Emma Raducanu

1.1. Birth, Family, and Heritage

Emma Raducanu was born on 13 November 2002, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her family moved to England when she was two years old, settling in Bromley, London, as her parents believed it would be an excellent environment for her upbringing and talent development. Raducanu holds both British and Canadian citizenship.

Her father, Ion Răducanu, is from Bucharest, Romania, and her mother, Renee Zhai (董梅_Dǒngméi^Chinese), is from Shenyang, China. Both of her parents work in the finance sector. Raducanu has noted that her parents "were both from very academic families... in communist countries so education was kind of their only option." She is fluent in English, Mandarin, and Romanian. Her grandmothers reside in Bucharest and northeast China, and she enjoys watching Taiwanese television shows.

1.2. Childhood and Education

Raducanu began playing tennis at the age of five at the Bromley Tennis Academy. Her father encouraged her to try various other sports and activities as a child to foster confidence and development. These included basketball, golf, karting, motocross, skiing, horse riding, and ballet.

She attended Bickley Primary School before moving on to Newstead Wood School, a selective grammar school in Orpington. Prioritizing her education, Raducanu completed her A-Levels, achieving an A* in mathematics and an A in economics. Her former coach, Matthew James, observed that this commitment to academics helped keep her balanced, contributing to her development as a player. Raducanu has also expressed her passion for Formula One and is a fan of the football club Tottenham Hotspur.

2.1. Junior Career

Raducanu made her ITF Junior Circuit debut in Liverpool at the Nike Junior International (Grade-5 event) on her 13th birthday, the earliest age allowed for entry. She won the tournament eight days later, becoming the youngest-ever winner of an ITF under-18 tournament. Her junior success continued in 2017 with two titles in February at the Yonex ITF Hamburg and ITF Oslo Open Grade-4 events.

In January 2018, Raducanu won the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis girls' ITF tournament (Grade-3) and a Grade-2 junior tournament in New Delhi, both in India. In Chandigarh, she defeated Diana Khodan of Ukraine in straight sets at the Lawn Tennis Association Stadium. She secured two additional titles the following month, bringing her total for 2018 to four and seven over the course of her junior career, with wins at the Biotehnos Cup and Šiauliai Open Grade-2 events.

Later in 2018, she reached the girls' singles quarterfinals at both the Wimbledon Championships and the US Open. At Wimbledon, Raducanu notably defeated Leylah Fernandez in the second round, a victory she would repeat three years later in the senior US Open final.

2.2. Professional Debut (2018-2020)

Raducanu turned professional in 2018, alternating between junior and professional tournaments throughout 2018 and 2019. She made her debut on the ITF Women's Circuit in 2018, securing her first professional title in May at the 15.00 K USD event in Tiberias. She finished the season with a second 15.00 K USD title in October at the ITF Antalya.

In 2019, Raducanu competed in Maharashtra, India, where she retired in the second round of the 25.00 K USD Solapur Open. She won a 25.00 K USD event in Pune, India, in December, defeating Naiktha Bains in three sets in the final at Deccan Gymkhana Ground. Her semifinal and quarterfinal victories in Pune also came in three sets.

Raducanu was selected to play for the British team in the 2020 Billie Jean King Cup qualifying after Johanna Konta withdrew. At the time, she was described as "the British player with the most potential of her generation." She was scheduled to partner Bains in the doubles qualifiers against Slovakia, but the match was not played. Raducanu stated, "Being a bit of the underdog is great because you can go out there with no fear."

In 2020, many tennis events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Raducanu participated in exhibition matches and small tournaments in the United Kingdom, winning the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) British Tour Masters title in December 2020. She also dedicated time to her academic studies, preparing for her A-Level examinations, which she took in 2021.

2.3. Breakthrough and US Open Title (2021)

Raducanu began training with coach Nigel Sears at the end of April 2021. In early June, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Nottingham Open as a wildcard entry, where she lost in the first round to fellow Briton Harriet Dart.

In late June, Raducanu received a wildcard to the Wimbledon Championships, making her major main-draw debut. She advanced to the third round with victories over Vitalia Diatchenko and Markéta Vondroušová, becoming the youngest British woman to reach the Wimbledon third round since Elena Baltacha in 2002. She then defeated Sorana Cîrstea to reach the fourth round, the youngest British woman to reach the last 16 in the Open Era. This performance also saw her enter the top 200 in the WTA rankings. Raducanu retired in the second set of her fourth-round match against Ajla Tomljanović due to breathing difficulties and sickness.

In July, Raducanu changed her coach from Sears to Andrew Richardson, one of her youth coaches, for the US Open Series. In August, she played at the Silicon Valley Classic as a wildcard, losing in the first round to Zhang Shuai. She then reached the final of the WTA 125 event in Chicago, where she lost to Clara Tauson. The WTA ranking points gained from this tournament brought her to a new career-high ranking of world No. 150.

At the US Open, Raducanu entered the main draw as a qualifier. Ranked 150th in the world, she had to play three matches in the qualifying tournament to secure her spot. In the main draw, she embarked on a historic run, defeating Stefanie Vögele, Zhang Shuai, Sara Sorribes Tormo, Shelby Rogers, Belinda Bencic, Maria Sakkari, and Leylah Fernandez to win the US Open title. She became the first qualifier (male or female) to win a Grand Slam tournament in the Open Era, and achieved this without dropping a single set throughout the entire tournament. This was only the second major tournament of her career, setting an Open Era record for the fewest majors played before winning a title.

Raducanu advanced to the semifinals without dropping a set, becoming the fifth player in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam semifinal as a qualifier. By reaching the final, she entered the top 25 and became the British No. 1. She was the first British woman to reach the US Open final since Virginia Wade in 1968. The final against Leylah Fernandez was the first all-teenage women's singles final since the 1999 US Open. Raducanu clinched the title with a 109 mph ace. She was the first woman to win the US Open without dropping a set since Serena Williams in 2014. As a result of her victory, Raducanu's ranking surged to No. 23, a jump of 332 places from the start of the year. She received congratulatory messages from notable figures, including Elizabeth II and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.

Less than two weeks after her US Open victory, Raducanu chose not to extend her coaching arrangement with Richardson. She accepted a wildcard into the main draw of the Indian Wells Open in October 2021, where she was aided by former British No. 1 Jeremy Bates but lost in straight sets in her first match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich. She subsequently withdrew from the Kremlin Cup, citing schedule changes.

Later in October, Raducanu entered the Transylvania Open in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, as the third seed. There, she earned her first WTA Tour victory by defeating Polona Hercog. She advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Ana Bogdan, before losing to Marta Kostyuk in straight sets. Her last WTA Tour event of 2021 was the Linz Open, where she was the top seed for the first time. She lost in her round of 16 match against Wang Xinyu in three sets. Shortly after the tournament, she announced she had hired Torben Beltz as her permanent coach.

After finishing the 2021 WTA Tour at a career-high of world No. 19, Raducanu participated in an exhibition match against Elena-Gabriela Ruse at the Champions Tennis event in the Royal Albert Hall on 28 November 2021, which she won in two sets. She was scheduled to play Belinda Bencic in another exhibition at the Mubadala Championship, but withdrew after testing positive for COVID-19.

2.4. Professional Career (2022)

Raducanu was set to begin the 2022 season at the Melbourne Summer Set but withdrew due to her recent bout of COVID-19. She started the season at the Sydney International with a significant loss to Elena Rybakina in the first round. On 10 January 2022, she reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 18, and on 14 February 2022, she climbed to No. 12. She made her Australian Open debut as the 17th seed, defeating 2017 US Open champion and former world No. 3 Sloane Stephens in the first round. She was defeated by Danka Kovinić in the second round, attributing the loss to a blister on her racquet hand.

At the Abierto Zapopan, Raducanu retired from her first-round match against Daria Saville in the third set, due to a hip injury sustained during the over three-and-a-half-hour match, which was the longest of the WTA season at the time. She subsequently withdrew from the Monterrey Open due to a reported "small left leg injury."

This season marked her first appearance in the "Sunshine Double" (Miami and Indian Wells Opens). Her only success came at Indian Wells with a victory over former world No. 4 Caroline Garcia in her first match, before losing in the subsequent round. The early hardcourt season concluded with a first-match loss in her Miami Open debut.

In March, she was announced on the British team for the Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers, marking her first time playing in the competition and her first match of the season on clay. She debuted as Great Britain's top seed in a tie against the Czech Republic. She secured her first professional victory on clay in her first match of the tournament against Tereza Martincová in straight sets. She was defeated by Markéta Vondroušová in her second match due to blister issues on her right foot. Following this, her season continued with a WTA clay season debut at the Stuttgart Open in April, where she secured her first WTA Tour victory on clay against Storm Sanders in the first round. She advanced to her first quarterfinals in a WTA 500 level event but was defeated by world No. 1 Iga Świątek, in her first match against a No. 1 ranked player.

After only five months of working together, Raducanu announced a split from coach Torben Beltz to use a new training model with the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) providing interim support. This change included the addition of LTA coach Louis Cayer as a consultant on her technique, particularly serves, having worked together since early April. In May, Raymond Sarmiento began working as her hitting partner. She was aided by Iain Bates of the LTA in place of a coach in her debut at the Madrid Open. After the Stuttgart quarterfinals appearance, the remainder of her clay court season saw little success, with early round exits at the Madrid Open, Italian Open, and in her debut at the French Open, where she lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich. This included a first round retirement at the Italian Open against former world No. 4 and 2019 US Open champion, Bianca Andreescu, after carrying a back injury into the match.

The grass-court season began at the Nottingham Open, where she faced Viktorija Golubic in the first round, retiring after only 33 minutes due to injury. Raducanu had been expected to enter as a top 20 wildcard into Eastbourne, but did not enter due to the ongoing injury. Nevertheless, she entered Wimbledon as the 10th seed. She defeated Alison Van Uytvanck in the first round but was then defeated by Caroline Garcia in the second round. She reached the top 10 in the rankings on 11 July 2022.

Raducanu started the US Open Series by entering the Washington Open in August. Seeded second, she advanced to her second quarterfinals of the season, having played the longest two-set match of the 2022 season in the previous round. Raducanu also made her professional doubles debut at the tournament with Clara Tauson, losing in the first round. She also began working with coach Dmitry Tursunov on a trial basis. She debuted at the Canadian Open, where she was defeated by 2021 tournament winner Camila Giorgi in the first round. The summer hardcourt season continued with a third-round loss at the Cincinnati Open after significant wins against former world No. 1 players Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka. She became the first player in history to win a bagel set (6-0) against both Williams and Azarenka.

Raducanu entered the 2022 US Open as the defending champion, seeded 11th. In her opening round match, she lost to Alizé Cornet in straight sets, becoming the third woman in US Open history to lose her opening match in the year after winning the title. Having failed to defend any of the points she earned with the title the previous year, Raducanu fell outside of the top 80 in the rankings. The early US Open exit was followed by a second round loss at the Slovenia Open, where she received a medical timeout for her left leg.

At the Korea Open, Raducanu advanced to her first semifinal of the season where she retired in the third set to top seed Jeļena Ostapenko due to an injury. This marked her fourth mid-match retirement of the season. After a first round exit at the Ostrava Open, her WTA season ended after withdrawing from the Transylvania Open and Guadalajara Open, citing a wrist injury. Following this, the coaching trial with Tursunov concluded without an extension, and fitness trainer Jez Green was added to her team. The wrist injury also led to a withdrawal from the Billie Jean King Cup Finals a few weeks later. After finishing the season ranked at world No. 75, she was defeated by world No. 2 Ons Jabeur in an exhibition match at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, where she also started working with Sebastian Sachs as her new coach on a trial basis.

2.5. Professional Career (2023)

Ranked No. 78, Raducanu returned to the tour at the Auckland Open in January. After defeating Czech teenager Linda Fruhvirtová in the first round, she retired in the second round due to a left ankle injury. Having recovered with a short turnaround for the Australian Open, she advanced to the second round where she was defeated by world No. 7 Coco Gauff. Following an over month-long recovery and training session after Australia, her planned return to tour at the ATX Open was cut short after she withdrew due to tonsillitis. She subsequently withdrew from an exhibition event at Indian Wells to continue preparations for the main tournament. Despite a return of her wrist problems from the previous season, she entered the Indian Wells Open and advanced to the fourth round, defeating 20th seed Magda Linette and 13th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia along the way. Since the wrist continued to be an issue at the Miami Open, after her defeat in the first round, she decided to find a long-term solution to her pain. She was also unavailable to participate in this season's Billie Jean King Cup qualifying round.

The clay-court season began with a return to the Stuttgart Open and a first round significant loss to Jeļena Ostapenko, having reached the quarterfinals a year prior. She withdrew late from the Madrid Open, just hours before her first round match due to a continuing wrist problem. As a result, she fell out of the top 100 for the first time since September 2021 at the conclusion of the tournament. After undergoing surgery on her ankle and both wrists to remove carpal bosses, she skipped the remainder of the clay and grass court seasons with a possible return to tour after the summer. In June, she parted ways with coach Sebastian Sachs.

In November 2023, Raducanu withdrew from a December exhibition match in Macau, continuing her recovery from hand and foot surgeries. Her withdrawal from the Macau event, necessitated by the slow pace of her rehabilitation, saw her world ranking fall to No. 289. Raducanu's recovery included working with different types of tennis balls to regain her form, while lacking a dedicated coach or team.

2.6. Professional Career (2024)

It was announced in December 2023 that Raducanu was to return to the tour in January 2024. She accepted a wildcard into the Auckland Open where she lost in the second round to second seed and eventual finalist Elina Svitolina. She also entered the Australian Open with a protected ranking of No. 103. This ranking initially placed her outside the main draw entry cut-off, requiring her to enter through qualification, however a series of withdrawals allowed her to avoid qualifying and enter into the main draw.

Raducanu had been without a coach since her injury hiatus. She confirmed her partnership with former junior coach, and former head coach of the LTA Loughborough Academy, Nick Cavaday. In the week before the Australian Open, Raducanu was set to play two exhibition tournaments but later withdrew from both, citing soreness as a precaution rather than a new injury. In the first round of the Australian Open, Raducanu defeated Shelby Rogers in straight sets. In the second round, she lost in three sets to Wang Yafan.

Raducanu's season continued with a straight-sets victory against Marie Bouzková at the Abu Dhabi Open, losing to Ons Jabeur in the second round. A lacklustre performance followed at the Qatar Open, where Raducanu lost to Anhelina Kalinina, receiving a bagel in the first set. She did not play until the Indian Wells Open where she reached the third round for the first time since the 2023 edition of the event, beating qualifier Rebeka Masarova and 30th seed Dayana Yastremska, who retired four games into the first set. She lost to second seed Aryna Sabalenka in the third round, marking her sixth loss against a top-10 player. Raducanu received a wildcard into the main draw of the Miami Open, but withdrew before her scheduled first round match against Wang Xiyu, citing a lower back injury.

Raducanu began her clay-court season with the Billie Jean King Cup team, playing a tie against France in Le Portel. She defeated Caroline Garcia and Diane Parry to help Great Britain qualify for the Billie Jean King Cup finals. Raducanu was also awarded a wildcard for the Stuttgart Open and defeated local wildcard Angelique Kerber and Linda Nosková both in straight sets to reach her first quarterfinal since 2022. As a result, she moved more than 80 positions up, back into the top 250. In the quarterfinal, she lost to world No. 1 Iga Swiatek in straight sets. Raducanu entered the Madrid Open as a wildcard, and lost to qualifier María Lourdes Carlé in the first round in straight sets, citing "physical and emotional exhaustion." She withdrew from the Italian Open qualifying, and after no wildcard was offered, withdrew from the French Open qualifying, stating that she would train for the impending grass and American hardcourt season.

In June 2024, Raducanu started her grass-court season at the Nottingham Open. She reached the semifinals and lost against Katie Boulter. She continued her Wimbledon warm-up at the Eastbourne International, beating the second seed and getting her first top-ten win against Jessica Pegula. Raducanu lost in the next round to Daria Kasatkina in straight sets. At Wimbledon, Raducanu beat Renata Zarazúa, Elise Mertens, and achieved her second top-ten victory against world No. 9 Maria Sakkari, returning to the fourth round and the top 100. She did not advance, being out-played against New Zealand qualifier Lulu Sun.

In her first tournament after Wimbledon, Raducanu reached the quarterfinals at the Washington Open with wins over eighth seed Elise Mertens and Peyton Stearns before losing to Paula Badosa in three sets. Raducanu lost in the first round at the US Open, going down in three sets to Sofia Kenin. Her next tournament was at the Korea Open where she defeated Peyton Stearns and Yuan Yue to reach the quarterfinals where she retired with an injury to her left foot after losing the opening set to Daria Kasatkina. Raducanu subsequently withdrew from the China Open, Ningbo Open, and Hong Kong Open due to the same injury.

Raducanu made her return to competitive action in November at the Billie Jean King Cup finals in Spain, where she defeated Jule Niemeier in straight sets in Great Britain's first-round win over Germany. She then overcame Rebecca Marino as Great Britain defeated defending champions Canada to reach the semifinals. In their last four match against Slovakia, Raducanu defeated Viktória Hrunčáková in straight sets, but Great Britain lost the tie 2-1. In December, Raducanu confirmed she had started working with fitness trainer Yutaka Nakamura, who previously worked with Maria Sharapova and Naomi Osaka, ahead of the 2025 season.

2.7. Professional Career (2025)

Raducanu was scheduled to start her 2025 season at the Auckland Open but withdrew due to a back injury. Her first competitive match of the year was at the Australian Open, where she defeated 26th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in two sets that both went to tiebreaks. Raducanu then overcame Amanda Anisimova in straight sets to reach the third round at this major for the first time in her career. She subsequently lost to second seed Iga Świątek.

On 24 January, it was announced that Raducanu had stopped working with coach Nick Cavaday due to issues with his health. Seeded seventh at her next tournament, the Singapore Open, she lost in the first round to Cristina Bucșa in three sets. The following week she received a wildcard into the main draw at the Abu Dhabi Open, but again lost her opening match, this time to fellow wildcard entrant Markéta Vondroušová. Raducanu was given a wildcard entry into the Qatar Open, losing once more in the first round to Ekaterina Alexandrova in straight sets for her fourth successive defeat, which was her longest losing streak of her career to date. She finally ended her run of defeats at the Dubai Tennis Championships, where she entered as a wildcard once more and overcame Maria Sakkari in the first round. Raducanu lost to 14th seed Karolína Muchová in the second round.

4.1. Interests and Influences

Raducanu has stated that she admires the athletic prowess of Simona Halep and aims to emulate the strong mentality and sporting ethics of Li Na. Both Halep and Li Na represent the ancestral countries of her parents, inspiring her approach to the game.

She is a devoted fan of Formula One racing and actively supports the English football club Tottenham Hotspur.

4.2. Safety and Stalking Incidents

On 28 January 2022, a man named Amrit Magar was found guilty of stalking Raducanu at her home. Raducanu testified that these incidents made her feel unsafe in her own house and caused her concern about going out alone. On 23 February 2022, Magar was sentenced to community service and received a five-year restraining order.

On 19 February 2025, a man who had previously approached her and was described by the WTA as having "exhibited fixated behaviour" was spotted in the crowd during one of her matches in Dubai. Raducanu visibly became distressed and started crying, leading to the man's removal from the stadium and a subsequent ban from all WTA events. The man was reported to have given Raducanu a letter at her hotel prior to the match. The following day, on 20 February 2025, the man signed a restraining order, legally committing to maintaining distance from Raducanu.

7.1. Grand Slam Singles Performance Timeline

7.2. Grand Slam Tournament Finals

7.3. WTA Tour and ITF Circuit Finals

7.4. Tennis Records

Emma Raducanu holds several notable records and unique achievements in the Open Era of tennis.

7.5. Career Earnings

The following table details Emma Raducanu's prize money earnings from professional tournaments over the course of her career.