Do we like Bianca Andreescu?
Our score: 7 out of 10. Nothing harmful turned up and there's some real good, but the record is thin on the big causes, so we stop short of the top end.
Bianca Andreescu is the Mississauga-raised kid who walked out at the 2019 US Open and won the whole thing. She was a former world No. 4 and the first Canadian to do it, which made her a national hero overnight. Since then her career has been more stop-start than victory lap.
The comeback is the story now. In January 2026 she won a small ITF event in Florida, her first pro singles title since that US Open triumph, and afterwards said “This win means a lot.” In June she came back from a break down twice to win her Roehampton qualifier and earn a Wimbledon main-draw spot.
On the harm test, there's simply nothing to find. Searches on LGBTQ+ people, women, race, migrants, vaccines and the climate turned up no harmful words or acts from her, and no dodgy co-stars or sponsors. To be fair, she doesn't say much about politics either, so that's an absence of evidence, not a loud statement of values.
Her biggest public stumble was at the 2022 US Open. Her skirt kept blowing up, and she told the umpire “it's not my fault, it's Nike's fault” to protect a bathroom break. She apologised afterwards for her wording, which is how it's meant to go.
The good stuff is quiet but real. She has been an ambassador for Tennis Canada's Mental Timeout program, saying she wants to inspire the next generation of players. When Victoria Mboko won in Montreal in 2025, Andreescu advised her to enjoy it and keep her circle tight.
So the verdict: a decent athlete with no harm on the record and a bit of generosity for the next lot. We don't have a long history of her standing up at a cost to herself, so it's a solid seven, not a ten.