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Swiss tennis player (born 1997)

Belinda Bencic
Bencic at the2023 US Open
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceWollerau, Switzerland
Born (1997-03-10)10 March 1997 (age 28)[1]
Flawil, Switzerland
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2012
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 14,849,524
Singles
Career record428–222
Career titles10
Highest rankingNo. 4 (17 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 11 (27 October 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (2016,2023,2025)
French Open3R (2019,2022)
WimbledonSF (2025)
US OpenSF (2019)
Other tournaments
Tour FinalsSF (2019)
Olympic GamesW (2021)
Doubles
Career record78–65
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 59 (1 February 2016)
Current rankingNo. 698 (27 October 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2016,2023)
French Open3R (2015)
Wimbledon2R (2014,2015,2022)
US Open1R (2014,2015,2016,2018)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic GamesF (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (2014)
US Open2R (2021)
Team competitions
Fed CupW (2022)
Record: 25–8
Hopman CupW (2018,2019)
Medal record
Last updated on: 27 October 2025.

Belinda Bencic (pronounced[ˈbelindaˈbentʃitʃ]; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professionaltennis player. She has a career-high singlesranking of world No. 4, achieved on 17 February 2020. Bencic has won ten career singles titles, includinga gold medal at the2020 Tokyo Olympics, and two doubles titles on theWTA Tour.

A former junior world No. 1, Bencic won two juniormajor singles titles in 2013 at theFrench Open andWimbledon. On the professional tour, she made her top 100 debut shortly after turning 17. Her breakthrough came at the2014 US Open, where she became the youngest quarterfinalist sinceMartina Hingis in 1997. Bencic won her first two WTA Tour titles in 2015, including theCanadian Open where she defeated four of the top six players in the world. She then made her top-ten debut the following year aged 18.

From 2016 through 2018, Bencic struggled with a variety of injuries, dropping outside the top 300 in the rankings. She then posted her best season to date in 2019: winning her second Premier-5 title at theDubai Championships, reaching her first major semifinal at theUS Open, qualifying for her firstWTA Finals (where she reached the semifinals), and finishing the year inside the top 10 for the first time, which helped her win theWTA Comeback Player of the Year award. In 2021, Bencic won her biggest career title by claiming the gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics, also winning silver in thewomen's doubles. Following a maternity leave starting in September 2023, Bencic returned to the tour in 2024.

Early life and background

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Bencic was born inFlawil in northeastern Switzerland to Dana and Ivan Benčič. Her parents were both born inCzechoslovakia, but her father's family emigrated to Switzerland in 1968 to escape theWarsaw Pact invasion by the Soviet Union.[2] Her father was a professional hockey player in the SwissNational League A andNational League B before becoming an insurance broker.[3] Her mother was a high-levelhandball player.[4] Bencic hit her first tennis balls at the age of two and began training with her father, who was also a recreational tennis player, for one hour per day at the age of four.[4][2] She entered her first national tournament at that age, losing to an opponent six years older in straight sets without winning a game. Bencic would regularly face much older opponents as a child and was encouraged by her father to try to win two games per set.[5]

When Bencic was five years old, her father contacted fellow Czechoslovak immigrant Melanie Molitor, the mother and coach of world No. 1 Swiss tennis player,Martina Hingis, for coaching advice.[2] Hingis becoming the top player in the world around the time Bencic was born was also one reason her father was inspired to introduce her to the sport of tennis.[6] Molitor agreed to gauge Bencic's abilities, which led to Bencic working with Molitor once a week for about a year.[7] At the age of six, Bencic also spent six months atNick Bollettieri's academy in Florida, winning several under-10 tournaments.[4] Around this time, her father also askedMarcel Niederer, a childhood friend and fellow hockey player who had become an entrepreneur, if he could help sponsor his daughter's career. Niederer agreed to invest in Bencic, which gave her father the ability to quit his job so he could spend more time traveling with and coaching his daughter while she competed at tournaments.[2] In 2004, when Bencic was seven years old, her family moved toWollerau, where Molitor had just opened up her own academy, so that she could train there every day.[8] She continued to work with Molitor through her teenage years, and has also occasionally worked with Hingis.[2]

Career

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Juniors

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Bencic at the 2013 US Open

Bencic is a former world No. 1 junior. She began competing on theITF Junior Circuit in 2010 at the age of 13, reaching the final in her debut event at the lowest-level Grade 5 Luzern Junior Competition in Switzerland.[9] In early 2012, Bencic won two high-level Grade 1 events at the Czech International Junior Indoor Championships and the Open International Junior de Beaulieu-sur-Mer in France, the first of which coming at 14 years old. She also made her junior Grand Slam debut, playing in all of the major tournaments except the Australian Open.[9] Although she won just two matches in total in singles, she finished runner-up in doubles at bothWimbledon and theUS Open. She lost to the American team ofTaylor Townsend andGabrielle Andrews at both events, partnering withAna Konjuh at the former and Petra Uberalová at the latter.[10][11] Bencic closed out the year by winning her first Grade A title at theAbierto Juvenil Mexicano, losing just 15 games in six matches.[12]

Bencic did not play again on the junior tour until May 2013, instead opting to focus on professional events.[9][13] When she returned to the juniors, she won her first five tournaments of the year and extended her win streak in singles to 39 matches. All of her titles were Grade 1 or higher, including three Grade A titles at theTrofeo Bonfiglio and two Grand Slam events, theFrench Open andWimbledon. She defeatedAntonia Lottner in the French Open final[14] and Townsend in the Wimbledon final. The victory over Townsend was a rematch of their quarterfinal at the French Open, which finished 9–7 in the third and final set.[15] Bencic became the first player to win the girls' singles titles at the French Open and Wimbledon in the same year sinceAmélie Mauresmo in 1996. She was also the first Swiss girl to win a junior Grand Slam singles title sinceMartina Hingis in 1994, who won the same two titles that year.[16] Bencic's win streak was ended at the European Junior Championships byBarbora Krejčíková in the semifinals.[17] Lottner then defeated her at theUS Open in the quarterfinals in her last tournament of the year.[18] She also had a third Grand Slam runner-up finish in doubles at theUS Open, losing to the Czech team of Krejčíková andKateřina Siniaková alongsideSara Sorribes Tormo.[19] With her success, Bencic became the world No. 1 junior in June and finished the season with the top ranking to earn the title ofITF Junior World Champion.[20]

2011–13: Professional beginnings

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Bencic at the 2014 Italian Open

Bencic entered her first professional tournament on theITF Women's Circuit in March 2011 inFällanden, Switzerland, shortly after her 14th birthday. She reached the quarterfinals as a qualifier, recording her first ITF main-draw win over compatriot Tess Sugnaux. Bencic made her WTA Tour qualifying draw debut at theLuxembourg Open towards the end of the year in October, losing in three sets toYulia Putintseva. She received awildcard into the main draw atthe following year's event, where she lost her WTA Tour main-draw debut toVenus Williams.[21] The tournament came a few weeks after Bencic had won her first two ITF singles titles in back-to-back weeks atSharm El Sheikh in Egypt, also winning the doubles title in the first week. In 2013, Bencic progressed from $10k to $25k and $50k tier events. Her best results in the first half of the year were a singles semifinal at the $50kIndian Harbour Beach Pro Tennis Classic in the United States and a doubles title at the $25k event in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. Bencic played in three WTA Tour main draws in the second half of the year. After losing at theSwedish Open in July,[22] she won her first career WTA main draw match as a wild card at thePan Pacific Open againstDaria Gavrilova.[23] She also won a match the following week at theJapan Women's Open. In her last event of 2013, Bencic reached the semifinals of the $75kDunlop World Challenge in Tokyo to break into the top 200 for the first time. She finished the year ranked at No. 184, a vast improvement from her ranking of No. 612 in January.[24]

2014: US Open quarters, Newcomer of the Year

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Despite beginning 2014 well outside of the top 100, Bencic only played in WTA Tour-level events throughout the year.[25] She made her Grand Slam debut at theAustralian Open, qualifying for the main draw. She defeatedKimiko Date-Krumm in the first round in a matchup of the oldest and second-youngest players in the draw before losing to the eventual championLi Na in her next match.[26][27][28] Bencic did not win another main-draw match until April when she made it to the semifinals as a qualifier at theCharleston Open in her first clay court event of the year. She defeated four top 100 players at the tournament, including No. 29Maria Kirilenko and No. 11Sara Errani.[29][30] With these results, she also made her top-100 debut less than a month after turning 17.[24] Her clay-court season ended atRoland Garros with another loss to No. 29 Venus Williams.[31] Bencic improved on that performance at each of her next two major events. After reaching the third round atWimbledon, she made it to the quarterfinals at theUS Open. During the tournament, she recorded the first two top-ten victories of her career over No. 7Angelique Kerber, and No. 10Jelena Janković, to become the youngest quarterfinalist at the US Open since Hingis in1997.[32][33] Thanks to her success at the major tournaments she rose to No. 33 in the world after the event.[24] Bencic closed out the year by reaching her first WTA tournament final at theTianjin Open, where she finished runner-up toAlison Riske. At the end of the season, she was namedWTA Newcomer of the Year.[34][35]

2015: Premier 5 title, world No. 12

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Bencic at the 2015 Sydney International

Bencic struggled in the first half of 2015. Through theFrench Open at the end of May, she won multiple matches in the same event only twice, reaching the fourth round at both theIndian Wells Open and theMiami Open.[13] At Indian Wells, she notably won a match against No. 5Caroline Wozniacki, the highest-ranked player she had ever defeated at the time.[36] Bencic lost in the opening round at theAustralian Open and the second round at the French Open.[13] She began to turn her year around during the grass-court season. In the lead-up to Wimbledon, she made her second and third career WTA finals. After finishing runner-up toCamila Giorgi at theRosmalen Championships,[37] she won theEastbourne International overAgnieszka Radwańska for her maiden WTA title.[38][39] Bencic then improved on her previous year's result atWimbledon by reaching the fourth round.[40]

At the Premier-levelCanadian Open in August, Bencic produced her best performance of the year to win the title. During her run, she defeated six of the top 25 players in the world, including four of the top six, and her third victory of the year against No. 5, Caroline Wozniacki. In the last two rounds, she recorded her first victory over a current world No. 1 player inSerena Williams, before beating No. 3Simona Halep in the final; Halep needed to retire in the third set due to heat illness.[41][42] Serena had entered the tournament with only one loss on the season, having won the first three majors of the year.[43] With the title, Bencic became No. 12 in the world.[24] She ended the summer with a third-round loss at theUS Open to Venus Williams. Bencic reached another final later that month at thePan Pacific Open. During the event, she recorded two more top ten victories, including a fourth over Wozniacki, before finishing runner-up to Radwańska in their second final of the year.[44] In early October, Bencic ended her season early due to leg and hand injuries.[45] As a result, she withdrew from theWTA Elite Trophy, the second-tier year-end championship, despite qualifying for the event.[46]

2016–17: Top 10 debut, injury layoffs

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Bencic at the 2016 Eastbourne International

Bencic returned to the tour for the Australian hardcourt season. She had a strong start to the year, reaching the semifinals at theSydney International[47] and losing in the fourth round at theAustralian Open to No. 5,Maria Sharapova.[48] At theSt. Petersburg Trophy, Bencic was the top seed and finished runner-up toRoberta Vinci.[49] This performance helped her enter the top 10 for the first time while still 18 years old, making her the first teenager in the top 10 of theWTA rankings since Caroline Wozniacki in 2009.[50] After St. Petersburg, Bencic began to struggle. She retired from her second-round match atMiami[51] and was forced to miss nearly the entire clay-court season due to a back injury, including the French Open.[52] Bencic returned for the grass-court season, but could not match her level of success prior to being injured. She recorded multiple wins at just two more events the rest of the year, theRosmalen Championships where she reached the semifinals[53] and theUS Open where she reached the third round.[54] She also had to retire from her second-round match atWimbledon due to a wrist injury.[55] As a result, Bencic fell to world No. 43 by the end of the season.[24]

Bencic continued to struggle at the beginning of 2017. She recorded just one WTA Tour singles match-win through the first four months of the year.[13] In late April, she underwent surgery on her left wrist that was expected to keep her out for several months.[56] She did not return until September, at which point her ranking had dropped to No. 312 in the world.[24] Bencic was able to rise back into the top 200 in just one week after winning her first comeback tournament, the $100kNeva Cup. She then received a wildcard to play at theLinz Open and made the quarterfinals in her only WTA Tour event before the end of the season. Bencic finished the year by winning three tournaments in a row in Asia. She won twoWTA 125 events in back-to-back weeks in November at theHua Hin Championships and theTaipei Challenger before also winning the $100kAl Habtoor Challenge in Dubai one month later.[57] With these three titles, she moved back into the top 100, ending the year at No. 74 in the world.[24]

2018: Slow ascent back into top 50

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Bencic made her return to the Grand Slam tournaments at theAustralian Open. After upsetting the previous year's runner-up No. 5 Venus Williams, she was upset by qualifierLuksika Kumkhum in the next round.[58] For the third consecutive year, Bencic was forced to miss a few consecutive months due to injury. A stress fracture in her foot sidelined her from mid-March to late May. Although she missed the rest of the clay-court season, she made her return at theFrench Open and made it to the second round.[59] She did better atWimbledon, matching her career-best result of a fourth-round appearance highlighted by a first-round upset of No. 6,Caroline Garcia, and saving four match points in her second-round win against Alison Riske.[60][61][62] This performance put her back in the top 50.[24] Later that summer, Bencic lost her opening round match at theUS Open.[63] In the last stage of the season, Bencic reached her only WTA final of the year, finishing runner-up to top seed and world No. 9,Julia Görges, at theLuxembourg Open as a qualifier.[64] After the end of the WTA Tour season, she entered several ITF and WTA 125 events to try to defend some of her rankings points from the previous year. Bencic won the $80k title at theRed Rock Pro Open in Las Vegas,[65] but still dropped from inside to No. 54 by the start of 2019.[24]

2019: Two titles, first major semifinal

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Bencic at the 2019 French Open

Despite being back outside of the top 50, Bencic had a strong start to 2019. She reached the semifinals at theHobart International and made it to the third round at theAustralian Open, losing to eventual finalistPetra Kvitová.[66][67] Her next breakthrough came at theDubai Championships. As an unseeded player, she defeated four top-ten players in the last four matches to win her third WTA singles title and second at the Premier 5-level. In order, she recorded wins over No. 9Aryna Sabalenka, No. 2 Simona Halep, No. 6Elina Svitolina, and No. 4 Petra Kvitová, all in three sets and two of which in a final set tiebreak.[68] The title helped her rise to world No. 23.[24] Bencic continued her win streak with a semifinal appearance at theIndian Wells Open. She defeated two more top-ten players in No. 1,Naomi Osaka, and No. 5 Karolina Plíšková before losing to No. 8, Angelique Kerber.[69][70] In the lead-up to the French Open, Bencic produced another Premier Mandatory semifinal at theMadrid Open. She recorded another world-number-one win over Osaka,[71] but could not defeat Halep in a tight three-set match.[72] After the tournament, she moved up to No. 15.[24] At theFrench Open, she advanced to the third round for the first time, where she was defeated by No. 24Donna Vekić. During the grass-court season, Bencic made her second WTA final of the year at theMallorca Open. After defeating top seed and world No. 6 Kerber,[73] she finished runner-up toSofia Kenin, after having three match points in the second set.[74] Like at the Australian Open and the French Open, she lost in the third round atWimbledon.[75]

Bencic only played the two Premier 5 tournaments in the lead-up to the US Open, with her best result a third-round appearance at theCanadian Open.[76] At theUS Open, Bencic produced the best Grand Slam result of her career to date. In the fourth round, she defeated defending champion and world No. 1 Osaka for the third time this season.[77] She went on to make the semifinals, where she lost to eventual championBianca Andreescu.[78] This result put her back in the top 10 for the first time since June 2016.[24] Bencic then finished the season strong by winning her second title of the year at theKremlin Cup as a wildcard. She defeated hometown favouriteAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the final, which helped her jump ahead ofKiki Bertens and Serena Williams to qualify for theWTA Finals for the first time.[79] At the year-end championships, Bencic was grouped withAshleigh Barty, Petra Kvitová, and Naomi Osaka, the latter of whom was replaced by Bertens after one match. After losing her opening match to Barty, Bencic defeated Kvitová and Bertens to advance to the knockout rounds.[80] Her season came to an end with a semifinal loss to Elina Svitolina.[81] She finished the year at No. 8 in the world.[24] At the end of the season, Bencic won theWTA Comeback Player of the Year for her return to the top 10.[82]

2020–21: Olympic singles champion, top 5

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Bencic at the 2020 Australian Open

In February 2021, she reached the final of theWTA 500Adelaide International event. At theGerman Open, Bencic reached her second final in the season but lost, after a stunning comeback from the qualifierLiudmila Samsonova.[83] She had not won a title on the WTA 500-level in two years since she won the title in Moscow in 2019.[84][85]

At the2020 Tokyo Olympics, Bencic beatJessica Pegula,Misaki Doi, French Open championBarbora Krejčíková and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach the semifinals. A three-set victory overElena Rybakina guaranteed Bencic a medal. She defeatedMarkéta Vondroušová in the final, to become the first Swiss woman to win the gold medal in singles.[86][87] Bencic also won silver in thewomen's doubles, teaming up withViktorija Golubic.[88]

Bencic reached the quarterfinals of theUS Open. Seeded 11th, Bencic beatArantxa Rus,Martina Trevisan, Jessica Pegula, andIga Świątek without dropping a set, before losing in straight sets to eventual championEmma Raducanu.[89]

2022: Miami semifinal, first clay title

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Bencic started her season atSydney, she defeatedBeatriz Haddad Maia,Océane Dodin to reach the quarterfinals. Then she lost to eventual championPaula Badosa.

At theAustralian Open, Bencic lost toAmanda Anisimova in the second round.

In St. Petersburg, she defeatedVeronika Kudermetova,Kaja Juvan, before losing to eventual champion,Anett Kontaveit, in the quarterfinals. InDoha, she lost toClara Tauson in the first round.

Bencic entered theIndian Wells Open, and as the 22nd seed received a bye in first round, but then lost toKaia Kanepi in second. She played inMiami seeded 22nd again, where she defeatedMarta Kostyuk,Heather Watson,[90] andAliaksandra Sasnovich to reach her first Miami quarterfinal. Then she beatDaria Saville to made her first ever Miami semifinal. In the semifinal, she lost to Naomi Osaka.[91]

Bencic entered theCharleston Open as the tenth seed and defeatedWang Xiyu,Linda Fruhvirtová andMadison Keys to reach the quarterfinals. Then she beat world No. 3, Paula Badosa, for the first time in four meetings to make the semifinals.[92] In the semifinals, she defeatedEkaterina Alexandrova to reach her first WTA clay court final.[93] Then she defeated fourth seedOns Jabeur to win her first ever WTA clay-court title and sixth overall.[94] However, Bencic lost to Ons Jabeur in the round of 16 at her next event, theMadrid Open.[95] At theFrench Open, she lost in the third round toLeylah Fernandez, in three sets, at her first meeting between them.[96]

Bencic entered theGerman Open as eighth seed, and made it to the final losing to top seed Ons Jabeur; en route to the final, she defeated a few top players like Veronika Kudermetova andMaria Sakkari.

AtWimbledon, she lost in the first round toWang Qiang.

At the WTA 1000Canadian Open, she defeated qualifierTereza Martincová, Serena Williams, who was playing under a protected ranking, andGarbiñe Muguruza to reach the quarterfinals.

2023: Two titles and return to top 10

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Bencic at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships

InAdelaide, she reached the final by defeating Garbiñe Muguruza,Anna Kalinskaya, world No. 4 Caroline Garcia, and Veronika Kudermetova, who withdrew from the semifinals. Then, she beat fifth seed Daria Kasatkina in a loopsided match to win her seventh WTA Tour title. As a result, she returned to the top 10, for the first time since 28 September 2020.[97]At theAustralian Open, she defeatedViktoriya Tomova,[98]Claire Liu[99] and Camila Giorgi[100] to reach the round of 16 in which she lost to fifth seed and eventual champion Aryna Sabalenka.[101]Her next tournament was theAbu Dhabi Open where, as second seed, she defeatedMarta Kostyuk,[102] qualifierShelby Rogers[103] and Beatriz Haddad Maia[104] to make her 17th final overall and second of the season.[105] She defeated Liudmila Samsonova to win her eighth title, after saving three match points.[106]

In May, she lost in the first round of theFrench Open against Russian lucky loser Elina Avanesyan in three sets.[107] She then reached the last 16 at Wimbledon where she ended up losing to world No. 1Iga Świątek despite holding two match points in the second set.[108] She had previously dispatched British wildcardKatie Swan[109] in straight sets in the first round before fighting her way past Danielle Collins 7–6 in the deciding set in the second round[110] and easing her way through her next match by easily dismissing Magda Linette.[111]In June, atWimbledon, Bencic equalled her best-ever showing at this major by reaching the fourth round with wins over wildcard entrant Katie Swan,[112]Danielle Collins[113] and 23rd seedMagda Linette,[114] before losing to top seed Iga Świątek.[115]

Moving onto the North American hardcourt swing of the season, she made back-to-back quarterfinals at theWashington Open andCanadian Open, losing toCoco Gauff[116] andLiudmila Samsonova respectively.[117]Having not played since September, Bencic announced in November that she was pregnant.[118]

2024: Return to WTA Tour

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In October, six months after giving birth to her daughter, Bencic returned to the competitive court at an ITF event in Hamburg[119] and the following month played a second low-level tournament in Luxembourg where she reached the quarterfinals.[120] She then helped Switzerland defeat Serbia in theBillie Jean King Cup play-offs, winning her singles match againstLola Radivojević and teaming withJil Teichmann to overcome Natalija Senić and Anja Stanković in the doubles.[121]

Bencic received a wildcard entry into the WTA 125Open Angers Arena Loire in December, defeating qualifierPatricia Maria Țig,[122]Mariam Bolkvadze,[123][124] sixth seedOcéane Dodin[125][126] andDominika Šalková to reach the final,[127][128] which she lost to third seedAlycia Parks in three sets.[129][130] Despite her defeat in the championship match, she moved up more than 400 places in the WTA singles rankings and back into the top 500 at world No. 481 on 9 December 2024.[131][132][133] Partnering fellow Swiss playerCéline Naef, Bencic was also runner-up in thedoubles at the same tournament, losing toMonica Niculescu andElena-Gabriela Ruse in the final.[129]

2025: Abu Dhabi and Pan Pacific titles, Wimbledon semifinal

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Bencic started her 2025 season representing Switzerland at theUnited Cup, where she defeatedChloé Paquet and then teamed withDominic Stricker to overcomeEdouard Roger-Vasselin andElixane Lechemia in the doubles as they beat France in their opening contest.[134] She lost toJasmine Paolini as Switzerland were defeated by Italy in their second group tie and subsequently failed to reach the knockout stages.[135] Bencic qualified for theAdelaide International and was a set up in her first round match against seventh seed Anna Kalinskaya when her opponent retired due to injury.[136] She lost in the second round to Liudmila Samsonova in three sets.[137]

Using her protected ranking to enter the main draw at theAustralian Open, Bencic defeated 16th seedJelena Ostapenko[138] andSuzan Lamens to reach the third round.[139] She progressed to the round of 16 when her opponent, Naomi Osaka, retired due to injury after Bencic won the first set in a tiebreak.[140] She lost her next match to third seedCoco Gauff in three sets.[141]

Having received a wildcard into theAbu Dhabi Open, Bencic defeatedRebecca Šramková[142] and thendouble bageled lucky loser Veronika Kudermetova[143][144] to reach the quarterfinals, where she overcame wildcard entrant Markéta Vondroušová.[145] In the semifinals, Bencic fought back from losing the first set to defeat top seed and defending championElena Rybakina.[146][147][148] She defeatedAshlyn Krueger in the final after once again recovering from losing the first set.[149][150] As a result, Bencic moved up 92 places in the WTA rankings to world No. 65 on 10 February 2025, reclaiming the position as the top Swiss player in the process.[151][152]

In March atIndian Wells, Bencic recorded wins overTatjana Maria,[153] 17th seedAmanda Anisimova,[154] 13th seedDiana Shnaider[155] and third seed Coco Gauff[156] to make it through to the quarterfinals, where she lost to fifth seed Madison Keys.[157] Due to her run to the last eight, Bencic returned to the world's top 50 for the first time since February 2024, moving up to No. 45 in the WTA rankings on 17 March 2025.[158] Bencic defeatedDayana Yastremska in the first round at theMiami Open,[159] before losing to 22nd seed Elina Svitolina in her next match.[160]

At theMadrid Open in April, she recorded wins over qualifierZeynep Sönmez,[161] 20th seedClara Tauson[162] and 16th seedBeatriz Haddad Maia[163] to reach the fourth round, where she lost to fourth seed Coco Gauff.[164]

In May, Bencic retired from theItalian Open due to an arm injury, after losing the opening set of her first round match against Maria Sakkari.[165] She subsequently withdrew from theFrench Open having re-aggravated the injury in practice.[166] Bencic made her return from injury in late June at theBad Homburg Open, losing to eighth seedEkaterina Alexandrova in the first round.[167]

AtWimbledon, she defeatedAlycia Parks,[168] qualifierElsa Jacquemot,[169]Elisabetta Cocciaretto[170] and 18th seedEkaterina Alexandrova to reach the quarterfinals for the first time.[171] In the last eight, Bencic overcame seventh seedMirra Andreeva in straight sets to make it into her second major semifinal,[172] which she lost to eighth seed and eventual champion Iga Świątek.[173] As a result of her Wimbledon run, Bencic moved up to world No. 20 on 14 July.[174]

Moving onto the North American hard-court swing of the season at theCanadian Open, Bencic was given a bye in the first round due to her seeding at 17th and then defeated wildcard entrantEugenie Bouchard[175] to reach the third round, where she lost to 11th seedKarolína Muchová.[176] Seeded 16th at theUS Open, she overcame qualifierZhang Shuai,[177] before losing toAnn Li in the second round.[178]

In September at theChina Open, Bencic received a bye as the 15th seed and then defeatedKatie Volynets[179] and qualifierPriscilla Hon[180] to set up a fourth round meeting with second seed Coco Gauff which she lost in three sets.[181] A win over Donna Vekić[182] followed by a walkover against Elise Mertens,[183] saw her reach the third round at theWuhan Open, at which point she lost to second seed Iga Świątek.[184]

Seeded sixth at theNingbo Open, Bencic defeated Magda Linette[185] and qualifierYuliia Starodubtseva[186] to make it into the quarterfinals, where she lost to second seed Jasmine Paolini.[187] The following week at thePan Pacific Open, she received a bye due to being seeded fifth and then overcame qualifierVarvara Gracheva,[188] eighth seed Karolína Muchová[189] and Sofia Kenin[190] to reach the final, which she won in straight sets against sixth seed Linda Nosková to claim her 10th WTA singles title.[191][192] As a result, she moved up to world No. 11 in the WTA rankings on 27 October 2025.[193] As top seed at theHong Kong Open, Bencic recorded wins overAliaksandra Sasnovich[194] andWang Yafan to reach the quarterfinals,[195] before withdrawing from the tournament due to a thigh injury.[196]

National representation

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Fed Cup

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Bencic made her debut for theSwitzerland Fed Cup team in 2012 at the age of 14. That year, she played in two doublesdead rubbers withAmra Sadiković, losing to the Australian pair ofCasey Dellacqua andJelena Dokić and defeating the Belarusian pair ofAliaksandra Sasnovich andDarya Lebesheva.[13] She played in her first live rubbers in 2014 when Switzerland wereWorld Group II. Although Bencic won both of her singles matches againstFrance overAlizé Cornet andVirginie Razzano, her compatriotsTimea Bacsinszky andStefanie Vögele lost their matches to set up a decisive doubles rubber.[197] Bencic and Bacsinszky lost the match and the tie to Cornet andKristina Mladenovic.[198][199] In theWorld Group II play-off round two months later, Bencic and Bacsinszky led Switzerland to a 4–1 win overBrazil, with Bencic winning one of her two singles matches.[200] The following year, the duo swept their first three singles matches againstSweden to advance to theWorld Group play-offs.[201] Although Bencic missed the play-off due to injury, Switzerland defeatedPoland to return to the top-tier World Group the following year.[202][203]

In the World Group, Switzerland made it to the semifinals in both2016 and2017. Bencic led the team to their 2016 first round overGermany, winning both of her singles matches againstAndrea Petkovic and Angelique Kerber as well as the decisive doubles rubber with Martina Hingis.[204] She was injured for the next tie, a loss to theCzech Republic.[205] The following year, Bencic split her two singles matches as Switzerland advanced 4–1 past France.[206] She was named to the team for the semifinal round againstBelarus, but did not play in any of the live rubbers as she was dealing with a wrist injury at the time.[207] In2018, Switzerland were again eliminated by the Czech Republic, this time in the first round as Bencic lost both of her singles matches.[208] She was unavailable for the play-off round due to injury, which Switzerland lost toRomania to fall out of the World Group.[209] The next year, Bencic led her team to a victory overItaly inWorld Group II with two singles wins.[210] However, she was unavailable as Switzerland lost their play-off tie to theUnited States to keep them in World Group II.[211]

In 2022, team Switzerland won the Billie Jean King Cup for the first time in history. Bencic was among three other nominated players –Teichmann,Golubic andWaltert. On their way to the play-off, they beat Canada and Italy in Group A with losing an only match to Canada. In the semifinal, the Swiss team won against Czech Republic by winning both singles matches and advanced to the final. Once again, it was enough to win both singles matches against Australia and so they became the 2022 champions.

Hopman Cup

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Bencic has competed at theHopman Cup in January withRoger Federer for three consecutive years from 2017 through 2019. After finishing in second place in their round robin group to the eventual champions France in2017,[212] the pair won the tournament in each of the next two years. In2018, they won all nine of their round robin rubbers to set up a final against the German team of Angelique Kerber andAlexander Zverev.[213] After Federer defeated Zverev and Bencic lost to Kerber, the Swiss team won the decisive mixed doubles rubber in straight sets for the title.[214] During the2019 event, they were upset by the Greek team ofMaria Sakkari andStefanos Tsitsipas in their last round robin tie, but still advanced to the final through the tiebreak criteria.[215] In a rematch of the previous year's final, Federer again beat Zverev while Kerber again defeated Bencic. The mixed doubles rubber was much closer than in 2018 and came down to a winner-take-all point in the third-set tiebreak as part of theFast4 format. Federer served the point, which Switzerland won in a long rally to win their second consecutive Hopman Cup.[216][217]

Olympics

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In 2021, Bencic represented her country in her first Olympic Games atTokyo, after having to skip Rio 2016 due to injury. Seeded no. 9, she won the Women's Singles gold medal, defeating theCzech Republic'sMarkéta Vondroušová in the final, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3. She also advanced to the doubles final alongsideViktorija Golubic, winning the Olympic silver medal. By doing so, Bencic became only the fifth player to reach two finals at the same Olympic event since tennis returned at the Games in 1988, joiningSerena and Venus Williams,Andy Murray andNicolás Massú.[218]

Bencic with Viktorija Golubic at the semifinal against BraziliansLaura Pigossi andLuisa Stefani at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Playing style

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Bencic serving

Bencic has an all-court game, and possesses an aggressive playing style. She is regularly compared to former world No. 1 Martina Hingis, as both players are Swiss, of Slovak descent, and have been coached by Hingis's mother. Hingis has compared herself with Bencic, saying, "The technique, my mom puts a lot of attention to that. So the game, I mean, [Bencic has] got a great backhand as well. But also she's stronger, so she can work with other weapons than I had. I mean, maybe I was more maybe a little better mover, but when she hits a shot it can be a winner. Like she's hitting a lot more winners than did I. So it's different a little bit."[219] Tennis coachGünter Bresnik has called her an "unbelievably smart player" and noted that, "She understands the game really well and knows exactly how to throw the other player off." Bencic possesses a powerful first serve, peaking at 113 mph (182 km/h), allowing her to serve aces and dictate play from the first stroke of a point. Despite this, Bencic's second serve is a considerable weakness, and is heavily affected by nerves, meaning that she typically serves a large number of double faults. Bencic possesses the ability to hit powerfulgroundstroke winners, but she can also hit lob and drop shot winners when presented with the opportunity.[2] When playing with Roger Federer at the Hopman Cup, he praised her prowess at returning serve.[220] Bencic excels at hitting the ball early or on the rise, and is capable of turning defense into offense, excelling at redirecting cross-court shots down the line.[221] Bencic is an accomplished opponent on all surfaces, although she has stated that her favourite surface is grass.[222]

Coaches

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As a junior, Bencic was coached by her father and Melanie Molitor, the mother of Martina Hingis. Molitor coached Bencic daily from 2004 to 2012, at which point her father Ivan again became her primary coach.[4] In late 2017, she hired Iain Hughes during her recovery from wrist surgery.[223]Vladimír Pláteník worked with Bencic in 2018 from Wimbledon in July until mid-October, at which point her father returned as her main coach.[224] In their first tournament back together, Bencic reached the final at the Luxembourg Open.[225] Bencic was coached by Russian tennis playerDmitry Tursunov until April 2023.[226]

Endorsements

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Bencic has been endorsed byYonex for racquets since turning professional, and was endorsed byAdidas for clothing and footwear from 2011. In 2015, Bencic signed a 'top-to-toe' endorsement deal with Yonex, being supplied with clothing and footwear by the company, along with her racquets.[227] In 2018, upon her return to professional tennis after a long injury layoff, Bencic became endorsed byNike for clothing and footwear. In 2023, Bencic switched toAsics for clothing and footwear. Bencic has used the Yonex EZONE 100 racquet throughout her professional career. In July 2022, Bencic became a brand ambassador and honorary Chief Inspiration Officer for the Swiss digital private bank,Alpian.[228]

Personal life

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Bencic has a younger brother Brian, who is also a tennis player. They both trained at Molitor's academy and was ranked as a top 200 junior in the world.[4][229]She has bothSwiss andSlovak citizenship.[230]

In 2018, she began dating fitness trainer and formerInter Bratislava footballer Martin Hromkovič from Slovakia.[231] They married inSt. Gallen in April 2024,[232] and their daughter Bella was born that same month.[233] They live in Wollerau, Switzerland.[234] She kept her surname Bencic on the circuit,[a] but in private life she adopted her married surname Hromkovicova (Slovak: Hromkovičová).[236][237]

Career statistics

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Main article:Belinda Bencic career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines

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Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Tournament201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025SRW–LWin %
Australian Open2R1R4R1R2R3R3R3R2R4RA4R0 / 1118–1162%
French Open1R2RAA2R3RA2R3R1RAA0 / 77–750%
Wimbledon3R4R2RA4R3RNH1R1R4RASF0 / 919–968%
US OpenQF3R3RA1RSFAQF3R4RA0 / 821–872%
Win–loss7–46–46–30–15–410–42–17–45–49–40–08–20 / 3565–3565%
Career statistics
Titles020002011201Career total: 9
Finals141013032301Career total: 19
Year-end ranking3314427437812231217913$13,247,128

Doubles

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Tournament2014201520162017201820192020202120222023SRW–LWin %
Australian OpenA1R2R1RA1RA1RA2R0 / 62–529%
French OpenA3RAA1R2RAA1RA0 / 43–443%
Wimbledon2R2RAA1R1RNH1R2RA0 / 63–633%
US Open1R1R1RA1RAAAAA0 / 40–40%
Win–loss1–23–41–10–10–31–30–00–21–21–10 / 208–1930%
Career statistics
Titles0200000000Career total: 2
Finals0200000100Career total: 3
Year-end ranking20868215269242116104154133197

Olympic Games medal matches

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Singles: 1 (gold medal)

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ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Gold2021Tokyo OlympicsHardCzech RepublicMarkéta Vondroušová7–5, 2–6, 6–3

Doubles: 1 (silver medal)

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ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Silver2021Tokyo OlympicsHardSwitzerlandViktorija GolubicCzech RepublicBarbora Krejčíková
Czech RepublicKateřina Siniaková		5–7, 1–6

Notes

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  1. ^InBillie Jean King Cup, she began to be listed under the surname Hromkovicova from 2024.[235]

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