Wang Xiyu

Wang Xiyu (Chinese: 王曦雨; pinyin: Wáng Xīyǔ; Mandarin pronunciation: [wǎŋ ɕí ỳ]; born 28 March 2001) is a Chinese tennis player. In March 2020, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 106. On 27 May 2019, she peaked at No. 240 in the WTA doubles rankings.[1]

Not to be confused with Wang Xinyu.
Wang Xiyu
王曦雨
Wang at the 2019 Wimbledon
Country (sports) China
Born (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001
Taixing, China
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 610,174
Singles
Career record133–87 (60.5%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 106 (2 March 2020)
Current rankingNo. 123 (25 April 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2022)
French Open1R (2021)
WimbledonQ2 (2019, 2021)
US Open1R (2019)
Doubles
Career record44–28 (61.1%)
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 240 (27 May 2019)
Current rankingNo. 608 (25 April 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open JuniorSF (2018)
French Open JuniorSF (2017)
Wimbledon JuniorW (2018)
US Open JuniorF (2017)
Last updated on: 25 April 2022.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang (王).

Junior career

Wang became junior world No. 1 on 10 September 2018, right after she won her first and 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 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 in qualification at the Premier Mandatory Miami Open, but failed to reach main draw. In April, she recorded her first win at 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 $25 event in Nonthaburi. She then finished as runner-up at the another $25K event in Nonthaburi and win title at the $25K event in Tsukuba.[1] Her last tournament of season was Wuhan Open, where she made debut at the Premier 5 level tournaments. There she recorded win over wild card player Bernarda Pera,[5] before she lost in a tense match against Daria Kasatkina.[6]

2019: Grand Slam debut

Wang reached another quarterfinal at Burnie. In March, she made her debut at the Premier Mandatory level tournaments, reaching second round of 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 month later won her first bigger ITF 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 Grand Slam events 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: First WTA semifinal

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 Australian Open,[1] Wang reached quarterfinal of the Hua Hin Championships, where she also defeating world No. 15, Petra Martić.[9] She followed this up with the semifinal of the Mexican Open; after three wins she lost to Heather Watson.[10][11] She reached her new career-high singles ranking of world No. 106.[12]

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS 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; (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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the 2022 Charleston.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 Q3 A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
French Open A A Q2 A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A Q2 NH Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0 / 3 1–3 25%
WTA 1000
Indian Wells Open A A Q1 NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A Q1 2R NH 1R Q2 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Madrid Open A A A NH Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A 1R NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wuhan Open A 2R 1R NH 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 3 7 3 7 2 Career total: 23
Overall win–loss 1–1 1–3 2–7 6–3 4–7 1–2 0 / 23 15–23 39%
Year-end ranking 592 200 143 123 128 $338,596

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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 ITF La Bisbal d'Empordà, 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(0–7)
Loss 3–4 Apr 2022 ITF Palm Harbour, United States 100,000 Clay Katie Volynets 4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–5 Apr 2022 ITF Charlottesville, United States 60,000 Clay Louisa Chirico 4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–6 May 2022 ITF Charleston, United States 100,000 Clay Taylor Townsend 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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 Meligeni 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(7–4)
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 (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

Record against top 10 players

Wang's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.[13]

Player Record Win% Hard Clay Grass Last Match
No. 2 ranked players
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
Barbora Krejčíková 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2022 Australian 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. 10 ranked players
Daria Kasatkina 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (1–6, 6–3, 6–7(8)) at 2018 Wuhan Open
Total 1–6 14% 1–5
(17%)		 0–1
(0%)		 0–0
( – )		 Current through the 2022 Charleston

Notes

    References
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    2. David Kane (September 9, 2018). "Wang Xiyu wins US Open junior title, Americans Gauff, McNally take doubles". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
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    4. 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.
    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.
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    13. "Head to Head". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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