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Carla Suarez Navarro

Esp
Residence: Barcelona, Spain
DOB: September 3, 1988
Birthplace: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Height: 5' 4" (1.62 m)
Weight: 137 lbs. (62 kg)
Plays: Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Status: Pro (2003)
JANUARY - Reached 2r at Auckland (as No.8 seed, l. to Keothavong); reached 2r at Hobart (d. No.3 seed Chakvetadze en route; l. to Pavlyuchenkova); reached second Grand Slam QF at Australian Open (d. No.6 seed V.Williams and No.21 seed Medina Garrigues en route, falling to No.4 seed Dementieva; win over world No.6 V.Williams was first Top 10 win).

FEBRUARY - Went 0-2 in Spain's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group 1r loss to Czech Republic; reached 2r at Bogota (as No.2 seed, ret. vs. Jozami w/right elbow injury); reached 2r at Acapulco (as No.3 seed, l. to Zahlavova Strycova); withdrew from Monterrey w/right elbow injury.

MARCH - Dropped opener at Indian Wells (as No.29 seed w/1r bye, l. to WC Glatch in 2r); reached 3r at Miami (as No.31 seed, l. to No.4 seed Dementieva).

APRIL - Runner-up at Marbella (as No.5 seed, l. to No.2 seed Jankovic in 3s in first Tour final of any kind); reached SF at Barcelona (as No.5 seed, l. to No.6 seed Kirilenko in 3s); fell 1r at Stuttgart (l. to No.4 seed Azarenka).

MAY - Reached 2r at Rome (l. to No.8 seed Petrova in 3s); fell 1r at Madrid (l. to Li 75 third set); reached 3r at Roland Garros (as No.22 seed, l. to No.9 seed Azarenka in 3s).

JUNE - Fell 1r at Eastbourne (l. to Zheng); reached 3r at Wimbledon (d. No.25 seed Kanepi; l. to No.3 seed V.Williams).

JULY - Reached QF at Bastad (as No.7 seed, l. to eventual champion Martinez Sanchez in 3s); reached QF at Prague (as No.4 seed, l. to qualifier Bacsinszky); fell 1r at Bad Gastein (as No.5 seed, l. to Malek in 3s).

AUGUST - Fell 1r at Cincinnati (l. to Wozniak); fell 1r at Toronto (l. to No.14 seed A.Radwanska); withdrew from New Haven w/tooth abscess; reached 2r at US Open (l. to Peer).

SEPTEMBER - Fell 1r at Tokyo (l. to qualifier Pavlyuchenkova); fell 1r at Beijing (l. to Hantuchova).

OCTOBER - Reached QF at Linz (as No.4 seed, l. to Kvitova); reached 2r at Luxembourg (as No.8 seed, l. to Peer in 3s).
2003 - Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in Spain.

2004 - Won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2005 - Won one singles title and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.

2006 - Won one singles title on ITF Circuit.

2007 - Played first Tour qualifying at Estoril and US Open; won three singles titles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit.

2008 - Breakthrough season, highlighted by surprise run to QF in Grand Slam main draw debut at Roland Garros (as qualifier, d. No.22 seed Mauresmo and No.26 seed Pennetta en route; l. to No.3 seed Jankovic); first qualifier to reach Roland Garros QF since 2001 (Petra Mandula); surged from No.132 to No.49 afterwards on June 9 (simultaneous Top 100 and Top 50 debuts); QF or better three more times, reaching SF at Bogotá (as qualifier in only second Tour main draw of career, l. to Salerni 36 76(3) 63; led 63 42) and Forest Hills (as No.4 seed, l. to Peng) and QF at Palermo (as No.4 seed, ret. vs. No.5 seed Errani w/finger injury); reached 2r twice, at Barcelona (l. to No.2 seed and eventual champion Kirilenko in 3s) and Wimbledon (playing second Grand Slam main draw as WC, l. to No.2 seed Jankovic); fell 1r in other six Tour main draws of season, incl. first Tour main draw at Viña del Mar (as qualifier, l. to de los Ríos), Olympics (l. to Peng) and US Open (l. to Kleybanova); fell in Tour qualifying three times (incl. Australian Open); member of Spanish Fed Cup team that d. Italy 3-2 in World Group 1r (went 0-1) and China 4-1 in SF (went 1-1) but l. to Russia 4-0 in final (went 0-2); withdrew from Zürich w/left hamstring injury.
SINGLES
Winner: 2007 - ITF/Melilla-ESP, ITF/Gran Canaria 2-ESP, ITF/Madrid 1-ESP; 2006 - ITF/Vale do Lobo-POR; 2005 - ITF/Gran Canaria 1-ESP; 2004 - ITF/Mallorca 3-ESP.
Finalist (1): 2009 - Marbella.
Semifinalist (3): 2009 - Barcelona; 2008 - Bogotá, Forest Hills.
Quarterfinalist (6): 2009 - Australian Open, Bastad, Prague, Linz; 2008 - Roland Garros, Palermo.

DOUBLES
Winner: 2007 - ITF/Petange-LUX (w/Yakimova), ITF/Vigo-ESP (w/Cabeza Candela); 2005 - ITF/Vittoria-ITA (w/Fisher); 2004 - ITF/Gexto-ESP (w/Font).

ADDITIONAL
Spanish Fed Cup Team, 2008-09; Spanish Olympic Team, 2008.
Coached by Xavier Budo and Marc Casabo at the Pro-Ab Team Tennis Academy in Barcelona ... Father's name is José Luís (plays handball); mother's name is Lali (was gymnast, now a teacher); has one brother, José Suárez Navarro ... Began playing at age 9 when mother encouraged her to start ... Began working with Spanish Federation in 2005; moved from Canary Islands to Barcelona in June 2007 to train at Pro-Ab Team Tennis Academy ... Favorite surface is clay; favorite shot is crosscourt backhand ... Favorite move is Pearl Harbor; favorite actress is Sandra Bullock ... Favorite type of music is pop; favorite singer is Luis Fonsi ... Admires Steffi Graf, Lleyton Hewitt, Justine Henin and Michael Jordan ... Favorite tournaments are Bogotá, Roland Garros.