Emma Raducanu is a British professional tennis player. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 10 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on 11 July 2022, and is the current British No. 1. Raducanu is the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title at the US Open since Virginia Wade in the 1977 Wimbledon Championships. Raducanu was born in Toronto and raised in London. She made her WTA Tour debut in June 2021. With a wildcard entry at Wimbledon, ranked outside the top 300, she reached the fourth round in her first major tournament. At the US Open two months later, Raducanu became the first singles qualifier in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title, beating Leylah Fernandez in the final without dropping a set in the tournament. It was the second Grand Slam tournament of her career; she holds the Open Era record for the fewest majors played before winning a title.
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Raducanu made her International Tennis Federation (ITF) debut in Liverpool at the Nike Junior International after having entered on her 13th birthday, the earliest allowed age of entry. She subsequently won the tournament eight days later and became the youngest ever winner of an ITF Under-18 tournament. Her ITF junior success continued in 2017 with two titles in February at the Yonex ITF Hamburg and ITF Oslo Open Grade-4 events. Raducanu won the ITF Chandigarh Lawn Tennis girls’ tournament in January 2018. In 2018, she won ITF Grade-3 at Chandigarh and Grade-2 junior tournaments at New Delhi both in India. Raducanu defeated Diana Khodan of Ukraine in the final at Chandigarh. She won two additional titles the following month, four in total for 2018 and seven over the course of her junior career, with wins at the Biotehnos Cup and Šiauliai Open Grade-2 events.
Raducanu made her debut on the ITF Women’s circuit in 2018 and secured her first title of the year at the ITF Tiberias. In 2019, Raducanu competed in Maharashtra, India. She won a $25K event in Pune, India, in December; in the final at Deccan Gymkhana Ground, she won against Naiktha Bains in three sets. Her semifinal and quarterfinal victories came in three sets. In the Fed Cup (eventually Billie Jean King Cup) in 2019, she was a hitting partner for the British team. She would have partnered Bains in the doubles qualifiers against Slovakia, but the match was not played. In 2020, many tennis events were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Raducanu participated in exhibition matches and small tournaments in the United Kingdom. She won the Lawn Tennis Association LTA British Tour Masters title in December 2020.
Emma Raducanu is the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title at the US Open since Virginia Wade in the 1977 Wimbledon Championships. She won the US Open in 2021 where she defeated Leylah Fernandez in the finals. As of now it is the only Grand Slam win Raducanu has in her career.
| Competition | Best result | Year |
| Australian Open | Second Round | 2022 |
| French Open | Second Round | 2022 |
| Wimbledon | Fourth Round | 2021 |
| US Open | Winner | 2021 |
Emma Raducanu in a file photo. (Image: twitter/Citi Open) Emma Raducanu in a file photo. (Image: twitter/Citi Open)
Emma Raducanu in a file photo (image:twitter) Emma Raducanu in a file photo (image:twitter)
Emma Raducanu at the 2022 Wimbledon. (Image: Twitter) Emma Raducanu at the 2022 Wimbledon. (Image: Twitter)
Emma Raducanu has become a millionaire just at the age of 19 after her win in the US Open. (Image credit: Twitter) 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu. (Image credit: Twitter)
Emma Raducanu in a file photo (Image credits: Twitter) Emma Raducanu in a file photo (Image credits: Twitter)
Emma Raducanu in a file photo. (Image: twitter/Citi Open) Emma Raducanu in a file photo. (Image: twitter/Citi Open)
