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2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season

Andreescu playing at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Bianca Andreescu
Country	Canada
Calendar prize money	$6,239,150
Singles
Season record	48–7
Calendar titles	4
Year-end ranking	No. 5
Ranking change from previous year	147
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	2R
French Open	2R
Wimbledon	A
US Open	W
Doubles
Season record	0–1
Calendar titles	0
Year-end ranking	No. 1217
Ranking change from previous year	676
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	A
French Open	A
Wimbledon	A
US Open	1R
Injuries
Injuries	Right shoulder injury Knee injury
Last updated on: 2 November 2019.

The 2019 Bianca Andreescu tennis season officially began on December 31, 2018 with the start of the 2019 WTA Tour. She entered the season as No. 152 in the world.

Year in detail

Early hard court season

Auckland Open

Andreescu started her season at the Auckland Open, where she qualified for the main draw after beating Kristína Kučová, Jaimee Fourlis and Laura Siegemund. In the main draw, she made it to the final after defeating four top-30 players, including two former World No. 1 players, Caroline Wozniacki and Venus Williams. However, she lost to defending champion Julia Görges in three sets.

Australian Open

In Melbourne, Andreescu successfully progressed through qualifying to enter the main draw. She then beat Whitney Osuigwe before losing in the second round to Anastasija Sevastova in three sets.

Newport Beach

Andreescu played at the Newport Beach, where she was the sixth seed. Having received a bye in the first round, she then won the next five matches and secured her first ever WTA 125K series title, which elevated herself to the World No. 68.

Mexican Open

In February, Andreescu played the Mexican Open, where she got to the semi-finals, losing to No. 5 seed Sofia Kenin in three sets. Nevertheless, her ranking climbed to a career-high 60.

March sunshine events

Indian Wells Open

This year's Indian Wells Premier Mandatory event proved to be her breakout event. By reaching the semi-finals, Andreescu became the third wild card to reach the semi-finals of the tournament, joining Grand Slam champions Serena Williams and Kim Clijsters. She then defeated two then top-ten players, Elina Svitolina and Angelique Kerber, to win her first WTA title. The victory also promoted the 19-year-old rising star to a new-career high ranking of 24.

Miami Open

Several days later, Andreescu drew Begu in the first round again in Miami. She managed to save a match point and eventually won the match to reach the second round. In the second round, she avenged her Acapulco loss to Kenin to set up another meeting with Kerber. She upset Kerber in three sets once again, but she had to retire against Anett Kontaveit due to a right shoulder injury, ending her 10-match winning streak.

European clay court season

French Open

After a three-month-long recovery, Andreescu returned to the tennis court at the French Open, as the 22nd seed. However, she retired before her second round match against Kenin. She missed the entire grass-court season to recover from her shoulder injury.

US Open series

Rogers Cup

Andreescu came back two months later in her home tournament, the 2019 Rogers Cup in Toronto, where she made to her third WTA final after defeating two former top-ten players, Eugenie Bouchard and Daria Kasatkina, and two then top-ten players, Kiki Bertens and Karolína Plíšková, all in three sets. In the semi-finals, she met Kenin for the third time this season, and successfully upset the American girl in two straight sets. Her final rival was the 23-time Grand Slam winner Serena Williams, but a tearful Williams retired when she was 1–3 down in the first set due to her own injury. This gave Bianca her second WTA title, and a career-high ranking of 14.

US Open

Two weeks later, she was seeded 15th in the US Open. She made it to the second week of a Grand Slam without losing a set. In the fourth round, she outlasted local player Taylor Townsend to make her first quarter-final appearance in a Grand Slam. After downing Elise Mertens in three tough sets, she upset Belinda Bencic in two sets to reach her first Grand Slam final, where she faced Serena Williams once again. Andreescu beat Serena in straight sets, becoming the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam singles title, the first woman to win the US Open in her main draw debut (she previously lost in a qualifying round), and the first player born after 2000 to win a Grand Slam tournament. With the 2,000 points she won from the Grand Slam, she made her top-five debut.

East Asian fall swing

China Open

Having rested for near a month, Andreescu returned to court in the China Open, the tournament she never played before. She upset Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Elise Mertens and Jennifer Brady to reach quarterfinals, where her opponent was the former World No. 1 players Naomi Osaka. She eventually lost to the Japanese woman after three tough sets, ending her 17-match winning streak. Nevertheless, Andreescu was still qualified for the WTA Finals for the first time in her career.

Year-end Championships

WTA Finals

At the Year-end Championships, Andreescu was divided into the purple group, alongside Karolína Plíšková, Simona Halep and defending champion Elina Svitolina. The first round robin match against Halep marked the first-ever meeting between the two Romanian descendants. Despite having a match point, she was still edged by the 2019 Wimbledon Champion in three tough sets. In the second match against World No. 2 Plíšková, Andreescu retired after losing the opening set when she injured her knee. The injury ended her season a little bit earlier than expected as she withdrew from the tournament. Sofia Kenin later replaced her to complete the match against Svitolina.

All matches

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard, outdoor 31 December 2018 – 6 January 2019	1	Q1	Kristína Kučová	259	Win	6–2, 6–0
	2	Q2	Jaimee Fourlis	206	Win	7–5, 6–1
	3	Q3	Laura Siegemund	113	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
	4	1R	Tímea Babos	59	Win	6–4, 7–6
	5	2R	Caroline Wozniacki (1)	3	Win	6–4, 6–4
	6	QF	Venus Williams (6)	39	Win	6–7, 6–3, 6–1
	7	SF	Hsieh Su-wei (3)	28	Win	6–3, 6–3
	8	F	Julia Görges (2)	14	Loss (1)	6–2, 5–7, 1–6
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 14 – 27 January 2019	9	Q1	Katie Swan	175	Win	6–1 ret.
	10	Q2	Valentini Grammatikopoulou	173	Win	6–4, 6–1
	11	Q3	Tereza Smitková	113	Win	6–0, 4–1 ret.
	12	1R	Whitney Osuigwe (WC)	198	Win	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
	13	2R	Anastasija Sevastova (13)	12	Loss	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Newport Beach California, United States WTA 125K series Hard, outdoor 21 – 27 January 2019	–	1R	Bye
	14	2R	Katie Volynets (Q)	471	Win	6–2, 7–6
	15	3R	Marie Bouzková (9)	121	Win	6–1, 6–2
	16	QF	Eugenie Bouchard (3)	79	Win	6–2, 6–0
	17	SF	Tatjana Maria (2)	74	Win	5–7, 7–5, 7–6
	18	W	Jessica Pegula (7)	106	Win (1)	0–6, 6–4, 6–2
Fed Cup World Group II Netherlands vs. Canada 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Fed Cup Clay, indoor 9 – 10 February 2019	19	-	Richèl Hogenkamp	150	Win	6–4, 6–2
	20	-	Arantxa Rus	121	Win	6–4, 6–2
Mexican Open Acapulco, Mexico WTA International Hard, outdoor 25 February – 3 March 2019	21	1R	Jil Teichmann	154	Win	6–1, 6–3
	22	2R	Mihaela Buzărnescu (4)	31	Win	6–2, 7–5
	23	QF	Zheng Saisai (7)	40	Win	7–6, 6–1
	24	SF	Sofia Kenin (5)	35	Loss	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 4 – 17 March 2019	25	1R	Irina-Camelia Begu	70	Win	6–7, 6–3, 6–3
	26	2R	Dominika Cibulková (32)	35	Win	6–2, 6–2
	27	3R	Stefanie Vögele (Q)	109	Win	6–1, 6–2
	28	4R	Wang Qiang (18)	18	Win	7–5, 6–2
	29	QF	Garbiñe Muguruza (20)	20	Win	6–0, 6–1
	30	SF	Elina Svitolina (6)	6	Win	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
	31	W	Angelique Kerber (8)	8	Win (2)	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Miami Open Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 18 – 31 March 2019	32	1R	Irina-Camelia Begu	70	Win	4–6, 7–6, 6–2
	33	2R	Sofia Kenin (32)	34	Win	6–3, 6–3
	34	3R	Angelique Kerber (8)	4	Win	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
	35	4R	Anett Kontaveit (21)	19	Loss	1–6, 0–2 ret.
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 26 May –9 June 2019	36	1R	Marie Bouzková (LL)	118	Win	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
	–	2R	Sofia Kenin	35	Withdrew	N/A
Canadian Open Toronto, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 5 – 11 August 2019	37	1R	Eugenie Bouchard (WC)	112	Win	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
	38	2R	Daria Kasatkina	39	Win	5–7, 6–2, 7–5
	39	3R	Kiki Bertens (5)	5	Win	6–1, 6–7, 6–4
	40	QF	Karolína Plíšková (3)	3	Win	6–0, 2–6, 6–4
	41	SF	Sofia Kenin	29	Win	6–4, 7–6
	42	W	Serena Williams (8)	10	Win (3)	3–1 ret.
U.S. Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 26 August – 8 September 2019	43	1R	Katie Volynets (WC)	413	Win	6–2, 6–4
	44	2R	Kirsten Flipkens (LL)	110	Win	6–3, 7–5
	45	3R	Caroline Wozniacki (19)	19	Win	6–4, 6–4
	46	4R	Taylor Townsend (Q)	112	Win	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
	47	QF	Elise Mertens (25)	26	Win	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
	48	SF	Belinda Bencic (13)	12	Win	7–6, 7–5
	49	W	Serena Williams (8)	8	Win (4)	6–3, 7–5
China Open Beijing, China WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 30 September – 6 October 2019	50	1R	Aliaksandra Sasnovich	60	Win	6–2, 2–6, 6–1
	51	2R	Elise Mertens	23	Win	6–3, 7–6
	52	3R	Jennifer Brady (Q)	66	Win	6–1, 6–3
	53	QF	Naomi Osaka (4)	4	Loss	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
WTA Finals Shenzhen, China Year-end championships Hard, indoor 27 October – 3 November 2019	54	RR	Simona Halep (5)	5	Loss	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
	55	RR	Karolína Plíšková (2)	2	Loss	3–6, ret.
	–	RR	Elina Svitolina (8)	8	Withdrew	N/A

Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
U.S. Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 26 August – 8 September 2019 Partner: Sharon Fichman	1	1R	Whitney Osuigwe / Taylor Townsend (WC)	516 / 93	Loss	2–6, 3–6

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

Andreescu's 2019 singles tournament schedule is as follows:

Date	Tournament	Location	Category	Surface	2018 result	2018 points	2019 points	Outcome
31 December 2018 – 6 January 2019	Auckland Open	New Zealand	International	Hard	DNP	0	198	Final lost to Julia Görges 6–2, 5–7, 1–6
14 January 2019 – 27 January 2019	Australian Open	Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Q1	2	110	Second round lost to Anastasija Sevastova 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
21 January 2019 – 27 January 2019	Newport Beach	United States	125K series	Hard	DNP	0	160	Winner defeated Jessica Pegula 0–6, 6–4, 6–2
25 February 2019 – 3 March 2019	Mexican Open	Mexico	International	Hard	DNP	0	110	Semifinals lost to Sofia Kenin 4–6, 6–3, 5–7
4 March 2019 – 17 March 2019	Indian Wells Open	United States	Premier Mandatory	Hard	DNP	0	1000	Winner defeated Angelique Kerber 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
18 March 2019 – 31 April 2019	Miami Open	United States	Premier Mandatory	Hard	DNP	0	120	Fourth round lost to Anett Kontaveit 1–6, 0–2 ret.
26 May 2019 – 9 June 2019	French Open	France	Grand Slam	Clay	Q3	30	70	Second round withdrew against Sofia Kenin N/A
5 August 2019 – 11 August 2019	Canadian Open	Canada	Premier 5	Hard	DNP	0	900	Winner defeated Serena Williams 3–1 ret.
26 August 2019 – 9 September 2019	U.S. Open	United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Q1	2	2000	Winner defeated Serena Williams 6–3, 7–5
31 September 2019 – 6 October 2019	China Open	China	Premier Mandatory	Hard	DNP	0	215	Quarterfinals round lost to Naomi Osaka 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
27 October 2019 – 3 November 2019	WTA Finals	China	Year-end Championships	Hard (i)	DNQ	0	250	Round robin withdrew against Elina Svitolina 2 losses
Total year-end points						385	5192	4806 difference

Doubles schedule

Andreescu's 2019 doubles tournament schedule is as follows:

Date	Tournament	Location	Category	Surface	2018 result	2018 points	2019 points	Outcome
26 August 2019 – 9 September 2019	U.S. Open	United States	Grand Slam	Hard	DNP	0	10	First round lost to Whitney Osuigwe / Taylor Townsend 2–6, 3–6
Total year-end points						83	10	73 difference

Yearly records

Top 10 wins

#	Player	Rank	Tournament	Surface	Round	Score	BAR
1.	Caroline Wozniacki	No. 3	Auckland Open, New Zealand	Hard	2nd Round	6–4, 6–4	No. 152
2.	Elina Svitolina	No. 6	Indian Wells Open, United States	Hard	Semifinals	6–3, 2–6, 6–4	No. 60
3.	Angelique Kerber	No. 8	Indian Wells Open, United States	Hard	Final	6–4, 3–6, 6–4	No. 60
4.	Angelique Kerber	No. 4	Miami Open, United States	Hard	3rd Round	6–4, 4–6, 6–1	No. 24
5.	Kiki Bertens	No. 5	Rogers Cup, Canada	Hard	3rd Round	6–1, 6–7, 6–4	No. 27
6.	Karolína Plíšková	No. 3	Rogers Cup, Canada	Hard	Quarterfinals	6–0, 2–6, 6–4	No. 27
7.	Serena Williams	No. 10	Rogers Cup, Canada	Hard	Final	3–1 ret.	No. 27
8.	Serena Williams	No. 8	US Open, United States	Hard	Final	6–3, 7–5	No. 15

Finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2019	Auckland Open, New Zealand	International	Hard	Julia Görges	6–2, 5–7, 1–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2019	Indian Wells Open, United States	Premier M	Hard	Angelique Kerber	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	2–1	Aug 2019	Canadian Open, Canada	Premier 5	Hard	Serena Williams	3–1 ret.
Win	3–1	Sep 2019	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Serena Williams	6–3, 7–5

Earnings

See also

• 2019 WTA Tour
• 2019 Simona Halep tennis season
• Bianca Andreescu career statistics

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External links

• Bianca Andreescu at the Women's Tennis Association
• Bianca Andreescu at the International Tennis Federation
• Bianca Andreescu at the Billie Jean King Cup

• 2019 in Canadian sports
• 2019 tennis player seasons
• 2019 in Canadian tennis