109 Facts About Bianca Andreescu

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Bianca Vanessa Andreescu is a Canadian professional tennis player.

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Bianca Andreescu has a career-high ranking of No 4 in the world, and is the highest-ranked Canadian in the history of the Women's Tennis Association.

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Bianca Andreescu is the first Canadian tennis player to win a major singles title, and the first to win the Canadian Open in 50 years.

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Bianca Andreescu was the first player to win a major singles title as a teenager since Maria Sharapova in 2006.

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Bianca Andreescu began playing tennis in her parents' home country of Romania before returning to Canada, the country of her birth.

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Bianca Andreescu had success as a junior, winning the Orange Bowl and two major doubles titles with compatriot Carson Branstine en route to reaching a career-best junior ranking of No 3 in the world.

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Bianca Andreescu then rose to prominence by winning the Indian Wells Open, a Premier Mandatory tournament.

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Bianca Andreescu has strong support from both Canadian and Romanian fanbases.

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Bianca Vanessa Andreescu was born in Mississauga, Ontario to Nicu and Maria Andreescu.

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Bianca Andreescu's parents emigrated from Romania to Canada in 1994 when her father accepted a job in the country.

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Bianca Andreescu's family moved back to Romania when Bianca was six years old so that her mother could start a business in their home country.

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Bianca Andreescu's mother has since worked as the chief compliance officer at a financial services company.

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Bianca Andreescu began playing tennis in Pitesti at the age of seven.

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Bianca Andreescu was initially coached by Gabriel Hristache, a friend of her father.

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Bianca Andreescu began training more seriously at the age of 12.

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Bianca Andreescu had a career-high junior ranking of No 3 in world, which she achieved in early 2016.

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Bianca Andreescu had early success as a junior, winning Les Petits As, a prestigious 14-and-under tournament, in 2014.

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Bianca Andreescu won the 16-and-under Orange Bowl at the end of the year, becoming the fourth Canadian in a row to win that event.

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Bianca Andreescu began playing 18-and-under events on the ITF Junior Circuit in late 2013.

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Bianca Andreescu won her first titles in 2014, three in singles and one in doubles, at Grade-4 and Grade-5 tournaments, the two lowest levels.

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Bianca Andreescu moved up to higher-level events in early 2015, winning both the singles and doubles titles at the Condor De Plata tournament in Bolivia, her first Grade-2 tournament.

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Bianca Andreescu finished runner-up to compatriot Charlotte Robillard-Millette at the Open International Junior de Beaulieu-sur-Mer, her first Grade-1 tournament.

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Bianca Andreescu had less immediate success at the highest-level Grade-A tournaments, losing her opening round matches at her first four such events, which included the last three Grand Slam events of the year.

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Late in the year, Bianca Andreescu reached both the singles and doubles final at the Yucatan Cup, finishing runner-up to Kayla Day in singles while winning her first doubles title at the Grade 1 level.

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At her last tournament of the year, Bianca Andreescu defeated Day to win the Orange Bowl, her first Grade-A title.

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Bianca Andreescu was the first player to win the girls' under-16 and under-18 titles in back-to-back years since Mary Joe Fernandez in 1984 and 1985.

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Bianca Andreescu was named Outstanding Junior Female by Tennis Canada at the end of the year.

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Bianca Andreescu had more success at the Grand Slam tournaments in 2016, but did not win any titles in singles or doubles at any level.

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Bianca Andreescu returned to competition at Wimbledon, where she lost in the third round.

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The last two junior events of Bianca Andreescu's career came in 2017 at the Grand Slam tournaments.

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Bianca Andreescu matched her best Grand Slam result in singles at the Australian Open, where she was defeated by Rebeka Masarova in the semifinals.

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Bianca Andreescu then made it to the quarterfinals of the French Open at her last singles event, losing to Claire Liu.

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Nonetheless, Bianca Andreescu won the Grand Slam doubles titles at both of these tournaments with Carson Branstine.

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Bianca Andreescu began playing on the ITF Circuit in July 2015.

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Bianca Andreescu finished runner-up to No 155 Alexa Glatch in her professional tournament, a $25k event in Gatineau.

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Bianca Andreescu was given wildcards into qualifying at the Canadian Open in 2015 and 2016, but was unable to qualify.

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Bianca Andreescu missed most of the first half of 2016 due to injury.

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Bianca Andreescu won her first ITF titles in singles and doubles at the August 2016 event in Gatineau, winning the doubles with junior rival Robillard-Millette.

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Bianca Andreescu won two more $25k titles in early 2017, which helped her break into the top 200 of the WTA rankings.

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Bianca Andreescu lost her Grand Slam debut to No 105 Kristina Kucova.

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Bianca Andreescu defeated Camila Giorgi in the opening round, her first win on the WTA Tour.

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Bianca Andreescu entered qualifying at the US Open, but lost her opening match.

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Bianca Andreescu reached her first WTA final in doubles with compatriot Carson Branstine at the Tournoi de Quebec.

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Bianca Andreescu then partnered with compatriot Carol Zhao to win the doubles title at the $60k Challenger de Saguenay.

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Bianca Andreescu's best ranking during the year was No 143 and she finished the season at No 182.

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Bianca Andreescu did not play any WTA Tour-level matches in 2018.

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Bianca Andreescu entered qualifying for all four majors, but did not qualify for any of them.

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Bianca Andreescu came the closest at the French Open and Wimbledon, falling one match short at both.

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Bianca Andreescu played primarily at the $25k level, reaching four finals.

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Bianca Andreescu reached the semifinals of the $60k Challenger de Granby, where she withdrew due to a back injury.

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Bianca Andreescu began the season by qualifying for the main draw at the Auckland Open, where she made her first WTA Tour singles final.

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Bianca Andreescu continued her hot streak with a semifinal at the Mexican Open.

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Bianca Andreescu then had an even larger breakthrough at the Premier Mandatory Indian Wells Open, where she won her first WTA title.

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Bianca Andreescu defeated four top 20 players in the last four rounds, including No 6 Elina Svitolina and No 8 Angelique Kerber in the semifinals and final, respectively, both in three sets.

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Bianca Andreescu became the first wildcard women's singles champion in tournament history and was the first 18-year-old to win the event since Serena Williams in 1999.

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Bianca Andreescu defeated Kerber again at the Miami Open a week later.

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Bianca Andreescu attempted an early comeback at the French Open, but ultimately withdrew after one match.

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Bianca Andreescu made her next return at her home tournament, the Canadian Open, where she won her second high-level Premier tournament of the year.

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Bianca Andreescu won her first four matches in three sets, including the last two over top-ten opponents in No 5 Kiki Bertens and No 3 Karolina Pliskova.

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Bianca Andreescu became the first Canadian to win the tournament since Faye Urban in 1969.

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Bianca Andreescu defeated Williams in straight sets to win the title.

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Bianca Andreescu became the first Canadian tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title, and the first teenage Grand Slam singles champion since Maria Sharapova won the 2006 US Open.

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Bianca Andreescu became the first player to win the US Open in their main-draw debut, and was at the time tied with Monica Seles for being the quickest to win a Grand Slam singles title by doing so in her fourth main-draw appearance, a record since broken by Emma Raducanu.

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Bianca Andreescu closed out the year at the WTA Finals, where she withdrew after two losses to Simona Halep and Pliskova due to a knee injury.

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Bianca Andreescu was the first tennis player to win the award.

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Bianca Andreescu missed the first few months of the 2020 season, including the Australian Open, due to her knee injury.

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Bianca Andreescu was unable to defend her title at the Indian Wells Open until the tournament and the next several months of the season were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Bianca Andreescu returned to competition for the first time in 15 months at the 2021 Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament since her run at the 2019 US Open.

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Bianca Andreescu participated in the Phillip Island Trophy, another new event in Australia, where she lost in the semifinals to Marie Bouzkova.

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Bianca Andreescu would go on to record three-set wins over Amanda Anisimova, Garbine Muguruza, Sara Sorribes Tormo, and Maria Sakkari to set up a clash with world No 1, Ashleigh Barty, in the final.

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Bianca Andreescu tested positive for COVID-19 on 25 April 2021 and was forced to withdraw from the Madrid Open.

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Bianca Andreescu went into the French Open as the sixth seed, however she was upset in the first round by Tamara Zidansek.

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Bianca Andreescu went into the Wimbledon Championships as the fifth seed and was upset in the first round in straight sets, this time by Alize Cornet.

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Bianca Andreescu then went on to withdraw from the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

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Bianca Andreescu returned to action at the National Bank Open, where she was defending champion, but lost to Ons Jabeur in the third round.

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Bianca Andreescu missed many big tournaments in the first three months of 2022, including the Australian Open, Indian Wells, and the Miami Open due to her injury.

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At the French Open Bianca Andreescu reached the second round defeating qualifier Ysaline Bonaventure.

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Bianca Andreescu lost in straight sets to Belinda Bencic in the second round.

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In Berlin, Bianca Andreescu started her grass court season, and participated in both disciplines.

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In doubles, Bianca Andreescu partnered Sabine Lisicki who was on comeback trail after severe injury.

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In Bad Homburg, Bianca Andreescu defeated Martina Trevisan, Katie Swan and top seed Daria Kasatkina to reach her first grass court semifinals.

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Bianca Andreescu reached the final after Simona Halep withdrew from semifinals due to a neck injury.

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Bianca Andreescu won her first match at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships defeating qualifier Emina Bektas in 55 minutes.

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At the Silicon Valley Classic, she lost to Shelby Rogers in two sets, although Bianca Andreescu was visibly struggling with a back injury throughout the match.

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At the Canadian Open, Bianca Andreescu reached the third round after defeating Alize Cornet.

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At the US Open, Bianca Andreescu lost in the third round to Caroline Garcia, in straight sets.

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Bianca Andreescu suffered a gruesome ankle injury in the fourth round against Ekaterina Alexandrova and had to be taken off the court in a wheelchair.

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Canada then defeated Chile, the winners of the other round robin pool, as Katherine Sebov and Bianca Andreescu won the two singles rubbers to clinch the tie.

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Bianca Andreescu then clinched the tie for Canada with a win against No 51 Yaroslava Shvedova, the highest-ranked player she defeated to date.

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Bianca Andreescu employs a wide variety of shots into her style of play that is set apart by the level of power she incorporates into her game.

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Bianca Andreescu has multiple options with her forehand, including hitting it flat, with slice, or with heavy topspin to push her opponents further back behind the baseline.

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Bianca Andreescu has multiple options with her two-handed backhand, and is capable of hitting it flat at sharp angles, with power, or one-handed with slice.

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Bianca Andreescu can hit large numbers of winners, most of which are typically from the forehand side.

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Bianca Andreescu hit 19 winners in the 2019 US Open final and 44 in the 2019 Indian Wells final, 37 of which were forehand winners.

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Bianca Andreescu can hit moonballs on occasion for the same purpose.

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Yao-Gallop, who played professionally for five years, remarked that Bianca Andreescu always played with power, but initially lacked control.

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Bianca Andreescu served as Andreescu's primary coach at the time and focused on having her improve at taking the ball early, which Andreescu viewed as having an immediate impact on her success as a junior player.

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Labelle travelled from Montreal to Toronto so that Bianca Andreescu did not need to leave home to train.

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In March 2018, Bianca Andreescu switched from Tauziat to Sylvain Bruneau, another Tennis Canada coach, so that she could have a full-time traveling coach.

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Bianca Andreescu is supported by both Canadian and Romanian fans due to her Romanian heritage.

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Bianca Andreescu lived in Romania for two and a half years as a child.

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Bianca Andreescu speaks fluent Romanian, and she travels with her parents back to Romania annually to visit the rest of her family.

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Bianca Andreescu was raised in part by her Romanian grandparents.

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Bianca Andreescu has stated she did not have a favorite tennis player while growing up.

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Bianca Andreescu has said she tried to model her game after that of Halep.

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Bianca Andreescu first met Halep at the 2016 Canadian Open, where Halep advised her to turn professional.

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Bianca Andreescu stated she looked up to Kim Clijsters and the Williams sisters.

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Bianca Andreescu has been regularly practicing a form of meditation called creative visualization since she was 12 years old.

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Bianca Andreescu's dog Coco, a Poodle, is a popular addition to her box.