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- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Emma Raducanu is a British professional tennis player. Raducanu is a US Open champion, and the first British woman to win a Grand Slam singles title since Virginia Wade in the 1977 Wimbledon Championships. She is considered a baseline player, known for her powerful, flat groundstrokes, and aggressive return of serve. Raducanu was born in Toronto and raised in London. She made her WTA Tour debut in June 2021. As a wild card ranked outside the top 300 at Wimbledon, she reached the fourth round in her first major tournament. At the US Open two months later, Raducanu became the first qualifier in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam singles title, beating Leylah Fernandez in the final.- IMDb Mini Biography By: -
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- ParentsIan RaducanuRenee Raducanu
- She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2022 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to tennis. She is a tennis player in London, Greater London, England.
- Raducanu is the first ever qualifier to win the US Open championship title.
- Her greatest tennis idols are Simona Halep (Romania) and Li Na (China).
- (Sept. 11, 2021) The US Open trophy was presented to her by Billie Jean King, herself a 4-time winner of the tournament (1967, 1971, 1972, 1974). Her prize money came to $2.5 million.
- She began playing tennis at the Bromley Tennis Academy and attended Bickley Primary School in Bromley, London.
- [on winning the US Open: 11th September 2021] It still hasn't sunk in because after the match, I haven't really had a moment to just stop and just embrace everything that's just happened. But I can't wait to just really sink in with my team tonight and enjoy and celebrate and then when I get back home, to see everyone back home. It's been seven weeks away now so to go home now, I'm just really excited to see my family and friends.
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