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Bianca Vanessa Andreescu
(
Romanian pronunciation:
[andre?esku]
; born June 16, 2000) is a Canadian professional
tennis
player. She was born in
Mississauga
,
Ontario
.
She has a career-high ranking of No. 4 in the world, and is the highest-ranked Canadian in the history of the
Women's Tennis Association
(WTA).
Andreescu was the champion at the
US Open
and the
Canadian Open
in 2019, beating
Serena Williams
to win both titles.
She is the first Canadian tennis player to win a
Grand Slam
singles title and the first to win the Canadian Open in 50 years. She is also the first player to win a Grand Slam singles title as a teenager since
Maria Sharapova
in 2006.
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