Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Romanian pronunciation: [andreˈesku]; born June 16, 2000) is a Canadian professional tennis player.

After not playing any matches at the WTA Tour level in 2018, Andreescu had a breakout year in 2019, beginning with a runner-up in her first event of the season, the Auckland Open.

Although she missed several months due to injury, Andreescu qualified for the WTA Finals at the end of the season and finished the year ranked No.

Andreescu's style of play combines power with variety and has been widely regarded as "fun to watch" by tennis commentators and journalists.

[13] Nonetheless, she defeated Robillard-Millette in their home country to win the Canadian Open Junior Championships during the summer, her first Grade 1 title.

As the top seed at the Australian Open in both singles and doubles, she withdrew from both events after two matches each because of recurring injuries involving her left adductor and right ankle, as well as a stress fracture in her foot.

[35] Despite entering the year having not played a WTA Tour match in over 14 months, Andreescu had a breakthrough season that took her from well outside the top 100 into the upper echelon of women's tennis.

[42][43] She also qualified for the Australian Open and won one match against Whitney Osuigwe, her first win in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.

She defeated tenth seed Serena Williams in the final, who needed to retire due to back spasms down 1–3 in the first set.

She was unable to defend her title at the Indian Wells Open until the tournament and the next several months of the season were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Seeded eighth, she opened with a three-set victory over Mihaela Buzărnescu in the first round but then was upset by Hsieh Su-wei in straight sets.

Andreescu would go on to record three-set wins over Amanda Anisimova, Garbiñe Muguruza, Sara Sorribes Tormo, and Maria Sakkari to set up a clash with world No.

[66] Seeded sixth at the US Open, she reached the fourth round but lost to Maria Sakkari in a three and a half hour battle that ended after 2AM, making it latest women's singles match in tournament history.

Then she defeated lucky loser Nuria Párrizas Díaz and qualifier Petra Martić to reach her first WTA 1000 quarterfinals since the 2021 Miami Open.

At the French Open, she reached the second round defeating qualifier Ysaline Bonaventure but lost in straight sets to Belinda Bencic.

In Bad Homburg, Andreescu defeated Martina Trevisan, Katie Swan and top seed Daria Kasatkina[71] to reach her first grass court semifinal.

[73] At the Silicon Valley Classic, she lost to Shelby Rogers in two sets, although Andreescu was visibly struggling with a back injury throughout the match.

[76] In Miami, she reached the fourth round defeating Emma Raducanu, seventh seed Maria Sakkari for her first top-10 win for the season, and Sofia Kenin.

[77] At the French Open, she reached the final in mixed doubles as alternate pair with Michael Venus with a win over compatriot Gabriela Dabrowski and American Nathaniel Lammons.

She returned to the WTA Tour, after nine months of hiatus at the 2024 French Open, where she entered using protected ranking,[80] and reached the third round with wins over Sara Sorribes Tormo[81] and 23rd seed Anna Kalinskaya[82] before falling to eventual finalist Jasmine Paolini.

[83] At the beginning of the grass-court season, competing as a wildcard at the Rosmalen Open, she also won two matches and reached her first grass quarterfinal since 2022, with wins over Dutch qualifier Eva Vedder,[84] and sixth seed Yuan Yue.

[85][86] Next, she defeated fellow wildcard Naomi Osaka to reach her first WTA Tour semifinal since 2023 Hua Hin and her first on grass since 2022 in Bad Homburg.

[89][90] At Wimbledon, Andreescu defeated Jaqueline Cristian[91] and 26th seed Linda Nosková,[92] before losing in the third round to eventual tournament runner-up, Jasmine Paolini.

[93] At the Paris Summer Olympics, Andreescu defeated Denmark's Clara Tauson in her opening match to reach the second round, where she fell to Croatia's Donna Vekić.

[94] Andreescu lost to fifth seed Jasmine Paolini in the first round at the US Open, the third successive Grand Slam tournament that she had been knocked out by the Italian.

Canada then defeated Chile, the winners of the other round robin pool, as Katherine Sebov and Andreescu won the two singles rubbers to clinch the tie.

Andreescu and Gabriela Dabrowski won the doubles match in three sets over Kateryna Bondarenko and Olga Savchuk to clinch the tie for Canada and keep them in World Group II for the following year.

[102][103] Andreescu employs a wide variety of shots into her style of play that is set apart by the level of power she incorporates into her game.

"[104] One of the keys is to her style of play is having good shot selection, which she excelled at in particular when she won her first career WTA title at the 2019 Indian Wells Open.

"[48] Andreescu has multiple options with her forehand, including hitting it flat, with slice, or with heavy topspin to push her opponents further back behind the baseline.