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 19)
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$36,816
Singles
Career record77–67 (53.5%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 606 (11 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 717 (25 December 2023)
Doubles
Career record31–41 (43.1%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 331 (24 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 586 (25 December 2023)
Last updated on: 25 December 2023.

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 331, achieved on 24 July 2023. [1]

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. [2] Later that year, she recorded her first WTA main-draw win at the Canadian Open, where she and Leylah defeated Kirsten Flipkens and Sara Sorribes Tormo in the first round. [3]

ITF finals

Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–2)
$15,000 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Oct 2020ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard 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, Spain25,000Clay 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), France15,000Hard 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 Pula, Italy25,000Clay 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]

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References

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