Joanna Garland

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Joanna Garland
Garland RGQ23.jpg
Garland at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Born (2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 (age 22)
Stevenage
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$102,684
Singles
Career record180–95 (65.5%)
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 221 (3 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 253 (6 November 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. 1208 (6 November 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (2018)
Last updated on: 6 November 2023.

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]

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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: 13 (7 titles, 6 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (0–1)
$25,000 tournaments (4–1)
$15,000 tournaments (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–6)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Dec 2018ITF Ortisei, Italy15,000Hard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Simona Waltert 4–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Oct 2020ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Flag of Egypt.svg Sandra Samir 4–6, 2–6
Win1–2Oct 2020ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Katie Boulter 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss1–3Nov 2020ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Flag of Croatia.svg Lea Bošković 4–6, 4–6
Win2–3Nov 2020ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Lulu Sun 7–5, 6–3
Loss2–4Mar 2022ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Flag of Japan.svg Sakura Hosogi 4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win3–4Apr 2022ITF Monastir, Tunisia15,000Hard Flag of Hungary.svg Rebeka Stolmár 7–5, 6–1
Loss3–5May 2022ITF Nottingham, Great Britain25,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sonay Kartal 3–6, 1–6
Win4–5Aug 2022ITF Foxhills, Great Britain25,000Hard Flag of Japan.svg Kyōka Okamura 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win5–5Aug 2022ITF Aldershot, Great Britain25,000Hard Flag of India.svg Ankita Raina 6–2, 6–4
Win6–5Feb 2023ITF Swan Hill, Australia25,000Grass Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yafan 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7)
Win7–5Oct 2023ITF Hamamatsu, Japan25,000Carpet Flag of Japan.svg Ayano Shimizu 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Loss7–6 Oct 2023 ITF Playford, Australia60,000Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Astra Sharma 6–7(6), 0–6

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (1–0)
$15,000 tournaments (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jul 2018ITF Taipei, Chinese Taipei15,000Hard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hua-Chen Lee Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chin-Wei Chan
Flag of Japan.svg Kotomi Takahata 		6–1, 3–6, [10–1]
Loss1–1Aug 2018ITF Gimcheon, South Korea15,000Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Emily Appleton Flag of South Korea.svg So Hee Jung
Flag of South Korea.svg Mi-Ok Kim 		7–6(5), 6–7(5), [12–14]
Loss1–2Dec 2018ITF Hua Hin, Thailand15,000Hard Flag of Thailand.svg Mananchaya Sawangkaew Flag of Indonesia.svg Nadia Ravita
Flag of Indonesia.svg Aldila Sutjiadi 		2-6, 4-6
Win2–2Feb 2019ITF Palmanova, Spain15,000Clay Flag of Poland.svg Anna Hertel Flag of Venezuela.svg Luniuska Delgado
Flag of Russia.svg Daniella Medvedeva 		7–5, 6–0
Win3–2Oct 2022ITF Loughborough, Great Britain25,000Hard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Gabriela Knutson Flag of Poland.svg Martyna Kubka
Flag of Estonia.svg Elena Malygina 		6–3, 6–3

Top 5 highest rank wins

#TournamentCategoryStart dateSurfaceRdOpponentRankScoreJGR
1 Brisbane QTC Tennis International, AustraliaITF W6020 November 2023Hard1R Flag of Australia (converted).svg Olivia Gadecki No. 1327–6(7–3), 6–2No. 259
2 Ilkley Trophy, United KingdomITF W10019 June 2023GrassQ2 Flag of Japan.svg Mai Hontama No. 1766–3, 6–4No. 274
3Osaka, JapanITF W259 April 2019Hard1R Flag of Japan.svg Ayano Shimizu No. 1986–0, 6–3No. N/R
4Aldershot, United KingdomITF W2515 August 2022HardQF Flag of Germany.svg Anna-Lena Friedsam No. 2087–5, 6–2No. 317
Brisbane QTC Tennis International, AustraliaITF W6020 November 2023HardQF Flag of Australia (converted).svg Priscilla Hon 7–6(7–3), 6–2No. 259

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Preceded by Orange Bowl Girls' Doubles Champion
2017
With: Flag of Japan.svg Naho Sato 		Succeeded by
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