Carla Suarez Navarro

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Carla Suarez-Navarro
Country Flag of Spain Spain
Residence Las Palmas de
Gran Canaria,
Canary Islands
Date of birth September 3, 1988 (1988-09-03) (age 19)
Place of birth Las Palmas de
Gran Canaria,
Canary Islands
Height 1.60 m
Weight 58 kg
Turned pro
Plays Right;
one-handed backhand
Career prize money $268,750
Singles
Career record: 143-72
Career titles: 0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking: No. 49 (June 9, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open -
French Open QF (2008)
Wimbledon -
US Open -
Doubles
Career record: 52-51
Career titles: 0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking: No. 140 (February 18, 2008)

Infobox last updated on: June 9, 2008.

Carla Suarez-Navarro (Spanish: Carla Suárez Navarro; born September 3, 1988) is a Spanish tennis player. She began playing for Spain in the 2008 Fed Cup.

At the 2008 French Open, Suarez 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). Suarez Navarro then lost to third-seeded Jelena Jankovic in the quarterfinals (6–3, 6–2).

Unlike most female professional tennis players, Suarez Navarro has a single handed backhand.

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