2021 Sports Personality of the Year Emma Raducanu’s career in numbers
The 19-year-old established herself as one of the biggest names in British sport this year.
Emma Raducanu was on Sunday crowned the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year for 2021.
The 19-year-old established herself as one of the biggest names in British sport after her fairytale success at the US Open in September, where she became Britain’s first female winner of a grand slam tournament since Virginia Wade in 1977.
Here, the PA news agency looks at the teenager’s career so far in numbers.
1 – Raducanu is the current British number one.
44 – years since the previous British winner or finalist at a women’s grand slam singles tournament when Wade won Wimbledon in 1977.
2.5million – prize money in US dollars for Raducanu’s efforts, equivalent to £1.8m. Raducanu’s career earnings before the US Open stood at a combined 303,376 dollars, or around £219,000.
150 – Raducanu’s world ranking going into the tournament.
10 – matches in Raducanu’s stunning run in New York, from the first of three qualifying rounds and all the way through the 128-strong draw to the final.
2021 – made her WTA Tour debut in June as a wildcard entry at the Nottingham Open.
0 – sets dropped on the way to the US Open final, winning 18 in succession across qualifying and the main draw.
18 – age when she won the 2021 US Open women’s singles title.
4 – Raducanu reached the fourth round at Wimbledon on her grand slam main draw debut, before retiring on medical grounds against Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic.
1 – Raducanu is the first qualifier ever to win a grand slam final.
17 – court on which Raducanu and Fernandez played at Wimbledon in the 2018 girls’ singles, with the latter’s name displayed on the scoreboard as Leylah Annie Fernandez. Raducanu won 6-2 6-4.
5ft 9in – Raducanu’s height.
2.1 million – Instagram followers, with 617,500 on Raducanu’s Twitter account.
