Ana Ivanovic crashed out at the first hurdle of the 2015 Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart on Tuesday as she suffered another defeat to Caroline Garcia . Serbian fifth seed Ivanovic , the 2014 runner-up , was seen off 7-6 ( 8/6 ) 6-4 by France 's Garcia , who had already beaten her two previous times this year . Other seeds made it through their first-round matches on Tuesday in Russian Ekaterina Makarova ( six ) and Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro ( eight ) . Fifth seed Ana Ivanovic lost for the third time this year to France 's Caroline Garcia in Stuttgart . Garcia won their first round clash in the clay court Porsche Tennis Grand Prix on Tuesday . World No 6 Ivanovic was was seen off 7-6 ( 8/6 ) 6-4 by France 's world No 29 Garcia . Both beat qualifiers , Makarova winning 6-4 7-6 ( 7/3 ) against Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the United States , while Suarez Navarro overcame Russia 's Evgeniya Rodina 6-2 6-7 ( 5/7 ) 6-4 . Also into round two are Spaniard Garbine Muguruza , American Madison Brengle , Czech Lucie Safarova and Russian Marina Melnikova . They all face seeds next - Simona Halep ( two ) , Petra Kvitova ( three ) , Caroline Wozniacki ( four ) and Makarova respectively . Sixth-seed Russian Ekaterina Makarova beat the United States ' Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-4 7-6 ( 7/3 ) Carla Suarez Navarro ( 8 ) overcame Russia 's Evgeniya Rodina 6-2 6-7 ( 5/7 ) 6-4 in her first round match .
Fifth seed Serbian Ana Ivanovic beaten 7-6 ( 8/6 ) 6-4 by Caroline Garcia . It 's the third time this year Ivanovic has lost to the France world No 29 . Seeds Carla Suarez Navarro ( 6 ) and Ekaterina Makarova ( 8 ) also won .