Career Carla Suárez Navarro

1 career

1.1 2008–2009
1.2 2010
1.3 2011
1.4 2012
1.5 2015: top 10 wta ranking
1.6 2016: first premier 5 title

career
2008–2009

suárez playing @ 2008 wimbledon championships

at french open, suárez navarro reached quarterfinals of first grand slam main draw tournament. after won 3 qualifying matches, defeated former world no. 1 amélie mauresmo of france in second round 6–3, 6–4, australian casey dellacqua in third round, , 26th-seeded italian flavia pennetta in fourth round 6–3, 6–2. suárez navarro lost third-seeded jelena janković in quarterfinals 3–6, 2–6. @ wimbledon, lost second-seeded janković in second round 1–6, 3–6.

suárez navarro reached second grand slam quarterfinal of career @ 2009 australian open before being defeated elena dementieva 6–2, 6–2. upset venus williams in second round 2–6, 6–3, 7–5. first win on top-10 player.

in march, suárez navarro reached first final on wta tour @ andalucia tennis experience, clay court event in marbella, spain. lost jelena janković in final 3–6, 6–3, 3–6.

at roland garros seeded 22, defeated edina gallovits 6–1, 6–4 , lucie hradecká 6–2, 6–4, before losing victoria azarenka in third round 7–5, 5–7, 2–6.

at wimbledon, suárez navarro defeated no. 25 kaia kanepi in first round , ekaterina makarova in second. faced defending champion venus williams first time since 2009 australian open unable repeat upset win, losing 0–6, 4–6.

2010

suárez navarro had start 2010, making second round of asb classic in auckland before losing top seed flavia pennetta in straight sets. made quarter-final of hobart international before losing no. 2 seed shahar pe er 6–4, 6–7, 5–7.

at australian open, suárez navarro made third round before losing top seed, defending (and eventual) champion serena williams, 0–6, 3–6.

she upset in first round of copa bbva-colsanitas world no. 198 kristina antoniychuk 1–6, 4–6, made semifinals of abierto mexicano telcel in acapulco before losing polona hercog 3–6, 5–7.

unseeded @ bnp paribas open @ indian wells, california, suárez navarro reached fourth round, losing alisa kleybanova 6–2, 6–7, 4–6. along way, gained 1 of biggest wins of career defeating world no.3 , top seed svetlana kuznetsova 6–4, 4–6, 6–1 in second round.

she reached final of andalucia tennis experience in marbella second year in row, losing flavia pennetta 2–6, 6–4, 3–6.

suarez navarro suffered ankle injury @ tournament in fes, morocco. returned play in french open, losing first-round match olga govortsova 6–7, 1–6, remained sidelined until open.

2011

carla began season @ asb classic in auckland. 9th seed, upset in round 2 heather watson. lost in hobart alberta brianti.

going australian open, defeated american christina mchale 4–6, 6–3, 6–4; lost eventual titlist kim clijsters of belgium in following round. next represented spain @ fed cup against estonia in tallinn, had 1–1 record; getting past anett kontaveit falling kaia kanepi.

then, suárez followed loss in paris semifinal , quarterfinal, in bogotá , acapulco, respectively. elbow injury caused stop playing 2 , half months , withdraw roland garros.

she returned competition @ open gdf suez de marseille, beat sun shengnan , aleksandra wozniak make quarterfinals, beaten homecrowd favourite pauline parmentier.

she failed qualify wimbledon, losing ekaterina ivanova in round two.

in september, suárez reached round 4 of open first time, defeating mathilde johansson, simona halep , compatriot silvia soler espinosa. however, run ended andrea petkovic.

2012

carla suárez navarro impressive in french open, reaching third round. in first round, suarez navarro comfortably beat tamarine tanasugarn, 6–0, 6–2. in second round faced sesil karatantcheva of kazakhstan, , beat 4–6, 6–4, 6–1. in third round lost yaroslava shvedova, kazakhstan, 6–4, 7–5, had returned injury.

at wimbledon carla suárez navarro made first round, against fifth seed samantha stosur of australia. beaten, losing 1–6, 3–6.

at italiacom open, reached quarterfinals, losing laura robson 4–6, 6–2, 3–6.

in london olympics, beat samantha stosur in thrilling first round match, 3–6, 7–5, 10–8, avenging first round defeat australian @ wimbledon previous month.

2015: top 10 wta ranking

at 2015 australian open lost in first round carina witthöft in straight sets. @ bnp paribas open reached quarter finals before losing simona halep in 3 sets. form on american hardcourts continued run first premier mandatory final @ miami open. defeated agnieszka radwańska, venus williams , andrea petkovic before losing, 2-6, 0-6, in final serena williams. despite defeat entered top ten of world rankings first time in career. run @ mutua madrid open resulted in quarter final defeat williams, again in straight sets. in rome @ internazionali bnl d italia reached first final @ premier 5 level. recorded 3 victories on top ten players @ same event first time, victories on eugenie bouchard, petra kvitová , simona halep before losing maria sharapova in 3 sets.

at french open seeded eighth. lost jelena ostapenko in first round of wimbledon year, , results rest of year inauspicious apart reaching quarterfinals in moscow in october , crushing 6-0 6-0 victory on injured andrea petkovic @ zhuhai in november. carla ended year ranked 13th.

2016: first premier 5 title

suárez navarro made start year. reached semifinals @ brisbane, losing angelique kerber, , quarterfinals of australian open, losing agnieszka radwańska. result, moved world no. 8 on february 1. defeated jelena janković in spain s fed cup tie against serbia.

at dubai tennis championships, received first round bye fell eventual semifinalist caroline garcia. next tournament qatar open received first round bye , defeated donna vekić, timea bacsinszky, elena vesnina , agnieszka radwańska en route final, ensuring new career-high ranking of world no. 6. avenged first round loss jelena ostapenko in previous year s wimbledon 3 set win on ostapenko, earning first premier title , biggest title date.

at 2016 summer olympics, reached third round, beating ana ivanovic , ana konjuh.