Joanna Garland
Taiwanese tennis player
Joanna Garland Country (sports) Chinese Taipei Born (2001-07-16 ) 16 July 2001 (age 22) Stevenage , EnglandPlays Right (two-handed backhand) Prize money $106,797 Career record 183–99 (64.9%) Career titles 7 ITF Highest ranking No. 221 (3 April 2023) Current ranking No. 301 (20 May 2024) Career record 34–27 (55.7%) Career titles 3 ITF Highest ranking No. 406 (3 April 2023) French Open 1R (2018 ) Last updated on: 20 May 2024.
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]
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
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]
Professional
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 before 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)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Dec 2018
ITF Ortisei, Italy
15,000
Hard (i)
Simona Waltert
4–6, 2–6
Loss
0–2
Oct 2020
ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
15,000
Hard
Sandra Samir
4–6, 2–6
Win
1–2
Oct 2020
ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
15,000
Hard
Katie Boulter
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss
1–3
Nov 2020
ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
15,000
Hard
Lea Bošković
4–6, 4–6
Win
2–3
Nov 2020
ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
15,000
Hard
Lulu Sun
7–5, 6–3
Loss
2–4
Mar 2022
ITF Monastir, Tunisia
15,000
Hard
Sakura Hosogi
4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win
3–4
Apr 2022
ITF Monastir, Tunisia
15,000
Hard
Rebeka Stolmár
7–5, 6–1
Loss
3–5
May 2022
ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom
25,000
Hard
Sonay Kartal
3–6, 1–6
Win
4–5
Aug 2022
ITF Foxhills, United Kingdom
25,000
Hard
Kyōka Okamura
3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win
5–5
Aug 2022
ITF Aldershot, United Kingdom
25,000
Hard
Ankita Raina
6–2, 6–4
Win
6–5
Feb 2023
ITF Swan Hill, Australia
25,000
Grass
Wang Yafan
6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7)
Win
7–5
Oct 2023
ITF Hamamatsu, Japan
25,000
Carpet
Ayano Shimizu
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Loss
7–6
Oct 2023
Playford International , Australia
60,000
Hard
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)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Jul 2018
ITF Taipei, Taiwan
15,000
Hard
Lee Hua-chen
Chan Chin-wei Kotomi Takahata
6–1, 3–6, [10–1]
Loss
1–1
Aug 2018
ITF Gimcheon, South Korea
15,000
Hard
Emily Appleton
Jung So-hee Kim Mi-ok
7–6(5) , 6–7(5) , [12–14]
Loss
1–2
Dec 2018
ITF Hua Hin, Thailand
15,000
Hard
Mananchaya Sawangkaew
Nadia Ravita Aldila Sutjiadi
2–6, 4–6
Win
2–2
Feb 2019
ITF Palmanova, Spain
15,000
Clay
Anna Hertel
Luniuska Delgado Daniella Medvedeva
7–5, 6–0
Win
3–2
Oct 2022
GB Pro-Series Loughborough , UK
25,000
Hard
Gabriela Knutson
Martyna Kubka Elena Malygina
6–3, 6–3
Head to head
Top 5 highest rank wins
#
Tournament
Category
Start date
Surface
Rd
Opponent
Rank
Score
1
Brisbane International , Australia
ITF W60
20 November 2023
Hard
1R
Olivia Gadecki
No. 132
7–6(7–3) , 6–2
No. 259
2
Ilkley Trophy , United Kingdom
ITF W100
19 June 2023
Grass
Q2
Mai Hontama
No. 176
6–3, 6–4
No. 274
3
Osaka, Japan
ITF W25
9 April 2019
Hard
1R
Ayano Shimizu
No. 198
6–0, 6–3
No. N/R
4
Aldershot, United Kingdom
ITF W25
15 August 2022
Hard
QF
Anna-Lena Friedsam
No. 208
7–5, 6–2
No. 317
Brisbane International, Australia
ITF W60
20 November 2023
Hard
QF
Priscilla Hon
7–6(7–3) , 6–2
No. 259
statistics correct as of 24 November 2023[update]
References
^ "Joanna Garland" . WTA . Retrieved 10 June 2023 .
^ "Joanna Garland" . ITF . Retrieved 10 June 2023 .
^ Wancke, Barbara (June 5, 2019). "Parry toppled as most juniors seeds prevail" . Tennisthreads.net . Retrieved June 10, 2023 .
^ a b "Joanna Garland National Under 18 Tennis Champion" . Kaohsiungtennisnews .
^ "RxCelerate Sponsors Rising Tennis Star Joanna Garland" . Newswire.com . July 4, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2023 .
^ "Joanna Garland Junior Singles Overview" . ITF . Retrieved 31 July 2023 .
^ "Herts player Joanna Garland Quarter Finalist at the Roland Garros Junior French Championships" . Herts Tennis . 12 June 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2023 .
^ Eccleshare, Charlie (11 July 2018). "Emma Raducanu leads successful day for British juniors trio at Wimbledon" . The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 10 June 2023 .
^ 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 .
^ "Japan hails Osaka's US Open victory" . Taipei Times . 10 September 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2023 .
^ "Katie Boulter loses to Joanna Garland in Thailand on injury return" . BBC Sport . 6 October 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2023 .
^ Renton, Jamie (26 October 2020). "GARLAND BEATS BOULTER TO COLLECT FIRST PROFESSIONAL TITLE" . ITF Tennis . Retrieved 10 June 2023 .
^ "Grand slams heave into view for Joanna Garland after ranking rise" . The Comet.net .
^ "Emily Appleton wins ITF W25 Loughborough title" . Lta.org . 31 October 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023 .
^ "Open d'Angers: Tomova moves into second round" . tennismajors.com . December 6, 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023 .
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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Orange Bowl Girls' Doubles Champion 2017 With: Naho Sato
Succeeded by