Here’s what we know about the 18-year-old tennis star:
- Born to a Romanian father and Chinese mother in Toronto, Canada, Raducanu moved to London aged two and started playing tennis aged five.
- Raducanu turned professional in 2018, reaching the top 20 at the junior level.
- She won three International Tennis Federation titles.
- She made her WTA tournament debut at the grasscourt event in Nottingham in June 2021.
- The teen came to prominence when she made her Grand Slam main draw debut at Wimbledon in July 2021. After entering the tournament as a wildcard ranked 338th in the world, she progressed to the fourth round where she retired against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic after suffering breathing difficulties.
- She reached final of the WTA 125K event in Chicago in August 2021.
- She qualified for the 2021 U.S. Open main draw after posting straight-set wins in all three qualifying rounds.
- Ranked 150th in the world, she became the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title.
- She won the U.S. Open title without dropping a set – either in qualifying or in her seven main draw matches.
- Raducanu is the first British woman to win the U.S. Open since Virginia Wade triumphed in 1968 and the first to capture a Grand Slam title since Wade won Wimbledon in 1977.
- She’s projected to move up to 24th in the world rankings on Monday after winning the U.S. Open, ending Johanna Konta’s 310-week reign as the top-ranked British woman.
