Joanna Garland (Chinese: 葛藍喬安娜; born 16 July 2001) is a Taiwanese professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 117, achieved on 12 January 2026. Garland is the current No. 1 Taiwanese singles player.

Garland has won 16 singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life Garland is half-British and half-Taiwanese. Born in Stevenage, England, she moved with her family to Taiwan when she was ten years old.

In 2016 she won the Taiwan national U18 tennis championship. By this time, Garland's parents had returned to Stevenage to look after Garland's grandparents, and took Joanna's brothers with them. Garland stayed in Kaohsiung, living with her aunt, to pursue tennis and continue her schooling, as well as competing on the ITF Junior Circuit in Asia.

Career Junior years Coached by Hamid Hejazi, Garland had a very successful junior career and achieved her highest junior ranking of 14 on 26 February 2018. Garland reached the quarter-finals of the girls' singles at the 2018 French Open with wins over Gabriella Price, Viktoriia Dema, and Zheng Qinwen, before losing to Leylah Fernandez. She reached the third round of the girls' singles at the 2018 Wimbledon, before losing to Emma Raducanu. At the 2018 US Open, she reached the semifinals of the girls' doubles alongside Moyuka Uchijima but they lost to Coco Gauff and Caty McNally.

Professional Garland defeated Katie Boulter in Thailand in October 2019 as she transitioned from junior to senior tournaments. In October 2020, she beat Boulter to win her first professional title, at a $15k event in Sharm El Sheikh.

In August 2022, Garland won her first 25k level titles with victory at tournaments in England at Foxhills, Surrey and Aldershot. With these victories she became Taiwan's highest ranked female singles player, and pushed her world ranking into the top-300.

In October 2022, she won a W25 doubles title in Loughborough alongside Gabriela Knutson. In December 2022, she qualified for the WTA 125 tournament in Angers, before losing in three sets to Viktoriya Tomova.

Garland won the W35 Nairobi in January 2025, defeating Angella Okutoyi in straight sets in the final.

Ranked No. 177, Garland made her major debut at the 2025 French Open, after qualifying for her first main draw with a win over Anna-Lena Friedsam. She defeated Katie Volynets in the first round; recording her first major match win, before losing to Yulia Putintseva in the second round.

At the 2025 Chennai Open, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal with wins over qualifiers Arianne Hartono and Mei Yamaguchi then overcoming lucky loser Arina Rodionova, before losing in the last four to seventh seed Kimberly Birrell, after letting slip a 5–0 lead in the third set and failing to convert on any of her five match points.

Garland won her first WTA 125 title at the 2026 Canberra Tennis International, defeating Polina Kudermetova in the final. In August, she reached the final rounds of qualifiers for the 2026 US Open, losing to Fran Jones of Great Britain.

Exhibition events At the 2026 Australian Open, she reached the finals of the 1 Point Slam exhibition event before losing to amateur player Jordan Smith (who won $1 million in prize money as the champion). Her path to the final involved one-point victories over Alexander Zverev, Nick Kyrgios, Maria Sakkari and Donna Vekic.

Performance timeline

Tournament20252026W–L Australian OpenAQ10–0 French Open2RQ11–1 WimbledonQ3Q30–0 US OpenQ1Q30–0Win–loss1–10–01–1

WTA Challenger finals Singles: 1 (1 title) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Canberra Tennis International, AustraliaHard Polina Kudermetova6–4, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 24 (17 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournaments (1–1)W50 tournamentsW25/35 tournaments (12–2)W15 tournaments (4–4)Finals by surfaceHard (9–7)Clay (2–0)Grass (1–0)Carpet (5–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Dec 2018ITF Ortisei, ItalyW15 Hard (i) Simona Waltert 4–6, 2–6Loss 0–2 Oct 2020ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Sandra Samir 4–6, 2–6Win 1–2 Oct 2020ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Katie Boulter 6–3, 3–6, 6–3Loss 1–3 Nov 2020ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Lea Bošković 4–6, 4–6Win 2–3 Nov 2020ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Lulu Sun 7–5, 6–3Loss 2–4 Mar 2022ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Sakura Hosogi 4–6, 6–1, 3–6Win 3–4 Apr 2022ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Rebeka Stolmár 7–5, 6–1Loss 3–5 May 2022ITF Nottingham, UKW25 Hard Sonay Kartal 3–6, 1–6Win 4–5 Aug 2022ITF Foxhills, UKW25 Hard Kyōka Okamura 3–6, 6–1, 6–2Win 5–5 Aug 2022ITF Aldershot, UKW25 Hard Ankita Raina 6–2, 6–4Win 6–5 Feb 2023ITF Swan Hill, AustraliaW25 Grass Wang Yafan 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(7)Win 7–5 Oct 2023ITF Hamamatsu, JapanW25 Carpet (i) Ayano Shimizu 6–2, 4–6, 6–4Loss 7–6 Oct 2023Playford International, AustraliaW60 Hard Astra Sharma 6–7(6), 0–6Win 8–6 Oct 2024ITF Kayseri, TurkeyW35 Hard Çağla Büyükakçay 6–1, 7–6(1)Win 9–6 Nov 2024ITF Solarino, ItalyW35 Carpet Valentini Grammatikopoulou 5–7, 6–2, 6–3Win 10–6 Nov 2024ITF Solarino, ItalyW35 Carpet Giorgia Pedone 6–2, 6–3Win 11–6 Nov 2024ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15 Hard Kamilla Bartone 6–1, 6–1Win 12–6 Dec 2024ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW35 Hard Hanne Vandewinkel 6–4, 6–2Loss 12–7 Dec 2024ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW35 Hard Anastasia Gasanova 3–6, 6–7(1)Win 13–7 Dec 2024ITF Nairobi, KenyaW35 Clay Lian Tran 6–1, 6–1Win 14–7 Jan 2025ITF Nairobi, KenyaW35 Clay Angella Okutoyi 6–1, 6–4Win 15–7 Mar 2025ITF Solarino, ItalyW35 Carpet Weronika Falkowska 6–1, 6–2Win 16–7 Mar 2025ITF Solarino, ItalyW35 Carpet Viktória Hrunčáková 7–6(4), 6–2Win 17–7 Aug 2026ITF Tianjin, ChinaW75 Hard Darya Astakhova 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendW25 tournaments (1–0)W15 tournaments (2–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Jul 2018ITF Taipei, TaiwanW15 Hard Lee Hua-chen Chan Chin-wei Kotomi Takahata 6–1, 3–6, [10–1]Loss 1–1 Aug 2018ITF Gimcheon, South KoreaW15 Hard Emily Appleton Jung So-hee Kim Mi-ok 7–6(5), 6–7(5), [12–14]Loss 1–2 Dec 2018ITF Hua Hin, ThailandW15 Hard Mananchaya Sawangkaew Nadia Ravita Aldila Sutjiadi 2–6, 4–6Win 2–2 Feb 2019ITF Palmanova, SpainW15 Clay Anna Hertel Luniuska Delgado Daniella Medvedeva 7–5, 6–0Win 3–2 Oct 2022GB Pro-Series Loughborough, United KingdomW25 Hard Gabriela Knutson Martyna Kubka Elena Malygina 6–3, 6–3

Longest winning streak

29-match win streak (2024) #TournamentCategoryStart dateSurfaceRdOpponentRankScore– ITF Kayseri, Turkey W50 14 October 2024 Hard2R Aliona FaleiNo. 209 2–6, 3–61ITF Kayseri, TurkeyW3521 October 2024Hard1R Arina Bulatova No. 5876–4, 6–322R Zoziya KardavaNo. 7446–1, 6–43QF Dalila Jakupovic No. 2276–0, 6–44SF Daria EgorovaNo. 6254–6, 7–6(3). 6–15F (1) Çağla BüyükakçayNo. 3666–1, 7–6(1)6ITF Solarino, ItalyW354 November 2024Carpet1R Beatrice Ricci No. 3917–5, 6–072R Noemi Basiletti No. 9166–2, 7–6(3)8QF Giorgia Pedone No. 1966–2, 6–09SF Katarína Kužmová No. 3601–6, 6–2, 6–210F (2) Valentini Grammatikopoulou No. 4465–7, 6–2, 6–311ITF Solarino, ItalyW3511 November 2024Clay1R Beatrice RicciNo. 3916–3, 6–0122R Vittoria Paganetti No. 8256–1, 1–6, 6–213QF Dalila JakupovicNo. 2276–1, 7–6(5)14SF Samira De StefanoNo. 5826–7(7), 6–1, 6–115F (3) Giorgia PedoneNo. 1966–2, 6–316ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW1525 November 2024Hard1R Ann Akasha Ceucan/a2–6, 6–0, 6–2172R Maya DrozdNo. 11756–0, 6–418QF Arlinda Rushiti No. 5586–4, 4–6, 6–319SF Loes Ebeling KoningNo. 7346–3, 6–320F (4) Kamilla BartoneNo. 5526–1, 6–121ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW352 December 2024Hard1R Maria Sara Popa No. 4446–1, 6–0222R Katarína Kužmová No. 3602–6, 6–1, 6–423QF Rositsa DenchevaNo. 5026–3, 6–224SF Isabella Shinikova No. 3386–7(3), 6–4, 6–125F (5) Hanne VandewinkelNo. 2246–4, 6–2 26ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW359 December 2024Hard1R Maria Sara Popa No. 4446–0, 6–0272R Polina Iatcenko No. 5426–2, 6–128QF Kamilla BartoneNo. 5525–7, 6–3, 6–429SF Rositsa Dencheva No. 5026–3, 6–3–F (6) Anastasia GasanovaNo. 4133–6, 6–7(1)

Head to head

Top 5 highest-rank wins #TournamentCategoryStart dateSurfaceOpponentRankScore1French Open, FranceGrand Slam 26 May 2025 Clay1R Katie Volynets No. 656–3, 3–6, 6–4 No. 1752Suzhou WTA 125, ChinaWTA 125 29 September 2025 Hard1R Lucia Bronzetti No. 736–3, 7–5 No. 1343 Japan Women's Open, Japan WTA 250 13 October 2025 HardQ2 Caty McNally No. 886–1, 6–3 No. 1324 Libéma Open, Netherlands WTA 250 9 June 2025 GrassQ2 Aliaksandra Sasnovich No. 1056–0, 6–3 No. 1475Canberra Tennis International, AustraliaWTA 125 5 January 2026 Hard1R Diane Parry No. 1225–7, 6–4, 6–2 No. 129

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