
Stay up to speed with the latest news and results as British tennis star Emma Raducanu looks to find form in 2025.
Raducanu reaches Miami quarter-finals
Raducanu recorded her best result in a WTA 1000 event when she reached the quarter-finals of the Miami Open in March, weeks on from being knocked out in the first round at Indian Wells.
In Florida, Raducanu beat Japan’s Sayaka Ishii in her opening match before defeating a trio of Americans – eighth seed Emma Navarro, McCartney Kessler and then 17th seed Amanda Anisimova.
The 22-year’s run ended in the last eight with a three-set defeat to another player from the USA in fourth seed Jessica Pegula but her success in Miami could bode well for the rest of the season after she reeled off four victories in a row for the first time since winning the US Open in 2021.
How did Raducanu start 2025?
Raducanu began her 2025 campaign at the Australian Open where she reached the third round, losing to Iga Swiatek in straight sets.
The British No 2 returned to action at the Singapore Open where she lost a gruelling three-hour battle to world No 101 Cristina Bucsa from Spain in the first round.
Further disappointing first-round losses followed in the space of a week, first in Abu Dhabi against former Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova and then to Ekaterina Alexandrova in Qatar.
She snapped a four-match losing streak with victory over former world No 3 Maria Sakkari in the first round of the Dubai Tennis Championships, only to fall to a straight-sets loss against Karolina Muchova in the next round, where she was targeted by a stalker.
Raducanu returned to action at Indian Wells in March, losing in the first round to Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima.
Raducanu’s 2025 results and schedule
The WTA schedule has been set for the rest of the year, with the Grand Slam dates locked in for the French Open (May 25-June 8), Wimbledon (June 30-July 13) and the US Open (August 25-September 7).
Raducanu – as well as fellow Brit Katie Boulter – will also play at Queen’s in June as women’s tennis returns to the London venue for the first time in over 50 years.
What is Raducanu’s current ranking?
Raducanu was ranked No 80 in the world (as of March 17) but her exploits in Miami will ensure she moves back into the top 50 when the rankings are next updated. The Brit’s career-high ranking was No 10, back in July 2022.
Raducanu won 20 of the 33 matches she played in 2024 and ended the season ranked 59 in the world.
How did injuries affect Raducanu in 2024?
Raducanu was forced to withdraw from the Miami Open due to a lower back injury after being awarded a wild card for the event.
She was also hampered by a stomach bug during her loss at the first major of the year, the Australian Open, but her tennis was encouraging and she stepped up her comeback with victory over Bouzkova in Abu Dhabi.
Raducanu sat out the second major of the year, withdrawing just 24 hours before French Open qualifying was due to begin, in a bid to give herself a “chance to keep fit for the rest of the year.”
But an untimely slip in the deciding set of her last-16 clash with Sun at Wimbledon halted Raducanu’s momentum. She received treatment on her lower left leg and the middle of her back, but slumped to defeat just as she seemed to be finding her best form.
Having recovered from surgeries in 2023, Raducanu continued to manage injury risk, deciding against representing Team GB at the Paris Olympics because she did not want to switch back to playing on clay at Roland Garros ahead of the hard court tournaments in the USA.
At the Korea Open in September, Raducanu retired in the quarter-finals after straining foot ligaments, but she did return – with promise – in Malaga to raise optimism for 2025.
How many Grand Slam titles has Raducanu won?
So far, the 2021 US Open victory remains Raducanu’s sole victory in a major tournament.
She reached the fourth round in Wimbledon that year – a feat she matched in 2024 and might have bettered were it not for injury – but at the Australian and French Opens, she has never progressed beyond the second round.
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