Caroline Garcia

Caroline Garcia (French pronunciation: [kaʁɔlin ɡaʁsja]; born 16 October 1993) is a French former professional tennis player and current podcaster and YouTuber. She had a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 by the WTA, achieved on 10 September 2018 and a best doubles ranking of No. 2, reached on 24 October 2016. She has won a total of nineteen WTA Tour titles, eleven as a singles player and eight in doubles.

Garcia's most notable achievements in singles were the 2022 WTA Finals title and her three WTA 1000 level trophies, namely the 2017 Wuhan Open, 2017 China Open and 2022 Cincinnati Open. She was also a two-time major champion in doubles, having won the French Open women's doubles title in 2016 and 2022 with countrywoman Kristina Mladenovic. The pair were also runners-up at the 2016 US Open, reached the semifinals at the 2017 Australian Open and were champions at the 2016 Madrid Open. As a result of that successful partnership, they qualified for the WTA Finals on two occasions and were voted the 2016 WTA Doubles Team of the Year.

Garcia represented France in the Fed Cup since 2013, and was part of the team that won the title in 2019. She won a Fed Cup Heart Award in 2016 for her role in leading France to its first final in eleven years. She also twice competed for France at the Summer Olympics, 2016 and 2024.

Personal life

Caroline Garcia was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the Yvelines département, but moved with her family to Bron, a suburb of Lyon, shortly after. She is the only child of Mylène and French Algeria-born Louis-Paul Garcia, a former sales manager whose grandparents originate from the Spanish Costa Blanca region. Until 2021, Garcia was trained by her father.