{{Short description|American tennis player (born 2003)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Carson Tanguilig | image = Carson Tanguilig (May 2024) 02.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Tanguilig with North Carolina in 2024 | full_name = <!-- if different --> | country_represented = {{USA}} | residence = | sportswear_(racquet) = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|07|31}} | birth_place = Atlanta, Georgia | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|yyyy|mm|dd}} first date is death date, second date is birth date--> | death_place = | height = 5 ft 10 in | college = North Carolina (2021–) | coach = <!-- list the current coach or (if there is more than one) list the current coaches --> | turnedpro = | retired = | plays = | careerprizemoney = $17,457 | website = <!-- official web site address like this: [http://www.site.com site.com] --> | singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=20|lost=14}} | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 984 (November 10, 2025) | currentsinglesranking = No. 984 (November 10, 2025) | USOpenresult = | doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=7|lost=10}} | doublestitles = 2 ITF | highestdoublesranking = No. 845 (November 10, 2025) | currentdoublesranking = No. 845 (November 10, 2025) | USOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2023) | updated = 10 November 2025 }} '''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 went to Johns Creek High School, where she went undefeated as a freshman in her only year of high school tennis.<ref name="UNCbio">{{cite web|url=https://goheels.com/sports/womens-tennis/roster/carson-tanguilig/23559|title=Carson Tanguilig|website=goheels.com|publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> In addition to competing at various national junior tennis events, she played basketball as a {{convert|5|ft|10|in|adj=on}} starting guard in high school.<ref name="UNCbio"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.appenmedia.com/sports/johns-creek-girls-get-back-to-winning-ways-over-dunwoody/article_d75e9e68-3f24-11ea-8c0c-075f3d9ffc4d.html|title=Johns Creek girls get back to winning ways over Dunwoody|last=Parker|first=Joe|date=January 24, 2020|website=appenmedia.com|access-date=June 7, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607170947/https://www.appenmedia.com/sports/johns-creek-girls-get-back-to-winning-ways-over-dunwoody/article_d75e9e68-3f24-11ea-8c0c-075f3d9ffc4d.html|archive-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> On the ITF Junior Circuit from 2016 to 2020, she won four doubles titles and reached a peak ranking of No. 507.<ref name="ITFbio">{{cite web|url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/players/carson-tanguilig/800525880/usa/jt/d/overview/|title=Carson Tanguilig Tennis Player Profile|publisher=International Tennis Federation|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref>
==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.<ref name="UNCbio"/> Tanguilig and Morra won a regional Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) tournament in the fall.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://goheels.com/news/2021/10/25/womens-tennis-crawley-morra-win-ita-regionals-singles-crowns.aspx|title=Crawley, Morra Win ITA Regionals Singles Crowns|date=October 25, 2021|website=goheels.com|publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref name="UNCbio"/>
The next season, Tanguilig and Fiona Crawley reached the national {{nowrap|No. 1}} doubles ranking following a regional ITA win and a national runner-up finish in the fall of 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://colleges.wearecollegetennis.com/rankings?gender=F&divisionType=DIV1&matchFormat=DOUBLES&date=2022-11-16|title=ITA / Rankings (Nov 16 2022)|date=November 16, 2022|publisher=Intercollegiate Tennis Association|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://goheels.com/news/2022/10/17/womens-tennis-crawley-tanguilig-capture-ita-regional-doubles-title.aspx|title=Crawley/Tanguilig Capture ITA Regional Doubles Title|date=October 17, 2022|website=goheels.com|publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2022/11/sports-unc-womens-tennis-ita-nationals-doubles-gamer-fiona-crawley-and-carson-tanguilig|title=UNC women's tennis' Crawley and Tanguilig earn second place in doubles at ITA National Fall Championships|last=Peace|first=Gwen|date=November 8, 2022|newspaper=The Daily Tar Heel|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> In singles, she played mostly in North Carolina's No. 3 spot but was ranked as high as No. 7 nationally.<ref name="ITA1">{{cite web|url=https://colleges.wearecollegetennis.com/rankings?gender=F&divisionType=DIV1&matchFormat=SINGLES&date=2023-02-21|title=ITA / Rankings (Feb 21 2023)|date=February 21, 2023|publisher=Intercollegiate Tennis Association|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> She received second-team All-ACC honors in singles and first-team All-ACC in doubles.<ref name="UNCbio"/> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://goheels.com/news/2023/5/20/womens-tennis-unc-ncsu-ncaa-wten-recap.aspx|title=National Champs! Tar Heels Down Wolfpack, 4-1, for NCAA Women's Tennis Title|date=May 20, 2023|website=goheels.com|publisher=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Athletics|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2023/05/sports-womens-tennis-side-ncaa-national-championship-brian-kalbas-carson-tanguilig-fiona-crawley|title='This match was us': UNC women's tennis team's energy spurred program's first national title|last=Wills|first=Caroline|date=May 21, 2023|newspaper=The Daily Tar Heel|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2023/05/sports-womens-tennis-season-lookback|title=Lineup changes prove vital in road to NCAA women's tennis title|last=Wills|first=Caroline|date=May 22, 2023|work=The Daily Tar Heel|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://chapelboro.com/sports/uncs-fiona-crawley-and-carson-tanguilig-win-ncaa-doubles-championship|title=UNC's Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig Win NCAA Doubles Championship|last=Koh|first=Michael|date=May 27, 2023|work=Chapelboro|access-date=June 7, 2023}}</ref>
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.<ref name="UNCbio"/>
===Professional debut=== Crawley played in a handful of ITF World Tour qualifying events beginning in 2017.<ref name="ITFbio"/> As NCAA champions, Tanguilig and Crawley were awarded a wildcard into the 2023 US Open doubles draw.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2023-06-06/ncaa_champions_quinn_crawley_and_tanguilig_awarded_2023_us_open_wild_cards.html|title=NCAA champions Quinn, Crawley and Tanguilig awarded 2023 US Open wild cards|last=Chiesa|first=Victoria|date=June 6, 2023|publisher=US Open|access-date=June 26, 2023}}</ref>
==ITF Circuit finals== ===Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)=== {| |- valign=top | {|class="wikitable" style=font-size:85% ! Legend |- style="background:lightblue;" | W35 tournaments (0–1) |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | W15 tournaments (1–1) |} | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" |- !Finals by surface |- |Clay (1–2) |} |} {|class="sortable wikitable nowrap" ! Result ! class="unsortable" | W–L ! Date ! Tournament ! Tier ! Surface ! Opponent ! class=unsortable | Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>0–1</small> | Oct 2025 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sumter, United States | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|NED}} Rose Marie Nijkamp | 2–6, 5–7 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>1–1</small> | Apr 2026 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Bonita Springs, United States | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Ellie Schoppe | 7–5, 6–4 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>1–2</small> | May 2026 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Boca Raton, United States | style="background:lightblue;"|W35 | Clay | {{flagicon|ARG}} Justina María González Daniele | 4–6, 4–6 |}
===Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)=== {| |- valign=top | {|class="wikitable" style=font-size:85% ! Legend |- style="background:lightblue;" |W25/35 tournaments (0–1) |- style="background:#f0f8ff;" | W15 tournaments (3–0) |} | {|class=wikitable style="font-size:85%" |- !Finals by surface |- |Hard (1–0) |- |Clay (2–1) |} |}
{|class="sortable wikitable" ! Result ! class="unsortable" | W–L ! Date ! Tournament ! Tier ! Surface ! Partner ! Opponents ! class=unsortable | Score |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>1–0</small> | Oct 2025 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Sumter, United States | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Jaedan Brown | {{flagicon|USA}} Bella Payne <br/> {{flagicon|USA}} Sara Shumate | 6–2, 4–6, [10–6] |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>2–0</small> | Nov 2025 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Clemson, United States | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Hard | {{flagicon|USA}} Bella Payne | {{flagicon|SVK}} Romana Čisovská <br/> {{flagicon|ESP}} Candela Yecora | 6–2, 6–2 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss | <small>2–1</small> | Mar 2026 | style="background:lightblue;"|ITF Jackson, United States | style="background:lightblue;"|W35 | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Kylie Collins | {{flagicon|USA}} Kailey Evans <br/> {{flagicon|JPN}} Mio Mushika | 6–7<sup>(5)</sup>, 6–2, [10–12] |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Win | <small>3–1</small> | Apr 2026 | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|ITF Bonita Springs, United States | style="background:#f0f8ff;"|W15 | Clay | {{flagicon|USA}} Kylie Collins | {{flagicon|USA}} Carlota Moreno <br/> {{flagicon|USA}} Nadia Elle Valdez | 6–2, 6–3 |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{WTA}} * {{ITF}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tanguilig, Carson}} Category:Living people Category:2003 births Category:Sportspeople from Alpharetta, Georgia Category:American female tennis players Category:North Carolina Tar Heels women's tennis players Category:Tennis players from Georgia (U.S. state) Category:21st-century American sportswomen