Carson Branstine Explained

Carson Branstine
Country: (2014–17)
(2017–present)
Residence:Orange, California
Birth Date:9 September 2000
Birth Place:Irvine, California
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$75,220
Singlestitles:5 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 306 (August 12, 2024)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 307 (August 19, 2024)
Australianopenjuniorresult:3R (2017)
Frenchopenjuniorresult:1R (2017)
Wimbledonjuniorresult:QF (2017)
Usopenjuniorresult:QF (2016) -->
Doublestitles:3 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 203 (September 18, 2017)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 747 (August 19, 2024)
Australianopendoublesjuniorresult:W (2017)
Frenchopendoublesjuniorresult:W (2017)
Wimbledondoublesjuniorresult:SF (2017) -->
Usopendoublesjuniorresult:2R (2015, 2017)
Updated:August 21, 2024

Carson Branstine (born September 9, 2000) is a Canadian-American tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 306 on 12 August 2024. Branstine also reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 203 on 18 September 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. Branstine represented the United States from 2014 to February 2017, but started representing Canada, the birth country of her mother, in March 2017.

Early life

Branstine was born in Irvine, California, to an American father, Bruce, and a Canadian mother, Carol Freeman, from Toronto. She has two older sisters, Cassidy and Constance, both of whom play collegiate tennis.[1] Her cousin Freddie Freeman is a professional baseball first baseman and MVP for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).[2] Carson began playing tennis at the age of 7. After spending a few years training at the USTA, Branstine accepted an offer from Tennis Canada to train at the National Training Centre in Montreal, starting in October 2016.[3]

Tennis career

2014–15

Branstine played her first junior tournament in November 2014 at the ITF G4 in Atlanta and won the doubles title.[4] Two weeks later at the G4 in Boca Raton, she captured her first junior singles title and also won in doubles.[5] In March 2015, she played her first professional tournament, losing to Karolína Stuchlá in the first round of the $10k in Gainesville, Florida.[6] In June 2015, she won the doubles title at the G4 in Haverford, Pennsylvania.[7] 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.[8]

2016

In March, Branstine captured her second junior singles title with a victory over Ann Li at the G4 in Newport Beach, California.[9] She won her third junior singles title in June at the ITF G4 in Plantation, Florida.[10] In September, she reached the quarterfinals in singles of the junior US Open, upsetting the No. 2 seed Olesya Pervushina in the second round.[11] In November, she advanced to the semifinals in doubles at the $50k Toronto Challenger with partner Elena Bovina.[12] Also in November, she reached the doubles semifinals at the ITF GA in Mexico City.[13] 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.[14] The following week, she advanced to the semifinals of the GA Orange Bowl.[15]

2017

In January at the Australian Open, Branstine reached the third round in girls' singles and captured the doubles title with Bianca Andreescu.[16] She started representing Canada officially in March and played her first tournament as a Canadian at the G1 in Carson, California at the end of the month, where she went on to win both the singles and doubles titles.[17] [18] In June at the junior event of the French Open, Branstine lost in the opening round in singles, but won her second straight major doubles title with Bianca Andreescu.[19] In July at the G1 in Roehampton, she won the doubles title with Marta Kostyuk.[20] At Wimbledon, she lost in the quarterfinals in singles and in the semifinals in doubles with Kostyuk, ending her hopes of winning a third straight junior doubles Grand Slam title.[21] In August at the Rogers Cup, she was awarded a wildcard into the doubles main draw with compatriot Bianca Andreescu, her first WTA Tour main draw. They upset Kristina Mladenovic and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round, before falling to the top seeds, Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.[22] At the junior US Open in September, Branstine was defeated in the second round in both singles and doubles.[23] The following week at the Tournoi de Québec, she advanced with Andreescu to her first WTA Tour doubles final in which they were defeated by the top-seeded Tímea Babos and Andrea Hlaváčková.[24]

College tennis

Branstine made the decision to accept a full scholarship at the University of Southern California in 2019, and transferred to the University of Virginia, after spending a redshirt season at USC. She did not play the tennis season at USC or Virginia due to injury. Branstine majored in Society, Ethics and Law with a minor in Philosophy. She transferred to 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.

Branstine returned to the Aggies for the 2024 postseason, contributing to the team winning their first NCAA Championship.[25]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Premier M & Premier 5
Premier
International
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
W75 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Mar 2019ITF Carson, United StatesW15Hard Elizabeth Mandlik2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss0–2Jul 2019Challenger de Gatineau, CanadaW25Hard Leylah Fernandez6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win1–2Nov 2021ITF Cairo, EgyptW15Clay Priska Madelyn Nugroho7–6(6), 6–1
Loss1–3Sep 2022ITF Lubbock, United StatesW15Hard Liv Hovde6–7(2), 1–6
Win2–3Nov 2023ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Ranah Akua Stoiber7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Win3–3Nov 2023ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Emily Welker6–2, 6–3
Win4–3Jan 2024ITF Monastir, TunisiaW35Hard Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva6–2, 6–2
Loss4–4Feb 2024ITF Antalya, TurkeyW35Clay Cristina Dinu3–6, 0–3 ret.
Loss4–5Apr 2024ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW35Clay Sara Cakarevic3–6, 1–6
Win5–5Jun 2024Sumter Open, United StatesW75Hard Sophie Chang7–6(6), 6–7(6), 6–1

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Legend
W25/35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jul 2018Challenger de Gatineau, CanadaW25Hard Bianca Andreescu Hsu Chieh-yu
Marcela Zacarías
4–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win2–0Nov 2023ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Selina Dal Eliessa Vanlangendonck
Emily Welker
3–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win3–0Apr 2024ITF Hammamet, TunisiaW35Clay Ekaterina Reyngold Émeline Dartron
Margaux Rouvroy
6–3, 6–0

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win2017Australian OpenHard Bianca Andreescu6–1, 7–6(4)
Win2017French OpenClay Bianca Andreescu6–1, 6–3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Junior Spotlight — Constance Branstine. Southern California Tennis News. November 17, 2016.
  2. News: Whitehead. Brian. Bravo! to tennis champion, woman of the year, Lego architect. June 22, 2017. Orange County Register. April 10, 2017.
  3. Web site: Canada's newest junior prospect is an American. Open Court. November 17, 2016.
  4. Web site: Drawsheet: Atlanta ITF. ITFTennis.com. November 17, 2016.
  5. Web site: Drawsheet: Evert American ITF. ITFTennis.com. November 17, 2016.
  6. Web site: Drawsheet: $10,000 Gainesville, FL. ITFTennis.com. November 17, 2016.
  7. Web site: Drawsheet: International Grass Court Championships. ITFTennis.com. November 17, 2016.
  8. Web site: Drawsheet: US Open Junior Tennis Championship. ITFTennis.com. November 17, 2016.
  9. Web site: Drawsheet: Newport Beach Bowl. ITFTennis.com. November 17, 2016.
  10. Web site: Drawsheet: Metropolia ITF at Plantation. ITFTennis.com. November 17, 2016.
  11. Web site: Carson Branstine topples second-seeded Oleysa Pervushina in U.S. Open junior tournament. Los Angeles Times. 7 September 2016 . November 17, 2016.
  12. Web site: Drawsheet: $50,000 Toronto. ITFTennis.com. November 17, 2016.
  13. Web site: Drawsheet: Abierto Juvenil Mexicano. ITFTennis.com. December 19, 2016.
  14. Web site: Drawsheet: Eddie Herr ITF. ITFTennis.com. December 19, 2016.
  15. Web site: Drawsheet: Metropolia Orange Bowl International Tennis Championship. ITFTennis.com. December 19, 2016.
  16. Web site: Drawsheet: Australian Open Junior Championships. ITFTennis.com. January 27, 2017.
  17. Web site: Getting to know our newest Canadian Carson Branstine. Tennis Canada. March 3, 2017. October 24, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171024070054/https://www.tenniscanada.com/getting-know-newest-canadian-carson-branstine/. dead.
  18. Web site: Drawsheet: USTA International Spring Championships. ITFTennis.com. March 26, 2017.
  19. Web site: Drawsheet: Roland Garros Junior French Championships. ITFTennis.com. June 10, 2017.
  20. Web site: Drawsheet: Nike Junior International Roehampton. ITFTennis.com. July 15, 2017.
  21. Web site: Drawsheet: The Junior Championships, Wimbledon. ITFTennis.com. July 15, 2017.
  22. Web site: WTA Rogers Cup: Top seeds Makarova/Vesnina make winning return to action, roll past Canadian teenagers Andreescu/Branstine. Vavel USA. September 7, 2017.
  23. Web site: Drawsheet: US Open Junior Tennis Championships. ITFTennis.com. September 7, 2017.
  24. Web site: Van Uytvanck captures first WTA title in Quebec City. CoupeBanqueNationale.ca. September 17, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170918110602/http://www.coupebanquenationale.ca/en/van-uytvanck-captures-first-wta-title-in-quebec-city/. September 18, 2017. dead.
  25. News: The Branstine Effect: Bringing a National Championship to Aggieland. Shaw. Tyler. 2024-05-21. KBTX-TV. 2024-06-26.