Timea Bacsinszky

ABOUT TIMEA BACSINSZKY

Tennis player who had a breakout season in 2015, winning fifteen consecutive matches and two titles. She has been ranked as the top women's player in Sweden and won a silver medal in the doubles competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

She grew up in Lausanne, Switzerland and began playing tennis at age five. She idolized American player Monica Seles .

She won the WTA Most Improved Player award in 2015.

She married a man named Andreas. Her father Igor was a tennis coach.

She partnered with Martina Hingis to win her first Olympic medal.