Personal

Currently working with Nick Cavaday
Only child, parents are Ian (Romanian) and Renee (Chinese). Born in Toronto and moved to Bromley, south of London, at the age of two
Favorite shot is forehand and favorite surface is hard
Started playing tennis aged five
In the summer of 2021, completed her A-level exams in maths and English
Has a wide variety of interests in sports such as go-karting, horse riding, tap dancing, golf, skiing and basketball

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (1): 2021 - US Open.

Career in Review

In 2023 made fourth round of Indian Wells (l. Swiatek) before falling in opening rounds at Miami and Stuttgart. Ended her season after Stuttgart and took time away to undergo minor surgery on both hands and ankle in May 2023.

Struggled with injuries and form throughout 2022 dropping as low as No.83 after 1r exit at US Open

Best performance came late in the year with SF run in Seoul (l. Ostapenko via ret. w/left glute injury). Also made QF at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Swiatek) and Washington DC (l. eventual champion Samsonova) with best win-by-ranking coming over No.22 Azarenka during 3r run at Cincinnati

Earned a career best year in 2021 jumping over 300 ranking spots and finishing the season inside the Top 20 at a career high of No.19 earning her the 2021 WTA Newcomer of the Year Award

Reached QF at Cluj-Napoca 2 (l. Kostyuk) and made appearances at Indian Wells and Linz

Won the US Open in only her fourth Tour-level appearance (d. fellow teenager Fernandez in F); did not drop a set and upset No.12 Bencic and No.18 Sakkari along the way to become the first qualifier to lift a Grand Slam title

Fell 1r at San Jose (as WC, l. Zhang) and finished R-Up at WTA 125K Series event in Chicago (l. Tauson)

At Wimbledon, became the youngest British woman in the Open Era to reach R16 (l. Tomljanovic via ret.); upset Top-50 players Vondrousova and Cirstea en route

Made debut WTA main draw appearance at 2021 Nottingham (as WC, l. Dart in 1r)

Ended 2020 by finishing R-Up at $25k ITF/Sunderland-GBR

Won title at $25k ITF/Pune-IND in 2019

Lifted first two ITF Circuit titles in 2018, at $15k ITF/Antalya-TUR and $15k ITF/Tiberias-GRE

Owns three singles titles on ITF Circuit

In Juniors she reached back-to-back quarter finals of Wimbledon and US Open in 2018