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
Achievements
- 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
Fun Facts
- 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
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