Garbine Muguruza

Garbine Muguruza is a professional tennis player and former World No.1. She reached the top spot in September 2017.

She has won 10 singles titles and she is a two-time Grand Slam winner, winning the 2016 French Open women’s singles and the 2017 Wimbledon women’s singles titles. In 2021, she also won the WTA Tour Finals singles title. That same year, she was in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Player Profile

Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco was born on October 8, 1993, in Caracas, Venezuela. She currently resides in Geneva, Switzerland, and plays under the Spanish flag. Her mother is Venezuelan while her father is from Basque.

She has been playing tennis since she was three years old and she holds both Venezuelan and Spanish citizenships.

She is a right-handed player with a two-handed backhand and is coached by Conchita Martínez. Since she turned pro in 2012, she has earned $24,813,379 in prize money. She has also previously worked with Sam Sumyk.

Career

Muguruza did not make her Grand Slam main draw debut as a singles player until 2012. That year, she appeared in the opening round of the US Open. The following year, she made it past the openers and through to the second rounds of the three Grand Slams, except the US Open where she did not play.

In 2014, she made her first singles quarterfinals and her first doubles semifinals, both at the French Open. The following year, she finished in the quarters of Roland Garros again. She followed that with a finals finish at Wimbledon where she was runner-up to Serena Williams.

In 2016, she won her first Grand Slam title in France, beating defending champion, Williams. Her next Grand Slam win was at the 2017 Wimbledon. She beat out Venus Williams for the title. In 2020, she reached another Grand Slam singles finals, this time in Australia. She lost to Sofia Kenin.

She started to struggle with her form in 2018 and by 2019, she had already dropped out of the Top 30. In 2020, she experienced a comeback and she reached her first Australian Open semifinals. She returned to the Top 10 in 2021 and ended the year as Number 3 in the world.

She experienced another loss of form in 2022 and dropped out of the Top 50. But that year, she also won her 300th WTA career win.

In 2023, she went on hiatus and by October of that year, she had dropped out of the Top 1000 in the world rankings.

Career Record

Singles

• Career Record: 449–238 (65.4%)
• Career Titles: 10

• Highest Singles Ranking: 1 (September 11, 2017)
• Current Singles Ranking: 1053 (October 23, 2023)

Best Grand Slam Singles Performances

• Australian Open - F (2020)
• French Open - W (2016)
• Wimbledon - W (2017)
• US Open - 4R (2017, 2021)

Other Tournaments

• Tour Finals - W (2021)
• Olympic Games - QF (2021)

Doubles

• Career Record: 82–51 (61.7%)
• Career Titles: 5

• Highest Doubles Ranking: 10 (February 23, 2016)

Best Grand Slam Doubles Performances

• Australian Open - 2R (2014, 2015)
• French Open - SF (2014)
• Wimbledon - 3R (2014)
• US Open - 3R (2014)

Other Doubles Tournaments

• Tour Finals - F (2015)
• Olympic Games - QF (2016)

People Ask

When did Garbiñe Muguruza become World Number 1?

>She rose to Number 1 in the world rankings on September 11, 2017.

How many grand slam wins does Garbiñe Muguruza have?

>She has 2. She won the women's singles title at the 2016 French Open and the 2017 Wimbledon Championships.

Is Garbiñe Muguruza right-handed?

>Yes. She is right-handed and she has a two-handed backhand.