Timea Bacsinszky (born 8 June 1989) is a Swiss professional tennis player who has reached a career-high ranking of No. 9 and won three singles and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour. 2015 was a breakthrough year for her in singles, winning a career-best 15 consecutive matches spanning two titles then reaching the semifinals of the French Open, the first time she advanced past the third round of a major. She also reached her first Premier Mandatory final at the China Open.

Playing for Switzerland in the Fed Cup, Bacsinszky has a career match record of 23–16. She also has won 12 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Bacsinszky, who first picked up a racket at age 5, was pushed hard to succeed in youth tennis by her father Igor, a Hungarian tennis coach born in Romania. She has stated that she resented him for this and remains estranged from him after her parents divorced, though she still developed a passion for competitive tennis. Her mother, Suzanne, is a dentist from Hungary. She has one brother, Daniel, a music teacher and member of The Evpatoria Report, and two sisters, Sophie (musician and student) and Melinda. While growing up, Bacsinszky idolized Monica Seles.

Bacsinszky roots for her hometown team, Lausanne HC.

Bacsinszky's early tennis highlights included reaching the semifinals of three junior Grand Slam tournaments in 2004–05. Her breakthrough professional tournament was the 2006 Zurich Open, where she qualified then defeated Anastasia Myskina and Francesca Schiavone before losing to former No. 1 Maria Sharapova. Her early years on tour were a learning experience, and she finished both 2006 and 2007 ranked in the 120s.

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