Carson Tanguilig (born July 31, 2003) is an American tennis player. She played college tennis for the North Carolina Tar Heels.
In 2023, she helped North Carolina win its first national team championship and won the national doubles title alongside Fiona Crawley.
Early life Tanguilig grew up in Alpharetta, Georgia. She attended Johns Creek High School, where she went undefeated as a freshman in her only year of high school tennis. In addition to competing at various national junior tennis events, she played basketball as a starting guard in high school. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she won four doubles titles from 2016 to 2020 and reached a peak ranking of No. 507.
Career College years In her first year at North Carolina in 2021–22, Tanguilig went 32–7 in singles record and 28–10 in doubles, mostly partnering Cameron Morra. Tanguilig and Morra won a regional Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) tournament in the fall. At the 2022 NCAA Championships, where she helped top-seeded North Carolina reach the team semifinals, she additionally reached the round of 16 in singles and doubles.
The next season, Tanguilig and Fiona Crawley reached the national doubles ranking following a regional ITA win and a national runner-up finish in the fall of 2022. In singles, she played mostly in North Carolina's No. 3 spot but was ranked as high as No. 7 nationally. She received second-team All-ACC honors in singles and first-team All-ACC in doubles. At the 2023 NCAA Championships, Tanguilig helped North Carolina win their first national team title, clinching the team's victory in the final with a three-set win over North Carolina State's Amelia Rajecki. She partnered with Elizabeth Scotty during the NCAA team competition but partnered with Crawley in the national doubles tournament, which they went on to win, beating teammates Scotty and Reese Brantmeier in the final.
Tanguilig ended her junior 2024 season ranked No. 6 nationally in doubles with Crawley, receiving first-team All-ACC honors in doubles and third-team All-ACC in singles.
Professional debut Crawley played in a handful of ITF World Tour qualifying events beginning in 2017. As NCAA champions, Tanguilig and Crawley were awarded a wildcard into the 2023 US Open doubles draw.
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendW35 tournaments (0–1)W15 tournaments (1–1)Finals by surfaceClay (1–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2025ITF Sumter, United StatesW15 Clay Rose Marie Nijkamp 2–6, 5–7Win 1–1 Apr 2026ITF Bonita Springs, United StatesW15 Clay Ellie Schoppe 7–5, 6–4Loss 1–2 May 2026ITF Boca Raton, United StatesW35 Clay Justina María González 4–6, 4–6
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournaments (0–1)W50 tournaments (0–1)W35 tournaments (0–1)W15 tournaments (3–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Oct 2025ITF Sumter, USW15 Clay Jaedan Brown Bella Payne Sara Shumate 6–2, 4–6, [10–6]Win 2–0 Nov 2025ITF Clemson, USW15 Hard Bella Payne Romana Čisovská Candela Yecora 6–2, 6–2Loss 2–1 Mar 2026ITF Jackson, USW35 Clay Kylie Collins Kailey Evans Mio Mushika 6–7(5), 6–2, [10–12]Win 3–1 Apr 2026ITF Bonita Springs, USW15 Clay Kylie Collins Carlota Moreno Nadia Elle Valdez 6–2, 6–3Loss 3–2 Sep 2026ITF Yecla, SpainW50 Hard Elza Tomase Georgina García Pérez Elena Milovanović 6–2, 4–6, [10–12]Loss 3–3 Sep 2026The Campus Open, PortugalW75 Hard Kylie Collins Ayana Akli Reese Brantmeier 5–7, 4–6
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