Belinda Bencic Schedule Biography Ranking and Indian Wells Open 2027

Belinda Bencic Biography and Overview

Belinda Bencic is a Swiss professional tennis player, born 10 March 1997 in Flawil, Switzerland. A former World Number 4 and the 2020 Tokyo Olympic singles gold medallist, she has won ten WTA singles titles across a career defined as much by resilience as by talent, recovering from serious wrist injuries and then from a maternity break to climb back into the top ten.

The long time Swiss number one is coached partly by her father Ivan, trains with her husband and fitness coach Martin Hromkovič, and returned to the tour in 2024 just months after the birth of her daughter Bella.

Belinda Bencic Quick Facts

Who Is Belinda Bencic

Belinda Bencic is one of the great modern tennis champions of Switzerland, the natural heir to Martina Hingis, with whom she shares a country, Slovak heritage and even a childhood coach. An all court player with a flat early struck ball and a sharp tennis brain, she announced herself as a teenager, became the youngest US Open quarterfinalist since Hingis herself, and in 2021 delivered the crowning moment of Swiss women’s tennis with Olympic singles gold in Tokyo.

Her career has never run in a straight line. Wrist surgery in 2017 dropped her outside the top 300 and she rebuilt it. A maternity break in 2023 and 2024 took her off tour entirely, and in January 2026 she became the first mother to re enter the WTA top ten since 2019.

Belinda Bencic Early Life and Family

Parents and Childhood

Bencic was born in Flawil in north eastern Switzerland to Dana and Ivan Benčič. Both parents were born in Czechoslovakia, and her father’s family emigrated to Switzerland in 1968 to escape the Warsaw Pact invasion. Her father Ivan was a professional ice hockey player in the Swiss National League before becoming an insurance broker, and her mother Dana was a high level handball player.

She hit her first tennis balls at age two and began daily hour long sessions with her father at four. At five, Ivan contacted fellow Czechoslovak émigré Melanie Molitor, the mother and coach of Martina Hingis, for advice. Molitor took Belinda on, first weekly and then daily once the family moved to Wollerau in 2004. She also spent six months as a child at the Nick Bollettieri academy in Florida.

Belinda and Brian Bencic

Yes, Belinda has a younger brother, Brian Bencic, about three years her junior, who is also a tennis player and coach. He trained alongside her at Molitor’s academy and reached the world top 200 as a junior. Like Belinda, he holds both Swiss and Slovak citizenship.

Belinda Bencic Husband Martin Hromkovič and Daughter Bella

Bencic began dating Martin Hromkovič, a former professional footballer from Slovakia who became her fitness coach, in 2018. The couple married quietly in St. Gallen in April 2024 and their daughter Bella was born that same month, on 23 April 2024. They live in Wollerau.

Bencic keeps the surname Bencic on tour, but in private life she uses her married name Hromkovičová. She has spoken about touring with Bella, scheduling practices around her daughter’s naps, and the perspective motherhood brought. During her 2025 return she said she felt she had won in life, while making clear that her competitive goals had not dimmed.

Belinda Bencic Professional Career

2010 to 2014 Junior Years and Early Tour

A world junior number one, Bencic won both the French Open and Wimbledon girls’ singles titles in 2013, the first player to do so in the same year since Amélie Mauresmo in 1996, and finished the season as ITF Junior World Champion. She broke through on the main tour at the 2014 US Open, reaching the quarterfinals to become the youngest US Open quarterfinalist since Hingis in 1997, and was named WTA Newcomer of the Year.

2015 First Titles and a Run Over the Elite

Bencic won her maiden WTA title at Eastbourne, then produced the signature result of her early career at the Canadian Open in Toronto. She beat four of the top six, including World Number 1 Serena Williams in the semifinal and Simona Halep in the final.

2016 to 2018 The Top Ten and Then the Injuries

She cracked the top ten in 2016 as an 18 year old and reached a then career high of World Number 7. Wrist problems and left wrist surgery in 2017 knocked her ranking outside the top 300. She ground her way back through ITF and WTA 125 events and was rebuilding toward the top 50 by 2018.

2019 The Renaissance

Her best season to that point saw her win a second Premier 5 title at Dubai by beating four top ten players, reach her first Grand Slam semifinal at the US Open, win Moscow, and qualify for the WTA Finals. She finished the year inside the top ten and was voted WTA Comeback Player of the Year.

2020 and 2021 Olympic Champion

She reached a career high World Number 4 in February 2020. Then at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics she won the singles gold medal, defeating Markéta Vondroušová in the final to claim the first Olympic women’s singles gold for Switzerland. She added a silver in doubles with Viktorija Golubic and became only the fifth player to reach two finals at a single Olympic tennis event.

2022 and 2023 A Clay Title and a Return to the Top Ten

She reached the Miami semifinals and won her first clay court title at Charleston in 2022, then opened 2023 with titles at Adelaide and Abu Dhabi, climbing back into the top ten before announcing her pregnancy in November 2023.

2024 Motherhood and the First Steps Back

Bella was born in April 2024. Six months later Bencic returned at ITF level, helped Switzerland in the Billie Jean King Cup play offs, and reached a WTA 125 final in Angers in December, a result that vaulted her more than 400 ranking places.

2025 The Full Comeback

She won Abu Dhabi again in February, saving three match points in the final, reached the Indian Wells quarterfinals, and made her second career Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon, beating {{mirra andreeva|Mirra Andreeva}} before falling to eventual champion {{iga swiatek|Iga Świątek}}. She closed the season by winning the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo for her tenth WTA title and returned to World Number 11.

2026 Back in the Top Ten

Bencic went 9 and 1 at the United Cup, beating World Number 2 Iga Świątek and earning tournament MVP as she led Switzerland to the final. That run returned her to the top ten, the first mother to do so since 2019. She reached the US Open mixed doubles final with {{flavio cobolli|Flavio Cobolli}} and made fourth rounds at the French Open and Wimbledon.

Belinda Bencic Titles Finals and Records

Bencic has won ten WTA singles titles and two doubles titles, with the Olympic gold her most significant trophy. Here are her singles titles in full.

Key Records and Honours

• Career high World Number 4 on 17 February 2020 and long time Swiss number one.
• Tokyo Olympic singles gold and doubles silver, the first Olympic women’s singles gold for Switzerland.
• Two time Grand Slam semifinalist at the US Open 2019 and Wimbledon 2025.
• Youngest US Open quarterfinalist since Martina Hingis in 1997.
• Junior Grand Slam champion at the 2013 French Open and Wimbledon and 2013 ITF Junior World Champion.
• WTA Newcomer of the Year in 2014 and WTA Comeback Player of the Year in 2019.
• Led Switzerland to its first Billie Jean King Cup title in 2022 and won the Hopman Cup in 2018 and 2019 with Roger Federer.
• First mother to return to the WTA top ten since 2019.

Olympic Glory in Detail

Seeded ninth in Tokyo, Bencic beat {{jessica pegula|Jessica Pegula}}, Misaki Doi, French Open champion Barbora Krejčíková and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova to reach the semifinals, where a near three hour win over Elena Rybakina secured a medal. She then edged Vondroušová 7 5, 2 6 and 6 3 for gold. Partnering Golubic, she also reached the doubles final and took silver behind Krejčíková and Siniaková.

Belinda Bencic at the Indian Wells Open

Indian Wells has been one of the most productive hard court stops for Bencic, with a career record of roughly 15 and 10 and a best run to the semifinals in 2019, when she beat World Number 1 {{naomi osaka|Naomi Osaka}} and World Number 5 Karolína Plíšková before losing to Angelique Kerber.

Her 2025 comeback quarterfinal was nearly as notable. She knocked out Tatjana Maria, {{amanda anisimova|Amanda Anisimova}}, {{diana shnaider|Diana Shnaider}} and third seed {{coco gauff|Coco Gauff}} before {{madison keys|Madison Keys}} ended the run. In 2026 she added a different kind of desert success, winning the mixed doubles invitational alongside Flavio Cobolli.

Belinda Bencic Indian Wells Record Year by Year

Belinda Bencic at Indian Wells 2027 Schedule and Draw

Dates and Venue

The 2027 BNP Paribas Open is scheduled for 28 February to 14 March 2027 at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. See the full Indian Wells schedule, the venue guide and ticket information.

Belinda Bencic Outlook

As a top 15 player, Bencic would expect to enter the main draw as a seed. The official draw and order of play are published just before the tournament.

Belinda Bencic Ranking History

Bencic broke the top 100 in 2014 at 17, the top ten in 2016 at 18, and reached her career high of World Number 4 in February 2020. Wrist injuries and maternity leave each sent her ranking tumbling, outside the top 300 in 2017 and outside the top 900 at the end of 2024, and each time she rebuilt it. As of October 2026 she sits around World Number 12. Rankings move every week, so check the {{points table|points table}} for the latest. For official figures visit the official WTA website.

Belinda Bencic Playing Style and Equipment

Bencic is an all court aggressive baseliner whose game is built on timing rather than raw power. She takes the ball exceptionally early and on the rise, turning defence into attack and redirecting cross court exchanges down the line, a style and a backhand that invite constant comparison with Hingis, who was coached by the same mentor.

Her first serve is a genuine weapon, clocked at up to about 182 km and h, though the second serve can wobble under pressure and produce double faults. She has named grass as her favourite surface. She plays with a Yonex EZONE 100 and wears Asics.

Belinda Bencic Net Worth and Prize Money

Bencic has earned about US$17.4 million in career prize money, a total built across more than a decade on tour. Her personal net worth has not been officially disclosed and published estimates vary widely, roughly US$6 million to US$15 million, so treat them as unofficial. Long standing deals with Yonex and Asics, plus an ambassador role with the Swiss digital bank Alpian, come on top of her on court earnings.

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