St Petersburg, FL, USA, August 26 (WTA Press Release)
France’s Caroline Garcia played the last singles match of her professional tennis career at the US Open today. Having announced ahead of Roland Garros that 2025 would be her last season on the Hologic WTA Tour, the 31-year-old was defeated by Kamilla Rakhimova in the first round, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Garcia made her professional debut in 2007 on the ITF Circuit in France, at the age of 13. She played her first WTA qualifying event at the Paris Indoors in 2010, while her Tour-level main draw debut came as a wild card at the Australian Open in 2011. Meantime, a successful junior career was still underway; in 2011 she was runner-up to Grace Min in the US Open girls’ event.
Garcia went on to capture 11 WTA singles titles from 16 finals, starting at Bogotá in 2014, where she defeated former No.1 Jelena Jankovic in the final. In 2017 she became the first player to win the two biggest Chinese events, the Wuhan Open and China Open, in the same year, in back-to-back weeks – results that propelled her into the Top 10 for the first time.
On September 10, 2018 Garcia achieved her career-high singles ranking of No.4 but her greatest victories were still to come. In 2022, her banner year, she was champion at the Cincinnati Open before achieving her best Grand Slam singles result as a semifinalist at the US Open. The biggest championship of her career followed at the WTA Finals in Fort Worth, where she defeated Aryna Sabalenka in the title match.
Garcia’s 2022 season also included a defeat of reigning No.1 Iga Swiatek in Warsaw and she was the only player to win titles on all three surfaces that year. She closed out the season back at No.4, for her second Top 10 finish.
Garcia also excelled at doubles, rising as high as No.2 in the rankings (week of October 24, 2016). Her eight titles from 19 finals included rousing wins at her home Slam of Roland Garros in 2016 and 2022, alongside fellow Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic. They were duly named WTA Doubles Team of the Year.
Merci beaucoup, Caroline! ❤️
11 Singles Titles. WTA Finals Champion. Billie Jean King Cup Winner. 2x Roland Garros Doubles Champion.
Congratulations, @CaroGarcia, on an impressive & memorable career! pic.twitter.com/cuX52UL5VH
— wta (@WTA) August 25, 2025
“Congratulations to Caroline for her outstanding career in both singles and doubles,” said Portia Archer, CEO of the WTA.
“Alongside her dazzling game which captivated fans worldwide, we are thankful for Caroline’s advocacy for her fellow athletes, including her contribution as a member of the WTA Players’ Council. On behalf of the WTA family, I wish her every happiness and success as she flies into the future.”
In 2019, Garcia was a member of the French team that captured the Billie Jean King Cup trophy and she represented France at the Olympic Games in Rio and Paris. In 2023 she was the Tour leader for aces served – 462.
She leaves the sport with a win-loss record of 472-365 and career prize money of more than $18.7 million.
