Joanna Garland

Joanna Garland
Garland at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Chinese Taipei
Born (2001-07-16) 16 July 2001 (age 23)
Stevenage, England
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$127,949
Singles
Career record215–105
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 221 (3 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 350 (16 December 2024)
Doubles
Career record34–27
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 406 (3 April 2023)
Last updated on: 16 December 2024.

Joanna Garland (Chinese: 葛藍喬安娜; born 16 July 2001) is a professional tennis player who represents Chinese Taipei. She has won 12 singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.[1][2]

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.[4] By this time, Garland's parents had returned to Stevenage to look after Garland's grandparents, and took Joanna's brothers with them. Garland stayed in Kaohsiung, living with her aunt, to pursue tennis and continue her schooling, as well as competing on the ITF Junior Circuit in Asia.[5]

Career

Junior

Coached by Hamid Hejazi, Garland had a very successful junior career and achieved her highest junior ranking of 14 on 26 February 2018.[6][7]

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.[8] She reached the third round at the 2018 Wimbledon, before losing to local player Emma Raducanu.[9][10] 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.[11]

Professional

Garland defeated Katie Boulter in Thailand in October 2019 as she transitioned from junior to senior tournaments.[12] In October 2020, she beat Katie Boulter to win her first professional title, at a $15k event in Sharm El Sheikh.[13]

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.[14]

In October 2022, she won a $25k doubles title in Loughborough alongside Gabriela Knutson.[15]

In December 2022, she qualified for the WTA 125 tournament in Angers before she lost in three sets to Viktoriya Tomova.[16]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 19 (12 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (0–1)
W25/35 tournaments (8–2)
W15 tournaments (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–7)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (3–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2018 ITF Ortisei, Italy W15 Hard (i) Switzerland Simona Waltert 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Egypt Sandra Samir 4–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 Oct 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard United Kingdom Katie Boulter 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Nov 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Croatia Lea Bošković 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–3 Nov 2020 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Switzerland Lulu Sun 7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–4 Mar 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Japan Sakura Hosogi 4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win 3–4 Apr 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard Hungary Rebeka Stolmár 7–5, 6–1
Loss 3–5 May 2022 ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom W25 Hard United Kingdom Sonay Kartal 3–6, 1–6
Win 4–5 Aug 2022 ITF Foxhills, United Kingdom W25 Hard Japan Kyōka Okamura 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win 5–5 Aug 2022 ITF Aldershot, United Kingdom W25 Hard India Ankita Raina 6–2, 6–4
Win 6–5 Feb 2023 ITF Swan Hill, Australia W25 Grass China Wang Yafan 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7)
Win 7–5 Oct 2023 ITF Hamamatsu, Japan W25 Carpet Japan Ayano Shimizu 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 7–6 Oct 2023 Playford International, Australia W60 Hard Australia Astra Sharma 6–7(6), 0–6
Win 8–6 Oct 2024 ITF Kayseri, Turkey W35 Hard Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay 6–1, 7–6(1)
Win 9–6 Nov 2024 ITF Solarino, Italy W35 Carpet Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou 5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Win 10–6 Nov 2024 ITF Solarino, Italy W35 Carpet Italy Giorgia Pedone 6–2, 6–3
Win 11–6 Nov 2024 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 Hard Latvia Kamilla Bartone 6–1, 6–1
Win 12–6 Dec 2024 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W35 Hard Belgium Hanne Vandewinkel 6–4, 6–2
Loss 12–7 Dec 2024 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W35 Hard Anastasia Gasanova 3–6, 6–7(1)

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

Legend
W25 tournaments (1–0)
W15 tournaments (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2018 ITF Taipei, Taiwan W15 Hard Chinese Taipei Lee Hua-chen Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Japan Kotomi Takahata 		6–1, 3–6, [10–1]
Loss 1–1 Aug 2018 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea W15 Hard United Kingdom Emily Appleton South Korea Jung So-hee
South Korea Kim Mi-ok 		7–6(5), 6–7(5), [12–14]
Loss 1–2 Dec 2018 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand W15 Hard Thailand Mananchaya Sawangkaew Indonesia Nadia Ravita
Indonesia Aldila Sutjiadi 		2–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Feb 2019 ITF Palmanova, Spain W15 Clay Poland Anna Hertel Venezuela Luniuska Delgado
Russia Daniella Medvedeva 		7–5, 6–0
Win 3–2 Oct 2022 GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UK W25 Hard Czech Republic Gabriela Knutson Poland Martyna Kubka
Estonia Elena Malygina 		6–3, 6–3

Longest winning streak

29-match win streak (2024)

# Tournament Category Start date Surface Rd Opponent Rank Score
– ITF Kayseri, Turkey W50 14 October 2024 Hard 2R Aliona Falei No. 209 2–6, 3–6
1 ITF Kayseri, Turkey W35 21 October 2024 Hard 1R Arina Bulatova No. 587 6–4, 6–3
2 2R Georgia (country) Zoziya Kardava No. 744 6–1, 6–4
3 QF Slovenia Dalila Jakupovic No. 227 6–0, 6–4
4 SF Daria Egorova No. 625 4–6, 7–6(3). 6–1
5 F (1) Turkey Çağla Büyükakçay No. 366 6–1, 7–6(1)
6 ITF Solarino, Italy W35 4 November 2024 Carpet 1R Italy Beatrice Ricci No. 391 7–5, 6–0
7 2R Italy Noemi Basiletti No. 916 6–2, 7–6(3)
8 QF Italy Giorgia Pedone No. 196 6–2, 6–0
9 SF Slovakia Katarína Kužmová No. 360 1–6, 6–2, 6–2
10 F (2) Greece Valentini Grammatikopoulou No. 446 5–7, 6–2, 6–3
11 ITF Solarino, Italy W35 11 November 2024 Clay 1R Italy Beatrice Ricci No. 391 6–3, 6–0
12 2R Italy Vittoria Paganetti No. 825 6–1, 1–6, 6–2
13 QF Slovenia Dalila Jakupovic No. 227 6–1, 7–6(5)
14 SF Italy Samira De Stefano No. 582 6–7(7), 6–1, 6–1
15 F (3) Italy Giorgia Pedone No. 196 6–2, 6–3
16 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W15 25 November 2024 Hard 1R Germany Ann Akasha Ceuca n/a 2–6, 6–0, 6–2
17 2R Germany Maya Drozd No. 1175 6–0, 6–4
18 QF Kosovo Arlinda Rushiti No. 558 6–4, 4–6, 6–3
19 SF Netherlands Loes Ebeling Koning No. 734 6–3, 6–3
20 F (4) Latvia Kamilla Bartone No. 552 6–1, 6–1
21 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W35 2 December 2024 Hard 1R Romania Maria Sara Popa No. 444 6–1, 6–0
22 2R Slovakia Katarína Kužmová No. 360 2–6, 6–1, 6–4
23 QF Bulgaria Rositsa Dencheva No. 502 6–3, 6–2
24 SF Bulgaria Isabella Shinikova No. 338 6–7(3), 6–4, 6–1
25 F (5) Belgium Hanne Vandewinkel No. 224 6–4, 6–2
26 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt W35 9 December 2024 Hard 1R Romania Maria Sara Popa No. 444 6–0, 6–0
27 2R Polina Iatcenko No. 542 6–2, 6–1
28 QF Latvia Kamilla Bartone No. 552 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
29 SF Bulgaria Rositsa Dencheva No. 502 6–3, 6–3
– F (6) Anastasia Gasanova No. 413 3–6, 6–7(1)

Head to head

Top 5 highest rank wins

# Tournament Category Start date Surface Rd Opponent Rank Score JGR
1 Brisbane International, Australia ITF W60 20 November 2023 Hard 1R Australia Olivia Gadecki No. 132 7–6(7–3), 6–2 No. 259
2 Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom ITF W100 19 June 2023 Grass Q2 Japan Mai Hontama No. 176 6–3, 6–4 No. 274
3 Osaka, Japan ITF W25 9 April 2019 Hard 1R Japan Ayano Shimizu No. 198 6–0, 6–3 No. N/R
4 Aldershot, United Kingdom ITF W25 15 August 2022 Hard QF Germany Anna-Lena Friedsam No. 208 7–5, 6–2 No. 317
Brisbane International, Australia ITF W60 20 November 2023 Hard QF Australia Priscilla Hon 7–6(7–3), 6–2 No. 259
  • statistics correct as of 24 November 2023

References

  1. ^ "Joanna Garland". WTA. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  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's Triumphs and True Persona on the Tennis Court". Medium.com.
  5. ^ "葛藍喬安娜 獨立又自信職網追夢女".
  6. ^ "RxCelerate Sponsors Rising Tennis Star Joanna Garland". Newswire.com. July 4, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  7. ^ "Joanna Garland Junior Singles Overview". ITF. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Herts player Joanna Garland Quarter Finalist at the Roland Garros Junior French Championships". Herts Tennis. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  9. ^ Eccleshare, Charlie (11 July 2018). "Emma Raducanu leads successful day for British juniors trio at Wimbledon". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  10. ^ Scott, Charlie (July 12, 2018). "Wimbledon 2018: Young Britons Emma Raducanu, Anton Matusevich and Jack Draper still in running to triumph". The Times. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Japan hails Osaka's US Open victory". Taipei Times. 10 September 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
  12. ^ "Katie Boulter loses to Joanna Garland in Thailand on injury return". BBC Sport. 6 October 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  13. ^ Renton, Jamie (26 October 2020). "GARLAND BEATS BOULTER TO COLLECT FIRST PROFESSIONAL TITLE". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  14. ^ "Grand slams heave into view for Joanna Garland after ranking rise". The Comet.net.
  15. ^ "Emily Appleton wins ITF W25 Loughborough title". Lta.org. 31 October 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  16. ^ "Open d'Angers: Tomova moves into second round". tennismajors.com. December 6, 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Orange Bowl Girls' Doubles Champion
2017
With: Japan Naho Sato 		Succeeded by