Bianca Andreescu Biography
Bianca Andreescu(Bianca Vanessa Andreescu) is a Canadian professional tennis player of Romanian descent. Further, she realized a career-high ranking of No. 4 in the world and serves as the highest-ranked Canadian in the history of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). She turned Pro in 2017.
Bianca Andreescu Age
Andreescu was born on June 16, 2000, in Mississauga, Ontario, United States. She is 22 years old as of 2022.
Bianca Andreescu Height
Andreescu stands at an approximate height of 5 feet and 7 inches.
Bianca Andreescu Family
Andreescu’s parents are Romanian migrants. They came to Canada in 1994 after her father’s employment in the country. He serves at an automotive company as a mechanical engineer. On the other hand, her mother, Maria served at a bank in Romania. When she was 6, her family moved back to Romania for her mom’s business debut in Romania. Two years later, they shut down the business and returned to Canada.
Currently, her mom serves as the chief compliance officer at a financial services company. Partly, her grandparents raised Andreescu. On a side note, Andreescu’s middle name, Vanessa, was inspired by American actress and singer, Vanessa Williams. It is also not known if Andreescu has any siblings.
Bianca Andreescu Husband
Andreescu is very private about her personal life therefore it is not known if she is in any relationship. There are also no rumors of Andreescu being in any past relationship with anyone. Also, she has a Poodle named Coco.
Bianca Andreescu Net Worth
Andreescu has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which she has earned through her successful career as a tennis player.
Bianca Andreescu Career
Andreescu is a professional tennis player who has realized a career-high ranking of No. 4 in the world. Also, she serves as the highest-ranked Canadian in the history of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA). Further, she served as the champion at the US Open and the Canadian Open in 2019, defeating Serena Williams to secure both titles. Moreover, she serves as the initial Canadian tennis player to attain a major singles title and the initial to secure the Canadian Open in 5 decades.
Additionally, she served as the initial player to attain a big singles title as a teenager since Maria Sharapova in 2006. Nonetheless, she began playing tennis in her parent’s home country of Romania prior to returning to Canada. As a junior, she realized success when she won the Orange Bowl and two major doubles titles with compatriot Carson Branstine proceeding to reach a career-best junior ranking of No. 3 globally. Following her inactivity at the WTA Tour level in 2018, she had a breakout year in 2019.
Further, she began as a runner-up in her initial event of the season, the Auckland Open. Later, she attained prominence when she attained the Premier Mandatory tournament, the Indian Wells Open. Even though she missed a number of months due to an injury, she qualified for the WTA Finals at the end of the season and closed the year with a ranking of No. 5. Moreover, her playing style combines with variety and is widely regarded as “fun to watch” by tennis commentators and journalists.
In 2015, she led Canada to third place at the Junior Fed Cup and fifth place in 2016. When Canada served in the third-tier Americas Zone Group I, she made her senior Fed Cup debut in 2017. When she started playing tennis, she served under her father’s friend, Gabriel Hristache in Pitești, Romania at the age of 7. After moving back to Canada, she trained at the Ontario Racquet Club in Mississauga before moving to the U14 National Training Centre in Toronto operated by Tennis Canada.
During training with Tennis Canada at the U14 National Training Centre, she served alongside Lan Yao-Gallop for two years beginning at the age of twelve. This is when she seriously began training. Also, she served with Aref Jallali. When she was 14, Nathalie Tauziat and André Labelle served as her coach. In March 2018, she switched from Tauziat to Sylvain Bruneau so as to have a full-time traveling coach. Due to being both Canadian and Romanian, she’s backed by both Canadian and Romanian fans.
During her career, she has attained a number of awards. For instance, in 2019, she attained the WTA Newcomer of the Year award. In 2017, she attained the Fed Cup Heart Award. Both in 2015 and 2016, she attained the Outstanding Junior Female award. Moreover, she attained Lou Marsh Trophy, awarded to Canada’s top athlete, in 2019. Also, in 2019 she won the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award, awarded to Canada’s female athlete of the year. Additionally, she attained the Performance of the Year award and the Female Summer Athlete of the Year award.
Bianca Andreescu Simona Halep
Halep serves as a Romanian professional tennis player with a rank of world No. 1 in singles twice between 2017 and 2019. Further, she serves as Andreescu’s favorite player at times due to them having a similar style of play and because she is Romanian. Further, Andreescu voiced that she attempted modeling her game after Halep’s. Initially, she met Halep at the 2016 Canadian Open, where Halep advised her to turn professional.
Bianca Andreescu Vs Liudmila Samsonova
On October 10th, 2022, Andreescu played against Samsonova, ranked at No. 23 in the world, and winner of three WTA titles at the WTA San Diego Open. Further, Andreescu upset Russia’s Liudmila Samsonova 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-2 in 2 hours and 38 minutes in the opening round of the stacked draw. This was Andreescu’s initial time playing since losing in the third round of the U.S. Open in early September 2022.
Bianca Andreescu Vs Emma Raducanu
At the Italian Open of two US Open champions, Raducanu retired from her match against Andreescu due to a back injury. During that time, Andreescu had scored 6-2, 2-1.
Bianca Andreescu Vs Cori Gauff
Gauff claimed victory, 6-4 4-6 6-3, during her match-up against Andreescu.
Bianca Andreescu Vs Caroline Garcia
In Louis Armstrong Stadium, Garcia won against Andreescu with a 6-3, 6-2, win in September 2022.
Bianca Andreescu Wardrobe Malfunction/Skirt/Nike
During her first-round match at the 2022 U.S. Open, she implored a chair umpire for an additional bathroom break to change. She voiced her attire was “so bad” in the breezy conditions. When she was facing France’s Harmony Tan in the opening round on the Grandstand, the wind kept blowing her skirt up and affecting her shots. Her wish was granted and she swapped into a white tank top and skirt. Later, she apologized to Nike and the umpire during her post-match press conference after winning 6-0, 3-6, 6-1, against France’s Harmony Tan.
Bianca Andreescu Injury
When she was 19, she tore the meniscus in her knee. Due to the injury, she withdrew from the 2020 Australian Open to tend to the injury.
Does Bianca Andreescu Wear An Arm Band Due To An Injury?
No, she doesn’t wear the armband due to an injury. She just put it on her arms because it kept flying off as she hit her forehands so she wore it on her wrist. Further, she decided to keep it, and thus became her thing.
Bianca Andreescu Social Media Platforms
She is active on her social media accounts and is often seen posting on her Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. She has over 703K followers on Instagram.
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