isn't nervous. You’d be forgiven for assuming that she might be given her stratospheric – seemingly overnight – explosion to the upper echelons of notoriety after winning the US Open in 2021. But you’d be sorely mistaken.
'Pressure is something that comes with all of this and I'd say that I let it get to me for a long time,' she tells ELLE UK. 'But my perspective has now totally changed. Pressure is a privilege and ultimately if they're not talking about you, it means they don't care.
' Of course, Bromley-born requires little introduction. The only child of two Bucharest-born Ion Răducanu and Renee Zhai (Dongmei) from Shenyang, Raducanu was born in Toronto before moving to the UK at the age of two, just three years before she first started playing tennis at Bromley Tennis Academy. Raducanu was just three years out of school when she won the US Open in New York at the age of 21.
Months after her win came her Met Gala debut (clad in Chanel no less), commercial deals with Dior, Nike and Tiffany & Co. and what commentators referred to as one of the most astonishing breakout runs in living memory. In 2022 alone, she's to have made £10 million in endorsement deals.
On the surface, her star's explosion paved her path in gold. The reality was quite different. 'I was extremely innocent and naive,' she says.
'That was actually a difficult time for me. It's obvious that you'll meet people with their own agendas in this industry at the top, but it's a difficult lesson.' In 2023.