Wang Yafan
Wang Yafan (Chinese: 王雅繁; pinyin: Wáng Yǎfán; born 30 April 1994 in Nanjing) is a Chinese tennis player.
Wang has won two doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as seven singles and six doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 14 November 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 115. On 15 February 2016, she peaked at world number 49 in the doubles rankings.
Wang made her WTA tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Zheng Jie in doubles.[1] The pair won their first round match against wildcards Sun Ziyue and Xu Shilin,[1] and defeated third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova in their quarterfinal, before losing to eventual tournament champions Monica Niculescu and Klára Zakopalová in the semifinals.[1]
In September 2014 at the Guangzhou Open, Wang was given a wildcard into the singles main draw and advanced to the semifinals, upsetting the number one seed and world number 20 Samantha Stosur in round one,[2] and qualifiers Petra Martić and Zhang Kailin along the way. She was knocked out by eventual tournament champion Monica Niculescu.[3]
Playing for China at the Fed Cup, Wang has a win–loss record of 4–1.[4]
WTA finals
Doubles (2–3)
Legend |
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
WTA Elite Trophy (1–0) |
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
Premier (0–0) |
International (1–2) |
125K series (0–1) |
|
Finals by surface |
Hard (2–3) |
Clay (0–0) |
Grass (0–0) |
Carpet (0–0) |
|
Result |
No. |
Date |
Category |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
Runner-up |
1. |
5 January 2015 |
International |
Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China |
Hard |
Liang Chen |
Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok |
4–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Winner |
1. |
2 March 2015 |
International |
Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Hard |
Liang Chen |
Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk |
4–6, 6–3, [10–4] |
Runner-up |
2. |
27 July 2015 |
125K series |
Nanchang, China |
Hard |
Chan Chin-wei |
Chang Kai-chen Zheng Saisai |
3–6, 6–4, [3–10] |
Winner |
2. |
2 November 2015 |
WTA Elite Trophy |
WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China |
Hard (i) |
Liang Chen |
Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja |
6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
3. |
29 February 2015 |
International |
Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Hard |
Liang Chen |
Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan |
6–4, 4–6, [7–10] |
ITF finals (13–8)
Singles (7–4)
Legend |
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$15,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
|
Finals by surface |
Hard (7–4) |
Clay (0–0) |
Grass (0–0) |
Carpet (0–0) |
|
Result |
No. |
Date |
Category |
Tournament |
Surface |
Opponent |
Score |
Winner |
1. |
30 April 2012 |
$10,000 |
Jakarta, Indonesia |
Hard |
Yang Zi |
6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
1. |
10 December 2012 |
$10,000 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Hard |
Nungnadda Wannasuk |
3–6, 1–6 |
Winner |
2. |
25 February 2013 |
$10,000 |
Sydney, Australia |
Hard |
Misa Eguchi |
6–2, 6–0 |
Winner |
3. |
26 August 2013 |
$10,000 |
Yeongwol, South Korea |
Hard |
Kim Sun-jung |
6–1, 6–4 |
Winner |
4. |
2 September 2013 |
$10,000 |
Yeongwol, South Korea |
Hard |
Lee Pei-chi |
2–6, 6–1, 6–2 |
Runner-up |
2. |
17 February 2014 |
$15,000 |
Salisbury, Australia |
Hard |
Jang Su-jeong |
3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
Winner |
5. |
7 July 2014 |
$10,000 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Hard |
Sabina Sharipova |
6–3, 6–2 |
Winner |
6. |
14 July 2014 |
$25,000 |
Phuket, Thailand |
Hard (i) |
Xu Yifan |
3–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
Winner |
7. |
20 July 2015 |
$25,000 |
Zhengzhou, China |
Hard |
Duan Yingying |
6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up |
3. |
4 April 2016 |
$25,000 |
Kashiwa, Japan |
Hard |
Jang Su-jeong |
4–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
Runner-up |
4. |
17 October 2016 |
$50,000 |
Suzhou, China |
Hard |
Chang Kai-chen |
6–4, 2–6, 1–6 |
Doubles (6–4)
Legend |
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$15,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
|
Finals by surface |
Hard (5–3) |
Clay (1–1) |
Grass (0–0) |
Carpet (0–0) |
|
Result |
No. |
Date |
Category |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
Winner |
1. |
5 April 2010 |
$10,000 |
Ningbo, China |
Hard |
Yang Zhaoxuan |
Lu Jiaxiang Yang Zijun |
1–6, 6–2, [10–4] |
Runner-up |
1. |
2 July 2012 |
$15,000 |
Huzhu, China |
Clay |
Tian Ran |
Li Yihong Zhang Kailin |
6–3, 4–6, [6–10] |
Winner |
2. |
3 December 2012 |
$10,000 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Hard |
Wen Xin |
Kim Na-ri Lee Ye-ra |
7–5, 7–5 |
Winner |
3. |
10 December 2012 |
$10,000 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Hard |
Wen Xin |
Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Li Yihong |
6–0, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
2. |
25 February 2013 |
$10,000 |
Sydney, Australia |
Hard |
Tamara Čurović |
Misa Eguchi Mari Tanaka |
6–4, 5–7, [8–10] |
Winner |
4. |
23 June 2014 |
$50,000 |
Xi'an, China |
Hard |
Lu Jiajing |
Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan |
6–3, 7–6(7–2) |
Runner-up |
3. |
9 February 2015 |
$50,000 |
Launceston, Australia |
Hard |
Yang Zhaoxuan |
Han Xinyun Junri Namigata |
4–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
Winner |
5. |
27 April 2015 |
$75,000 |
Gifu, Japan |
Hard |
Xu Yifan |
An-Sophie Mestach Emily Webley-Smith |
6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up |
4. |
11 April 2016 |
$50,000 |
Shenzhen, China |
Hard |
Liang Chen |
Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya |
6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
Winner |
6. |
2 May 2016 |
$100,000 |
Anning, China |
Clay |
Zhang Kailin |
Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan |
6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2), [10–1] |
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