Bianca Jolie Fernandez (born 24 February 2004) is a Canadian tennis player.
Full name | Bianca Jolie Fernandez |
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Country (sports) | Canada |
Residence | Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Born | Montréal, Quebec, Canada | 24 February 2004
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
College | UCLA[1] |
Prize money | $62,483 |
Singles | |
Career record | 77–69 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 606 (11 September 2023) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 39–45 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 178 (16 September 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 178 (16 September 2024) |
Last updated on: 16 September 2024. |
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
editHaving 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
editDoubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2020 | ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | W15 | Hard | Leylah Fernandez | Veronika Pepelyaeva Anastasia Tikhonova |
6–4, 3–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2021 | ITF Marbella, Spain | W25 | Clay | Ana Lantigua de la Nuez | Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Ángela Fita Boluda |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Jan 2023 | ITF Fort-de-France (Martinique), France | W15 | Hard | Anna Ulyashchenko | Jenny Dürst Fanny Östlund |
4–6, 6–3, [4–10] |
Loss | 0–4 | Apr 2023 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W25 | Clay | Chiara Scholl | Misaki Matsuda Ikumi Yamazaki |
6–4, 2–6, [9–11] |
Loss | 0–5 | Sep 2024 | ITF Leiria, Portugal | W35 | Hard | Radka Zelníčková | Sarah Beth Grey Matilde Jorge |
6–7(1), 2–6 |
References
edit- ^ "NCAA Update: Bianca Fernandez Climbing Up the Rankings". April 24, 2024.
- ^ "Bianca Fernandez | Ranking History | Weekly & Yearly Rankings – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ Rivard, Paul (2 March 2022). "Rivard: Fernandez and Fernandez in Monterrey". Tennis Canada. Tennis Canada. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ Lapinski, Jessica (2022-08-10). "« Ma sœur, c'est mon inspiration » -Bianca Fernandez". Le Journal de Québec. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
External links
edit- Bianca Fernandez at the Women's Tennis Association
- Bianca Fernandez at the International Tennis Federation