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Xu Yifan

Xu Yifan at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	China
Residence	Tianjin, China
Born	(1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 31) Tianjin, China
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,210,855
Singles
Career record	217-193 (52.9%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 148 (13 July 2016)
Current ranking	No. 1205 (15 April 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2016)
French Open	Q1 (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	Q2 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	368-220 (62.6%)
Career titles	9 WTA, 1 WTA 125, 21 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 8 (23 September 2019)
Current ranking	No. 8 (11 November 2019)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2016)
French Open	QF (2016, 2019)
Wimbledon	F (2019)
US Open	QF (2014, 2017, 2019)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	QF (2017, 2018)
Olympic Games	2R (2016)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2017)
French Open	2R (2016)
US Open	1R (2016)
Medal record Representing  China Women's Tennis Asian Games Doubles
Last updated on: 14 July 2019.

Xu Yifan (Chinese: ; pinyin: Xú Y?fán; Mandarin pronunciation: [?y̌ í fǎn]; born 8 August 1988 in Tianjin) is a tennis player from China. She reached her career-high WTA ranking in singles of No. 148 on 13 July 2015. On 23 September 2019, she peaked at No. 8 in the WTA doubles rankings. Her current ranking as of 11 November 2019 remains at No. 8.

Career

Xu made her debut playing on the ITF circuit in China. She won her first doubles title with Xia Huan in 2006.^[1] She was a finalist in women's doubles at the 2008 China Open in Beijing and a quarterfinalist at the 2014 US Open in women's doubles. She reached the semifinals at the 2016 Australian Open and was a quarterfinalist at the 2016 French Open in women's doubles with Zheng Saisai. She was also a quarterfinalist in doubles at the Australian Open in 2017 with Raquel Atowa.^[2]

In 2017, Xu won the Miami Open and the Connecticut Open women's doubles with Gabriela Dabrowski.^[3] She partnered Dabrowski again in the US Open, with the pair reaching the quarterfinals.^[2] In 2018, the duo won the doubles at the Sydney International,^[4] then reached the quarterfinals in the Australian Open.^[2]

Grand slam finals

Women's doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2019	Wimbledon	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	2-6, 4-6

Significant finals

Xu at Wimbledon in 2015

Premier Mandatory & Premier 5

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2017	Miami	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	6-4, 6-3
Runner-up	2018	Beijing	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Andrea Sestini Hlavá?ková Barbora Strýcová	6-4, 4-6, [8-10]
Runner-up	2019	Madrid	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	3-6, 1-6

WTA career finals

Doubles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runners-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0-1	Sep 2007	China Open, Beijing	Tier II	Hard	Han Xinyun	Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	6-7(3-7), 3-6
Loss	0-2	Sep 2008	China Open, Beijing	Tier II	Hard	Han Xinyun	Anabel Medina Garrigues Caroline Wozniacki	1-6, 3-6
Win	1-2	Sep 2013	Korea Open, Seoul	International	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	7-5, 6-3
Win	2-2	Aug 2015	Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, USA	Premier	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6-1, 6-3
Win	3-2	Oct 2015	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Darija Jurak Nicole Melichar	6-2, 3-6, [10-8]
Loss	3-3	Jan 2016	Shenzhen Open, China	International	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Vania King Monica Niculescu	1-6, 4-6
Loss	3-4	Oct 2016	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Magda Linette	Christina McHale Peng Shuai	6-7(8-10), 0-6
Win	4-4	Nov 2016	WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China	Elite	Hard (i)	?pek Soylu	Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi	6-4, 3-6, [10-7]
Win	5-4	Apr 2017	Miami Open, USA	Premier M	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	6-4, 6-3
Win	6-4	Aug 2017	Connecticut Open, New Haven, USA	Premier	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	3-6, 6-3, [10-8]
Win	7-4	Jan 2018	Sydney International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Latisha Chan Andrea Sestini Hlavá?ková	6-3, 6-1
Win	8-4	Jun 2018	Eastbourne International, UK	Premier	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Irina-Camelia Begu Mihaela Buz?rnescu	6-3, 7-5
Loss	8-5	Oct 2018	China Open, Beijing	Premier M	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Andrea Sestini Hlavá?ková Barbora Strýcová	6-4, 4-6, [8-10]
Loss	8-6	May 2019	Madrid Open, Spain	Premier M	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	3-6, 1-6
Win	9-6	May 2019	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sharon Fichman Nicole Melichar	4-6, 7-6(7-5), [10-5]
Loss	9-7	Jul 2019	Wimbledon, London, UK	Grand Slam	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	2-6, 4-6
Win	10-7	Jan 2020	Adelaide International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Gabriela Dabrowski Darija Jurak	2-6, 7-5, [10-5]

WTA 125 series finals

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	3 November 2013	Nanjing, China	Hard	Misaki Doi	Zhang Shuai Yaroslava Shvedova	6-1, 6-4
Runner-up	1.	27 July 2014	Nanchang, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Junri Namigata Chuang Chia-jung	6-7(4-7), 3-6

ITF circuit finals

Singles: 6 (1-5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 May 2007	Chengdu, China	Hard	Zhang Shuai	2-6, 3-6
Runner-up	2.	25 April 2010	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Lee Jin-a	6-3, 4-6, 2-6
Runner-up	3.	23 May 2010	Karuizawa, Japan	Carpet	Natsumi Hamamura	1-6, 2-6
Winner	1.	27 April 2014	Nanning, China	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	6-3, 7-6(7-1)
Runner-up	4.	1 June 2014	Zhengzhou, China	Hard	Zhang Kailin	5-7, 4-6
Runner-up	5.	19 July 2014	Phuket, Thailand	Hard (i)	Wang Yafan	6-3, 2-6, 5-7

Doubles: 33 (21-12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	13 May 2006	Tarakan, Indonesia	Hard	Xia Huan	Sandy Gumulya Septi Mende	6-2, 6-7(3-7), 7-6(7-5)
Runner-up	1.	30 July 2006	Chengdu, China	Hard	Xia Huan	Ren Jing Zhang Shuai	4-6, 2-6
Runner-up	2.	6 August 2006	Changsha, China	Hard	Xia Huan	Chen Yanchong Liu Wanting	3-6, 3-6
Runner-up	3.	12 May 2007	Chengdu, China	Hard	Huang Lei	Song Shanshan Xie Yanze	3-6, 5-7
Winner	2.	8 June 2007	Changsha, China	Hard	Huang Lei	Chan Chin-wei Kumiko Iijima	6-3, 6-4
Winner	3.	16 June 2007	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Huang Lei	Chen Yanchong Zhou Yimiao	6-2, 7-6(7-4)
Runner-up	4.	18 November 2007	Kunming, China	Hard	Han Xinyun	Urszula Radwa?ska Yanina Wickmayer	4-6, 1-6
Winner	4.	2 December 2007	Xiamen, China	Hard	Han Xinyun	Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan	6-4, 7-5
Winner	5.	16 May 2008	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Han Xinyun	Sophie Ferguson Christina Wheeler	4-6, 6-4, [10-8]
Runner-up	5.	28 June 2008	Périgueux, France	Clay	Han Xinyun	Anna-Lena Grönefeld ?pek ?eno?lu	3-6, 4-6
Runner-up	6.	6 February 2009	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Monique Adamczak Abigail Spears	2-6, 4-6
Winner	6.	7 June 2009	Komoro, Japan	Clay	Zhang Shuai	Ayumi Oka Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6-2, 6-1
Winner	7.	15 January 2010	Pingguo, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Ji Chunmei Liu Wanting	6-3, 6-1
Winner	8.	21 February 2010	Surprise, United States	Hard	Ji Chunmei	Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle	5-7, 6-2, [10-5]
Winner	9.	6 March 2010	Hammond, United States	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle	6-2, 6-2
Winner	10.	14 March 2010	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Alina Jidkova Laura Siegemund	6-4, 6-4
Winner	11.	16 May 2010	Kurume, Japan	Grass	Sun Shengnan	Karolína Plí?ková Kristýna Plí?ková	6-0, 6-3
Runner-up	7.	23 May 2010	Karuizawa, Japan	Carpet	Sun Shengnan	Ayumi Oka Akiko Yonemura	6-7(1-7), 3-6
Winner	12.	9 July 2010	Fuzhou, China	Hard	Liu Shaozhuo	Kao Shao-yuan Ayaka Maekawa	3-6, 6-1, [10-2]
Runner-up	8.	16 October 2011	Kalgoorlie, Australia	Hard	Zhang Kailin	Casey Dellacqua Olivia Rogowska	1-6, 1-6
Runner-up	9.	15 April 2012	Wenshan, China	Hard	Liu Wanting	Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei	3-6, 2-6
Winner	13.	21 May 2012	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Liu Wanting	Yang Zhaoxuan Zhang Kailin	6-4, 7-5
Winner	14.	21 May 2012	Gimcheon, South Korea	Hard	Hu Yueyue	Liang Chen Sun Shengnan	6-0, 3-6, [10-7]
Runner-up	10.	9 July 2012	Yakima, United States	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Samantha Crawford Madison Keys	3-6, 6-2, 3-6
Winner	15.	16 July 2012	Evansville, United States	Hard	Duan Yingying	Mallory Burdette Natalie Pluskota	6-2, 6-3
Winner	16.	29 July 2012	Lexington, United States	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Julia Glushko Olivia Rogowska	7-5, 6-7(7-9), [10-4]
Runner-up	11.	18 February 2013	Surprise, United States	Hard	Emily J. Harman	Samantha Crawford Sachia Vickery	3-6, 6-3, [7-10]
Runner-up	12.	13 May 2013	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Chen Yi	Naomi Broady Teodora Mir?i?	3-6, 3-6
Winner	17.	16 February 2014	Rancho Santa Fe, United States	Hard	Samantha Crawford	Danielle Lao Keri Wong	3-6, 6-2, [12-10]
Winner	18.	3 March 2014	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Sun Ziyue Xu Shilin	7-6(7-4), 6-1
Winner	19.	27 April 2015	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Wang Yafan	An-Sophie Mestach Emily Webley-Smith	6-2, 6-3
Winner	20.	8 May 2015	Anning, China	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Yang Zhaoxuan Ye Qiuyu	7-5, 6-2
Winner	21.	21 June 2015	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Grass	Raluca Olaru	An-Sophie Mestach Demi Schuurs	6-3, 6-4

Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

• Xu Yifan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Xu Yifan at the International Tennis Federation