Caroline Garcia has just completed 2022, the year of her spectacular rebirth, with a fourth title, the most beautiful of her career. The 29-year-old Lyonnaise won the WTA Masters for the first time, this Monday, November 7 in Forth Worth (Texas). She beat the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka in the final, in two sets, 7-6 (7/4), 6-4. Caroline Garcia is the second French player to be crowned in this prestigious eventbringing together the eight best players of the season, after Amélie Mauresmo who won against her compatriot Mary Pierce in 2005.
Currently 6th player in the world, Caroline Garcia will finish the season in 4th place in the world. A ranking that she had already reached in 2018, before living four difficult years, between crisis of confidence, tennis in distress and recurring physical concerns, which made her sink to 74th place at the very end of last year. Arrived in Texas ten days ago in relative uncertainty, after the unexpected departure of coach Bertrand Perret, “Caro” found the mental and physical resources to win the 11th title of his careerfurther validating his return to the heights of world tennis.