If there’s one word to describe 24-year-old Amanda Anisimova, it has to be “resilience.” From personal tragedies to professional disappointments, Anisimova has been through it and then some. And yet, she hasn’t let those moments define her or the trajectory of her career. To paraphrase a certain 90s rock anthem, she gets down, but she gets up again.

She’s now known best for her back-to-back appearances at this year’s Wimbledon and US Open finals, but her major breakthrough happened all the way back in 2019, beginning at the Australian Open. There, she reached the fourth round for the first time, even beating the then World No. 11, Aryna Sabalenka, en route. She soon bettered that result at that year’s French Open, overcoming the likes of Aryna Sabalenka (again) and Simona Halep to reach t

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