Eden Giselle Silva was born on March 14th 1996, in Hackney, London, England.

Her tennis journey began aged 3 at the local tennis club, Cranbrook Castle in Gants Hill, Essex. By 8 years old, Eden had already competed in many British tournaments and her first international tennis tournament in Auray, France. After Auray, It was clear that tennis was going to require a lot more time, money and travel and so the family decided that her father Roger would take a career change in order to travel year round with his daughter to provide the necessary emotional, mental and parental support. At the age of 10 Eden was introduced to a coach that had worked with many professional tennis players including, Maria Sharapova, Tracey Austin and Pete Sampras. Robert Lansdorp trained all his players on a tennis court at the back of one of his old students house in Los Angeles, California. And over a period of 5 years Eden and her father made regular trips from London to Los Angeles to train with Robert. The training in Los Angeles was tough and it helped Eden improve her game. In 2008 after competing against and defeating some of the top players in Britain, Eden reached the finals of British Nationals at the West Hants Club in Bournemouth. She was considered at 12 years old to be one of the best tennis players in Great Britain for her age and was also the youngest girl in the country to be invited to join what was then the highest level of support offered by the LTA - 'Team Aegon'. 

In 2011 Eden started to train full time at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton with Louis Cayer and in 2012 Eden was the only British girl to come through all of her qualifying matches, defeating top 40 and 70 ITF players, to join the rest of the British contingent in the main draw of junior Wimbledon. 

The experience at Wimbledon fuelled Eden's drive and dreams of one day making centre court in a Wimbledon final. This drive and determination was noticed by many, particularly by former British No.1 Elena Baltacha ("Bally"). Bally, coming to the end of a successful career, served as a mentor, coach and confidant to Eden and in June 2012 Eden left the LTA's National Tennis Centre to live and train with Bally at her academy in Ipswich. Eden cherished her time with Bally and spent many evenings talking about life on the WTA tour. Bally sadly passed away on May 4, 2014 due to liver cancer. While she misses Bally dearly, Eden carries the memories and lessons she learned and implements them with the same fire and desire Bally showed her on and off the tennis court.

Life experiences and tribulations only make a person stronger and Eden uses her mantra "Think positively and positive things will happen" as a constant motivator. "Fierce", "dedicated", and "hardworking" are words that describe Eden and as a result of her hard work, family support, dedication and true love of the sport, Eden entered the world of professional tennis in 2014. Eden and her team believe a close family unit to be a very important piece of the puzzle in the development of a top level athlete and Eden's family continues to be her main support mechanism. Coming from a multicultural background with parents of Russian and Sri Lankan origin, Eden has been an ambassador for Sporting Equals and she continues to promote and support the participation and involvement of ethnic minorities in sport in the United Kingdom.