Wang Xinyu

Wang Xinyu
王欣瑜
Country (sports)  China
Residence Shenzhen, China
Born (2001-09-26) 26 September 2001
Shenzhen, China
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 2018
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Wang Peng
Aleksandar Slović
Prize money US$64,445
Singles
Career record 34–21 (61.82%)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 461 (2 July 2018)
Current ranking No. 467 (13 August 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2018)
Doubles
Career record 21–10 (67.74%)
Career titles 0 (2 Junior Grand Slams)
Highest ranking No. 261 (13 August 2018)
Current ranking No. 261 (13 August 2018)
Last updated on: 15 August 2018.
Wang Xinyu
Chinese 王欣瑜

Wang Xinyu (Chinese: 王欣瑜; pinyin: Wáng Xīnyú, pronounced [wǎŋ ɕín y̌]; born 26 September 2001) is a Chinese tennis player.

Wang's current team consists of her father Wang Peng; a Serbian technical coach, Aleksandar Slović, who won the men's singles title at 2009 Summer Universiade and once trained with Novak Djokovic when young; a fitness coach from Croatia; and a Chinese physio from Nanjing.[1] With the help of Slović, Wang was able to train with a few Serbian players abroad.[2] She currently trains at the Tennis & Badminton Centre of the Shenzhen Sports Centre.[3][4]

Personal life

Wang was born in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.[3][4][5] Her father, Wang Peng (born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China),[6] is a former head coach of the Shenzhen tennis team and the Chinese women's national tennis team, but resigned from the latter to concentrate on his daughter's tennis career.[7][8] Her mother was a former player in the Zhejiang women's basketball team.[6] Both of them have devoted themselves to accompanying Wang everywhere. Wang showed great enthusiasm for tennis from early childhood and, coached by her father, she started playing properly at the age of five.[2] Her idols include Roger Federer, Karolína Plíšková, Maria Sharapova and Jay Chou, her favourite singer.[1][9][10] After winning the Asia-Pacific Wildcard playoff in December 2017, Wang joked, “(If I play Karolína Plíšková in Melbourne) I will ask her for a photo together after we've played.” And she "works hard to become an excellent player like Li Na and Zheng Jie".[11]

Tennis career

2017: Ticket to Grand Slam debut

Wang booked her ticket to a Grand Slam debut in the 2018 Australian Open on 3 December 2017 in Zhuhai, by winning the Asia-Pacific Wildcard playoff, coming back to edge out the Papua New Guinean No. 1 Abigail Tere-Apisah in the final. Tere-Apisah was only two points away from victory when leading 5–3, 30–0 in the second set, looking to become the first player from Papua New Guinea to compete in a Grand Slam main draw, when momentum shifted and Wang, demonstrating fearlessness for her age, won the next seven points before going on to level the match. Wang eventually won the match 4–6, 7–5, 6–4, seizing the most crucial break with a splendid backhand passing shot in the ninth game, and then closed out the final set after saving four break points.[12] “It’s probably the most important day in my life so far,” Wang said in the post-match news conference to CCTV Sports Channel, the official TV broadcaster of the Australian Open in China.[11] At the age of 16, she is the youngest Chinese player to make a Grand Slam main draw.[1][7][11]

2018: First Junior Grand Slam champion

In the 2018 Australian Open, as the second youngest competitor in the main draw (just older than 15-year-old Marta Kostyuk), Wang lost her debut Grand Slam match 6-4, 6-2, to Alizé Cornet.[13] But, going through to theJunior Girls' Doubles final with her partner Liang En-shuo from Taiwan, Wang claimed the title in a close match, 7–6 (4), 4–6, [10–5] against Violet Apisah of Papua New Guinea (Abigail Tere-Apisah's niece) and Lulu Sun, a New Zealand-born Swiss player of Chinese descent.[14][15][16][17]

Playing style

Wang has a big serve and hard forehand.[11]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 2018 Australian Open Hard Chinese Taipei Liang En-shuo Papua New Guinea Violet Apisah
Switzerland Lulu Sun		 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5]
Winner 2018 Wimbledon Championships Grass China Wang Xiyu United States Caty McNally
United States Whitney Osuigwe		 6–2, 6–1

ITF finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runners-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000/$80,000 tournaments
$50,000/$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000/$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 18 September 2017 $15,000 Győr, Hungary Clay Serbia Tamara Čurović Austria Mira Antonitsch
Hungary Panna Udvardy		 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 17 March 2018 $60,000 Shenzhen, China Hard Montenegro Danka Kovinić Russia Anna Kalinskaya
Slovakia Viktória Kužmová		 4–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Runner–up 3. 27 April 2018 $60,000 Quanzhou, China Hard China Guo Hanyu China Han Xinyun
China Ye Qiuyu		 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament2018SRW–LWin%
Australian Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–Loss 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%

References

  1. 1 2 3 He Song; Li Jianyi (2017-12-04). "Xiànchǎng |16 suì Wáng Xīnyú Ào-Wǎng wàikǎ sài shényǒng duóguàn, tuánduì wánshàn qiánjǐng kě qī" 现场｜16岁王欣瑜澳网外卡赛神勇夺冠，团队完善前景可期 [Spot | 16-year-old Wang Xinyu won Australian Open Wildcard Playoff title valorously, perfect team makes prospects]. All Tennis (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  2. 1 2 Zhu Peng (2017-12-04). "Zhōngguó xiǎo huā pīn de zhèngsài zīgé" 中国小花拼得正赛资格 [Chinese little flower struggled and got qualification for main draw]. Beijing Youth Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  3. 1 2 Gao Zhiming; Peng Zhigang (2017-12-14). "Shǒuwàng shíguāng Jìngdài huākāi" 守望时光 静待花开！ [Await the blooming calmly with time going by]. Daily Sunshine (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  4. 1 2 Liu Ying; Peng Zhigang (2017-12-14). "16 suì Shēnzhèn nǚhái zhēngzhàn zhíyè wǎngtán" 16岁深圳女孩征战职业网坛 [16-year-old Shenzhen girl plays professional tennis]. Southern Metropolis Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  5. ↑ Huang Wen; Liao Hongbin (2017-12-04). "Shēnzhèn xiǎo huā Wáng Xīnyú shuāngdǎ guànjūn yī dǐng yī" 深圳小花王欣瑜双打冠军一顶一 [Shenzhen little flower Wang Xinyu's doubles title worthy of name]. Shenzhen Evening News (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  6. 1 2 Cao Linbo (2017-12-07). ""Zhōngguó Shāwá" zuì ài chī Hángzhōu Piànérchuān" “中国莎娃”最爱吃杭州片儿川 ["Chinese Sharapova" likes eating Hangzhou Pian Er Chuan most]. Zhejiang Online (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-03-05.
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  8. ↑ Tennis World magazine (2017-09-06). "Guójiā Nǚduì zhǔjiàoliàn Wáng Péng lí zhí, jiāng zhuānxīn péibàn nǚér Wáng Xīnyú zhēngzhàn zhíyè sàichǎng" 国家女队主教练王鹏离职，将专心陪伴女儿王欣瑜征战职业赛场 [Head coach of national women's team Wang Peng resigned, will concentrate on accompanying daughter Wang Xinyu competing in professional tournaments]. Sohu Sports (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  9. ↑ 6Tennis.com (2017-12-03). "Zhuānfǎng | 16 suì Wáng Xīnyú wàikǎ sài duóguàn jiāng zhàn Ào-Wǎng Shì Fèidélè wéi ǒuxiàng" 专访｜16岁王欣瑜外卡赛夺冠将战澳网 视费德勒为偶像 [Special interview | 16-year-old Wang Xinyu won Wildcard Playoff title and will compete in Australian Open, considers Federer as idol]. Sina Weibo (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  10. ↑ Xu Sijia; He Song (2017-06-06). "(Yīngyǎn) 00 hòu xiǎo huā chū zhànfàng Xià yī gè Lǐ Nà zài lù shàng?" 【鹰眼】00后小花初绽放 下一个李娜在路上？ [(Hawk-Eye) Post-00s little flowers starting to bloom Another Li Na on way?]. Tencent Sports (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-12-05.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Joe Liu (2017-12-04). "Wang, Kwon win Australian Open wildcards". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  12. ↑ "Wang beats Tere-Apisah to win Australian Open wildcard". WTA. 2017-12-03. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  13. ↑ Liu Xiyao (2018-01-15). "Ào-Wǎng–Wáng Xīnyú 0-2 bùdí Kēnèitè Zhōngguó Shāwá shǒulún chūjú" 澳网-王欣瑜0-2不敌科内特 中国莎娃首轮出局 [Austrilian Open-Wang Xinyu lost to Cornet 0–2 Chinese Sharapova knocked out in first round]. Tencent Sports (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  14. ↑ Aus Open (2018-01-27). "Xīn shìdài "Hǎixiá zǔhé" zhànfàng Ào-Wǎng qīngshǎonián nǚshuāng sàichǎng, Wáng Xīnyú jiāmiǎn Dàmǎnguàn guànjūn" 新世代“海峡组合”绽放澳网青少年女双赛场，王欣瑜加冕大满贯冠军 ["Cross-Strait duo" of new generation shining in Girls' Doubles of Junior Australian Open. Wang Xinyu crown with Grand Slam title]. Sohu Sports (in Chinese). Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  15. ↑ "Tennis: Korda gewinnt die Australian Open bei den Junioren - Blick" [Tennis: Korda wins the Australian Open at the Juniors - Blick]. Blick (in German). 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  16. ↑ Alexia Nichele (2018-01-09). "Nouvelle vague: Lulu Sun: la jeune pépite cosmopolite du tennis suisse - Sports: Toute l'actu sports - tdg.ch" [New wave: Lulu Sun: the young cosmopolitan nugget of Swiss tennis - Sports: All the sports news - tdg.ch]. Tribune de Genève (in French). Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  17. ↑ Marc Ribolla (2017-07-10). "Schweizer Tennis-Juwel Lulu Sun spielt im Wimbledon-Turnier - Blick" [Swiss tennis jewel Lulu Sun plays in the Wimbledon tournament - Blick]. Blick (in German). Retrieved 2018-01-27.
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