Chinese tennis player
Yang Zhaoxuan (Chinese : ; pinyin : Yáng Zh?oxu?n ; Mandarin pronunciation: [jǎ? á? ́n] ; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese professional tennis player.
She reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 9 in the WTA doubles rankings on 30 January 2023.
Yang has won six doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA Challenger doubles title. On 14 September 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. She also has three singles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit .
Career
Yang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open , partnering Ye Qiuyu in doubles .[1] The pair lost their first-round match against third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova .[1]
In 2017, she reached the final of the Wuhan Open alongside Shuko Aoyama .[2] They lost to Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis in the final.[3] At the WTA Elite Trophy , she lost both matches in the round robin together with Han Xinyun .[4] [5]
At the 2018 French Open , Yang alongside Chan Hao-ching reached her first Grand Slam semifinal but then lost to Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya .[6]
At the 2019 Wimbledon Championships , she reached the semifinal in mixed doubles alongside Matwé Middelkoop , after overcoming the top-seeded couple of Nicole Melichar and Bruno Soares .[7] They lost their semifinal match to Je?ena Ostapenko and Robert Lindstedt .[8]
In March 2021, Yang reached the final of the Dubai Championships along with Xu Yifan but they lost to Alexa Guarachi and Darija Jurak .[9]
In 2022 at the WTA 1000 in Indian Wells , she won the biggest title of her career in doubles with Xu Yifan.[10]
She qualified for the 2022 WTA Finals with partner Yifan.[11]
Performance timeline
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
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; (NTI) not a Tier I 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.
Doubles
Current through the 2023 Australian Open.
Significant finals
WTA Elite Trophy
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
WTA 1000 finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)
WTA career finals
Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)
Finals by surface
Hard (6-6)
Clay (0-1)
Grass (0-1)
Carpet (0-0)
Result
W-L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1-0
Feb 2016
Malaysian Open
International[c]
Hard
Varatchaya Wongteanchai
Liang Chen Wang Yafan
4-6, 6-4, [10-7]
Loss
1-1
Jun 2016
Nottingham Open , UK
International
Grass
Gabriela Dabrowski
Andrea Hlavá?ková Peng Shuai
5-7, 6-3, [7-10]
Loss
1-2
Sep 2016
Pan Pacific Open , Japan
Premier[d]
Hard
Liang Chen
Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová
1-6, 1-6
Loss
1-3
Nov 2016
WTA Elite Trophy , China
Elite
Hard
You Xiaodi
?pek Soylu Xu Yifan
4-6, 6-3, [7-10]
Loss
1-4
Jan 2017
Hobart International , Australia
International
Hard
Gabriela Dabrowski
Raluca Olaru Olga Savchuk
6-0, 4-6, [5-10]
Win
2-4
Sep 2017
Japan Women's Open
International
Hard
Shuko Aoyama
Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders
6-0, 2-6, [10-5]
Loss
2-5
Sep 2017
Wuhan Open , China
Premier 5[e]
Hard
Shuko Aoyama
Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis
6-7(5-7) , 6-3, [4-10]
Win
3-5
Feb 2018
Dubai Championships , UAE
Premier
Hard
Chan Hao-ching
Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai
4-6, 6-2, [10-6]
Win
4-5
Jan 2019
Shenzhen Open , China
International
Hard
Peng Shuai
Duan Yingying Renata Vorá?ová
6-4, 6-3
Loss
4-6
Oct 2019
WTA Elite Trophy, China
Elite
Hard
Duan Yingying
Lyudmyla Kichenok Andreja Klepa?
3-6, 3-6
Loss
4-7
Mar 2021
Dubai Championships, UAE
WTA 1000
Hard
Xu Yifan
Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak
0-6, 3-6
Loss
4-8
May 2021
Internationaux de Strasbourg , France
WTA 250
Clay
Makoto Ninomiya
Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk
2-6, 3-6
Win
5-8
Mar 2022
Indian Wells Open , U.S.
WTA 1000
Hard
Xu Yifan
Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara
7-5, 7-6(7-4)
Win
6-8
Aug 2022
Silicon Valley Classic , U.S.
WTA 500
Hard
Xu Yifan
Shuko Aoyama Chan Hao-ching
7-5, 6-0
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3-1)
Clay (0-0)
Result
W-L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1-0
Jun 2011
ITF New Delhi, India
10,000
Hard
Kim Hae-sung
6-2, 6-0
Win
2-0
Aug 2014
ITF Istanbul, Turkey
10,000
Hard
?pek Soylu
7-6(7-4) , 6-1
Win
3-0
Dec 2014
ITF Hong Kong
10,000
Hard
Zhu Lin
6-4, 6-4
Loss
3-1
Apr 2015
Pingshan Open , China
25,000
Hard
Hsieh Su-wei
2-6, 2-6
Doubles: 24 (12 titles, 12 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (8-10)
Clay (1-2)
Grass (3-0)
Carpet (0-0)
Result
W-L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1-0
Apr 2010
ITF Ningbo, China
10,000
Hard
Wang Yafan
Lu Jiaxiang Yang Zijun
1-6, 6-2, [10-4]
Win
2-0
Nov 2010
ITF Manila, Philippines
10,000
Hard
Zhu Lin
Kim Ji-young Kim Jin-hee
6-4, 6-7(5-7) , [10-7]
Win
3-0
Feb 2012
ITF Antalya, Turkey
10,000
Clay
Zhang Kailin
Li Yihong Tang Haochen
7-6(8-6) , 5-7, [10-8]
Loss
3-1
May 2012
ITF Changwon, South Korea
25,000
Hard
Zhang Kailin
Liu Wanting Xu Yifan
4-6, 5-7
Loss
3-2
Oct 2012
Suzhou Ladies Open , China
100,000
Hard
Zhao Yijing
Timea Bacsinszky Caroline Garcia
5-7, 3-6
Win
4-2
Apr 2013
ITF Seoul, South Korea
15,000
Hard
Liu Wanting
Chan Chin-wei Zhang Nannan
6-2, 6-2
Loss
4-3
Sep 2013
ITF Sanya , China
50,000
Hard
Zhao Yijing
Sun Ziyue Xu Shilin
7-6(7-5) , 3-6, [3-10]
Loss
4-4
Feb 2014
ITF Antalya, Turkey
10,000
Clay
Li Yihong
Pia König Sofia Kvatsabaia
1-2 ret.
Loss
4-5
Jun 2014
ITF Xi'an , China
50,000
Hard
Liang Chen
Lu Jiajing Wang Yafan
3-6, 6-7(2-7)
Loss
4-6
Aug 2014
ITF Istanbul, Turkey
10,000
Hard
Gao Xinyu
Wang Yan You Xiaodi
w/o
Loss
4-7
Aug 2014
ITF Antalya, Turkey
10,000
Hard
Wang Yan
Alona Fomina Christina Shakovets
3-6, 1-6
Win
5-7
Dec 2014
ITF Hong Kong
10,000
Hard
Ye Qiuyu
Hong Seung-yeon Kang Seo-kyung
6-4, 6-3
Loss
5-8
Feb 2015
Launceston International , Australia
50,000
Hard
Wang Yafan
Han Xinyun Junri Namigata
4-6, 6-3, [6-10]
Win
6-8
Feb 2015
ITF New Delhi, India
25,000
Hard
Tang Haochen
Hsu Ching-wen Lee Pei-chi
7-5, 6-1
Loss
6-9
Apr 2015
ITF Nanjing, China
25,000
Hard
Ye Qiuyu
Liu Chang Lu Jiajing
6-1, 1-6, [8-10]
Loss
6-10
May 2015
Kunming Open , China
75,000
Hard
Ye Qiuyu
Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai
5-7, 2-6
Win
7-10
Oct 2015
Suzhou Ladies Open, China
50,000
Hard
Zhang Yuxuan
Tian Ran Zhang Kailin
7-6(7-4) , 6-2
Win
8-10
Apr 2016
ITF Kashiwa, Japan
25,000
Hard
Zhang Kailin
You Xiaodi Zhu Lin
7-5, 2-6, [11-9]
Loss
8-11
May 2016
Kunming Open, China
100,000
Clay
Varatchaya Wongteanchai
Wang Yafan Zhang Kailin
7-6(7-3) , 6-7(2-7) , [1-10]
Win
9-11
May 2016
Eastbourne Trophy , UK
50,000
Grass
Zhang Kailin
Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez
7-6(7-5) , 6-1
Win
10-11
Jun 2016
Ilkley Trophy , UK
50,000
Grass
Zhang Kailin
An-Sophie Mestach Storm Sanders
6-3, 7-6(7-5)
Win
11-11
Jun 2017
Southsea Trophy , UK
100,000+H
Grass
Shuko Aoyama
Viktorija Golubic Lyudmyla Kichenok
6-7(7-9) , 6-3, [10-8]
Loss
11-12
Nov 2017
Shenzhen Open , China
100,000
Hard
Shuko Aoyama
Jacqueline Cako Nina Stojanovi?
4-6, 2-6
Win
12-12
Nov 2018
Shenzhen Open, China
100,000
Hard
Shuko Aoyama
Choi Ji-hee Luksika Kumkhum
6-2, 6-3
Notes
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