Wang Xiyu (Chinese: 王曦雨; pinyin: Wáng Xīyǔ; Mandarin pronunciation: [wǎŋ ɕí ỳ]; born 28 March 2001) is a Chinese tennis player. On 15 August 2022, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 75. On 27 May 2019, she peaked at No. 240 in the WTA doubles rankings.[1]

Wang Xiyu
王曦雨

Wang at the 2019 Wimbledon
Country (sports)	China
Born	(2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 21) Taixing, China
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 959,895
Singles
Career record	159–102 (60.9%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 51 (17 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 52 (24 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2022)
French Open	1R (2021)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	3R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	46–33 (58.2%)
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 240 (27 May 2019)
Current ranking	No. 667 (24 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
Last updated on: 30 October 2022.

Junior career

Junior Grand Slam performance

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 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

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, top 150 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 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 semifinal and first Grand Slam win, top 100 debut

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 Grand Slam career 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 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.

On 31 August, Wang defeated third seeded Maria Sakkari to enter round three of the US Open in which she lost to Alison Riske-Amritraj, in three sets.[14]

Performance timeline

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.[15]

Singles

Current through the 2022 Transylvania Open.

Doubles

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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)
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 Pro, United States	100,000	Clay	Taylor Townsend	3–6, 2–6

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

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 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 (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.[16]

Player	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
No. 1 ranked players
Victoria Azarenka	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–1, 6–3) at 2022 Washington
No. 2 ranked players
Barbora Krejčíková	1–1	50%	0–1	1–0	–	Won (6–1, 7–6) at 2022 Budapest
Paula Badosa	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Won (6–2, 6–2) at 2019 Guadalajara
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
Ons Jabeur	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2019 Tianjin
Anett Kontaveit	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–3, 2–6, 5–7) at 2022 Tallinn
No. 3 ranked players
Maria Sakkari	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (3–6, 7–5, 7–5) at 2022 US 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. 7 ranked players
Danielle Collins	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (2–6, 6–4, 4–6) at 2021 French Open
No. 9 ranked players
Daria Kasatkina	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (1–6, 6–3, 6–7(8)) at 2018 Wuhan Open
Total	5–10	33%	4–8 (33%)	1–2 (33.33%)	0–0 ( – )	current as of 28 September 2022

Top 10 wins

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

Notes

References

External links

• Wang Xiyu at the Women's Tennis Association
• Wang Xiyu at the International Tennis Federation
• Wang Xiyu at the Billie Jean King Cup

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