Carson Branstine

Carson Branstine (born September 9, 2000) is a Canadian-American tennis player and model. She reached a career high WTA singles ranking of No. 468 on July 29,[1] 2019 and a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 4 on July 17, 2017. She won the 2017 Australian Open and French Open junior doubles titles with Bianca Andreescu.[2][3] Branstine represented the United States from 2014 to February 2017, but has started representing Canada, the birth country of her mother, since March 2017.[4]

Carson Branstine

Country (sports)	United States (2014–17)  Canada (2017–present)
Residence	Orange, California
Born	September 9, 2000 Irvine, California
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$14,058
Singles
Career record	38–35 (52.1%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 468 (29 July 2019)
Current ranking	No. 558 (3 February 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior	3R (2017)
French Open Junior	1R (2017)
Wimbledon Junior	QF (2017)
US Open Junior	QF (2016)
Doubles
Career record	22–19 (53.7%)
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 203 (18 September 2017)
Current ranking	No. 613 (3 February 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open Junior	W (2017)
French Open Junior	W (2017)
Wimbledon Junior	SF (2017)
US Open Junior	2R (2015, 2017)
Last updated on: February 4, 2020.

Early life

Branstine was born in Irvine, California to an American father, Bruce, and a Canadian mother, Carol Freeman, from Toronto. She has two older sisters, Cassidy and Constance, both of whom play collegiate tennis.[5] Her cousin Freddie Freeman is a professional baseball first baseman and MVP for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB).[6] Carson began playing tennis at the age of 7. After spending a few years training at the USTA, Branstine accepted an offer from Tennis Canada to train at the National Training Centre in Montreal, starting in October 2016.[7] Branstine quotes that her move to Tennis Canada was "the best decision I've ever made", and has continued to represent her mother's roots with pride. She began her modeling career in Montreal after being discovered walking on Saint Laurent Boulevard in Downtown Montreal.

Tennis career

2014–15

Branstine played her first junior tournament in November 2014 at the ITF G4 in Atlanta and won the doubles title.[8] Two weeks later at the G4 in Boca Raton, she captured her first junior singles title and also won in doubles.[9] In March 2015, she played her first professional tournament, losing to Karolína Stuchlá in the first round of the 10k in Gainesville, Florida.[10] In June 2015, she won the doubles title at the G4 in Haverford, Pennsylvania.[11] Branstine qualified for her first junior Grand Slam main draw at the US Open in September, but lost to Evgeniya Levashova in the opening round. She also reached the second round in doubles.[12]

2016

In March, Branstine captured her second junior singles title with a victory over Ann Li at the G4 in Newport Beach, California.[13] She won her third junior singles title in June at the ITF G4 in Plantation, Florida.[14] In September, she reached the quarterfinals in singles of the junior US Open, upsetting the No. 2 seed Olesya Pervushina in the second round.[15] In November, she advanced to the semifinals in doubles at the 50k in Toronto with partner Elena Bovina.[16] Also in November, she reached the doubles semifinals at the ITF GA in Mexico City.[17] In December, Branstine made it to the semifinals in singles and to the quarterfinals in doubles at the Eddie Herr ITF G1 in Bradenton, Florida.[18] The next week, she advanced to the semifinals of the ITF GA Orange Bowl.[19]

2017

In January at the junior Australian Open, Branstine reached the third round in singles and captured the doubles title with Bianca Andreescu.[2] She started representing Canada officially in March and played her first tournament as a Canadian at the ITF G1 in Carson, California at the end of the month, where she went on to win both the singles and doubles titles.[4][20] In June at the junior event of the French Open, Branstine lost in the opening round in singles, but won her second straight Slam doubles title with Bianca Andreescu.[3] In July at the G1 in Roehampton, she won the doubles title with Marta Kostyuk.[21] The next week at Wimbledon, she lost in the quarterfinals in singles and in the semifinals in doubles with Kostyuk, ending her hopes of winning a third straight junior doubles Grand Slam title.[22] In August at the Rogers Cup, she was awarded a wild card in the doubles main draw with compatriot Bianca Andreescu, her first WTA main draw. They upset Kristina Mladenovic and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round before falling to the first seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the next round.[23] At the junior US Open in September, Branstine was defeated in the second round in both singles and doubles.[24] The next week at the Coupe Banque Nationale, she advanced with Andreescu to her first WTA doubles final where they were defeated by the first seeds Tímea Babos and Andrea Hlaváčková.[25]

College Tennis

Branstine made the decision to accept a full scholarship at the University of Southern California in 2019, and transferred to University of Virginia after spending a red shirt season at USC. She did not play the tennis season at Southern California due to a meniscus surgery. Although she was the #2 freshman newcomer and held the #1 Universal Tennis Rating ranking throughout her time off and into the start at UVA. Carson Branstine is a Media Studies major, and also declared Pre-Law.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2017	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	International	Carpet (i)	Bianca Andreescu	Tímea Babos Andrea Hlaváčková	3–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–2) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2019	ITF Carson, United States	15,000	Hard	Elizabeth Mandlik	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2019	ITF Gatineau, Canada	25,000	Hard	Leylah Annie Fernandez	6–3, 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2018	ITF Gatineau, Canada	25,000	Hard	Bianca Andreescu	Hsu Chieh-yu Marcela Zacarías	4–6, 6–2, [10–4]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2017	Australian Open	Hard	Bianca Andreescu	Maja Chwalińska Iga Świątek	6–1, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	2017	French Open	Clay	Bianca Andreescu	Olesya Pervushina Anastasia Potapova	6–1, 6–3

Record against top-100 players

Branstine's win-loss record (0–1, 0%) against players who were ranked world No. 100 or higher when played is as follows:[26]

• Donna Vekić 0–1

References

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14. "Drawsheet: Metropolia ITF at Plantation". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
15. "Carson Branstine topples second-seeded Oleysa Pervushina in U.S. Open junior tournament". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
16. "Drawsheet: $50,000 Toronto". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved November 17, 2016.
17. "Drawsheet: Abierto Juvenil Mexicano". ITFTennis.com. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
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23. "WTA Rogers Cup: Top seeds Makarova/Vesnina make winning return to action, roll past Canadian teenagers Andreescu/Branstine". Vavel USA. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
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25. "Van Uytvanck captures first WTA title in Quebec City". CoupeBanqueNationale.ca. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
26. "Results". WTATennis.com. Retrieved August 5, 2017.

External links

• Carson Branstine at the Women's Tennis Association
• Carson Branstine at the International Tennis Federation