Stat of the Day: Bianca Andreescu scores first Top 10 win since 2019 US Open final

Bianca Andreescu’s time away from tennis seems to have helped as she rolled to her best win in more than two-and-a-half years in Madrid on Sunday, defeating Australian Open finalist Danielle Collins in straight sets, 6-1, 6-1, in just 69 minutes.

Andreescu’s win over the No. 8-ranked Collins was her first win over a Top 10 player since she beat No. 8-ranked Serena Williams in the US Open final on September 7th, 2019.

It was also Andreescu’s first Top 10 win on clay.

The Canadian is now 9-5 against Top 10 players, winning her first eight such match-ups, then losing her next five, but now getting back on the winning track.

ANDREESCU VS TOP 10 PLAYERS: 9-5
d. No. 3 Wozniacki in 2019 Auckland 2nd Rd, 6-4, 6-4
d. No. 6 Svitolina in 2019 Indian Wells SFs, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
d. No. 8 Kerber in 2019 Indian Wells F, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
d. No. 4 Kerber in 2019 Miami 3rd Rd, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
d. No. 5 Bertens in 2019 Toronto 3rd Rd, 6-1, 6-7 (7), 6-4
d. No. 3 Pliskova in 2019 Toronto QFs, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4
d. No. 10 S.Williams in 2019 Toronto F, 3-1 ret. (w/upper back injury)
d. No. 8 S.Williams in 2019 US Open F, 6-3, 7-5
l. to No. 4 Osaka in 2019 Beijing QFs, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4
l. to No. 5 Halep in 2019 WTA Finals RR, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-3
l. to No. 2 Pliskova in 2019 WTA Finals RR, 6-3 ret. (w/left knee injury)
l. to No. 1 Barty in 2021 Miami F, 6-3, 4-0 ret. (w/right foot injury)
l. to No. 4 Sabalenka in 2022 Stuttgart 2nd Rd, 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
d. No. 8 Collins in 2022 Madrid 2nd Rd, 6-1, 6-1

Andreescu, a former No. 4, is currently ranked No. 111 after being off the tour for seven months between mid-October of last year and mid-April this year. She’s now won three of her first four matches back and is projected to return to the Top 100 when the next WTA rankings are released following the WTA 1000 event in Madrid.