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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 33) Tianjin
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 2,589,517
Singles
Career record	217-193 (52.9%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 148 (13 July 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2016)
French Open	Q1 (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	Q2 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	401-242 (62.4%)
Career titles	10 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 7 (13 January 2020}
Current ranking	No. 12 (31 May 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2016)
French Open	QF (2016, 2019)
Wimbledon	F (2019)
US Open	F (2020)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	QF (2017, 2018)
Olympic Games	2R (2016, 2021)
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: 5 June 2021.

Xu Yifan (Chinese: ; pinyin: Xú Y?fán; Mandarin pronunciation: [?y̌ í fǎn]; born 8 August 1988) is a tennis player from China. She reached her career-high ranking of No. 148 in singles on 13 July 2015. Since October 2018, she has specialized playing in doubles. On 13 January 2020, she peaked at No. 7 in the WTA doubles rankings.

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.

2017-2019: New partnership with Dabrowski, Grand Slam final and semifinal, five quarterfinals

She was also a quarterfinalist in doubles at the Australian Open in 2017 with Raquel Atawo. In 2017, she formed a new partnership with Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski. Xu won the 2017 Miami Open and the Connecticut Open women's doubles with Dabrowski.^[2] She partnered Dabrowski again in the 2017 US Open, with the pair reaching the quarterfinals.

In 2018, the duo won the doubles competition at the Sydney International,^[3] and then reached the quarterfinals in the 2018 Australian Open, of the 2019 French Open and of the 2019 US Open (tennis). The biggest achievement of the Canadian/Chinese pair thus far is reaching the finals of 2019 Wimbledon Championships.

Performance timeline

Doubles

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2019	Wimbledon	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	2-6, 4-6
Loss	2020	US Open	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4-6, 4-6

Significant finals

Xu at Wimbledon in 2015

WTA 1000 finals

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2017	Miami Open	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	6-4, 6-3
Loss	2018	China Open	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Andrea Sestini Hlavá?ková Barbora Strýcová	6-4, 4-6, [8-10]
Loss	2019	Madrid Open	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	3-6, 1-6
Loss	2020	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Kv?ta Peschke Demi Schuurs	1-6, 6-4, [4-10]
Loss	2021	Dubai Championships	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak	0-6, 3-6

WTA career finals

Doubles: 20 (10 titles, 10 runner-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	Stanford Classic, 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	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	New Haven Open, 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, 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]
Loss	10-8	Aug 2020	Cincinnati Open, USA	Premier 5	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Kv?ta Peschke Demi Schuurs	1-6, 6-4, [4-10]
Loss	10-9	Sep 2020	US Open, New York	Grand Slam	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4-6, 4-6
Loss	10-10	Mar 2021	Dubai Championships, UAE	WTA 1000	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak	0-6, 3-6

WTA 125K series finals

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

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1-0	Nov 2013	Nanjing Open , China	Hard	Misaki Doi	Zhang Shuai Yaroslava Shvedova	6-1, 6-4
Loss	1-1	Jul 2014	Jiangxi International Open, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Junri Namigata Chuang Chia-jung	6-7(4-7), 3-6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (1-5)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	13 May 2007	ITF Chengdu, China	25,000	Hard	Zhang Shuai	2-6, 3-6
Loss	2.	25 April 2010	ITF Changwon, South Korea	25,000	Hard	Lee Jin-a	6-3, 4-6, 2-6
Loss	3.	23 May 2010	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Natsumi Hamamura	1-6, 2-6
Win	1.	27 April 2014	ITF Nanning, China	25,000	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	6-3, 7-6(1)
Loss	4.	1 June 2014	ITF Zhengzhou, China	25,000	Hard	Zhang Kailin	5-7, 4-6
Loss	5.	19 July 2014	ITF Phuket, Thailand	25,000	Hard (i)	Wang Yafan	6-3, 2-6, 5-7

Doubles: 33 (21-12)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	13 May 2006	ITF Tarakan, Indonesia	10,000	Hard	Xia Huan	Sandy Gumulya Septi Mende	6-2, 6-7(3), 7-6(5)
Loss	1.	30 July 2006	ITF Chengdu, China	25,000	Hard	Xia Huan	Ren Jing Zhang Shuai	4-6, 2-6
Loss	2.	6 August 2006	ITF Changsha, China	25,000	Hard	Xia Huan	Chen Yanchong Liu Wanting	3-6, 3-6
Loss	3.	12 May 2007	ITF Chengdu, China	25,000	Hard	Huang Lei	Song Shanshan Xie Yanze	3-6, 5-7
Win	2.	8 June 2007	ITF Changsha, China	25,000	Hard	Huang Lei	Chan Chin-wei Kumiko Iijima	6-3, 6-4
Win	3.	16 June 2007	ITF Guangzhou, China	50,000	Hard	Huang Lei	Chen Yanchong Zhou Yimiao	6-2, 7-6(4)
Loss	4.	18 November 2007	ITF Kunming, China	50,000	Hard	Han Xinyun	Urszula Radwa?ska Yanina Wickmayer	4-6, 1-6
Win	4.	2 December 2007	ITF Xiamen, China	75,000	Hard	Han Xinyun	Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan	6-4, 7-5
Win	5.	16 May 2008	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Han Xinyun	Sophie Ferguson Christina Wheeler	4-6, 6-4, [10-8]
Loss	5.	28 June 2008	ITF Périgueux, France	25,000	Clay	Han Xinyun	Anna-Lena Grönefeld ?pek ?eno?lu	3-6, 4-6
Loss	6.	6 February 2009	ITF Burnie, Australia	25,000	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Monique Adamczak Abigail Spears	2-6, 4-6
Win	6.	7 June 2009	ITF Komoro, Japan	25,000	Clay	Zhang Shuai	Ayumi Oka Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6-2, 6-1
Win	7.	15 January 2010	ITF Pingguo, China	25,000	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Ji Chunmei Liu Wanting	6-3, 6-1
Win	8.	21 February 2010	ITF Surprise, United States	25,000	Hard	Ji Chunmei	Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle	5-7, 6-2, [10-5]
Win	9.	6 March 2010	ITF Hammond, United States	25,000	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle	6-2, 6-2
Win	10.	14 March 2010	ITF Clearwater, United States	25,000	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Alina Jidkova Laura Siegemund	6-4, 6-4
Win	11.	16 May 2010	ITF Kurume, Japan	50,000	Grass	Sun Shengnan	Karolína Plí?ková Kristýna Plí?ková	6-0, 6-3
Loss	7.	23 May 2010	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Sun Shengnan	Ayumi Oka Akiko Yonemura	6-7(1), 3-6
Win	12.	9 July 2010	ITF Fuzhou, China	25,000	Hard	Liu Shaozhuo	Kao Shao-yuan Ayaka Maekawa	3-6, 6-1, [10-2]
Loss	8.	16 October 2011	ITF Kalgoorlie, Australia	25,000	Hard	Zhang Kailin	Casey Dellacqua Olivia Rogowska	1-6, 1-6
Loss	9.	15 April 2012	ITF Wenshan, China	50,000	Hard	Liu Wanting	Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei	3-6, 2-6
Win	13.	21 May 2012	ITF Changwon, South Korea	25,000	Hard	Liu Wanting	Yang Zhaoxuan Zhang Kailin	6-4, 7-5
Win	14.	21 May 2012	ITF Gimcheon, South Korea	25,000	Hard	Hu Yueyue	Liang Chen Sun Shengnan	6-0, 3-6, [10-7]
Loss	10.	9 July 2012	ITF Yakima, United States	50,000	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Samantha Crawford Madison Keys	3-6, 6-2, 3-6
Win	15.	16 July 2012	ITF Evansville, United States	10,000	Hard	Duan Yingying	Mallory Burdette Natalie Pluskota	6-2, 6-3
Win	16.	29 July 2012	ITF Lexington, United States	50,000	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Julia Glushko Olivia Rogowska	7-5, 6-7(7), [10-4]
Loss	11.	18 February 2013	ITF Surprise, United States	25,000	Hard	Emily J. Harman	Samantha Crawford Sachia Vickery	3-6, 6-3, [7-10]
Loss	12.	13 May 2013	ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia	25,000	Hard	Chen Yi	Naomi Broady Teodora Mir?i?	3-6, 3-6
Win	17.	16 February 2014	ITF Rancho Santa Fe, United States	25,000	Hard	Samantha Crawford	Danielle Lao Keri Wong	3-6, 6-2, [12-10]
Win	18.	3 March 2014	ITF Quanzhou, China	50,000	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Sun Ziyue Xu Shilin	7-6(4), 6-1
Win	19.	27 April 2015	ITF Gifu, Japan	75,000	Hard	Wang Yafan	An-Sophie Mestach Emily Webley-Smith	6-2, 6-3
Win	20.	8 May 2015	ITF Anning, China	75,000	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Yang Zhaoxuan Ye Qiuyu	7-5, 6-2
Win	21.	21 June 2015	Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom	50,000	Grass	Raluca Olaru	An-Sophie Mestach Demi Schuurs	6-3, 6-4

References

External links

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