Emma Raducanu was born on 13 November 2002 and is a British professional tennis player.
83 Facts About Emma Raducanu
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Emma Raducanu reached a career-high ranking of No 10 by the Women's Tennis Association on 11 July 2022, and is the current British No 1.
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Emma Raducanu made her WTA Tour debut in June 2021.
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At the 2021 US Open, Emma Raducanu became the first singles qualifier in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title, beating Leylah Fernandez in the final without dropping a set in the tournament.
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Emma Raducanu holds the Open Era record for the fewest majors played before winning a title.
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Emma Raducanu was born on 13 November 2002, in Toronto, Canada, and was raised in Bromley, England.
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Emma Raducanu's family moved to England when she was two years old, and she holds both British and Canadian citizenship.
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Emma Raducanu is fluent in Mandarin and almost fluent in Romanian; her grandmothers live in Bucharest and Northeast China.
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Emma Raducanu started playing tennis at the age of five, while participating in various other sports and activities as a child, such as basketball, golf, karting, motocross, skiing, horse riding, and ballet.
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Emma Raducanu is a fan of Formula One and the football club Tottenham Hotspur.
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Emma Raducanu has stated she would like to become as athletic as Simona Halep, and aspires to the mentality and sporting ethics of Li Na.
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Emma Raducanu said that the incidents made her feel unsafe in her house and concerned to go out alone.
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Emma Raducanu made her International Tennis Federation debut in Liverpool at the Nike Junior International after having entered on her 13th birthday, the earliest allowed age of entry.
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Emma Raducanu subsequently won the tournament eight days later and became the youngest ever winner of an ITF Under-18 tournament.
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Emma Raducanu won the ITF Chandigarh Lawn Tennis girls' tournament in January 2018.
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Emma Raducanu defeated Diana Khodan of Ukraine in the final at Chandigarh, held at the Lawn Tennis Association Stadium, where she won in straight sets.
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Emma Raducanu won two additional titles the following month, four in total for 2018 and seven over the course of her junior career, with wins at the Biotehnos Cup and Siauliai Open Grade-2 events.
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At Wimbledon, Emma Raducanu defeated Leylah Fernandez in the second round, a victory she would repeat in the US Open final three years later.
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Emma Raducanu alternated between junior and professional tournaments during 2018 and 2019.
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Emma Raducanu made her debut on the ITF Women's circuit in 2018 and secured her first title of the year in May at the $15,000 ITF Tiberias.
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Emma Raducanu retired in the second round of the $25K Solapur Open.
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Emma Raducanu was then selected to play for the team in the 2020 Qualifying after Johanna Konta withdrew to focus on the Olympics.
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At the time, Emma Raducanu was described as "the British player with the most potential of her generation".
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Emma Raducanu would have partnered Bains in the doubles qualifiers against Slovakia, but the match was not played.
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Emma Raducanu participated in exhibition matches and small tournaments in the United Kingdom.
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Emma Raducanu won the Lawn Tennis Association LTA British Tour Masters title in December 2020.
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Emma Raducanu devoted time to her academic studies, preparing for her A Level examinations, which she took in 2021.
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Emma Raducanu began training with coach Nigel Sears at the end of April 2021.
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Emma Raducanu lost in the first round to Briton Harriet Dart.
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Emma Raducanu was the youngest British woman to reach the Wimbledon third round since Elena Baltacha in 2002.
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Emma Raducanu then defeated Sorana Cirstea to reach the fourth round, becoming the youngest British woman to reach the last 16 in the Open Era, as well as entering into the top 200.
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Emma Raducanu retired in the second set of her fourth round match against Ajla Tomljanovic, after experiencing breathing difficulties and sickness.
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Emma Raducanu reached the final of the WTA 125 event in Chicago, where she lost to Clara Tauson.
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At the US Open, Emma Raducanu entered the main draw as a qualifier.
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Emma Raducanu, ranked 150th in the world, had to play three matches in the qualifying tournament to get into the main draw.
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In progressing to the final of the US Open, Emma Raducanu entered the top 25 and became British No 1.
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Emma Raducanu became the fifth player in the Open Era to make the semifinal on her US Open debut, and the first British woman to reach the US Open final since Virginia Wade in 1968.
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Emma Raducanu defeated Leylah Fernandez in two sets, winning with a 109-mph ace, in what was the first all-teenage women's singles final since the 1999 US Open.
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Emma Raducanu won the title without dropping a set, the first woman to do so at the US Open since Williams in 2014.
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Emma Raducanu was the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam tournament in the Open Era.
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Emma Raducanu received congratulatory messages from a number of notable figures, including Elizabeth II and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
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Less than two weeks after her victory at the US Open, Emma Raducanu chose not to extend her coaching arrangement with Richardson.
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Emma Raducanu entered the Indian Wells Open in October 2021, accepting a wildcard place in the main draw.
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Emma Raducanu lost in straight sets in her first match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
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Emma Raducanu lost in her round of 16 match against Wang Xinyu, in three sets.
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Emma Raducanu was scheduled to play Bencic in another exhibition at the Mubadala Championship, before withdrawing after testing positive for COVID-19.
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Emma Raducanu was set to start the season at the Melbourne Summer Set, but withdrew, citing her recent bout of COVID-19.
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Emma Raducanu began the season at the Sydney International with a lopsided loss to Elena Rybakina in the first round.
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Emma Raducanu reached her career-high singles ranking of No 18 on 10 January 2022, and made her Australian Open debut as the 17th seed, where she defeated 2017 US Open champion and former world No 3 Sloane Stephens in the first round.
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Emma Raducanu was defeated by Danka Kovinic in the second round, putting the loss down to a blister on her racquet hand.
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Emma Raducanu subsequently withdrew from the Monterrey Open due to the reported "small left leg injury".
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Emma Raducanu debuted as Great Britain's top seed in a tie against the Czech Republic.
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Emma Raducanu secured her first professional victory on clay in her first match of the tournament against Tereza Martincova in straight sets.
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Emma Raducanu was defeated by Marketa Vondrousova in her second match of the qualifying tournament after suffering blister issues on her right foot.
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Emma Raducanu was aided by Iain Bates of the LTA in place of a coach in her debut at the Madrid Open.
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Emma Raducanu had been expected to enter as a top 20 wildcard into Eastbourne, but did not enter due to the ongoing injury.
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Emma Raducanu was defeated by Caroline Garcia in the second round after a first round win over Alison Van Uytvanck.
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Emma Raducanu reached the top 10 in the rankings on 11 July 2022.
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Emma Raducanu made her professional doubles debut at the tournament with Clara Tauson, losing in the first round.
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Emma Raducanu debuted at the Canadian Open, where she was defeated by 2021 tournament winner Camila Giorgi in the first round.
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Emma Raducanu became the first player in history to win a bagel set against both Williams and Azarenka.
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Emma Raducanu entered the 2022 US Open as the defending champion, seeded 11th.
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Emma Raducanu subsequently withdrew from an exhibition event at Indian Wells to continue preparations for the main tournament.
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Emma Raducanu was unavailable to participate in this season's Billie Jean King Cup qualifying round.
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Emma Raducanu is primarily a baseline player, with an aggressive style of play.
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Emma Raducanu can hit her backhand one-handed with slice, to break up the pace of rallies and disrupt her opponent's rhythm, but she does not use this shot often.
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Emma Raducanu has a strong forehand, although it is more volatile than her backhand.
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Emma Raducanu's most effective serve is a wide, sliced serve, which she used during the 2021 US Open.
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Emma Raducanu keeps opponents deep in the court by taking the ball early, and hitting hard down the line, whilst attacking short second serves by going for return winners.
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Emma Raducanu is comfortable on all surfaces, although she has stated that she prefers hard courts, where she won her maiden major title.
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Emma Raducanu is sponsored by Nike for clothing and shoes, and by Wilson for racquets, currently endorsing the Wilson Blade range of racquets; despite this, she uses the Wilson Steam 100 on court, painted as a Wilson Blade.
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Emma Raducanu signed with sports agency IMG while on the junior circuit and has been represented by executive Max Eisenbud.
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Emma Raducanu was ranked the 12th most marketable athlete in the world in 2022 by SportsPro.
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Emma Raducanu starred alongside other British sportspeople and celebrities in a Christmas advertisement for sporting goods retailer Sports Direct in November 2021.
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Emma Raducanu became an ambassador for British telecommunications firm Vodafone and German automobile manufacturer Porsche in March 2022.
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In June 2022, Emma Raducanu signed a four-year deal with British multinational bank HSBC.
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In November 2021, Emma Raducanu was named Sportswoman of the Year by the Sunday Times.
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Emma Raducanu won Sportswoman of the Year and the Peter Wilson Trophy for international newcomer in December 2021, awarded by the Sports Journalists' Association.
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Emma Raducanu was voted the 2021 WTA Newcomer of the Year by the WTA.
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On 19 December 2021, Emma Raducanu was named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, becoming the first female tennis player to win the trophy since Virginia Wade in 1977.
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Emma Raducanu was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours for her contribution to tennis.
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In March 2022, Emma Raducanu was named Sports Star of the Year at the Stylist's Remarkable Women Awards 2022.
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Emma Raducanu won the Best Athlete, Women's Tennis award at the 2022 ESPY Awards.