Bianca Andreescu

She was the first player to win the girls' under-16 and under-18 titles in back-to-back years since Mary Joe Fernández in 1984 and 1985.

During the season, Andreescu also represented Canada at the Junior Fed Cup with Robillard-Millette and Vanessa Wong.

Andreescu and Robillard-Millette lost the decisive doubles rubber in the semifinals against the Czech Republic.

However, they recovered to win both of their singles rubbers against Russia to take third place.

Andreescu was named Outstanding Junior Female by Tennis Canada at the end of the year.

Her parents emigrated from Romania to Canada in 1994 when her father accepted a job in the country.

Andreescu's father works as a mechanical engineer at an automotive company, while her mother had worked at a bank in Romania.

Her family moved back to Romania when Bianca was six years old so that her mother could start a business in their home country.

After two and a half years, they closed the business and returned to Canada.

Her mother has since worked as the chief compliance officer at a financial services company.

Andreescu began playing tennis in Pitești at the age of seven.

She was initially coached by Gabriel Hristache, a friend of her father.

When she returned 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.

She began training more seriously at the age of 12.

Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (born June 16, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player.

She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 in the world, and is the highest-ranked Canadian in the history of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

She was also the first player to win a major singles title as a teenager since Maria Sharapova in 2006.

Andreescu began playing tennis in her parents' home country of Romania before returning to Canada, the country of her birth.

She had success as a junior, winning the Orange Bowl and two major doubles titles with compatriot Carson Branstine en route to reaching a career-best junior ranking of No. 3 in the world.

Andreescu began playing 18-and-under events on the ITF Junior Circuit in late 2013.

She had early success as a junior, winning Les Petits As, a prestigious 14-and-under tournament, in 2014.

She also won the 16-and-under Orange Bowl at the end of the year, becoming the fourth Canadian in a row to win that event.

She won her first titles in 2014, three in singles and one in doubles, at Grade-4 and Grade-5 tournaments, the two lowest levels.

Andreescu moved up to higher-level events in early 2015, winning both the singles and doubles titles at the Condor De Plata tournament in Bolivia, her first Grade-2 tournament.

She finished runner-up to compatriot Charlotte Robillard-Millette at the Open International Junior de Beaulieu-sur-Mer, her first Grade-1 tournament.

Andreescu had less immediate success at the highest-level Grade-A tournaments, losing her opening round matches at her first four such events, which included the last three Grand Slam events of the year.

Nonetheless, she defeated Robillard-Millette in their home country to win the Canadian Open Junior Championships during the summer, her first Grade 1 title.

Late in the year, Andreescu reached both the singles and doubles final at the Yucatán Cup, finishing runner-up to Kayla Day in singles while winning her first doubles title at the Grade 1 level.

At her last tournament of the year, Andreescu defeated Day to win the Orange Bowl, her first Grade-A title.

Andreescu had a career-high junior ranking of No. 3 in world, which she achieved in early 2016.

Andreescu had more success at the Grand Slam tournaments in 2016, but did not win any titles in singles or doubles at any level.

As the top seed at the Australian Open in both singles and doubles, she withdrew from both events after two matches each because of recurring injuries involving her left adductor and right ankle, as well as a stress fracture in her foot.

After not playing any matches at the WTA Tour level in 2018, Andreescu had a breakout year in 2019, beginning with a runner-up in her first event of the season, the Auckland Open.

She then rose to prominence by winning the Indian Wells Open, a Premier Mandatory tournament.

Although she missed several months due to injury, Andreescu qualified for the WTA Finals at the end of the season and finished the year ranked No. 5.

Andreescu's style of play combines power with variety and has been widely regarded as "fun to watch" by tennis commentators and journalists.

She has strong support from both Canadian and Romanian fanbases.

Bianca Vanessa Andreescu was born in Mississauga, Ontario to Nicu and Maria Andreescu.

Andreescu was the champion at the US Open and the Canadian Open in 2019, defeating Serena Williams to win both titles.

She is the first Canadian tennis player to win a major singles title, and the first to win the Canadian Open in 50 years.