Caroline Garcia stuns 23,000 spectators at the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York as she reaches her first Grand Slam semifinal. Garcia beat the tennis prodigy Coco Gauff by 6-3, 6-4 at the 2022 US Open; she's only two steps away from winning her first Grand Slam.
The 28 years old will face Ons Jabeur of Tunisia in the semifinal on Friday at the US Open to claim her spot at the Grand Slam final.
Her First Win At Australian & French Open
Garcia made her pro tennis debut at the 2011 Australian Open as a wild card and registered her first win by beating Varvara Lepchenko in the first round only to lose against Ayumi Morita in the 2nd round. Likewise, the French national made her first appearance at the 2011 French Open as a wild card and sealed her first win by defeating Zuzana Ondraskova.
In the second round, Garcia gave the former No. 1 Maria Sharapova a scare with her big and angled shots that kept the Russian star running on the defence. Though Garcia won her first set, she lost to experienced Maria in the last set.
Following her noteworthy defeat, Andy Murray went on to his Twitter and praised the 17-year-old Garcia as he said, "She will be the No. 1 tennis player one day".
Garcia's First Grand Slam Qualification
In 2013, Garcia faced defeat in both Australian and French Open; however, after receiving five wild card entries, she finally qualified for the Wimbledon marking her first Grand Slam qualification. She beat Zheng Jie in the 1st round but lost to Serena Williams in the next. In 2016, Garcia was a runner-up at the US Open while she sailed into the semifinal at the Australian Open that year.
Caroline Garcia's WTP Tour Titles
In 2016, Garcia and her doubles partner, Kristina Maldenovic, won the French Open Women's doubles, for which the pair was awarded WTA Doubles Team of the Year. Her career-high rank in doubles came in 2016 when she was ranked World No. 2 in October. The duo won their second French Open doubles title recently in 2022.
As of 2022, Caroline Garcia has won seven WTA tour titles while eight titles in singles. In addition, Garcia has represented France two times in the Olympics as a tennis player. The French tennis pro's current WTP rank is World No. 17. In 2018, her career-high rank in singles rose to No. 4.
Caroline Garcia has won 10 WTA Tour singles titles, including the 2022 Cincinnati Open, 2017 China, and Wuhan Open. Before recently participating in the Cincinnati Open, Garcia had eight matching winning streak. Now, she has reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open 2022; she will be facing the 4th seed, Tunisian Ons Jabeur.
Tom Bowman's wife, Caroline Garcia, has won several other tournaments in her career. In 2022 alone, the French star won the Poland Open, Roland Garros Doubles, Cincinnati Open, and Bad Homburg Open.
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