Xu Shilin (tennis)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu (徐).

Xu Shilin (Chinese: 徐诗霖; pinyin: Xú Shīlín; Mandarin pronunciation: [ɕy̌ ʂɻ̩́ lǐn]; born 10 January 1998) is an inactive Chinese tennis player.

Xu Shilin
徐诗霖

Xu at the 2019 Wimbledon Qualifying
Country (sports)	China
Born	(1998-01-10) 10 January 1998 (age 26) Zhongshan, China
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$ 265,556
Singles
Career record	155–141 (52.4%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 190 (6 May 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2019)
French Open	Q2 (2019)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2019)
US Open	Q3 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	80–63 (55.9%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 127 (22 August 2016)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	SF (2015)
French Open Junior	QF (2015)
Wimbledon Junior	QF (2015)
US Open Junior	2R (2013)
Medal record Representing  China Youth Olympic Games 2014 Nanjing Girls' singles
Last updated on: 2 February 2024.

Xu was born in Zhongshan, and has won five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 6 May 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 190. On 22 August 2016, she peaked at No. 127 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career

2013

Partnering Sun Ziyue, Xu won her first $50k tournament at Sanya, defeating Yang Zhaoxuan and Zhao Yijing in the 2013 final.

2014

At the Shenzhen Open, Xu made her WTA Tour debut. Having been given a wild card into qualifying for the singles main draw, she was drawn against Britain's Johanna Konta. Despite a difference of over 500 places in the world rankings, Xu won in straight sets,^[1] but lost to Lyudmyla Kichenok in the final round. Partnering Sun Ziyue again in doubles at the tournament, Xu was given a wild card into the main draw,^[2] but couldn't make it past her fellow Chinese pairing of Wang Yafan and Zheng Jie,^[2] who later made it to the semifinals.^[2]

At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, Xu won the gold medal in girls' singles, having defeated Iryna Shymanovich of Belarus in straight sets in the final.^{[citation needed]}

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (runner–up)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) WTA 1000 (0–0) WTA 500 (0–0) International / WTA 250 (0–1)

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

Result	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	Sep 2015	Guangzhou Open, China	International	Hard	You Xiaodi	Martina Hingis   Sania Mirza	3–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2013	ITF Hong Kong	10,000	Hard	Zhao Di	6–0, 6–3
Win	2–0	Dec 2013	ITF Hong Kong	10,000	Hard	Tang Haochen	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Jul 2015	ITF Hong Kong	15,000	Hard	Lee So-ra	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	3–1	Jun 2016	ITF Padua, Italy	25,000	Clay	İpek Soylu	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–2	May 2018	ITF Baotou, China	60,000	Clay (i)	Nina Stojanovic	0–6, 4–6
Win	4–2	Oct 2018	ITF Brisbane, Australia	25,000	Hard	Ellen Perez	6–4, 6–3
Win	5–2	Nov 2018	Copa Colina, Chile	60,000	Clay	Paula Ormaechea	7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $80,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (4–3) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2013	ITF Sanya, China	50,000	Hard	Sun Ziyue	Yang Zhaoxuan   Zhao Yijing	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [10–3]
Loss	1–1	Mar 2014	Blossom Cup, China	50,000	Hard	Sun Ziyue	Chan Chin-wei   Xu Yifan	6–7^(4–7), 1–6
Win	2–1	Sep 2015	Zhuhai Open, China	50,000	Hard	You Xiaodi	Irina Khromacheva   Emily Webley-Smith	3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss	2–2	May 2016	Kurume Cup, Japan	50,000	Grass	Dalma Gálfi	Hsu Ching-wen   Ksenia Lykina	6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Win	3–2	Jun 2016	Internazionale di Roma, Italy	50,000	Clay	İpek Soylu	Réka Luca Jani   Sofia Shapatava	7–5, 6–1
Win	4–2	Mar 2018	ITF Xiamen, China	15,000	Hard	Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic	Sun Xuliu   Sun Ziyue	6–1, 7–5
Loss	4–3	Apr 2018	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Marie Benoît	Naiktha Bains   Chiara Scholl	4–6, 5–7
Loss	4–4	Jun 2018	ITF Sumter, United States	25,000	Hard	Julia Elbaba	Astra Sharma   Luisa Stefani	6–2, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	5–4	Sep 2018	ITF Cairns, Australia	25,000	Hard	Naikhta Bains	Erin Routliffe   Astra Sharma	6–1, 7–6^(9–7)
Loss	5–5	Oct 2018	ITF Brisbane, Australia	25,000	Hard	Rutuja Bhosale	Maddison Inglis   Kaylah McPhee	5–7, 4–6
Win	6–5	Jul 2019	Open Denain, France	25,000	Clay	Daria Mishina	Bárbara Gatica   Rebeca Pereira	6–0, 7–5

References

1. "Head to Head Tennis Search | ATP & WTA H2H Search · MatchStat".
2. "Shenzen Open 2014" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 30 December 2013.

External links

• Xu Shilin at the Women's Tennis Association  
• Xu Shilin at the International Tennis Federation