Eden Giselle Silva (born 14 March 1996) is a British

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player and model of

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n and Sri Lankan descent. She has career-high

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of 300 in singles, achieved on 30 January 2023, and 126 in doubles, reached on 3 February 2020. Silva made her

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main-draw debut at the

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, in the doubles draw, partnering

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Personal

Silva is from

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in East London. She has also done modelling work, after being scouted by an agency through Instagram.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Doubles: 24 (10 titles, 14 runner-ups)

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* * * * 1996 births Living people English female tennis players Sportspeople from Essex British people of Sri Lankan descent British people of Russian descent Tennis people from Greater London {{UK-tennis-bio-stub