Only child, parents are Ian (Romanian) and Renee (Chinese). Born in Toronto and moved to Bromley, south of London, at the age of two
Favorite shot is forehand and favorite surface is hard
Started playing tennis aged five
In the summer of 2021, completed her A-level exams in maths and English
Has a wide variety of interests in sports such as go-karting, horse riding, tap dancing, golf, skiing and basketball
Plays
Right-Handed
Career High
10
Height
5' 7'' (1.75m)
Birthday
Nov 13, 2002November 13, 2002
Birthplace
Toronto, Canada
Career Highlights
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2021 - US Open.
Career in Review
Returned to the courts in 2024 winning opening round matches at Auckland, Australian Open and Abu Dhabi. Went on to reach semifinals at Nottingham, as well as quarterfinals at Stuttgart, Eastbourne, Washington and Seoul. Achieved her first career Top 10 wins over No.5 Jessica Pegula at Eastbourne and No.9 Maria Sakkari at Wimbledon
In 2023 made fourth round of Indian Wells (l. Swiatek) before falling in opening rounds at Miami and Stuttgart. Ended her season after Stuttgart and took time away to undergo minor surgery on both hands and ankle in May 2023.
Struggled with injuries and form throughout 2022 dropping as low as No.83 after 1r exit at US Open
Best performance came late in the year with SF run in Seoul (l. Ostapenko via ret. w/left glute injury). Also made QF at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Swiatek) and Washington DC (l. eventual champion Samsonova) with best win-by-ranking coming over No.22 Azarenka during 3r run at Cincinnati
Earned a career best year in 2021 jumping over 300 ranking spots and finishing the season inside the Top 20 at a career high of No.19 earning her the 2021 WTA Newcomer of the Year Award
Reached QF at Cluj-Napoca 2 (l. Kostyuk) and made appearances at Indian Wells and Linz
Won the US Open in only her fourth Tour-level appearance (d. fellow teenager Fernandez in F); did not drop a set and upset No.12 Bencic and No.18 Sakkari along the way to become the first qualifier to lift a Grand Slam title
Fell 1r at San Jose (as WC, l. Zhang) and finished R-Up at WTA 125K Series event in Chicago (l. Tauson)
At Wimbledon, became the youngest British woman in the Open Era to reach R16 (l. Tomljanovic via ret.); upset Top-50 players Vondrousova and Cirstea en route
Made debut WTA main draw appearance at 2021 Nottingham (as WC, l. Dart in 1r)
Ended 2020 by finishing R-Up at $25k ITF/Sunderland-GBR
Won title at $25k ITF/Pune-IND in 2019
Lifted first two ITF Circuit titles in 2018, at $15k ITF/Antalya-TUR and $15k ITF/Tiberias-GRE
Owns three singles titles on ITF Circuit
In Juniors she reached back-to-back quarter finals of Wimbledon and US Open in 2018
