Wang Xiyu

Not to be confused with Wang Xinyu.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang (王).

Wang Xiyu (Chinese: 王曦雨; pinyin: Wáng Xīyǔ; Mandarin pronunciation: [wǎŋ ɕí ỳ] ^ⓘ; born 28 March 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. On 9 January 2023, she reached her career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 49. On 29 January 2024, she peaked at No. 168 in the doubles rankings.^[1]

Wang Xiyu
王曦雨

Wang at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)	China
Born	(2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23) Taixing, China
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,807,490
Singles
Career record	192–133 (59.1%)
Career titles	1 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 49 (9 January 2023)
Current ranking	No. 54 (8 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	1R (2021, 2023)
Wimbledon	1R (2022, 2023)
US Open	3R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	54–46 (54.0%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 168 (29 January 2024)
Current ranking	No. 183 (4 March 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2022, 2023)
US Open	1R (2023)
Last updated on: 4 March 2024.

Junior career

Grand Slam performance

Singles:

• Australian Open: QF (2018)
• French Open: QF (2018)
• Wimbledon: SF (2018)
• US Open: W (2018)

Doubles:

• Australian Open: SF (2018)
• French Open: SF (2017)
• Wimbledon: W (2018)
• US Open: F (2017)

Wang became junior world No. 1 on 10 September 2018, right after she won her only singles Grand Slam title at the 2018 US Open, defeating Clara Burel in the final. The same year, she finished as quarterfinalist on the Australian Open and French Open and then as semifinalist on Wimbledon, all in singles.^[2] In doubles, she also has won one Grand Slam title at the 2018 Wimbledon, partnering with Wang Xinyu, and finished as runner-up at the 2017 US Open, alongside Lea Bošković. She also reached semifinals at the 2017 French Open and 2018 Australian Open. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she has won six singles and eight doubles titles.^[3]

Professional career

 

Wang Xiyu at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

2016–17: First steps

Wang made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in 2016 at the $10k event in Anning as a wildcard player. Despite the loss in her first match, the following week she reached semifinal at the $10k event in the same city.^[1] In October 2017, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Tianjin Open, where she also recorded her first win over Danka Kovinić.^[4]

2018: Improvement

Season of 2018 was her breakthrough. In the early season, she reached quarterfinal at the $60k Burnie International, and soon after that she played at the Premier Mandatory Miami Open, but failed to qualify. In April, she recorded her first win on the WTA Challenger Tour, defeating Naomi Broady in order to reach second round of the Zhengzhou Open. In August, she won her first ITF singles title, defeating Barbora Štefková in the final of $25k event in Nonthaburi. She then finished as runner-up at another $25k event in Nonthaburi and won the title at the $25k event in Tsukuba.^[1] Her last tournament of the season was the Wuhan Open, where she made debut at Premier 5-level tournaments. There, she recorded a win over wildcard player Bernarda Pera,^[5] before she lost in a tense match against Daria Kasatkina.^[6]

2019: Major, WTA Premier and top 150 debuts

Wang reached another quarterfinal at the Burnie International. In March, she made her debut at the WTA Premier Mandatory level tournaments as a wildcard, reaching the second round of the Miami Open.^[1] There she also recorded her first win on that level, defeating Monica Puig in the first round.^[4] In April, she reached final at the $25k event in Osaka and one month later won her first bigger title at the $60k event in La Bisbal d'Emporda, defeating Dalma Gálfi in the final.^[1][4] In June, she reached quarterfinals at the $100k Manchester Trophy.^[1] Unlike the first three majors of the year, Wang reached the main draw at the US Open, but lost to Kirsten Flipkens in the first round.^[4][7] Later, she had first-round losses at the Wuhan Open and China Open, but ended one round further at the Tianjin Open.^[1]

2020-22: First WTA Tour semifinal & major win & third round, top 50

 

Wang at the 2022 Transylvania Open.

Wang started the year with a win over Sorana Cîrstea at the Shenzhen Open,^[8] but then lost to third seed Elise Mertens.^[1] However, she failed to reach the main draw of the Australian Open,^[1] Wang reached quarterfinals of the Hua Hin Championships, where she defeated world No. 15, Petra Martić.^[9] She followed this up with a semifinal at the Mexican Open; after three wins, she lost to Heather Watson.^[10][11]

At the 2022 Australian Open, she recorded her first career major match win, as a wildcard against qualifier Viktória Kužmová.

She reached a new career-high singles ranking of world No. 103, on 9 May 2022,^[12] and made her top 100 debut a month later on 13 June 2022, after reaching her first WTA Challenger final at the Open Internacional de Valencia. She made her debut at Wimbledon where she lost in the first round to another debutante at this major, Jule Niemeier.

At the Budapest Grand Prix, she defeated top seed Barbora Krejčíková in the first round and overcame Ana Bogdan in the longest straight-sets match of the year, in 2 hours and 45 minutes in the second round to move to the quarterfinals.^[13] As a result, she recorded a new career-high of No. 93, on 18 July 2022.

In August, Wang defeated third seeded Maria Sakkari to reach the third round of the US Open^[14] before losing to Alison Riske-Amritraj, in three sets.^[15]

She ended the year ranked in the top 50 on 7 November 2022.

2023: WTA 1000 fourth round, maiden WTA Tour title

She scored back-to-back wins at the WTA 1000-level against top-30 players Bianca Andreescu and Irina-Camelia Begu at Madrid and Rome. Then, in Rome, she defeated Taylor Townsend, the vanquisher of world No. 3, Jessica Pegula, by saving match points being a break down. With the win, she reached her maiden WTA 1000 fourth round, before losing to countrywoman and 22nd seed Zheng Qinwen.^[16]

Wang won her maiden WTA Tour title in Guangzhou, defeating top seed Magda Linette in the final.^[17][18]

She received a wildcard for her home tournament, the China Open. She also received a wildcard for the 2023 WTA Elite Trophy, partnering Xu Yifan.

2024: Second WTA Tour final

She reached the final at the 2024 ATX Open defeating Anhelina Kalinina.^[19]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[20]

Singles

Current after the 2023 Hong Kong Open.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q2	Q3	A	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	A	Q2	A	1R	Q2	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q2	NH	Q2	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	A	A	1R	A	A	3R	2R	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	3–3	1–4	0 / 9	4–9	31%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup^[a]	A	A	A	PO^[b]		PO		0 / 0	2–1	67%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[c]	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	Q1	NH	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	–
Miami Open	A	Q1	2R	NH	1R	Q2	2R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	NH	Q2	A	3R	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	4R	0 / 1	3–1	75%
Canadian Open	A	A	1R	NH	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Guadalajara Open	NH					A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	A	A	A	NH				0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	2R	1R	NH			1R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Win–loss	0–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–0	7–6	0 / 11	9–11	45%
Career statistics
Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	1	3	7	3	7	10	25	Career total: 56
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	Career total: 1
Overall win–loss	1–1	1–3	2–7	6–3	4–7	13–11	16–24	1 / 56	43–56	43%
Year-end ranking	592	200	143	123	128	50		$1,644,296

Doubles

Tournament	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–1	0–3	0 / 4	0–4	0%

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2023	Guangzhou Open, China	WTA 250	Hard	Magda Linette	6–0, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Mar 2024	ATX Open, United States	WTA 250	Hard	Yuan Yue	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2022	Internacional de Valencia, Spain	Clay	Zheng Qinwen	4–6, 6–4, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (0–3) $60,000 tournaments (1–1) $25,000 tournaments (2–3)

Finals by surface Hard (2–4) Clay (1–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2018	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Barbora Štefková	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Aug 2018	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Wang Xinyu	1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	2–1	Aug 2018	ITF Tsukuba, Japan	25,000	Hard	Zhang Kailin	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss	2–2	Apr 2019	ITF Osaka, Japan	25,000	Hard	Han Na-lae	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–2	May 2019	Internacional de La Bisbal, Spain	60,000	Clay	Dalma Gálfi	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–3	Oct 2021	ITF Florence, United States	25,000	Hard	Emiliana Arango	3–6, 6–0, 6–7^(0)
Loss	3–4	Apr 2022	Clay Court Championships, United States	100,000	Clay	Katie Volynets	4–6, 3–6
Loss	3–5	Apr 2022	Charlottesville Open, United States	60,000	Clay	Louisa Chirico	4–6, 3–6
Loss	3–6	May 2022	ITF Charleston Pro, United States	100,000	Clay	Taylor Townsend	3–6, 2–6
Loss	3–7	Sep 2023	ITF Tokyo Open, Japan	100,000	Hard	Viktorija Golubic	4–6, 6–3, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend $25,000 tournaments (3–1) $15,000 tournaments (0–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2017	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	15,000	Hard	Natalija Kostić	Ni Ma Zhuoma   You Mi Zhuoma	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 2017	ITF Castellón, Spain	15,000	Clay	Ren Jiaqi	Yvonne Cavallé Reimers   Luisa Stefani	3–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	Jun 2018	ITF Barcelona, Spain	25,000	Clay	Jessica Ho	Carolina Alves   Jade Suvrijn	6–3, 6–1
Win	2–2	Jun 2018	ITF Madrid, Spain	25,000	Clay (i)	Montserrat González	Anastasia Pribylova   Raluca Șerban	6–4, 7–6^(4)
Win	3–2	Aug 2018	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Wang Xinyu	Destanee Aiava   Naiktha Bains	7–5, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss	3–3	Apr 2019	ITF Osaka, Japan	25,000	Hard	Hsu Ching-wen	Choi Ji-hee   Han Na-lae	4–6, 7–5, [8–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Girls' singles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2018	US Open	Hard	Clara Burel	7–6^(4), 6–2

Girls' doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Loss	2017	US Open	Hard	Lea Bošković	Olga Danilović   Marta Kostyuk	1–6, 5–7
Win	2018	Wimbledon	Grass	Wang Xinyu	Caty McNally   Whitney Osuigwe	6–2, 6–1

Head-to-head record

Record against top 10 players

Wang's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.^[21]

Player	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
No. 1 ranked players
Victoria Azarenka	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–1, 6–3) at 2022 Washington
Karolína Plíšková	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2023 Australian Open
No. 2 ranked players
Barbora Krejčíková	1–1	50%	0–1	1–0	–	Won (6–1, 7–6) at 2022 Budapest
Paula Badosa	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Won (6–2, 6–2) at 2019 Guadalajara
Svetlana Kuznetsova	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2019 Canadian Open
Vera Zvonareva	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2020 Indian Wells Challenger
Ons Jabeur	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2019 Tianjin
Anett Kontaveit	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–3, 2–6, 5–7) at 2022 Tallinn
No. 3 ranked players
Maria Sakkari	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (3–6, 7–5, 7–5) at 2022 US Open
No. 4 ranked players
Kiki Bertens	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2019 Miami Open
Belinda Bencic	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–4, 6–7, 3–6) at 2022 Charleston
No. 5 ranked players
Sara Errani	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (7–5, 6–7^(3), 6–1) at 2020 Mexican Open
No. 7 ranked players
Danielle Collins	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (2–6, 6–4, 4–6) at 2021 French Open
No. 9 ranked players
Daria Kasatkina	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (1–6, 6–3, 6–7^(8)) at 2018 Wuhan Open
Total	5–11	31%	4–9 (31%)	1–2 (33.33%)	0–0 ( – )	current after the 2023 Australian Open

Top 10 wins

Season	2022	Total
Wins	1	1

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	XWR
2022
1.	Maria Sakkari	No. 3	US Open	Hard	2R	3–6, 7–5, 7–5	No. 75

Notes

1. Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
2. Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
3. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

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External links

• Wang Xiyu at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Wang Xiyu at the International Tennis Federation  
• Wang Xiyu at the Billie Jean King Cup