Earned spot at WTA Finals in Shenzhen becoming first Swiss player to compete in singles at the WTA Finals since Hingis in 2006, going on to reach SF at the season-ending showpiece (l. Svitolina)

Belinda Bencic (Slovak: Belinda Benčičová, [2] pronounced [ˈbelinda ˈbentʂitʂɔʋaː]; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of world No. 4 by the WTA which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won eight career singles titles, including a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and two doubles titles on the WTA Tour.

Oct 31, 2024 · Belinda Bencic became the Olympic champion as she won the singles title in Tokyo, 2021. Her win over Marketa Vondrousova in the final made her only the second Swiss player to win Olympic gold in singles, following Marc Rosset in 1992.

Oct 31, 2019 · Despite trailing 3-0 in the pair’s head-to-head series, Bencic brushed the statistics and an early deficit aside to secure her place in the semifinals. The 22-year-old led 7-5, 1-0, when...

Belinda made her Summer Olympics debut in 2021 and won two medals. In the singles event, she defeated Markéta Vondroušová in the final to win the gold medal, [8] while in doubles alongside Viktorija Golubic won the silver medal after losing to Czechs Barbora Krejčíková and …

Jan 13, 2025 · About a week later, she did have reason to widen her eyes in disbelief. In her first Grand Slam match since 2023, Bencic beat No. 16 seed Jelena Ostapenko 6-3, 7-6(6) to reach the second round of ...

Apr 10, 2022 · Playing in the first clay-court final of her career, 25-year-old Belinda Bencic came full circle in Charleston as she held off Ons Jabeur across three tight sets to win her sixth career title,...

Oct 11, 2021 · While Ashleigh Barty is on the ropes about playing this year's WTA Finals, Belinda Bencic is doing anything and everything it takes to compete in the Top 8 players only tournament. Unfortunately...

Oct 19, 2019 · MOSCOW (AP) — Belinda Bencic booked the last spot at the season-end WTA Finals on Saturday after beating Kristina Mladenovic in the Kremlin Cup semifinals. Bencic’s 6-3, 6-4 victory set up a Moscow final with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who defeated Karolina Muchova 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-1.

Dec 8, 2024 · Alycia Parks, the No 3 seed, won the Open In Arte Angers Loire final by defeating Swiss wildcard Belinda Bencic 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-0 on Sunday.