Who is new French Open champion Garbine Muguruza?
ByEurosport
Updated 04/06/2016 at 15:41 GMT
Spain's Garbine Muguruza beat Serena Williams 7-5 6-4 to win the French Open on Saturday in claiming her first Grand Slaim title, but who is the new Roland Garros champion?
Born: Caracas, Venezuela, on October 8, 1993 (Age: 22)
- Muguruza is the first Spanish woman to win the Roland Garros title since Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario in 1998.
- Saturday's match was her first claycourt final.
- Muguruza dropped only one set in reaching the final, against Slovakia's Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in round one.
- Muguruza was also the last player to defeat Serena Williams at Roland Garros, beating the American 6-2 6-2 in the second round in 2014.
- Saturday's title was just Muguruza's third on the main women's tour, after the Hobart International in 2014 and the China Open in 2015
- Serena Williams and Pete Sampras were her favourite tennis players as a child.
- Won the title for the loss of only one set.
GRAND SLAM BEST RESULTS
- Australian Open - fourth round (2014-15)
- French Open - winner 2016
- Wimbledon - runner-up (2015)
- US Open - second round (2015)
MAKING HER NAME
- Her mother (Scarlet Blanco) is from Venezuela and father (Jose) is Spanish.
- Began playing tennis aged three
- Trained at the Bruguera Tennis Academy near Barcelona.
- Turned pro in 2011 and won four titles on the ITF circuit.
CAREER TO DATE
- In 2012 she scored her first win against a top-10 player (Vera Zvonareva) in Miami in her second WTA main draw match.
- Won her first singles title at Hobart in 2014 and ended the year ranked 21 in the world.
- Breakthrough season in 2015. Won the Beijing title and reached Wimbledon final and qualified for WTA Finals, where she reached the semis.
- Rose to world number three by end of year.
- Slow start to 2016, but form returned at Miami where she reached last 16 and lost a tight battle against Victoria Azarenka. Semi-finalist in Rome.
- Coached by Frenchman Sam Sumyk who has also worked with Victoria Azarenka and Eugenie Bouchard.
- Now lives in Geneva.
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