# Talk:Belinda Bencic

Belinda looks like she may be pregnant. Does anyone know?

In the picture of her at the top of the page, you can clearly see her nipple. Should this be changed? 98.13.4.220 (talk) 00:52, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

I have changed the background colours of both the French Open and Wimbledon on the Junior Major Final tables, and both are now the colours universally used throughout wikipedia. For reference, see all other multiple Grand Slam title/final tables, and the colour schemes used should now match the scheme on this page. Additionally the parameter on the grand slam singles performance timeline entitled "Grand Slam Tournaments", I have removed this also as I don't feel it is necessary, especially given that the title "Grand Slam Performance Timeline" is already written in large font above the timeline itself. Hope these changes are alright with the admins. Thetradge (talk) 23 April 2014, 2:12 (UTC)

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Belinda Bencic's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "wtatennis":
From Maria Sharapova: "Maria Sharapova". WTA. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
From Timea Bacsinszky: "Timea Bacsinszky Biography". 1 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 04:48, 24 January 2016 (UTC)

I like Belinda, but saying that she's going to become the new "Swiss Miss" seems to me to be POV. Does she have more right to this title than other female Swiss players like Viktoria Golubic and Timea Bacsinszky?
Meltingpot (talk) 11:34, 20 December 2016 (UTC)

That is the worst playing style section I have ever seen on wikipedia.. She plays "Swiss" what does that even mean? She does not play similar to Hingis though.. Unfortunately I am not familiar enough with Bencic's game to update it, which was why I was looking for this section, but it really does need updating....  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:C7F:140E:AB00:F833:C61B:BECF:4925 (talk) 16:59, 21 January 2017 (UTC) 

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Does her loss to Kerber during recent Hopman Cup count for the statistics? Propositum (talk) 11:24, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Belinda Bencic/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: MWright96 (talk · contribs) 19:59, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
Going to be reviewing this article. MWright96 (talk) 19:59, 1 July 2019 (UTC)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose):  b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists): 
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (reference section):  b (citations to reliable sources):  c (OR): 

It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects):  b (focused): 

It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias: 

It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.: 

It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have fair use rationales):  b (appropriate use with suitable captions): 

Overall:
Pass/Fail: 


### Early life and background
"losing to an opponent six years old in straight sets without winning a game." - six years older
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"a fellow Czechoslovak immigrant as well as the mother and coach of world No. 1 Swiss tennis player Martina Hingis," - and the mother and coach
Changed to "When Belinda was five years old, her father contacted fellow Czechoslovak immigrant Melanie Molitor, the mother and coach of world No. 1 Swiss tennis player Martina Hingis, for coaching advice." Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"Hingis becoming the top player in the world around the time Belinda was born was also one of the reasons Belinda's father" - one reason
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"She continued to work with Molitor through when she was a teenager," - better: She continued to work with Molitor through her teenage years,
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"and has also had the chance to work with Hingis on occasion." - this is more concise: and has also occasionally worked with Hingis.
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)


### Junior career
"the first of which coming while she was still 14 years old." - at aged 14.
Changed to "at 14 years old" Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"Bencic became the first to win the girls' singles titles" - first player
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"She was also the first Swiss girl to win a junior Grand Slam singles title since Martina Hingis in 1994," - try; She was also the first Swiss girl since Martina Hingis in 1994 to win a junior Grand Slam singles title.
With the "who clause" afterwards, this clause needs to end with Hingis. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"who won the same two titles that year." - I believe this section of text is redundant as the article is about Bencic and not concerning Hingis
I left it because it's natural for the reader to want to know which title(s) Hingis had won.
"Bencic's win streak was ended" - Bencic's run of victories
Not done, "win streak" is the most commonly-used term and encyclopedic enough. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)


### 2011–14: Newcomer of the Year, US Open quarterfinal at 17
"Bencic made her WTA qualifying draw debut at the Luxembourg Open several months later in October" - clarify that the tournament was held seven months later since it is mentioned her ITF debut was in March 2011
Changed to "towards the end of the year in October" Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
Wikilink wild card to Wild card (sports) the first time it is mentioned
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"In 2013, Bencic moved up from $10K tier events" - better: progressed from the
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"she also made her top 100 debut a few weeks after turning 17." - how many weeks exactly?
Changed to "less than a month" (It was 27 days after.) Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)


### 2015: Maiden WTA title, Premier 5 title, world No. 12
"She qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy, the second-tier year-end championship, but withdrew due to injury." - Was this because of Bencic's leg and hand injuries as mentioned in the previous sentence? If so than it will be to be added for clarity
Yes, changed to "As a result, she withdrew from the WTA Elite Trophy, the second-tier year-end championship, despite qualifying for the event." Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)


### 2016–17: Top 10 debut, injury layoffs
Should the wikilink for the Sydney International be to the 2016 tournament and not the 2015 event?
Fixed. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"This performance helped her break into the top 10 for the first time while still 18 years old," - enter the top 10 for the first time at the age of 18,
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)


### 2018–19: Slow ascent back into top 20, end of WTA title drought
"For the third consecutive year, Bencic was forced to miss a few consecutive months due to injury, this time because of a stress fracture in her foot. This injury kept her out from mid-March to late May." - I believe that these sentences could be more concise. How about A stress fracture in Bencic's foot sidelined her from mid-March to late May 2018.?
Changed to "For the third consecutive year, Bencic was forced to miss a few consecutive months due to injury. A stress fracture in her foot sidelined her from mid-March to late May." Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"The title helped her rise from No. 45 all the way to No. 23 in the world." - rise from No. 45 to world No. 23.
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"Bencic produced another Premier Mandatory semifinal at the Bencic produced another Premier Mandatory semifinal at the Madrid Open." - I feel that there is a chunk of information missing from this sentence and the structure of the sentence could do with a rework.
The first part "Bencic produced another Premier Mandatory semifinal at the" is duplicated by mistake. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)


### Fed Cup
"In the World Group II play-off round a few months later" - how many months later exactly was this round?
Changed to "two months later" Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"The following year, the two of them swept their first three singles matches" - duo
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)


### Hopman Cup
"for three consecutive years from 2017–19." Per MOS:DATERANGE, the dates should be worded as 2017–2019
Changed to "from 2017 through 2019" Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
"the two of them won the tournament each of the next two years." - the pair won the tournament in
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)


### Playing style
Wikilink groundstroke for readers unfamiliar with Tennis terminology
Done. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 08:56, 3 July 2019 (UTC)


### References
Include the names of authors in those references that contain them in those that don't currently display them
Added. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 20:37, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
The review will be put on hold until the nominator has adequately addressed the issues raised above. MWright96 (talk) 07:48, 3 July 2019 (UTC)

Thanks again, MWright96! I addressed everything above. Sportsfan77777 (talk) 20:37, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
@Sportsfan77777: Am satisfied that the changes made to the article are adequate and will now be promoting to GA class. MWright96 (talk) 13:51, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

She was born in Switzerland and lives in Switzerland. Why would we have a Slovakian pronunciation to see for our readers? It's not something anyone cares about, and certainly not in the lead. And the source using Bencicova is not really valid since the same type of sources also spell Serena Williams as Williamsova. Shall we put that in Serena Williams article? Her last name is Bencic. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:35, 9 August 2023 (UTC)

@Fyunck(click) Slovak is Bencic's mother tongue. It's necessary to show her native name and pronunciation. You don't care about it but people like me care about it. Serena Williams has nothing to do with Slovak. 下世荷兰人 (talk) 11:42, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
If she lived in Slovakia it would be one thing, but we don't show linguistics because of different languages someone speaks. Think how many we'd have to have for Federer. Her name is Bencic, not Bencicova, she was born in Switzerland and lives in Switzerland. It starts to turn wikipedia pronunciations into a circus or farce. Fyunck(click) (talk) 19:36, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
@Fyunck(click) Ask her how she likes to pronounce her name! Tsferr (talk) 21:26, 26 April 2025 (UTC)
We know exactly how she pronounces it...from her own mouth. Fyunck(click) (talk) 21:39, 26 April 2025 (UTC)