Belinda Bencic

Height: 5ft 9in / 1.75m

Date of Birth: 10 March 1997

World Ranking: 17

No. of Titles: nil

Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand

Birthplace: Flawil, Switzerland

Residence: Wollerau, Switzerland

The biggest moment of Bencic’s career came at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where Bencic won a gold in singles and silver in doubles with partner Viktorija Golubic
Bencic is the youngest female tennis player to be ranked the in top 10 in the WTA list in 2016
Bencic has won 5 single titles including a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour
As a junior, Bencic won the 2013 Roland Garros and Wimbledon girls’ singles titles. Later that same year, she received the honour of the ITF Junior World Champion
Bencic turned pro in 2012 and at just 17 years-old, she made it to the quarterfinals of the 2014 US Open
Bencic won her first WTA title in Toronto at the 2015 Rogers Cup (Canadian Open)
Bencic made her top-10 debut in 2016 at 18 years-old

She began to hit tennis balls for one hour a day at the age of two with her father
She started playing tennis from the age of 4 and began to practice daily with Martina Hingis’ mother, Melanie Molitor
She is a big fan of her countryman Roger Federer
Both Bencic’s parents are professional athletes. Her father played professional hockey in the Swiss National League A, while her mother was an elite handball player
She loves to bake, and her favourite dish is Nutella pizza
She absolutely loves dogs, if she could, she’d adopt all the shelter dogs