Carla Suarez Navarro is an international tennis player who started playing for Spain in the 2008 Fed Cup. She reached her career-high ranking of World No. 14 on September 16, 2013. She started her career by reaching the 2008 French Open quarter-finals which were also the third appearance in the main draw of a WTA Tour, and her first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. Carla defeated Venus Williams and reached the quarter-finals of the 2009 Australian Open. She lost to tournament champion Serena Williams in 2013 US Open. At 2014 French Open she lost to Eugenie Bouchard by three sets. An interesting fact about her is, she has a single-handed backhand unlike most of the professional female tennis players. She also stated in her interview about the liking of clay and hard courts. Yet, her less-than-ordinary appearance and old-fashioned curly hair seem to grab more attention than her talent, sometimes.