Wang Xiyu

Not to be confused with Wang Xinyu.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang (王).
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
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,289,754
Singles
Career record205–148
Career titles1 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 49 (9 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 64 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open2R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2022, 2023, 2024)
US Open3R (2022)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games3R (2024)
Doubles
Career record59–55
Career titles0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 98 (19 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 102 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open2R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2022, 2023, 2024)
US Open1R (2023, 2024)
Last updated on: 12 September 2024.

Wang Xiyu (Chinese: 王曦雨; pinyin: Wáng Xīyǔ; Mandarin pronunciation: [wǎŋ ɕí ỳ] ⓘ; born 28 March 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 49 on 9 January 2023, and a doubles ranking of No. 98 on 19 August 2024.[1]

Junior career

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Grand Slam performance

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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

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Wang Xiyu at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

2016–17: First steps

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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

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Season of 2018 was her breakthrough. In the early season, she reached quarterfinal at the $60k Burnie International, and soon after, 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 her 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

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Wang reached another quarterfinal at the Burnie International. In March, she made her debut at the 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, top 50

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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

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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 career final

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She reached the final at the ATX Open, defeating top seed Anhelina Kalinina in the last four,[19] but lost out in the title to fellow Chinese player Yuan Yue.[20]

Performance timelines

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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.[21]

Singles

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Current through the 2023 Hong Kong Open.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 Q3 A 2R 1R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open A A Q2 A 1R Q2 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon A A Q2 NH Q2 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
US Open A A 1R A A 3R 2R 1R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 3–3 1–4 1–4 0 / 13 5–13 28%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A not held 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Billie Jean King Cup[a] A A A PO[b] PO 0 / 0 2–1 67%
WTA 1000
Qatar Open[c] A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Dubai[c] A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Indian Wells Open A A Q1 NH A A 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Miami Open A Q1 2R NH 1R Q2 2R 2R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Madrid Open A A A NH Q2 A 3R 2R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Italian Open A A A A A A 4R 1R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Canadian Open A A 1R NH A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Guadalajara Open NH A A NMS 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
China Open A 2R 1R NH 1R 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 1–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 7–6 2–7 0 / 18 11–18 38%
Career statistics
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 3 7 3 7 10 25 Career total: 56
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Career total: 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Career total: 2
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 72 $1,644,296

Doubles

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Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
French Open A A 2R 0 / 1 1–0 100%
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
US Open A 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–3 2–3 0 / 8 2–7 22%

WTA Tour finals

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

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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 Poland Magda Linette 6–0, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Mar 2024 ATX Open, United States WTA 250 Hard China Yuan Yue 4–6, 6–7(4–7)

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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

ITF Circuit finals

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

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

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

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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 Serbia Natalija Kostić China Ni Ma Zhuoma
China You Mi Zhuoma 		4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 2017 ITF Castellón, Spain 15,000 Clay China Ren Jiaqi Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Brazil Luisa Stefani 		3–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 Jun 2018 ITF Barcelona, Spain 25,000 Clay United States Jessica Ho Brazil Carolina Alves
France Jade Suvrijn 		6–3, 6–1
Win 2–2 Jun 2018 ITF Madrid, Spain 25,000 Clay (i) Paraguay Montserrat González Russia Anastasia Pribylova
Romania Raluca Șerban 		6–4, 7–6(4)
Win 3–2 Aug 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard China Wang Xinyu Australia Destanee Aiava
Australia Naiktha Bains 		7–5, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss 3–3 Apr 2019 ITF Osaka, Japan 25,000 Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wen South Korea Choi Ji-hee
South Korea Han Na-lae 		4–6, 7–5, [8–10]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

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Girls' singles: 1 (title)

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

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

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

Top 10 wins

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
  2. ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
  3. ^ a b 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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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Xiyu Wang | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  2. ^ David Kane (September 9, 2018). "Wang Xiyu wins US Open junior title, Americans Gauff, McNally take doubles". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Wang Xiyu Junior ITF". ITF Junior. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Alex Macpherson (August 27, 2019). "Getting to know US Open 2019 debutantes Bolkvadze, Volynets, Wang Xiyu". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Pera Bernarda vs Wang Xinyu". livescore.tennis365.com. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  6. ^ WTA Insider Courtney Nguyen (September 26, 2018). "Wang Qiang makes history as Chinese tennis surges forward in Wuhan". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  7. ^ WTA Staff (August 27, 2019). "Andreescu vaults past Volynets in US Open all-teen tussle: 'Every time I step on the court I play my game'". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. ^ January 5, 2020. "'I'll benefit from a win after overcoming pressure' - Zhang zips past Linette in Shenzhen". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 8 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Alex Macpherson (February 11, 2020). "Veteran Peng, teen Wang Xiyu win in Hua Hin". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  10. ^ Alex Macpherson (27 February 2020). "Acapulco 2020: Thursday's Order of Play and Match Points". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  11. ^ WTA Staff (February 29, 2020). "Fernandez ends Zarazua run, makes first final in Acapulco". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Wang Xiyu ranking history". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  13. ^ "Budapest: Wang Xiyu overcomes Bogdan in longest two-set match of year".
  14. ^ "Zheng Qinwen leads Chinese quartet making history at the US Open".
  15. ^ Meyer, Luke (2022-09-03). "Alison Riske tops Wang in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS - U.S. OPEN RESULTS". Tennis Tonic - News, Predictions, H2H, Live Scores, stats. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  16. ^ Nguyen, Courtney (2023-05-13). "Wang Xiyu saves match point to beat Townsend in Rome". WTA. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
  17. ^ "Wang Xiyu overpowers Linette to win first WTA title in Guangzhou". WTA Tennis. 23 September 2023. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Wang wins Guangzhou Open on tennis' return to China – next stop Asian Games". 23 September 2023.
  19. ^ "Wang Xiyu, Yuan set all-Chinese final in Austin". Women's Tennis Association.
  20. ^ "Yuan battles past Wang Xiyu in Austin to capture first career title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  21. ^ "Wang Xiyu [CHN] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.
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