Eden Giselle Silva (born 14 March 1996) is a British

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player of

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n descent who specializes in doubles. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 112 in doubles, reached on 21 October 2024, and No. 298 in singles, achieved on 3 April 2023.

Career

Silva made her

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debut at the

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in the doubles draw, partnering Lisa Ponomar. She made her singles WTA Tour debut as a qualifier at the

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, losing in the first round to

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Personal

Silva is from

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. She has also done modelling work, after being scouted by an agency through

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WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 29 (12 titles, 17 runner-ups)

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* * * * 1996 births Living people 21st-century English sportswomen British female tennis players English female tennis players English people of Russian descent English people of Sri Lankan descent People from Gants Hill Sportspeople from Essex Tennis players from the London Borough of Redbridge Long stubs with short prose {{UK-tennis-bio-stub