Carson Branstine

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Carson Branstine
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Branstine with Texas A&M in 2024
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States (2014–17)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (2017–present)
Residence Orange, California
Born (2000-09-09) September 9, 2000 (age 24)
Irvine, California
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$84,917
Singles
Career record111–57
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 252 (November 4, 2024)
Current rankingNo. 252 (November 4, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  Junior3R (2017)
French Open  Junior1R (2017)
Wimbledon  JuniorQF (2017)
US Open  JuniorQF (2016)
Doubles
Career record37–26
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 203 (September 18, 2017)
Current rankingNo. 881 (November 4, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  JuniorW (2017)
French Open  JuniorW (2017)
Wimbledon  JuniorSF (2017)
US Open  Junior2R (2015, 2017)
Last updated on: November 4, 2024.

Carson Branstine (born September 9, 2000) is a Canadian-American tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 252 on 4 November 2024. Branstine also reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 203 on 18 September 2017, and a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 4 on July 17, 2017. She won the 2017 Australian Open and French Open junior doubles titles with Bianca Andreescu. [1] [2] Branstine represented the United States from 2014 to February 2017, but started representing Canada, the birth country of her mother, in March 2017. [3]

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Early life

Branstine was born in Irvine, California, to an American father, Bruce, and a Canadian mother, Carol Freeman, from Toronto. She has two older sisters, Cassidy and Constance, both of whom play collegiate tennis. [4] Her cousin Freddie Freeman is a professional baseball first baseman and MVP for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). [5] Carson began playing tennis at the age of 7. After spending a few years training at the USTA, Branstine accepted an offer from Tennis Canada to train at the National Training Centre in Montreal, starting in October 2016. [6]

Tennis career

2014–15

Branstine played her first junior tournament in November 2014 at the ITF G4 in Atlanta and won the doubles title. [7] Two weeks later at the G4 in Boca Raton, she captured her first junior singles title and also won in doubles. [8] In March 2015, she played her first professional tournament, losing to Karolína Stuchlá in the first round of the $10k in Gainesville, Florida. [9] In June 2015, she won the doubles title at the G4 in Haverford, Pennsylvania. [10] Branstine qualified for her first junior Grand Slam main draw at the US Open in September, but lost to Evgeniya Levashova in the opening round. She also reached the second round in doubles. [11]

2016

In March, Branstine captured her second junior singles title with a victory over Ann Li at the G4 in Newport Beach, California. [12] She won her third junior singles title in June at the ITF G4 in Plantation, Florida. [13] In September, she reached the quarterfinals in singles of the junior US Open, upsetting the No. 2 seed Olesya Pervushina in the second round. [14] In November, she advanced to the semifinals in doubles at the $50k Toronto Challenger with partner Elena Bovina. [15] Also in November, she reached the doubles semifinals at the ITF GA in Mexico City. [16] In December, Branstine made it to the semifinals in singles and to the quarterfinals in doubles at the Eddie Herr ITF G1 in Bradenton, Florida. [17] The following week, she advanced to the semifinals of the GA Orange Bowl. [18]

2017

In January at the Australian Open, Branstine reached the third round in girls' singles and captured the doubles title with Bianca Andreescu. [1] She started representing Canada officially in March and played her first tournament as a Canadian at the G1 in Carson, California at the end of the month, where she went on to win both the singles and doubles titles. [3] [19] In June at the junior event of the French Open, Branstine lost in the opening round in singles, but won her second straight major doubles title with Bianca Andreescu. [2] In July at the G1 in Roehampton, she won the doubles title with Marta Kostyuk. [20] At Wimbledon, she lost in the quarterfinals in singles and in the semifinals in doubles with Kostyuk, ending her hopes of winning a third straight junior doubles Grand Slam title. [21] In August at the Rogers Cup, she was awarded a wildcard into the doubles main draw with compatriot Bianca Andreescu, her first WTA Tour main draw. They upset Kristina Mladenovic and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round, before falling to the top seeds, Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina. [22] At the junior US Open in September, Branstine was defeated in the second round in both singles and doubles. [23] The following week at the Tournoi de Québec, she advanced with Andreescu to her first WTA Tour doubles final in which they were defeated by the top-seeded Tímea Babos and Andrea Hlaváčková. [24]

College tennis

Branstine made the decision to accept a full scholarship at the University of Southern California in 2019, and transferred to the University of Virginia, after spending a redshirt season at USC. She did not play the tennis season at USC or Virginia due to injury. Branstine majored in Society, Ethics and Law with a minor in Philosophy. She transferred to Texas A&M where she played two seasons of college tennis. During her collegiate career, she reached a career-high ITA ranking of No. 2 in doubles and No. 8 in singles. Branstine returned to the Texas A&M Aggies for the 2024 postseason, contributing to the team winning their first NCAA Championship. [25]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Sep 2017 Tournoi de Québec,
Canada		InternationalCarpet (i) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bianca Andreescu Flag of Hungary.svg Tímea Babos
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Andrea Hlaváčková 		3–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
W75 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (2–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Mar 2019 ITF Carson, United StatesW15Hard Flag of the United States.svg Elizabeth Mandlik 2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss0–2 Jul 2019 Challenger de Gatineau, CanadaW25Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Leylah Fernandez 6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win1–2 Nov 2021 ITF Cairo, EgyptW15Clay Flag of Indonesia.svg Priska Madelyn Nugroho 7–6(6), 6–1
Loss1–3 Sep 2022 ITF Lubbock, United StatesW15Hard Flag of the United States.svg Liv Hovde 6–7(2), 1–6
Win2–3 Nov 2023 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ranah Akua Stoiber 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Win3–3 Nov 2023 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Germany.svg Emily Welker 6–2, 6–3
Win4–3 Jan 2024 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW35Hard Flag of Andorra.svg Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva 6–2, 6–2
Loss4–4 Feb 2024 ITF Antalya, TurkeyW35Clay Flag of Romania.svg Cristina Dinu 3–6, 0–3 ret.
Loss4–5 Apr 2024 ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW35Clay Flag of France.svg Sara Cakarevic 3–6, 1–6
Win5–5 Jun 2024 Sumter Open, United StatesW75Hard Flag of the United States.svg Sophie Chang 7–6(6), 6–7(6), 6–1
Win6–5 Aug 2024 Vrnjačka Banja Open, SerbiaW35Clay Flag of Serbia.svg Lola Radivojević 7–6(5), 6–4

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Legend
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Jul 2018 Challenger de Gatineau, CanadaW25Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bianca Andreescu Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Hsu Chieh-yu
Flag of Mexico.svg Marcela Zacarías 		4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win2–0 Nov 2023 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Germany.svg Selina Dal Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Eliessa Vanlangendonck
Flag of Germany.svg Emily Welker 		3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win3–0 Apr 2024 ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW35ClayFlag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Reyngold Flag of France.svg Émeline Dartron
Flag of France.svg Margaux Rouvroy 		6–3, 6–0

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2017 Australian Open Hard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bianca Andreescu Flag of Poland.svg Maja Chwalińska
Flag of Poland.svg Iga Świątek 		6–1, 7–6(4)
Win 2017 French Open Clay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bianca Andreescu Flag of Russia.svg Olesya Pervushina
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasia Potapova 		6–1, 6–3

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