Francoise Abanda

At 27 years old, Francoise Abanda has this physical status:

Françoise Abanda (born February 5, 1997) is a Canadian professional tennis player.

She reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 111 on October 9, 2017 and her highest WTA doubles ranking of 197 on September 8, 2014.

She achieved a career high junior rank of No. 4 on April 29, 2013.

Early life

Françoise started playing tennis at age seven, after her elder-by-three-years sister Élisabeth started playing two years earlier. She has been a member of Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal since 2009. Her parents, Blaise Abanda and Cecile Essono Ahibena, are from Cameroon. Her sister Élisabeth also played tennis professionally and studied at Barry University.

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Tennis career

In 2011, Abanda advanced to the third round of the junior US Open in singles. She was disqualified in the third round of the junior French Open singles and in doubles in May 2012. In both singles and doubles, she failed in the semifinals of the junior Wimbledon in June 2012. In July, she played and won her first competitive match at the $25k tournament in Granby, defeating world No. 2 Bob. Jennifer Elie, 331, was in the first round of the first round before losing to compatriot Eugenie Bouchard in the second round. She also reached the doubles semifinals. With a victory over world No. 66, she qualified to last-round qualies at the Rogers Cup in August. In the second round, Irina Falconi, 104, was defeated.

Abanda then won the G1 Championship in Repentigny in September, becoming just the second Québécoise since Eugenie Bouchard's 2011 victory and fourth Canadian to win the title. At the start of September, she qualified for the junior US Open in doubles. She won the GB1 Pan American Closed ITF Championships in 2012, defeating fellow Canadian Carol Zhao in the final. Abanda reached the doubles semifinals at the $50k event in Saenay in October 2012. She reached her second straight doubles semifinals, this time at the $50k Toronto Challenger, a week later.

Abanda made a full recovery after suffering a shoulder injury at an ITF tournament in March, but she was disqualified in the first round. She made her second appearance at the US Open in August and advanced to the second round of the junior competition for the second time. In the doubles main draw at the Challenge Bell the following week, she was awarded a wildcard (with fellow Canadian Carol Zhao). This was her first WTA Tour main draw of her career, but she lost in the quarterfinals to Alla Kudryavtseva and Anastasia Rodionova.

Abanda played two back-to-back ITFs in Mexico during the first two weeks of October. Victoria, Abanda, Australia's first, reached the quarterfinals and semifinals in doubles, with Victoria Rodrez. Abanda defeated Ana Sofa Sánchez in straight sets in the first round of the second round of a $25k tournament in Tampico, but lost in the second round. She qualified in doubles and partnered with Indy de Vroome in the quarterfinals. As a result, she cracked the top 400 in doubles for the first time, landing at world No. 1. 397.

Abanda made it to the quarterfinals of singles at the $25k in Rock Hill in mid-October. Abanda reached her first professional doubles final at the $50k Savvy Challenger in October, but Marta Domachowska and Andrea Hlavády defeated her (with partner Victoria Duval) in the final, but she was disqualified (with partner Victoria Duval) by Andrea Hlavá. She also made it to the quarterfinals in singles. Abanda (with Duval again) won her first professional title after beating Melanie Oudin and Jessica Pegula a week later this week. Abanda reached the quarterfinals at the 25k championship in Mérida at the start of December and the last tournament of her season.

Abanda won her first professional singles title in mid-January after defeating compatriot Heidi El Tabakh at the $25k tournament in Port St. Lucie. She registered for the $100k event in Midland in February, but Sofia Arvidsson defeated her in the second round. Abanda made it to the final round of qualifying at the Premier Mandatory Sony Open Tennis Championships in March, where she was given a wildcard before losing in three sets to Kimiko Date-Krumm. She also qualified in the last round of qualifying at the WTA event in Bogotá in April. Abanda made it to the quarterfinals of the $50k Charlottesville Classic in late April as a qualifier, but Montserrat González defeated them in three sets. She reached her second WTA quarterfinal in doubles in May at the Internationaux de Strasbourg, but Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan were disqualified by third seeds Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan. Abanda made it to the semifinals of the $25k tournament in Maribor last week, where she was defeated by Yvonne Neuwirth.

Abanda reached her second junior Grand Slam semifinal at the French Open in June, but was defeated by top seed Ivana Jorovi. She was disqualified by Markéta Vondrouová in the third round at Wimbledon a month later. Abanda made it to her second professional singles final in July after being defeated by Stéphanie Foretz in three sets. She reached the semifinals of the $25k Granby Challenger next week. Abanda was given a wildcard for the main draw at the Citi Open in July, but Vania King defeated Abanda in the first round. Abanda was given a wildcard for the Rogers Cup main draw in Montreal in August, but she lost in three sets to world No. 3 Carlos. Dominika Cibulková, 12, is a student at the University of Dominika Cibulková. She qualified for her first Grand Slam appearance after losing only six games in the three rounds at the US Open in late August. She dropped out of the World No. 1 in the world of No. 1. In the first round, Sabine Lisicki was 27, to begin with. She was awarded a wildcard for the main draw, where she was defeated by world No. 8 in September. Venus Williams, a 19-year-old girl and childhood idol, is a fan of the 19 and childhood stars.

Abanda was selected for the first time in February 2015 to represent Canada at the Fed Cup for the first time. She lost her two matches of the World Group first round tie against the Czech Republic, the defending champion. She made it to the semifinals of the $25k tournament in Surprise a week later. She was granted a wildcard for the Miami Open main draw in March 2015, but she was defeated by world No. 2. In the first round, Kaia Kanepi, 51, was ranked 51 in the first round. Abanda defeated a top-100 player in the Fed Cup World Group Play-offs in April 2015, defeating world No. 1. In the first match against Romania, 33, Irina-Camelia Begu, was tripped out of the match. She lost in three sets in her second match to world No. 1. Alexandra Dulgheru, 69, is the daughter of Alexandra Dulgheru. She captured her second professional doubles title in May 2015 after defeating Olga Ianchuk and Irina Khromacheva with partner Maria Sanchez at the $50k Charlottesville Classic. Abanda received a wildcard for the main draw in singles at the Rogers Cup in August 2015, but lost in the first round to world No. 2. Andrea Petkovic defeated 16, in three sets. Heidi El Tabakh, a compatriot, also advanced to the doubles second round.

Abanda captured her second singles title of her career in March 2016 after defeating Lesley Kerkhove in straight sets at the $25k in Irapuato. She began working with Alain Humblet in July 2016 and had a wildcard in the Washington Open, where she lost to Usue Maitane Arconada in the first round. With a victory over world No. 1, she advanced to the second round of the Premier-5 Rogers Cup in August 2016. Zheng Saisai, 66, was defeated by world No. 4, but not so much. In the next round, Elina Svitolina will advance to the next round. For the first time in September 2016, she reached the second round of the WTA tournament in Quebec City. With a victory over Sachia Vickery at the $25k tournament in Redding in October 2016, she won her third singles title in October 2016.

Abanda triumphed in her two singles matches against Kazakhstan in April, respectively over world No. 2. Yaroslava Shvedova, 51, and the world No. 1 in the United States. Yulia Putintseva, 31. Canada won the tie 3–2 and secured its spot in the World Group II in 2018. Abanda qualified for the French Open for the first time in her career in May, defeating Tessah Andrianjafitrimo in the first round. She fell short of the world No. 1. Caroline Wozniacki, 12, is the first woman to play in a single match without winning a single match. She qualified for her second straight Grand Slam main draw and triumphed in her first-round match over world No. 2 at Wimbledon. Kurumi Nara, 1994. She was defeated by the reigning French Open champion and world No. No. 1. In the second round of three sets, 13 Jeena Ostapenko defeated her in a tie. She qualified for the main draw at the Premier 5 Western & Southern Open in August with victories over world No. 10. Misaki Doi, 79, and the world No. 1 in the 80s. Natalia Vikhlyantseva, 60, respectively. She defeated the world No. 1 in the first round for her third straight top-100 player. Magda Linette 84 was able to defend herself, but the world No. 1 defeated him. Julia Görges, 37, will be in her next match. Abanda defeated Asia Muhammad and world No. 2 in September at the Coupe Banque Nationale. Varvara Lepchenko, 74, first and second rounds respectively, before falling to world No. 74. TIMEA Babos, 63.

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