Bianca Fernandez

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Bianca Fernandez
Full nameBianca Jolie Fernandez
Country (sports)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Residence Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S.
Born (2004-02-24) 24 February 2004 (age 20)
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
College UCLA [1]
Prize money$62,483
Singles
Career record77–69
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 606 (11 September 2023)
Doubles
Career record39–45
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 178 (16 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 178 (16 September 2024)
Last updated on: 16 September 2024.

Bianca Jolie Fernandez (born 24 February 2004) is a Canadian tennis player.

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Fernandez has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 606, achieved on 11 September 2023. She also has a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 178, achieved on 16 September 2024. [2]

Career

Having previously played an exhibition doubles match with the Bryan brothers, Fernandez made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2022 Monterrey Open in the doubles draw, partnering with her sister, Leylah Fernandez. They lost in the first round to Elixane Lechemia and Ingrid Neel. [3] Later that year, she recorded her first WTA main draw doubles win at her home tournament, the WTA 1000 2022 National Bank Open in Toronto, Canada, she and Leylah defeated Kirsten Flipkens and Sara Sorribes Tormo in the first round. [4]

Following a semifinal showing at the WTA 1000 2024 Canadian Open, again with her sister Leylah, she climbed more than 700 positions up in the doubles rankings reaching a new career-high in the top 200.

ITF finals

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

Legend
W25/35 tournaments (0–2)
W15 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Oct 2020ITF Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptW15Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Leylah Fernandez Flag of Russia.svg Veronika Pepelyaeva
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Tikhonova 		6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss0–2Sep 2021ITF Marbella, SpainW25Clay Flag of Spain.svg Ana Lantigua de la Nuez Flag of Spain.svg Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Flag of Spain.svg Ángela Fita Boluda 		3–6, 2–6
Loss0–3Jan 2023ITF Fort-de-France (Martinique), FranceW15Hard Flag of the United States.svg Anna Ulyashchenko Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jenny Dürst
Flag of Sweden.svg Fanny Östlund 		4–6, 6–3, [4–10]
Loss0–4Apr 2023ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25Clay Flag of the United States.svg Chiara Scholl Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Matsuda
Flag of Japan.svg Ikumi Yamazaki 		6–4, 2–6, [9–11]
Loss0–5Sep 2024ITF Leiria, PortugalW35Hard Flag of Slovakia.svg Radka Zelníčková Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sarah Beth Grey
Flag of Portugal.svg Matilde Jorge 		6–7(1), 2–6

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References

  1. ↑ "NCAA Update: Bianca Fernandez Climbing Up the Rankings". April 24, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Bianca Fernandez | Ranking History | Weekly & Yearly Rankings – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  3. ↑ Rivard, Paul (2 March 2022). "Rivard: Fernandez and Fernandez in Monterrey". Tennis Canada. Tennis Canada . Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  4. ↑ Lapinski, Jessica (2022-08-10). "« Ma sœur, c'est mon inspiration » -Bianca Fernandez". Le Journal de Québec. Retrieved 2023-08-05.


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