Joanna Garland

Joanna Garland (born 16 July 2001) is a professional tennis player who represents Chinese Taipei. She has won seven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[1][2]

Joanna Garland
Garland at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Chinese Taipei
Born (2001-07-16) 16 July 2001
Stevenage
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$92,928
Singles
Career record170–93 (64.6%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 221 (3 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 334 (16 October 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2018)
French Open JuniorQF (2018)
Wimbledon Junior3R (2018)
US Open Junior2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record34–27 (55.7%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 406 (3 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 518 (16 October 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2018)
Last updated on: 16 October 2023.

Early life

Garland is half-British and half-Taiwanese. Born in Stevenage, she moved with her family to Taiwan when she was ten years old.[3]

In 2016 she won the Taiwan national U18 tennis championship held in Kaohsiung.[4] By this time, Garland's immediately family were divided between England and Taiwan; her father lived with her in Taiwan to assist with tennis, while her mother had returned to Stevenage to help look after Garland's grandparents, and took Joanna's brothers with her.[4]

Career

Junior career

Coached by Hamid Hejazi, Garland had a very successful junior career and achieved her highest junior ranking of 14 on 26 February 2018.[5][6]

Garland reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 French Open with wins over Gabriella Price, Viktoriia Dema, and Zheng Qinwen before bowing out to Leylah Fernandez.[7] She reached the third round at the 2018 Wimbledon, before losing to local player Emma Raducanu.[8][9] At the 2018 US Open, she reached the semifinals of the girls' doubles alongside Moyuka Uchijima but they lost to Coco Gauff and Caty McNally.[10]

Senior career

Garland defeated Katie Boulter in Thailand in October 2019 as she transitioned from junior to senior tournaments.[11] In October 2020, she beat Katie Boulter to win her first professional title, at a $15k event in Sharm El Sheikh.[12]

In August 2022, Garland won her first $25k level titles with victory at tournaments Foxhills in Surrey, England and Aldershot. With these victories she became Taiwan's highest ranked female singles player, and pushed her world ranking into the top 300.[13]

In October 2022, she won a $25k doubles title in Loughborough alongside Gabriela Knutson.[14]

In December 2022, she qualified for the WTA 125 tournament in Angers, where she lost in three sets to Viktoriya Tomova.[15]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments (0–0)
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (4–1)
$15,000 tournaments (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2018 ITF Ortisei, Italy 15,000 Hard (i) Switzerland Simona Waltert 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Egypt Sandra Samir 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard United Kingdom Katie Boulter 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Nov 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Croatia Lea Bošković 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–3 Nov 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard Switzerland Lulu Sun 7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–4 Mar 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Japan Sakura Hosogi 4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win 3–4 Apr 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Hungary Rebeka Stolmár 7–5, 6–1
Loss 3–5 May 2022 ITF Nottingham, Great Britain 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Sonay Kartal 3–6, 1–6
Win 4–5 Aug 2022 ITF Foxhills, Great Britain 25,000 Hard Japan Kyōka Okamura 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win 5–5 Aug 2022 ITF Aldershot, Great Britain 25,000 Hard India Ankita Raina 6–2, 6–4
Win 6–5 Feb 2023 ITF Swan Hill, Australia 25,000 Grass China Wang Yafan 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7)
Win 7–5 Oct 2023 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan 25,000 Carpet Japan Ayano Shimizu 6–2, 4–6, 6–4

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
$15,000 tournaments (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2018 ITF Taipei, Chinese Taipei 15,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Hua-Chen Lee Chinese Taipei Chin-Wei Chan
Japan Kotomi Takahata		 6–1, 3–6, [10–1]
Loss 1–1 Aug 2018 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea 15,000 Hard United Kingdom Emily Appleton South Korea So Hee Jung
South Korea Mi-Ok Kim		 7–6(5), 6–7(5), [12–14]
Loss 1–2 Dec 2018 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 15,000 Hard Thailand Mananchaya Sawangkaew Indonesia Nadia Ravita
Indonesia Aldila Sutjiadi		 2-6, 4-6
Win 2–2 Feb 2019 ITF Palmanova, Spain 15,000 Clay Poland Anna Hertel Venezuela Luniuska Delgado
Russia Daniella Medvedeva		 7–5, 6–0
Win 3–2 Oct 2022 ITF Loughborough, Great Britain 25,000 Hard Czech Republic Gabriela Knutson Poland Martyna Kubka
Estonia Elena Malygina		 6–3, 6–3

Top 5 highest rank wins
# Tournament Category Start date Surface Rd Opponent Rank Score JGR
1 Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom ITF W100 19 June 2023 Grass Q2 Japan Mai Hontama No. 176 6–3, 6–4 No. 274
2 Osaka, Japan ITF W25 9 April 2019 Hard 1R Japan Ayano Shimizu No. 198 6–0, 6–3 No. N/R
3 Aldershot, United Kingdom ITF W25 15 August 2022 Hard QF Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam No. 208 7–5, 6–2 No. 317
4 Open de Biarritz, France ITF W60 13 July 2021 Clay 1R Chile Daniela Seguel No. 221 6–1, 6–1 No. 498
5 Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom ITF W100 19 June 2023 Grass Q1 Belgium Marie Benoît No. 222 6–3, 6–4 No. 274
  • Statistics correct as of 15 October 2023.

References
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  2. "Joanna Garland". ITF. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  3. Wancke, Barbara (June 5, 2019). "Parry toppled as most juniors seeds prevail". Tennisthreads.net. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  4. "Joanna Garland National Under 18 Tennis Champion". Kaohsiungtennisnews.
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  8. Eccleshare, Charlie (11 July 2018). "Emma Raducanu leads successful day for British juniors trio at Wimbledon". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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  11. "Katie Boulter loses to Joanna Garland in Thailand on injury return". BBC Sport. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  12. Renton, Jamie (26 October 2020). "GARLAND BEATS BOULTER TO COLLECT FIRST PROFESSIONAL TITLE". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  13. "Grand slams heave into view for Joanna Garland after ranking rise". The Comet.net.
  14. "Emily Appleton wins ITF W25 Loughborough title". Lta.org. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  15. "Open d'Angers: Tomova moves into second round". tennismajors.com. December 6, 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
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