18 Facts About Emily Fanning

Emily Fanning was born on 13 June 1995 and is a former tennis player from New Zealand.

Emily Fanning commenced studying Dietetics and Nutrition at Florida State University in 2014.

Emily Fanning transferred to the University of Kentucky in 2017 to complete her degree, having played college tennis for both institutions.

Emily Fanning made her WTA Tour debut when given a wildcard into the singles qualifying at the Auckland Open, where she lost in the first round to Katie O'Brien.

Emily Fanning was voted New Zealand's Female Junior Player of the Year.

Emily Fanning received another wildcard into the Auckland Open in 2012, but again could not get past the first round, her conqueror this time being Anne Keothavong.

Emily Fanning played at all four junior Grand Slam events, losing in the first round of singles at each but reaching the second round of doubles at all except the Australian Open, and broke into the world's top 50 juniors.

Emily Fanning was again voted New Zealand's female junior player of the year, and was rewarded with a nomination to the New Zealand Fed Cup team for 2013.

Emily Fanning made her debut for New Zealand Fed Cup team in Astana, Kazakhstan, in February 2013.

Emily Fanning played a week later in Lexington, Kentucky, losing in the first round of both singles and doubles, but she then had another year away from the tour.

Emily Fanning's best singles result was a quarterfinal loss to Linnea Malmqvist in the last of those events, but she did better in doubles, reaching the semifinals of the last two tournaments.

Emily Fanning had a poor year on the ITF Circuit in 2018, qualifying for just two singles main draws.

Emily Fanning won only one main draw doubles match, at Naples in Florida, after having had to qualify.

Emily Fanning reached the second round of singles five times on the ITF Circuit in 2019.

Emily Fanning had had the advantage eight times as well, as they fought through 15 deuces.

In between those two events, Emily Fanning played two singles matches when New Zealand played their 2019 Fed Cup matches in Kuala Lumpur, beating the representative from Bangladesh but losing to Hong Kong's Cody Wong.

Emily Fanning started the new year with two tournaments in Hong Kong, where she failed to qualify for the main draw in singles but reached the quarterfinals in doubles in both events.

Emily Fanning won both singles matches and her first doubles, but she and Kelly Southwood lost their doubles play-off to the Philippines.