Wang Yafan

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

Wang Yafan (Chinese: 王雅繁; pinyin: Wáng Yǎfán; Mandarin pronunciation: [wǎŋ jà fǎn]; born 30 April 1994) is a Chinese tennis player.

Wang Yafan
王雅繁

Wang at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)	China
Residence	Beijing, China
Born	(1994-04-30) 30 April 1994 (age 29) Nanjing, China
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Karim Perona
Prize money	US$ 2,359,815
Singles
Career record	323–203 (61.4%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 47 (7 October 2019)
Current ranking	No. 94 (9 October 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2019)
French Open	1R (2018, 2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2019)
US Open	2R (2016, 2018, 2023)
Doubles
Career record	173–129 (57.3%)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 49 (15 February 2016)
Current ranking	No. 545 (9 October 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016, 2019)
French Open	2R (2016, 2019, 2021)
Wimbledon	3R (2019)
US Open	2R (2017)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	9–2 (81.8%)
Last updated on: 11 October 2023.

Wang Yafan
Chinese	王雅繁
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Yǎfán Bopomofo ㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄚˇ ㄈㄢˊ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Wang Yeafarn Wade–Giles Wang^2 Ya^3fan^2 Tongyong Pinyin Wáng Yǎfán Yale Romanization Wáng Yǎfán MPS2 Wáng Yǎ-fán IPA [wǎŋ jà fǎn]

In her career, she has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, along with one singles title and four doubles titles on the Challenger Tour. In addition, she won 16 singles and seven doubles tournaments on the ITF Circuit. On 7 October 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 47. She peaked at No. 49 in the doubles rankings on 15 February 2016.

Playing for the China Fed Cup team, Wang has a win–loss record of 9–2, as of June 2023.

Career

She was born in Nanjing in 1994. Wang Yafan started playing tennis when she was nine years old.^[1]

2014: WTA debut

Wang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Zheng Jie in doubles.^[2] The pair won their first-round match against wildcards Sun Ziyue and Xu Shilin,^[2] and defeated third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova, before losing to eventual champions Monica Niculescu and Klára Zakopalová in the semifinals.^[2]

In September 2014 at the Guangzhou Open, Wang was given a wildcard into the singles main draw, and she advanced to the semifinals, upsetting the top seed and world No. 20, Samantha Stosur, in the first round,^[3] and qualifiers Petra Martić and Zhang Kailin along the way. She was knocked out by eventual champion Monica Niculescu.^[4]

2018: Breakthrough, Miami Open fourth round

Wang made her career breakthrough at the 2018 Miami Open, where she reached the fourth round as a qualifier before losing against tenth seed Angelique Kerber, in a very tight match.

2019: First WTA Tour title, top 50 debut

Wang won her first ever WTA Tour singles title at the Mexican Open in Acapulco where she defeated Sofia Kenin in three sets, after being down a set and a break. As a result, she achieved her best world ranking of No. 49 on 4 March 2019.

At the Miami Open, she defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round. In the second round, she clinched her first victory against a top-ten player by defeating sixth seed and world No. 5, Elina Svitolina, in straight sets. She kept on and won against 25th seed and Australian Open semifinalist Danielle Collins in straight sets, and reached the fourth round, but then lost to compatriot Wang Qiang, in straight sets.

2023: Back to top 100

At the 2023 US Open (tennis) she qualified for the main draw and stunned seventh seed Caroline Garcia.^[5] As a result she returned to the top 100 in the rankings on 11 September 2023.

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, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.^[6]

Singles

Current through the 2023 Guadalajara Open.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q3	1R	A	Q2	2R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	1R	1R	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q3	Q2	A	1R	2R	NH	1R	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
US Open	A	A	A	Q2	2R	Q2	2R	1R	A	A	A	2R	0 / 4	3–4	40%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	2–4	0–1	0–2	0–0	1–1	0 / 13	5–13	28%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup^[a]	A	A	A	A	Z1	A	Z1	A	A^[b]		A		0 / 0	3–2	60%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[c]	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	NH	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	4R	4R	NH	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	6–2	75%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH	Q1	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Guadalajara Open	NH										A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open^[d]	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	1R	1R	2R	NH				0 / 3	1–3	25%
China Open	Q1	A	A	Q2	2R	1R	1R	2R	NH			A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	3–3	6–6	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 12	10–12	45%
Career statistics
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	0	0	1	3	8	5	12	22	6	9	0	1	Career total: 67
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	Career total: 1
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–3	4–9	5–5	13–13	25–21	3–6	1–9	0–0	1–1	1 / 67	56–68	45%
Year-end ranking	520	313	191	135	117	168	73	48	94	300	418		$2,359,815

Doubles

Current through the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
French Open	A	1R	2R	A	1R	2R	A	2R	A	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Wimbledon	A	1R	1R	A	1R	3R	NH	1R	A	0 / 5	2–5	29%
US Open	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Win–loss	0–0	0–2	2–4	1–1	0–4	4–4	0–1	1–2	0–0	0 / 18	8–18	31%
Year-end championships
WTA Elite Trophy^[e]	DNQ	W	RR	DNQ			NH			1 / 2	3–2	60%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[c]	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Italian Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open^[d]	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	1R	NH			0 / 6	2–6	25%
China Open	A	SF	1R	1R	1R	2R	NH			0 / 5	4–5	44%
Career statistics
Tournaments	4	11	16	5	11	15	4	11	0	Career total: 77
Titles	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	Career total: 3
Finals	0	3	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	Career total: 7
Overall win–loss	4–4	14–9	11–17	1–5	7–10	16–15	5–4	6–11	0–0	3 / 77	64–75	46%
Year-end ranking	158	57	70	361	79	68	79	114	826

Significant finals

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Venue	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2015	Elite Trophy, Zhuhai	Hard (i)	Liang Chen	Anabel Medina Garrigues   Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–3

WTA Tour career finals

Singles: 1 (title)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2019	Abierto Mexicano	International^[f]	Hard	Sofia Kenin	2–6, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend Grand Slam Elite Trophy (1–0) WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (2–4)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2015	Shenzhen Open, China	International	Hard	Liang Chen	Lyudmyla Kichenok   Nadiia Kichenok	4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	1–1	Mar 2015	Malaysian Open	International	Hard	Liang Chen	Yuliya Beygelzimer   Olga Savchuk	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	2–1	Nov 2015	WTA Elite Trophy, China	Elite Trophy	Hard	Liang Chen	Anabel Medina Garrigues   Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Mar 2016	Malaysian Open	International	Hard	Liang Chen	Varatchaya Wongteanchai   Yang Zhaoxuan	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	3–2	Feb 2018	Taiwan Open	International	Hard (i)	Duan Yingying	Nao Hibino   Oksana Kalashnikova	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	3–3	Feb 2019	Hua Hin Championships, Thailand	International	Hard	Anna Blinkova	Irina-Camelia Begu   Monica Niculescu	6–2, 1–6, [10–12]
Loss	3–4	Mar 2020	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Miyu Kato	Kateryna Bondarenko   Sharon Fichman	6–4, 3–6, [7–10]

WTA Challenger finals

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2018	Zhengzhou Women's Open, China	Hard	Zheng Saisai	7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2023	Golden Gate Open, United States	Hard	Kamilla Rakhimova	6–2, 6–0

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner–up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2015	Jiangxi International Open, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Chang Kai-chen   Zheng Saisai	3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Win	1–1	Nov 2015	Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand	Hard (i)	Liang Chen	Varatchaya Wongteanchai   Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–1	Nov 2017	Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand (2)	Hard (i)	Duan Yingying	Dalila Jakupović   Irina Khromacheva	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–1	Apr 2018	Zhengzhou Women's Open, China	Hard	Duan Yingying	Naomi Broady   Yanina Wickmayer	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Win	4–1	Jun 2018	Bol Ladies Open, Croatia	Clay	Mariana Duque Mariño	Silvia Soler Espinosa   Barbora Štefková	6–3, 7–5

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend $50/60,000 tournaments (3–3) $40,000 tournaments (1–0) $25,000 tournaments (7–3) $10/15,000 tournaments (5–2)

Finals by surface Hard (13–6) Clay (2–1) Grass (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2012	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	10,000	Hard	Yang Zi	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Dec 2012	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Mar 2013	ITF Sydney, Australia	10,000	Hard	Misa Eguchi	6–2, 6–0
Win	3–1	Sep 2013	ITF Yeongwol, South Korea	10,000	Hard	Kim Sun-jung	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–1	Sep 2013	ITF Yeongwol, South Korea (2)	10,000	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Feb 2014	ITF Salisbury, Australia	15,000	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	3–6, 6–7^(6)
Win	5–2	Jul 2014	ITF Bangkok, Thailand (2)	10,000	Hard	Sabina Sharipova	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–2	Jul 2014	ITF Phuket, Thailand	25,000	Hard (i)	Xu Yifan	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	7–2	Jul 2015	ITF Zhengzhou, China	25,000	Hard	Duan Yingying	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–3	Apr 2016	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	25,000	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	7–4	Oct 2016	Suzhou Ladies Open, China	50,000	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Win	8–4	Jul 2017	ITF Tianjin, China	25,000	Hard	Zhu Lin	6–4, 6–2
Win	9–4	Oct 2017	Liuzhou Open, China	60,000	Hard	Nao Hibino	3–6, 6–4, 3–3 ret.
Loss	9–5	Aug 2018	Jinan International Open, China	60,000	Hard	Zhu Lin	4–6, 1–6
Win	10–5	Nov 2018	Liuzhou Challenger, China	60,000	Hard	Han Na-lae	6–4, 6–2
Win	11–5	Feb 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	25,000	Clay	Katharina Hobgarski	7–5, 6–3
Loss	11–6	Feb 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	25,000	Clay	Réka Luca Jani	4–6, 3–6
Loss	11–7	Mar 2023	ITF Swan Hill, Australia	25,000	Grass	Joanna Garland	3–6, 6–4, 6–7^(7)
Win	12–7	Mar 2023	Clay Court International, Australia	60,000	Clay	Olivia Gadecki	3–6, 6–2, 6–0
Win	13–7	May 2023	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	25,000	Grass	Haruka Kaji	6–0, 6–1
Win	14–7	Jun 2023	ITF Tokyo, Japan	25,000	Hard	Johanne Svendsen	6–1, 6–0
Win	15–7	Jun 2023	ITF Luzhou, China	25,000	Hard	You Xiaodi	7–5, 6–2
Win	16–7	Jul 2023	ITF Hong Kong	40,000	Hard	Eudice Chong	6–2, 6–3
Loss	16–8	Jul 2023	ITF Dallas, United States	60,000	Hard (i)	Yulia Starodubtseva	6–3, 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend $100,000 tournaments (1–0) $75,000 tournaments (1–0) $50/60,000 tournaments (2–2) $25,000 tournaments (0–1) $40,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)

Finals by surface Hard (5–3) Clay (1–1) Grass (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2010	ITF Ningbo, China	10,000	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Lu Jiaxiang   Yang Zi-Jun	1–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss	1–1	Jul 2012	ITF Huzhu, China	15,000	Clay	Tian Ran	Li Yihong   Zhang Kailin	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	2–1	Dec 2012	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Wen Xin	Kim Na-ri   Lee Ye-ra	7–5, 7–5
Win	3–1	Dec 2012	ITF Bangkok, Thailand (2)	10,000	Hard	Wen Xin	Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang   Li Yihong	6–0, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Mar 2013	ITF Sydney, Australia	10,000	Hard	Tamara Čurović	Misa Eguchi   Mari Tanaka	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	4–2	Jun 2014	ITF Xi'an, China	50,000	Hard	Lu Jiajing	Liang Chen   Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3, 7–6^(2)
Loss	4–3	Feb 2015	Launceston International, Australia	50,000	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Han Xinyun   Junri Namigata	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	5–3	May 2015	Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan	75,000	Hard	Xu Yifan	An-Sophie Mestach   Emily Webley-Smith	6–2, 6–3
Loss	5–4	Apr 2016	Pingshan Open, China	50,000	Hard	Liang Chen	Shuko Aoyama   Makoto Ninomiya	6–7^(5), 4–6
Win	6–4	May 2016	Kunming Open, China	100,000	Clay	Zhang Kailin	Varatchaya Wongteanchai   Yang Zhaoxuan	6–7^(3), 7–6^(2), [10–1]
Loss	6–5	Feb 2023	ITF Swan Hill, Australia	25,000	Grass	Liang En-shuo	Lily Fairclough   Olivia Gadecki	3–6, 3–6
Win	7–5	May 2023	Kurume Cup, Japan	60,000	Grass	Talia Gibson	Funa Kozaki   Junri Namigata	6–3, 6–3

Head-to-head record

Top 10 wins

Season	2019	...	2023	Total
Wins	1		1	2

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	WYR
2019
1.	Elina Svitolina	No. 5	Miami Open, United States	Hard	2R	6–2, 6–4	No. 50
2023
2.	Caroline Garcia	No. 7	US Open	Hard	1R	6–4, 6–1	No. 114

Double bagel matches (6–0, 6–0)

Result	Year	W–L	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Rank	Rd	WYR
Win	2023	1–0	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Sára Bejlek	213	Q1	115

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 Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 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.
4. In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
5. WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
6. The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.

References

1. "Yafan Wang". Tennis World. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
2. "Shenzen Open 2014" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
3. "Stosur shocked in Guangzhou". Tennis Australia. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
4. "Guangzhou International Women's Open 2014" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
5. https://www.wtatennis.com/news/3724534/how-chinese-tennis-evolved-in-the-wake-of-li-na-s-exit
6. "Wang Yafan [CHN] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.

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