean King Cup Finals. Her final matches in singles and doubles took place during Spain's previous tie against Slovakia.
Post-retirement
In January 2025, Suárez Navarro was named as captain of the Spanish Billie Jean King Cup team.
Playing style
Suárez Navarro uses a
single-handed backhand, unlike most female players of her era. She has said in interviews that her favorite shot is her cross-court backhand and that her favourite surfaces are
clay
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and
hard.
Frew McMillan has said, "There's something of
Justine Henin
Justine Henin (; born 1 June 1982) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 117 weeks, i ...
about her game. She has a great variety of shots."
[Speaking on British Eurosport after Suárez Navarro's defeat of Garrigues in the fourth round of the 2009 Australian Open]
Apparel and equipment
Suárez Navarro wears
Lotto clothing and shoes and uses
Wilson racquets.
Career statistics
Grand Slam performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
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Living people
Spanish female tennis players
Spanish lesbian sportswomen
Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players for Spain
Sportspeople from Las Palmas
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
LGBTQ tennis players
21st-century Spanish sportswomen