Emma Raducanu

Emma Raducanu
MBE
Emma Raducanu at the 2024 Washington Open
Country (sports) United Kingdom
ResidenceLondon, England
Born (2002-11-13) 13 November 2002 (age 22)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachNigel Sears
Prize moneyUS$2,803,376
Singles
Career record64–22 (74.42%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 150 (30 August 2021)
Current rankingNo. 150 (30 August 2021)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon4R (2021)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. -
Current rankingNo. -
Emma Raducanu in October 2021

Emma Raducanu MBE (born 13 November 2002) is a British tennis player.[1] She is the current women's singles US Open champion. She won it without losing a set in the tournament.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

Career statistics

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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 Belgium Hélène Scholsen 7–6(3), 6–4
Win 2–0 Oct 2018 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Hard Czech Republic Johana Marková 6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Mar 2019 ITF Tel Aviv, Israel 15,000 Hard Italy Corinna Dentoni 4–6, 3–6
Win 3–1 Dec 2019 ITF Pune, India 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Naiktha Bains 3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Mar 2020 ITF Sunderland, UK 25,000 Hard (i) Bulgaria Viktoriya Tomova 6–4, 4–6, 3–6

References

  1. ↑ "Emma Raducanu Biography". www.lta.org.uk.
  2. ↑ "Emma Raducanu roars past Sakkari to set up US Open final against Fernandez". The Guardian. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Nothing to fear for Emma Raducanu in draw filled with intrigue". The Times. 5 July 2021. Archived from the original on 5 July 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "Introducing Wimbledon 2021's Grand Slam debutantes". Women's Tennis Association.