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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 34) Tianjin
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Torsten Peschke
Prize money	US $3,047,564
Singles
Career record	217-193 (52.9%)
Career titles	0
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	434-263 (62.3%)
Career titles	12
Highest ranking	No. 7 (13 January 2020)
Current ranking	No. 15 (24 November 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2016)
French Open	QF (2016, 2019, 2022)
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: 6 September 2022.

Xu Yifan (Chinese: ; pinyin: Xú Y?fán; Mandarin pronunciation: [?y̌ í fǎn]; born 8 August 1988) is a professional tennis player from China. She reached a 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 Women's 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.

2014-2016: Australian Open semifinalist

She was a quarterfinalist at the 2014 US Open in women's doubles with Zarina Diyas.

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: Major final and semifinal at Wimbledon, 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 Miami Open and the Connecticut Open women's doubles with Dabrowski.^[2] She partnered with Dabrowski again in the 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 Melbourne, just like 2019 at the French Open and US Open. The biggest achievement of the Canadian/Chinese pair was reaching the final of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.

2020: US Open and WTA 1000 finals, world No. 7 in doubles

She reached the finals of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati and the US Open with Nicole Melichar.

2021-2022: Olympics, second WTA 1000 title, French Open quarterfinal

In Indian Wells, she won her second WTA 1000 title of her career in doubles with Yang Zhaoxuan.^[4]

She qualified for her fourth 2022 WTA Finals with a different partner compatriot Yang Zhaoxuan.^[5]

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: 6 (2 titles, 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
Win	2022	Indian Wells Open	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara	7-5, 7-6(7-4)

WTA career finals

Doubles: 22 (12 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0-1	Sep 2007	China Open	Tier II	Hard	Han Xinyun	Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	6-7(3-7), 3-6
Loss	0-2	Sep 2008	China Open	Tier II	Hard	Han Xinyun	Anabel Medina Garrigues Caroline Wozniacki	1-6, 3-6
Win	1-2	Sep 2013	Korea Open	International	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	7-5, 6-3
Win	2-2	Aug 2015	Silicon Valley Classic, U.S.	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	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, U.S.	Premier M	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	6-4, 6-3
Win	6-4	Aug 2017	Connecticut Open, U.S.	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	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, U.S.	Premier 5	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Kv?ta Peschke Demi Schuurs	1-6, 6-4, [4-10]
Loss	10-9	Sep 2020	US Open	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
Win	11-10	Mar 2022	Indian Wells Open, U.S.	WTA 1000	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara	7-5, 7-6(7-4)
Win	12-10	Aug 2022	Silicon Valley Classic, U.S. (2)	WTA 500	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Shuko Aoyama Chan Hao-ching	7-5, 6-0

WTA Challenger finals

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

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

Notes

References

External links

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