Emma Raducanu: British professional tennis player
Emma Raducanu MBE (born 13 November 2002) is a British tennis player.
This article needs to be updated. (September 2021) |
She is the current women's singles US Open champion. She won it without losing a set in the tournament.
_(42834286534).jpg) Raducanu at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying | |
| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Residence | London, England |
| Born | 13 November 2002 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Nigel Sears |
| Prize money | US$2,803,376 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 64–22 (74.42%) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 150 (30 August 2021) |
| Current ranking | No. 150 (30 August 2021) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2021) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. - |
| Current ranking | No. - |
Raducanu has a career-high singles ranking of world #150, got on 23 August 2021. Before she played at Wimbledon in 2021, her highest WTA singles ranking was #333, on 9 March 2020. She has won three singles titles on the ITF Circuit.
She was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire on 29 November 2022 by King Charles III for her service to tennis.
Personal life
Raducanu was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada to a Romanian father and a Chinese mother, who both work in finance. Her family moved to London when she was aged two because they thought it would be an exciting place for her to grow up. She started playing tennis at the age of five at the Bromley Tennis Academy. She was a pupil at Newstead Wood School, a state grammar school in the London Borough of Bromley.
Career statistics
Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | NH |
Singles
| Tournament | 2021 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | 4R | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
ITF Circuit finals
| Legend |
|---|
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runners-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | May 2018 | ITF Tiberias, Israel | 15,000 | Hard |  Hélène Scholsen | 7–6(3), 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2018 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 15,000 | Hard |  Johana Marková | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Mar 2019 | ITF Tel Aviv, Israel | 15,000 | Hard |  Corinna Dentoni | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–1 | Dec 2019 | ITF Pune, India | 25,000 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | 3–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Mar 2020 | ITF Sunderland, UK | 25,000 | Hard (i) |  Viktoriya Tomova | 6–4, 4–6, 3–6 |
References
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