Carson Branstine (born September 9, 2000) is a Canadian-American tennis player and model. She reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 203 on September 18, 2017, 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.[1][2] Branstine represented the United States from 2014 to February 2017, but has started representing Canada, the birth country of her mother, in March 2017.[3]
Early life
Branstine was born in
USTA, Branstine accepted an offer from Tennis Canada to train at the National Training Centre in Montreal, starting in October 2016.[6] 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.[7] Two weeks later at the G4 in Boca Raton, she captured her first junior singles title and also won in doubles.[8] In March 2015, she played her first professional tournament, losing to Karolína Stuchlá in the first round of the $10k in Gainesville, Florida.[9] In June 2015, she won the doubles title at the G4 in Haverford, Pennsylvania.[10] 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.[11]
2016
In March, Branstine captured her second junior singles title with a victory over Ann Li at the G4 in Newport Beach, California.[12] She won her third junior singles title in June at the ITF G4 in Plantation, Florida.[13] In September, she reached the quarterfinals in singles of the junior US Open, upsetting the No. 2 seed Olesya Pervushina in the second round.[14] In November, she advanced to the semifinals in doubles at the $50k Toronto Challenger with partner Elena Bovina.[15] Also in November, she reached the doubles semifinals at the ITF GA in Mexico City.[16] 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.[17] The following week, she advanced to the semifinals of the GA Orange Bowl.[18]
Branstine made the decision to accept a full scholarship at the
Texas A&M
where she played two seasons of college tennis. During her collegiate career, she reached a career high ITA ranking of No. 2 in doubles and No. 8 in singles.
United States (2014–17)
Canada (2017–present)
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