Xu Yifan
Xu Yifan at the 2015 French Open | |
Country (sports) | China |
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Residence | Tianjin, China |
Born |
Tianjin, China | 8 August 1988
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US $ 702,212 |
Singles | |
Career record | 205–172 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 148 (13 July 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 383 (24 October 2016) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q2 (2016) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2015) |
US Open | Q2 (2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 248–139 |
Career titles | 3 WTA, 22 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 16 (11 July 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 16 (11 July 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2016) |
French Open | QF (2016) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2015, 2016) |
US Open | QF (2014) |
Last updated on: 4 November 2016. |
Xu Yifan (Chinese: 徐一幡, born 8 August 1988 in Tianjin) is a Chinese female professional tennis player playing on the ITF and WTA Women's Circuits. She reached her highest WTA (Women's Tennis Association) Singles ranking of No.148 on 13 July 2015. She also reached her current and highest WTA (Women's Tennis Association) Doubles ranking of No 16 in the world as of 11 July 2016. She was a finalist in Women's Doubles at the 2008 China Open in Beijing, and Quarterfinalist at the 2014 US Open in Women's Doubles. And most recently she was a semi-finalist at the 2016 Australian Open, and a Quarterfinalist at the 2016 French Open in Women's Doubles with Zheng Saisai. They are currently the No. 5 WTA Women's Doubles Team as of 27 June 2016.
2011
Xu posted good results at the 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open where she fought her way from the qualifying draw unseeded, defeating 7th seed Wang Qiang and 10th seed Chan Chin-Wei to qualify. In the first round, she lost to Mandy Minella.
2014
On 2 September 2014, Xu made it to the Quarter Finals in Women's Doubles at the 2014 US Open, where she defeated the 6th seeded team Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears, and the 11th seeded team Lucie Hradecká and Michaëlla Krajicek before her partner Zarina Diyas retired.
On 28 October 2014, Xu came back from a 5-1 game deficit for the win in the Ningbo Challenger series against her old rival, Zhang Kailin.
2015
In January, Xu partnered with two-time Grand Slam Doubles champion Peng Shuai in women's doubles at the 2015 Australian Open. Going in as unseeded, they lost in three sets in the first round to 15th seeds Kimiko Date-Krumm and Casey Dellacqua.
Significant finals
WTA Elite Trophy
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 2016 | Zhuhai | Hard (i) | İpek Soylu | Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi |
6–4, 3–6, [10–7] |
WTA finals
Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runners-up)
Legend |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
WTA Tour Championships (0–0) |
WTA Elite Trophy (1–0) |
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) |
Tier II / Premier (1–2) |
Tier III, IV & V / International (2–2) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Runner–up | 1. | 23 September 2007 | China Open, Beijing, China | Hard | Han Xinyun | Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei |
6–7(3–7), 3–6 |
Runner–up | 2. | 28 September 2008 | China Open, Beijing, China | Hard | Han Xinyun | Anabel Medina Garrigues Caroline Wozniacki |
1–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 22 September 2013 | KDB Korea Open, Seoul, South Korea | Hard | Chan Chin-wei | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears |
7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 9 August 2015 | Bank of the West Classic, Stanford, United States | Hard | Zheng Saisai | Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja |
6–1, 6–3 |
Winner | 3. | 18 October 2015 | Tianjin Open, Tianjin, China | Hard | Zheng Saisai | Darija Jurak Nicole Melichar |
6–2, 3–6, [10–8] |
Runner–up | 3. | 9 January 2016 | Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China | Hard | Zheng Saisai | Vania King Monica Niculescu |
1–6, 4–6 |
Runner–up | 4. | 16 October 2016 | Tianjin Open, Tianjin, China | Hard | Magda Linette | Christina McHale Peng Shuai |
6–7(8–10), 0–6 |
Winner | 4. | 06 November 2016 | WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China | Hard (i) | İpek Soylu | Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi |
6–4, 3–6, [10–7] |
ITF Circuit finals
WTA 125s tournaments |
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$15,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Singles: 6 (1–5)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | 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 | 4. | 21 April 2014 | Nanning, China | Hard | Chan Yung-jan | 6–3, 7–6(7–1) |
Runner-up | 5. | 26 May 2014 | Zhengzhou, China | Hard | Zhang Kailin | 5–7, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 14 July 2014 | Phuket, Thailand | Hard (i) | Wang Yafan | 6–3, 2–6, 5–7 |
Doubles: 35 (22–13)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | 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 | 2. | 30 July 2006 | Chengdu, China | Hard | Xia Huan | Ren Jing Zhang Shuai |
4–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 6 August 2006 | Changsha, China | Hard | Xia Huan | Chen Yanchong Liu Wanting |
3–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 12 May 2007 | Chengdu, China | Hard | Lei Huang | Song Shanshan Xie Yanze |
3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 5. | 8 June 2007 | Changsha, China | Hard | Lei Huang | Chan Chin-wei Kumiko Iijima |
6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 6. | 16 June 2007 | Guangzhou, China | Hard | Lei Huang | Chen Yanchong Zhou Yimiao |
6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
Runner-up | 7. | 18 November 2007 | Kunming, China | Hard | Han Xinyun | Urszula Radwańska Yanina Wickmayer |
4–6, 1–6 |
Winner | 8. | 2 December 2007 | Xiamen, China | Hard | Han Xinyun | Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan |
6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 9. | 16 May 2008 | Caserta, Italy | Clay | Han Xinyun | Sophie Ferguson Christina Wheeler |
4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
Runner-up | 10. | 28 June 2008 | Périgueux, France | Clay | Han Xinyun | Anna-Lena Grönefeld İpek Şenoğlu |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 11. | 6 February 2009 | Burnie, Australia | Hard | Zhou Yimiao | Monique Adamczak Abigail Spears |
2–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 12. | 7 June 2009 | Komoro, Japan | Clay | Zhang Shuai | Ayumi Oka Varatchaya Wongteanchai |
6–2, 6–1 |
Winner | 13. | 15 January 2010 | Pingguo, China | Hard | Chan Chin-wei | Ji Chunmei Liu Wanting |
6–3, 6–1 |
Winner | 14. | 21 February 2010 | Surprise, United States | Hard | Ji Chunmei | Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle |
5–7, 6–2, [10–5] |
Winner | 15. | 6 March 2010 | Hammond, United States | Hard | Zhou Yimiao | Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle |
6–2, 6–2 |
Winner | 16. | 14 March 2010 | Clearwater, United States | Hard | Zhou Yimiao | Alina Jidkova Laura Siegemund |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 17. | 16 May 2010 | Kurume, Japan | Grass | Sun Shengnan | Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková |
6–0, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 18. | 23 May 2010 | Karuizawa, Japan | Carpet | Sun Shengnan | Ayumi Oka Akiko Yonemura |
6–7(1–7), 3–6 |
Winner | 19. | 9 July 2010 | Fuzhou, China | Hard | Liu Shaozhuo | Kao Shao-yuan Ayaka Maekawa |
3–6, 6–1, [10–2] |
Runner-up | 20. | 16 October 2011 | Kalgoorlie, Australia | Hard | Zhang Kailin | Casey Dellacqua Olivia Rogowska |
1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 21. | 15 April 2012 | Wenshan, China | Hard | Liu Wanting | Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei |
3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 22. | 21 May 2012 | Changwon, South Korea | Hard | Liu Wanting | Yang Zhaoxuan Zhang Kailin |
6–4, 7–5 |
Winner | 23. | 21 May 2012 | Gimcheon, South Korea | Hard | Hu Yueyue | Liang Chen Sun Shengnan |
6–0, 3–6, [10–7] |
Runner-up | 24. | 9 July 2012 | Yakima, United States | Hard | Zhou Yimiao | Samantha Crawford Madison Keys |
3–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
Winner | 25. | 16 July 2012 | Evansville, United States | Hard | Duan Yingying | Mallory Burdette Natalie Pluskota |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 26. | 29 July 2012 | Lexington, United States | Hard | Shuko Aoyama | Julia Glushko Olivia Rogowska |
7–5 6–7(7–9), [10–4] |
Runner-up | 27. | 18 February 2013 | Surprise, United States | Hard | Emily J. Harman | Samantha Crawford Sachia Vickery |
3–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
Runner-up | 28. | 13 May 2013 | Balikpapan, Indonesia | Hard | Chen Yi | Naomi Broady Teodora Mirčić |
3–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 29. | 3 November 2013 | Nanjing, China | Hard | Misaki Doi | Zhang Shuai Yaroslava Shvedova |
6–1, 6–4 |
Winner | 30. | 16 February 2014 | Rancho Santa Fe, United States | Hard | Samantha Crawford | Danielle Lao Keri Wong |
3–6, 6–2, [12–10] |
Winner | 31. | 3 March 2014 | Quanzhou, China | Hard | Chan Chin-wei | Sun Ziyue Xu Shilin |
7–6(7–4), 6–1 |
Runner–up | 32. | 27 July 2014 | Nanchang, China | Hard | Chan Chin-wei | Junri Namigata Chuang Chia-jung |
6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
Winner | 33. | 27 April 2015 | Gifu, Japan | Hard | Wang Yafan | An-Sophie Mestach Emily Webley-Smith |
6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 34. | 8 May 2015 | Anning, China | Hard | Zheng Saisai | Yang Zhaoxuan Ye Qiuyu |
7–5, 6–2 |
Winner | 35. | 21 June 2015 | Ilkley, United Kingdom | Grass | Raluca Olaru | An-Sophie Mestach Demi Schuurs |
6–3, 6–4 |