Bianca Andreescu

Juniors

Andreescu reached a career-high junior ranking of No. 3 in early 2016. She won Les Petits As, a prestigious 14-and-under tournament, in 2014, and later that year took the 16-and-under Orange Bowl, becoming the fourth consecutive Canadian to win that event. She began playing 18-and-under events in late 2013 and won her first titles in 2014 at Grade-4 and Grade-5 levels. In early 2015, she won both singles and doubles at the Condor de Plata tournament, her first Grade-2 event.

She was runner-up at the Open International Junior de Beaulieu-sur-Mer, her first Grade-1 tournament. After losing her opening matches at her first four Grade-A events, she won the Canadian Open Junior Championships, her first Grade 1 title. Later in 2015, she reached the singles and doubles finals at the Yucatán Cup, winning the doubles. She then defeated Kayla Day to win the Orange Bowl, her first Grade-A title, becoming the first player since Mary Joe Fernández to win the girls' under-16 and under-18 titles in consecutive years.

Andreescu also represented Canada at the Junior Fed Cup with Charlotte Robillard-Millette and Vanessa Wong, helping the team take third place. She was named Outstanding Junior Female by Tennis Canada.

Professional

Andreescu began playing on the ITF Circuit in July 2015, finishing runner-up to Alexa Glatch in her first professional tournament, a 25k event in Gatineau. She received wildcards into qualifying at the Canadian Open in 2015 and 2016 but did not qualify. After missing much of early 2016 due to injury, she won her first ITF singles and doubles titles in August 2016 in Gatineau. In October, she was runner-up in both singles and doubles at the 50k Challenger de Saguenay.

She won two more 25k titles in early 2017, breaking into the top 200. After losing in qualifying at the French Open, she qualified for Wimbledon, losing her Grand Slam debut to Kristína Kučová. Later that month, she received a wildcard into the Washington Open, where she defeated Camila Giorgi for her first WTA Tour win and upset world No. 13 Kristina Mladenovic before losing in the quarterfinals. She made her Canadian Open main-draw debut as a wildcard, losing to Tímea Babos.

At the US Open, she lost in qualifying. In doubles, she reached her first WTA final at the Tournoi de Québec with Carson Branstine, finishing runner-up, and won the doubles title at the $60k Challenger de Saguenay with Carol Zhao. Her best ranking that year was No. 143.

National representation

Andreescu made her senior Fed Cup debut in 2017 when Canada competed in the Americas Zone Group I. Canada swept their round robin pool of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Venezuela, with Andreescu winning all five of her rubbers without dropping a set. Canada then defeated Chile, and in the World Group II play-offs faced Kazakhstan. After Andreescu lost her opening singles rubber to Yulia Putintseva, Françoise Abanda won both of her singles rubbers, and Andreescu clinched the tie with a win against Yaroslava Shvedova, earning Canada promotion to World Group II for 2018.

In 2018, Canada faced Romania in World Group II, losing the tie after Andreescu lost to Irina-Camelia Begu. Canada then faced Ukraine in the World Group II play-offs; although Andreescu lost to Lesia Tsurenko, Eugenie Bouchard won both her singles rubbers, and Andreescu partnered with Gabriela Dabrowski to win the decisive doubles rubber, keeping Canada in World Group II. In 2019, Andreescu won both her singles rubbers as Canada swept the Netherlands 4–0 to advance to the World Group play-offs.

She missed the next tie against Czech Republic due to a shoulder injury, and Canada lost 0–4, but a change in the Fed Cup format allowed Canada to advance to the qualifying round for the 2020 Fed Cup Finals.

Playing style

Andreescu employs a wide variety of shots combined with power. Martina Navratilova compared her variety to that of Martina Hingis but with more power. Andreescu rarely hits two shots in a row the same way, making it difficult for opponents to read her shots. Her forehand can be hit flat, with slice, or with heavy topspin, and her two-handed backhand can be hit flat at sharp angles, with power, or one-handed with slice.

She frequently uses well-disguised drop shots and occasionally moonballs to change pace. In the 2019 US Open final, she hit 19 winners, and in the 2019 Indian Wells final, she hit 44 winners, 37 of which were forehand winners. Following a loss to Andreescu at the 2019 US Open, Caroline Wozniacki likened her style to that of Kim Clijsters, noting Andreescu's movement and ability to use angles. Former world No. 1 Tracy Austin, Sportsnet Canada, and The Wall Street Journal have described her as fun to watch, and Gerald Marzorati of The New Yorker wrote, 'For me, this kind of play is tennis.'

Did You Know?

• Andreescu began playing tennis in Pitești, Romania at the age of seven, initially coached by Gabriel Hristache, a friend of her father.
• Her parents emigrated from Romania to Canada in 1994 when her father accepted a job in the country.
• In 2024, Andreescu appointed her hitting partner of three years, J.T., as her coach.