Analyzing Garbiñe Muguruza and Her Career

This young tennis player has revolutionized female tennis tournaments in the last few years. Even to the point of competing for the first place in rankings with Serene Williams. Garbiñe Muguruza is one of the only tennis players who has reached this level.
Analyzing Garbiñe Muguruza and Her Career

Last update: 07 April, 2019

Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco is a Spanish-Venezuelan tennis player born in 1993, in Caracas, Venezuela. Due to her double nationality, she had to choose which country to represent and decided on Spain in the WTA. She’s also part of the Spanish team in the ITF Fed Cup.

Her career development

Her professional career started in 2012 when she played for the first time in a WTA tournament. In this competition, she managed to surpass the second best-ranked tennis player at the time, Vera Zvonareva. Although she performed extraordinarily well, she lost in the semifinals against Agnieszka Radwanska.

Throughout that year, Garbiñe Muguruza reached the final in the ITF Bucarest tournament, where she lost against Maria Teresa Torró Flor. She finally reached first place in the ITF tournament in the United States against Grace Min.

Garbiñe Muguruza has a peculiar type of game

Then, she started out the 2013 season by winning the first place WTA doubles in the Hobart tournament, along with her partner Tita Torró. However, she suffered a mild ankle injury in the summer that stopped her season. Thus, she was out of the tournaments for the rest of the year.

However, she returned in 2014 by winning the WTA individual female first place, again in the Hobart tournament. Additionally, she beat Serena Williams in the Roland Garros tournament, the two-time title holder.

What’s more, this year she competed in the Spanish delegation in the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics. And so, this was the season where she truly became a great tennis player in the eyes of the world.

In 2015 she managed to win the Beijing tournament on a hard surface. She also made to two finals that year:

  • Wuhan, also a hard surface.
  • Wimbledon, where she lost against Serena Williams.

Then, in 2016 she won her first Grand Slam by beating Serena Williams at the Roland Garros. Lastly, her best year yet has been the 2017 season, where she won against Venus Williams. Thus winning her second Grand Slam, the Wimbledon grass court tournament. Additionally, she beat Simona Halep in the Cincinnati tournament final.

This is how Garbiñe Muguruza plays

Garbiñe Muguruza herself states that her worst performance in competition is in Wimbledon. This is so because it’s a fast, grass court, making it quite difficult, according to her. She doesn’t have much experience playing on this court surface and this makes it more challenging for her style of playing.

Despite this, Garbiñe Muguruza has always wanted to win this tournament and has worked hard to get it. Finally, in 2017, she managed to get to the final and win the cup.

“Wimbledon is the most prestigious torunament and it’s important to win it.”

-Garbiñe Muguruza-

Garbiñe Muguruza won Wimbledon in 2017

She once confessed that she likes to get inside her own head and talk to herself. She argues that it’s an individual and highly psychological sport, and so she needs that self-support. Before each game, she likes to spend time with her family, talk to them and discuss how she feels.

Garbiñe has one of the best serves in the profession, although she needs to work to make them more regular. Her greatest strengths are her serve, the backhand cross, and her right forehand.

On the other hand, her most vulnerable point is her problem with controlling her right hit due to her grip. She also has some problems varying her game and with her mental strength. Thus, these make her somewhat unstable during games.

She’s 1.82 meters high, helping her with her great serve, but also making it difficult to do certain moves on the court. However, she’s shown consistent improvement throughout her career. Thus, taking her to the first place of the world rankings.


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