Factbox on Emma Raducanu England, who defeated Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 6-3 in the US Open on Saturday to win the first grand slam title: Age: 18 Nations: English WTA Ranking: 150 Queryed: 1 (US Open 2021) Runbook story book Emma Raducanu ends with 🏆 in New York! https://t.co/ESLSW4TQny- US Open Tennis (@Usopen) 1631398288000road to FinalFirst Round: Beat Stefanie Voegele (Switzerland) 6-2 6-3 Second Round: Beat Shuai Zhang (China) 6-2 6-4 Third Round: Beat Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain) 6-0 6-1 Fourth Round: Beat Shelby Rogers (US) 6-2 6-1 Quarter Final: Defeat 11-Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 6-3 6-4 Semi-finals : Beat 17-Maria Sakkari (Greece) 6-1 6-4 like this is what pure joy.
😄🤗🏆 https://t.co/LFJRGP6MW9- US Open Tennis (@Usopen) 1631403109000 Worth living on Romanian Father and Chinese Mothers in Toronto, Canada, Raducanu moved to London for five years and began playing five tennis.
Career to date * became professional in 2018, reaching major 20 at the junior level.
* Win three titles of the International Tennis Federation.
* Making the WTA tournament debut at the Grasccourt event at Nottingham in June 2021.
* Come to stand out when he made a Grand Slam debut playing Draw at Wimbledon in July 2021.
After entering the tournament as a wildcard ranked 338 in the world, he advanced to the fourth round where he was Retirement against Australia Ajla Tomljanovic after suffering from difficulty breathing.
#UsoPen Champion @emmaraducanu has a special message for you all: https://t.co/ewtFe7PQ7A- US Open Tennis (@Usopen) 1631412180000 * Reach the Final WTA 125K event in Chicago in August 2021.
* qualified for 2021 US The main after posting a direct set set in the third round of qualifications.
* Rank 150 in the world, he became the first qualification to win the grand slam title.
He won the title open A.S.
Without dropping a set – both in qualification or in seven main series matches.
* Being the first British woman who won the US Open since Virginia Wade won in 1968 and the first arrested the grand slam title since Wade Won Wimbledon in 1977.
* Projection to move to 24 in US rank on Monday after winning the US.
Open, ending 310-week Johanna CONTA ruled as the top ranking English woman.