Wang Yafan
Wang Yafan (Chinese: 王雅繁; pinyin: Wáng Yǎfán; Mandarin pronunciation: [wǎŋ jà fǎn]; born 30 April 1994) is a Chinese tennis player.
_(48521846662).jpg.webp) Wang at the 2019 Wimbledon | |
| Country (sports) |  China |
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| Residence | Beijing, China |
| Born | 30 April 1994 Nanjing, China |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Alejandro Dulko |
| Prize money | US$ 2,161,555 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 246–186 (56.9%) |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 47 (7 October 2019) |
| Current ranking | No. 340 (14 February 2022) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2019) |
| French Open | 1R (2018, 2019) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2019) |
| US Open | 2R (2016, 2018) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 162–124 (56.6%) |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 49 (15 February 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 144 (14 February 2022) |
| 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: 26 February 2022. | |
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She has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four doubles titles on WTA 125 tournaments, plus ten singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit so far. 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.
Career
She was born in Nanjing in 1994. Wang Yafan started playing tennis when she was 9-year-old.[1] 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]
Playing for the China Fed Cup team, Wang has a win–loss record of 9–2.
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 title
Wang won her first ever WTA singles title at the Mexican Open in Acapulco where she defeated Sofia Kenin by 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, after being down a set and a break. She achieved her best world ranking of No. 49.
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 (6–2, 6–4). She kept on and won against 25th seed and Australian Open semifinalist Danielle Collins by 7–5, 6–1, and reached the fourth round, but then lost to compatriot Wang Qiang, in straight sets.
Performance timelines
| 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.[5]
Singles
Current through the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q3 | 1R | A | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | A | 1R | 2R | NH | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |
| US Open | A | A | A | Q2 | 2R | Q2 | 2R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 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 | 0 / 12 | 4–12 | 25% |
| WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | NH | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 4R | 4R | NH | Q1 | A | 0 / 2 | 6–2 | 75% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
| Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[lower-alpha 2] | 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 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% | ||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 9 | 0 | Career total: 66 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 3–8 | 5–5 | 11–12 | 25–21 | 3–6 | 1–9 | 0–0 | 1 / 66 | 52–65 | 44% |
| Year-end ranking | 520 | 313 | 191 | 135 | 117 | 168 | 73 | 48 | 94 | 300 | $2,033,454 | |||
Doubles
Current through the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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| 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 | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% | |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 3R | NH | 1R | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% | |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 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[lower-alpha 3] | DNQ | W | RR | DNQ | NH | 1 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | ||||
| WTA 1000 | ||||||||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Italian Open | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
| Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[lower-alpha 2] | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | NH | A | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% | |
| China Open | A | SF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | NH | A | 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 | ||||
Significant finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
| Result | Year | Venue | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2015 | Elite Trophy Zhuhai | Hard (i) | Liang Chen |
 Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja |
6–4, 6–3 |
WTA career finals
Singles: 1 (title)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2019 | Mexican Open, Mexico | International | Hard |  Sofia Kenin |
2–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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, Malaysia | International | Hard | Liang Chen |
Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk |
4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
| Win | 2–1 | Nov 2015 | Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China | Elite Trophy | Hard | Liang Chen |
Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Mar 2016 | Malaysian Open, Malaysia | International | Hard | Liang Chen |
 Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan |
6–4, 4–6, [7–10] |
| Win | 3–2 | Feb 2018 | Taipei Open, Taiwan | 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 .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Sharon Fichman |
6–4, 3–6, [7–10] |
WTA 125 tournament finals
Singles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2018 | WTA 125 Zhengzhou, China | Hard | Zheng Saisai |
7–5, 2–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner–up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2015 | WTA 125 Jiangxi, China | Hard |  Chan Chin-wei |
Chang Kai-chen Zheng Saisai |
3–6, 6–4, [3–10] |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 2015 | WTA 125 Hua Hin, Thailand | Hard (i) | Liang Chen |
Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Nov 2017 | WTA 125 Hua Hin, Thailand (2) | Hard (i) | Duan Yingying |
 Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Apr 2018 | WTA 125 Zhengzhou, China | Hard | Duan Yingying |
 Naomi Broady .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yanina Wickmayer |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jun 2018 | WTA 125 Bol, Croatia | Clay |  Mariana Duque Mariño |
Silvia Soler Espinosa  Barbora Štefková |
6–3, 7–5 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (11 titles, 6 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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 | ITF Suzhou, 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 | ITF Liuzhou, China | 60,000 | Hard | Nao Hibino |
3–6, 6–4, 3–3 ret. |
| Loss | 9–5 | Aug 2018 | ITF Jinan, China | 60,000 | Hard | Zhu Lin |
4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 10–5 | Nov 2018 | ITF Liuzhou, 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 |
Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2010 | ITF Ningbo, China | 10,000 | Hard | Yang Zhaoxuan |
Lu Jiaxiang Yang Zijun |
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 | ITF Launceston, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | Yang Zhaoxuan |
Han Xinyun Junri Namigata |
4–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
| Win | 5–3 | May 2015 | ITF Gifu, Japan | 75,000 | Hard | Xu Yifan |
An-Sophie Mestach Emily Webley-Smith |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Apr 2016 | ITF Shenzhen, China | 50,000 | Hard | Liang Chen |
Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya |
6–7(5), 4–6 |
| Win | 6–4 | May 2016 | ITF Anning, China | 100,000 | Clay | Zhang Kailin |
Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan |
6–7(3), 7–6(2), [10–1] |
Top 10 wins
| Season | 2019 | Total |
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| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | WYR |
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| 1. | Elina Svitolina |
No. 5 | Miami Open, United States | Hard | 2R | 6–2, 6–4 | No. 50 |
Notes
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total 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.
- In 2014, the Toray 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.
- WTA Tournament of Champions was held from 2009 to 2014, when WTA Elite Trophy replaced it.
References
- "Yafan Wang". Tennis World. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- "Shenzen Open 2014" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
- "Stosur shocked in Guangzhou". Tennis Australia. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "Guangzhou International Women's Open 2014" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- "Wang Yafan [CHN] | Australian Open". ausopen.com.
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