Biography belinda bencic

She has a career-high ranking of world No. Bencic has won eight career singles titles, including a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics , and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour. A former junior world No. On the professional tour, she made her top debut shortly after turning Her breakthrough came at the US Open , where she became the youngest quarterfinalist since Martina Hingis in Bencic won her first two WTA Tour titles in , including the Canadian Open where she defeated four of the top six players in the world.

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She then made her top-ten debut the following year aged From through , Bencic struggled with a variety of injuries, dropping outside the top in the rankings. She then posted her best season to date in winning her second Premier-5 title at the Dubai Championships , reaching her first major semifinal at the US Open , qualifying for her first WTA Finals where she reached the semifinals , and finishing the year inside the top 10 for the first time, which helped her win the WTA Comeback Player of the Year award.

In , Bencic won her biggest career title by claiming the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, also winning silver in the women's doubles. Following a maternity leave in , Bencic returned to the tour in Her parents were both born in Czechoslovakia , but her father's family emigrated to Switzerland in to escape the Warsaw Pact invasion by the Soviet Union.