Bianca Andreescu

Bianca Andreescu

Andreescu at the Canadian U18 Junior Nationals in August 2015
Country (sports)  Canada
Residence Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Born (2000-06-16) June 16, 2000
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach(es) André Labelle[1]
Nathalie Tauziat[1]
Prize money $20,876
Singles
Career record 19–9
Career titles 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 297 (November 14, 2016)
Current ranking No. 299 (November 28, 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior 3R (2016)
French Open Junior 1R (2015)
Wimbledon Junior 3R (2016)
US Open Junior SF (2016)
Doubles
Career record 11–5
Career titles 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking No. 365 (November 28, 2016)
Current ranking No. 365 (November 28, 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior QF (2016)
French Open Junior 2R (2015)
Wimbledon Junior 2R (2015)
US Open Junior QF (2016)
Last updated on: November 28, 2016.

Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (born June 16, 2000) is a Canadian tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 297 on November 14, 2016, as ranked by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), and a career-high combined junior ranking of No. 3 on February 1, 2016, as ranked by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

Early life

Andreescu was born in Mississauga and is of Romanian descent.[2] Her middle name—Vanessa—was inspired by actress and singer Vanessa Williams.[1] She moved to her parents’ native country of Romania as a child and started playing tennis at age seven.[2] Andreescu and her family moved back to Canada where she trained at the Ontario Racquet Club in Mississauga.[2] When she was eleven years old, she joined Tennis Canada’s U14 National Training Centre in Toronto for the 2011–2012 season.[3] At age 14, her favorite player was Romanian Simona Halep.[2] Due to the time spent on court, Andreescu is completing her high school degree online.[4]

Tennis career

2014

In January, Andreescu won Les Petits As, one of the most prestigious 14 and under tournaments in the world.[5] In July, she won her first junior titles, taking the singles title at the Grade 5 tournament[lower-alpha 1] in Havana,[6] and the doubles title—partnered with Maria Tanasescu—at the Grade 4 tournament in Nassau the following week.[7] She won her second and third junior singles titles in the fall at the Grade 5 tournament in Burlington[8] and the Grade 4 tournament in Lexington.[9] Andreescu ended her season with the under-16 title at the Orange Bowl with a straight sets win over Dominique Schaefer, becoming the fourth straight Canadian after Erin Routliffe, Gloria Liang and Charlotte Robillard-Millette to win that event.[10]

2015

Andreescu began her 2015 season by winning both the singles and doubles titles at the Grade 2 tournament in La Paz.[11] Two weeks later at the Grade 2 tournament in Córdoba, she captured her third junior doubles title.[12] At the French Open, Andreescu qualified for her first junior Grand Slam, but was defeated in the first round in girls' singles—by the eventual runner-up, Anna Kalinskaya—and in the second round in girls' doubles.[13] At Wimbledon, she was once again eliminated in the first round in girls' singles and in the second round in girls' doubles.[14] At her first professional tournament, the ITF 25K in Gatineau in August, Andreescu advanced to the final with wins over No. 429 Ellie Halbauer, No. 288 Barbora Štefková, No. 206 Shuko Aoyama and No. 275 Victoria Rodríguez. She was defeated by No. 155 Alexa Glatch in the final.[15] In early September, she won her first junior Grade 1 title with a victory over compatriot Robillard-Millette in Repentigny.[16] She lost in the opening round of the US Open girls' singles event.[17] In December, at 15 years of age, she became the first Canadian since Gabriela Dabrowski in 2009 to win the under-18 Orange Bowl, a Grade A tournament.[18] She became the first to win the under-16 and under-18 titles in consecutive years since Mary Joe Fernandez in 1984–85;[18] Chris Evert is another to perform the feat.[4]

In 2015, Andreescu began working with former world No. 3 Nathalie Tauziat, who previously coached Eugenie Bouchard. Tauziat described Andreescu: "She can do many things, she has good hands and she's a very powerful girl. [...] She has big goals and she is doing many things to reach these big goals."[19] Andreescu was named the 2015 Outstanding Junior Female by Tennis Canada.[20]

2016

At the Australian Open, Andreescu was the top seed in both girls' singles and girls' doubles.[1] She advanced to the third round in singles and doubles before withdrawing from both because of recurring injuries including her left adductor, right ankle, and a stress fracture in her foot.[1][21] The injury kept her from competition for six months.[22] She returned to play in the Wimbledon girls' singles event as the sixth seed, but lost in the third round.[23] At the Gatineau ITF 25K tournament a month later, Andreescu claimed the first professional title of her career with a straight sets victory over Ellie Halbauer. Andreescu also won the Gatineau doubles title with compatriot Charlotte Robillard-Millette.[24][25] At the 2016 US Open in September, Andreescu had her best run so far at a junior Grand Slam, reaching the semifinals in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles.[26] At the ITF 50K in Saguenay in October, she reached the singles and doubles finals.[27] Two weeks later at the ITF 50K Tevlin Women's Challenger, Andreescu made it to the quarterfinals in singles and the semifinals in doubles.[28]

National representation

In 2014, Andreescu teamed with Tanasescu and Brindtha Ramasamy to represent Canada at the World Junior Tennis event, an international team championship for boys and girls aged 14-and-under. Andreescu went 3–2 in singles matches and went 2–1 in doubles matches, as Canada finished seventh overall.[29]

Andreescu teamed with Robillard-Millette and Vanessa Wong to represent Canada at the 2015 women's junior Fed Cup finals (for girls 16-and-under) in Madrid. Andreescu went 5–0 in singles matches and went 4–1 in doubles matches, leading Canada to a third-place finish.[30]

WTA Challenger and ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Legend
WTA Challenger 125s (0–0)
ITF $100,000 (0–0)
ITF $75,000 (0–0)
ITF $50,000 (0–1)
ITF $25,000 (1–1)
ITF $15,000 (0–0)
ITF $10,000 (0–0)
Result No. Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner–up 1. August 2, 2015 $25,000 Gatineau, Canada Hard United States Alexa Glatch 4–6, 3–6
Winner 1. August 14, 2016 $25,000 Gatineau, Canada Hard United States Ellie Halbauer 6–2, 7–5
Runner–up 2. October 23, 2016 $50,000 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i) United States CiCi Bellis 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
WTA Challenger 125s (0–0)
ITF $100,000 (0–0)
ITF $75,000 (0–0)
ITF $50,000 (0–1)
ITF $25,000 (1–0)
ITF $15,000 (0–0)
ITF $10,000 (0–0)
Result No. Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. August 14, 2016 $25,000 Gatineau, Canada Hard Canada Charlotte Robillard-Millette Japan Mana Ayukawa
United Kingdom Samantha Murray		 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Runner–up 1. October 22, 2016 $50,000 Saguenay, Canada Hard (i) Canada Charlotte Robillard-Millette Romania Elena Bogdan
Romania Mihaela Buzărnescu		 4–6, 7–6(7–4), [6–10]

Record against top 100 players

Andreescu's win-loss record (0–2, 0%) against players who were ranked world no. 100 or higher when played is as follows:[31]

*Statistics as of July 24, 2016

References

Notes
  1. ↑ ITF-sanctioned junior tournaments are graded. Grade A is the highest level, including junior Grand Slams and a few others. This is followed by Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, and Grade 5 (the lowest level).
Sources
Footnotes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Myles, Stephanie (January 26, 2016). "Injuries the biggest opponent for Canada's junior tennis star". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 24, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Bianca Andreescu: confident, driven and ready to take flight". Tennis Canada. May 6, 2015. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Tennis Canada 2016, p. 142.
  4. 1 2 McIntyre, Mike (Spring 2016). "A Glimpse into the Future". Ontario Tennis. Ontario Tennis Association. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Andreescu wins Les Petits As". Tennis Canada. January 26, 2014. Archived from the original on February 2, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Drawsheet: Copa Horizontes Amistad". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Drawsheet: Junkanoo Bowl". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Drawsheet: Ace Tennis U18 ITF Canadian World Ranking Event 2". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Drawsheet: South Carolina ITF". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Andreescu crowned U16 Orange Bowl champion". Tennis Canada. December 13, 2014. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Drawsheet: Condor De Plata 2015". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Drawsheet: Argentina Cup". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Drawsheet: Roland Garros Junior French Championships". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Drawsheet: The Junior Championships, Wimbledon". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved July 22, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Drawsheet: $25,000 Gatineau". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved August 1, 2015.
  16. ↑ "Montreal junior player's 16-match win streak ends in Repentigny". Montreal Gazette. September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Drawsheet: US Open Junior Tennis Championship". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
  18. 1 2 Harwitt, Sandra (December 14, 2015). "Andreescu earns second junior Orange Bowl victory". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  19. ↑ "Coach Nathalie Tauziat on Bianca Andreescu: "She has big goals"". Tennis Canada. February 28, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
  20. ↑ Tennis Canada 2016, p. 305.
  21. ↑ "Drawsheet: Australian Open Junior Championships". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Strong Canadian contingent for the third edition of the Gatineau National Bank Challenger". Tennis Canada. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Raonic relishing another crack at Federer in Wimbledon semifinals". CTV News. The Canadian Press. July 8, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Drawsheet: $25,000 Gatineau". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved August 14, 2016.
  25. ↑ "Canadians Andreescu and Polanksy crowned champions of the Gatineau National Bank Challenger". Tennis Canada. August 15, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Drawsheet: US Open Junior Tennis Championship". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
  27. ↑ "Drawsheet: $50,000 Saguenay". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved October 23, 2016.
  28. ↑ "Drawsheet: $50,000 Toronto". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
  29. ↑ Tennis Canada 2016, p. 188,207.
  30. ↑ Tennis Canada 2016, p. 230-231.
  31. ↑ "Results". WTATennis.com. Retrieved July 24, 2016.

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