Belinda Bencic

Belinda Bencic
2014 at the Nuremberg Insurance Cup
Nation:	Switzerland
Birthday:	10th March 1997 (age 23)
Size:	175 cm
Weight:	63 kg
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Ivan Bencic (father)
Prize money:	8,117,609 US dollars
singles
Career record:	274: 151
Career title:	4 WTA , 2 WTA Challenger, 5 ITF
Highest ranking:	4 (February 17, 2020)
Current placement:	8th
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	56:49
Career title:	2 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking:	59 (February 1, 2016)
Current placement:	93
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Last update of the infobox: March 16, 2020
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Bencic 2013 at Wimbledon with the juniors trophy

Belinda Bencic (born March 10, 1997 in Flawil , resident in Uzwil ) is a Swiss tennis player .

family

Her grandfather Ivan Benčič played in the first team of the most successful Slovak ice hockey club, HC Slovan Bratislava . Her father Ivan Bencic came to Switzerland with his parents in 1968 when he was five years old from Czechoslovakia. He played ice hockey at EHC Uzwil , in Herisau, Chur, Ajoie, Geneva (both NLB) and one season with Olten in the NLA.

Bencic grew up with her younger brother Brian, who also plays tennis, in Oberuzwil , later the family moved to Wollerau .

She also has Slovak citizenship.

Career

In February 2012 Bencic played in Granges-Paccot against Australia for the first time in the Fed Cup for Switzerland . Your Fed Cup record so far: nine wins, three defeats. In September 2012 she won the ITF tournament in Sharm el-Sheikh in both singles and doubles, and a week later she won another singles title there.

On June 8, 2013, she won the French Open for Juniors with a final victory over Antonia Lottner (6: 1, 6: 3). Four weeks later she also won the title at Wimbledon , where she defeated Taylor Townsend in the junior women's final on July 6, 2013 4-6, 6-1 and 6-4. In December 2013 she was named ITF Junior World Champion .

2014 season

In 2014, Bencic qualified for the main draw of the Australian Open , where she eliminated the oldest player of the tournament, Kimiko Date-Krumm , in the first round , before losing to the eventual winner Li Na, who was seeded as number 4, in the second round . In April she surprisingly reached the semifinals at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston as a qualifier with a victory over number 3 seeded Sara Errani , which she lost to Jana Čepelová in three sets with 4: 6, 7: 5 and 6: 7. However, her good performance brought her to the top 100 in the world rankings . In Wimbledon she reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time with victories over Magdaléna Rybáriková and Victoria Duval , in which she was defeated by the later semi-finalist Simona Halep . At the US Open , after winning over Yanina Wickmayer , Kurumi Nara and the two top ten players Angelique Kerber and Jelena Janković, she was in the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time, which she beat Peng Shuai 2: 6 and 1: 6 lost. In October she was in the final of the Tianjin Open after victories over Zhu Lin , the absent Romina Oprandi and Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai, who had to give up in the first set due to injury , which she won in two sets (3: 6, 4: 6) lost to Alison Riske . On November 17, she was named Newcomer of the Year by the WTA . She was able to hold 33rd place in the ranking until the end of the season.

2015 season

At the lawn tournament in Eastbourne she won her first WTA title in singles with a final victory over Agnieszka Radwańska . In Wimbledon she reached the round of 16, which she lost to Viktoria Azaranka in straight sets. At the WTA tournament in Toronto in August, Bencic defeated Serena Williams for the first time in the semi-finals and then won her second WTA title in singles with a final victory over Simona Halep.

2016 season

At the indoor tournament in St. Petersburg she reached the final, which she lost 4: 6 and 3: 6 to Roberta Vinci . When she reached the finals on February 15, 2016, she was ranked 9th in the top ten of the individual world rankings for the first time. A week later she was even listed in 7th position. The French Open had Bencic because of a Steissbeinverletzung cancel. In Wimbledon came after a first round victory over Zwetana Pironkowa . During their second round match, Bencic had to retire for the sixth time within ten months due to injury. She also had to do without participating in Montreal .

2017 season

On May 3, 2017, Bencic announced that she had had surgery on her left wrist and that she was on hold until further notice. She made her successful return in September at the Neva Cup 2017 in Saint Petersburg . She crowned her comeback by winning the tournament. The further course of her comeback was also successful. By the end of 2017, she won another three tournaments at the ITF and WTA Challenger level, and after her return, they won 28 of the first 31 games.

2018 season

In the first week of the calendar she won the Hopman Cup together with Roger Federer , after they had just missed the final in the previous year. At the Australian Open , Bencic beat last year's finalist Venus Williams 6: 3 and 7: 5 in the first round, but then lost in round two to qualifier Luksika Kumkhum . In February Bencic lost their two singles against Barbora Strýcová and Petra Kvitová in the Fed Cup playoff against the Czech Republic . In Acapulco she lost to Verónica Cepede Royg on the starting lap . In Indian Wells , she defeated Tímea Babos , but then lost to Jeļena Ostapenko . After that, she had to pause for several weeks because of a pre-stress fracture in her right foot. She made her comeback at the French Open. She won her first game but was eliminated in the second round. In mid-October she reached a final on the WTA Tour after two years at the tournament in Luxembourg , which she lost to Julia Görges .

Season 2019

After she had won the Hopman Cup again together with Roger Federer , she was able to get her third title on the WTA Tour in Dubai .

Trainer

Bencic initially trained for six months at Nick Bollettieri's academy and received her tennis training from Melanie Molitor , the mother of Martina Hingis . She was then trained by her father until the end of 2016. If you believe media reports, he should have planned her career before she was born, but he denies that. Occasionally she continued to train with Melanie Molitor, for example right before her first victory at the Premier 5 tournament in Toronto in 2015. At the end of 2017, Bencic announced that her collaboration with Molitor was over. Marcel Niederer was Bencics investor and manager until the end of 2016 . At the beginning of 2017, Bencic was initially on the road without a coach. From February she worked briefly with Maciej Synowka. After an injury break, she signed Iain Hughes as the new coach. At first she had a lot of success with him, winning a total of four tournaments within a few months. After leaving the French Open, she announced the separation from Hughes at the end of May 2018. She worked with Vlado Platenik from the end of June to mid-October 2018. After she was eliminated from the Linz tournament, she separated from Platenik and announced that she would be coached by her father Ivan again in the future.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	17th September 2012	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Fatma Al-Nabhani	6: 3, 7: 6 4
2.	September 24, 2012	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Barbara Haas	6: 4, 6: 0
3.	June 27, 2015	Eastbourne	WTA Premier	race	Agnieszka Radwańska	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 0
4th	August 16, 2015	Toronto	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Simona Halep	7: 6 5 , 6: 7 4 , 3: 0 task
5.	23 September 2017	St. Petersburg	ITF $ 100,000	Hard court (hall)	Dajana Jastremska	6: 2, 6: 3
6th	November 12, 2017	Hua Hin	WTA Challenger	Hard court	Hsieh Su-wei	6: 3, 6: 4
7th	19th November 2017	Taipei	WTA Challenger	Carpet (hall)	Arantxa Rus	7: 6 3 , 6: 1
8th.	December 16, 2017	Dubai	ITF $ 100,000 + H	Hard court	Ajla Tomljanović	6: 4, task
9.	November 11, 2018	Las Vegas	ITF $ 80,000	Hard court	Nicole Gibbs	7: 5, 6: 1
10.	February 23, 2019	Dubai	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Petra Kvitová	6: 3, 1: 6, 6: 2
11.	20th October 2019	Moscow	WTA Premier	Hard court	Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 1

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	17th September 2012	Sharm El Sheikh	ITF $ 10,000	Hard court	Lou Brouleau	Olga Brózda Ganna Piven	7: 6 3 , 3: 6, [10: 6]
2.	June 22, 2013	Lenzerheide	ITF $ 25,000	sand	Kateřina Siniaková	Weronika Kudermetowa Diāna Marcinkēviča	6-0, 6-2
3.	May 1, 2015	Prague	WTA International	sand	Kateřina Siniaková	Kateryna Bondarenko Eva Hrdinová	6: 2, 6: 2
4th	August 8, 2015	Washington	WTA International	Hard court	Kristina Mladenovic	Lara Arruabarrena Andreja Klepač	7: 5, 7: 6 7
5.	October 28, 2017	Poitiers	ITF $ 100,000	Hard court (hall)	Yanina Wickmayer	Mihaela.Buzărnescu Nicola Geuer	7: 6 7 , 6: 3

ITF team competitions

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	January 6, 2018	Hopman Cup	Hard court (hall)	Roger Federer	Angelique Kerber Alexander Zverev	2: 1
2.	5th January 2019	Hopman Cup	Hard court (hall)	Roger Federer	Angelique Kerber Alexander Zverev	2: 1

World ranking positions at the end of the season

year	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019
singles	1059	626	212	33	14th	42	165	37	8th
Double	-	1067	466	208	68	215	269	242	116

Tournament balance sheet

singles

competition	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	total
Australian Open	2	1	AF	1	2	3	3	0
French Open	1	2	-	-	2	3		0
Wimbledon	3	AF	2	-	AF	3		0
US Open	VF	3	3	-	1	HF		0
Tour Championships	-	-	-	-	-	HF		0
Doha	-	a. K.	-	a. K.	-	a. K.		0
Dubai	a. K.	2	a. K.	-	a. K.	S.	a. K.	1
Indian Wells	1	AF	3	2	2	HF		0
Miami	-	AF	2	1	-	2		0
Rome	2	1	-	-	-	2		0
Madrid	1	1	-	-	-	HF		0
Cincinnati	1	AF	2	-	-	1		0
Montreal / Toronto	-	S.	-	-	-	AF		1
Wuhan	-	2	1	-	1	2		0
Beijing	1	2	2	-	1	AF		0
Olympic games	n / A		-	not carried out				0
Fed Cup	-	PO	HF	HF	1	PO		0

Explanation of symbols: S = tournament victory; F, HF, VF, AF = entry into the final / semi-finals / quarter-finals / round of 16; 1, 2, 3 = elimination in the 1st / 2nd / 3rd main round; RR = Round Robin (group stage); na = not carried out; a. K. = other category; PO (playoff) = promotion and relegation round in the Fed Cup; K1, K2, K3 = participation in continental groups I, II, III in the Fed Cup.

Double

competition	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	1	2	1	-	1	1: 4	2
French Open	-	AF	-	-	1	2	3: 3	AF
Wimbledon	2	2	-	-	1	1	2: 4	2
US Open	1	1	1	-	1	-	0: 4	1

Mixed

competition	2014	2015	Balance sheet	Career
Australian Open	-	-	-
French Open	-	-	-
Wimbledon	AF	2	3: 2	AF
US Open	-	1	0: 1	1

Awards

• WTA Comeback of the Year - 2019

Web links

Commons : Belinda Bencic  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Belinda Bencic's WTA profile
• ITF profile Belinda Bencic (English)
• Fed Cup stats by Belinda Bencic (English)
• Belinda Bencic's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.moneyhouse.ch/p/Belinda-Bencic
2. ↑ Pätnásťročná tenistka triumfovala medzi seniorkami at sme.sk, September 24, 2012
3. ↑ eliteprospects.com, Ivan Bencic
4. ↑ Belinda Bencic: Self-Portrait , accessed January 15, 2018
5. ↑ Bluewin.ch Brian Bencic makes his debut on a professional tour at the age of 15 ( memento of the original from January 16, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , February 9, 2016 
6. ↑ "Dear Belinda I than Martina II" at tagesanzeiger.ch, July 13, 2009 (accessed on September 24, 2012)
7. ↑ Premiere for tennis player Belinda Bencic at aargauerzeitung.ch, September 24, 2012
8. ↑ $ 10,000 Sharm El Sheikh at itftennis.com, September 30, 2012 (accessed October 3, 2012)
9. ↑ 2013 junior champions crowned at Roland Garros
10. ↑ Bencic and Zverev crowned ITF Junior World Champions at itftennis.com, December 17, 2013 (accessed April 4, 2014)
11. ↑ Belinda Bencic is "Newcomer Of The Year". In: tennisnet.com. November 17, 2014, accessed December 5, 2014 . 
12. ↑ Stats Corner: Newcomer Of Year, And Then ... In: www.wtatennis.com. Retrieved December 3, 2014 . 
13. ↑ Belinda Bencic defeats Serena Williams at the WTA tournament in Toronto and is in the final (eurosport.de from August 16, 2015, accessed on July 24, 2016)
14. ↑ Belinda Bencic explains her exit from Paris (blick.ch of May 17, 2016, accessed on July 24, 2016)
15. ↑ Alert signals from Belinda Bencic (nzz.ch from June 30, 2016, accessed on July 24, 2016)
16. ↑ Next injury stops Belinda Bencic (tennisnet.com from June 30, 2016, accessed on July 24, 2016)
17. ↑ Belinda Bencic cannot defend her title at the Rogers Cup due to an injury. ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (bluewin.ch from July 19, 2016, accessed on July 24, 2016) 
18. ↑ Björn Walter: Long compulsory break for Bencic. In: spox.com. May 3, 2017. Retrieved May 3, 2017 . 
19. ↑ nipf / agencies: Bencic also triumphs in Dubai . In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) . ( srf.ch [accessed on December 16, 2017]).
20. ↑ Simon Häring: “Oh no, not again”. In: az Aargauer Zeitung. April 7, 2018
21. ↑ The Risk Capital at zeit.de, June 4, 2012 (accessed on September 24, 2012)
22. ↑ Basler Zeitung: "It quickly means: The poor child!" , June 26, 2014, accessed July 7, 2016
23. ↑ ^{a b} "When I was able to play the first tournament, I felt like the tiger coming out of the cage" . In: az Aargauer Zeitung . November 26, 2017 ( aargauerzeitung.ch [accessed January 2, 2018]).
24. ↑ Wladimir Steimer and Simon Häring: Belinda Bencic separates from manager Marcel Niederer . ( blick.ch [accessed on January 2, 2018]).
25. ↑ Polish trainer for Belinda Bencic . In: SwissTennis . February 13, 2017 ( swisstennis.ch [accessed January 2, 2018]).
26. ↑ Bencic is looking forward to the lawn - new coach, new surface - new luck? In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) . ( srf.ch [accessed on May 31, 2018]).
27. ↑ Swiss women in Wimbledon - Bencic with a new coach, Golubic with déjà-vu . In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) . June 30, 2018 ( srf.ch [accessed June 30, 2018]).
28. ↑ Separation from Platenik - Bencic coached by his father again . In: Swiss Radio and Television (SRF) . October 20, 2018 ( srf.ch [accessed October 20, 2018]).
29. ↑ 2019 WTA Comeback Player of the Year: Belinda Bencic. In: wtatennis.com. December 11, 2019, accessed December 11, 2019 .