Carson Tanguilig (born July 31, 2003) is an American tennis player. She plays college tennis for the

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. In

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, she helped North Carolina win its first national championship and won the national doubles title with

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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. 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 from 2016 to 2020, she won four doubles titles and reached a peak ranking of No. 507.

College career

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

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(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

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

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. 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 career

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.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanguilig, Carson Living people 2003 births Sportspeople from Alpharetta, Georgia American female tennis players North Carolina Tar Heels women's tennis players Tennis players from Georgia (U.S. state) 21st-century American sportswomen