Sept 11 (Reuters) - Factbox on Britain"s Emma Raducanu, who beat Canada"s Leylah Fernandez 6-4 6-3 in the U.S. Open final on Saturday to win her first Grand Slam title: Age: 18 Nation: Britain WTA ranking: 150 Seeding: Unseeded Grand Slam titles: 1 (U.S. Open 2021) ROAD TO FINAL First round: beat Stefanie Voegele (Switzerland) 6-2 6-3 Second round: beat Shuai Zhang (China) 6-2 6-4 Third round: beat Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain) 6-0 6-1 Fourth round: beat Shelby Rogers (U.S.) 6-2 6-1 Quarter-finals: beat 11-Belinda Bencic (Switzerland) 6-3 6-4 Semi-finals: beat 17-Maria Sakkari (Greece) 6-1 6-4 EARLY LIFE * Born to a Romanian father and Chinese mother in Toronto, Canada, Raducanu moved to London aged two and started playing tennis aged five. CAREER TO DATE * Turned professional in 2018, reaching the top 20 at the junior level. * Won three International Tennis Federation titles. * Made her WTA tournament debut at the grasscourt event in Nottingham in June 2021. * Came to prominence when she made her Grand Slam main draw debut at Wimbledon in July 2021. After entering the tournament as a wildcard ranked 338th in the world, she progressed to the fourth round where she retired against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic after suffering breathing difficulties. * Reached final of the WTA 125K event in Chicago in August 2021. * Qualified for the 2021 U.S. Open main draw after posting straight set wins in all three qualifying rounds. * Ranked 150th in the world, she became first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title. She won the U.S. Open title without dropping a set -- either in qualifying or in her seven main draw matches. * Became the first British woman to win the U.S. Open since Virginia Wade triumphed in 1968 and the first to capture a Grand Slam title since Wade won Wimbledon in 1977. * Projected to move up to 24th in the world rankings on Monday after winning the U.S. Open, ending Johanna Konta"s 310-week reign as the top ranked British woman.