Eleana Yu (born November 8, 2004) is an American
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player. Yu has a career-high
WTA singles ranking of No. 646 achieved on January 9, 2023, and a career-high doubles ranking of 935, achieved on April 11, 2022.
Early life
Eleana was born in
Mason, Ohio
Mason is a city in southwestern Warren County, Ohio, United States, approximately north of downtown Cincinnati. As of the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, Mason's population was 34,792. It is home to Kings Island amusement park and one of ...
to parents Chao Yu and Wei Lu.
Career
2022: Grand Slam debut
At just 16-years-old, Yu won the
USTA Girls 18s National Championships defeating Valerie Glozman 6-3, 7-5. This earned her a wildcard into the main draw of the
2022 US Open. She lost in the first round to
Alison Riske-Amritraj.
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2004 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Sportspeople from Mason, Ohio
Tennis players from Ohio
21st-century American sportswomen
American sportspeople of Chinese descent
Sportspeople of Chinese descent
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