Wang Xinyu

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

Not to be confused with Wang Xiyu.
For footballer, see Wang Xinyu (footballer).
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang (王).
Wang Xinyu
王欣瑜
Country (sports) China
ResidenceShenzhen, China
Born (2001-09-26) 26 September 2001
Shenzhen, China
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachWang Peng
Aleksandar Slović
Prize moneyUS$ 293,014
Singles
Career record46–30 (60.5%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 141 (10 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 143 (17 February 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2018)
US Open1R (2019)
Doubles
Career record32–17 (65.3%)
Career titles1 WTA
Highest rankingNo. 210 (26 November 2018)
Current rankingNo. 247 (17 February 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open JuniorW (2018)
Wimbledon JuniorW (2018)
Last updated on: 19 February 2020.
Wang Xinyu
Chinese王欣瑜

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]

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.[9] “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.[10] At the age of 16, she is the youngest Chinese player to make a Grand Slam main draw.[1][7][10]

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.[11] But, going through to the Junior girls' doubles final with her partner Liang En-shuo from Taiwan, Wang claimed the title in a close match, 7–6, 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.[12][13][14][15]

Playing style

Wang has an offense-oriented game with big groundstrokes and serve.[10]

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; (P) postponed; (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.

This table is current through 2020 Hua Hin Championships.

Tournament201820192020SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R A Q3 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
2018 2019 2020 Career
Tournaments 2 6 2 Career total: 10
Titles 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 0 0 Career total: 0
Hard Win–Loss 0–2 3–6 0–2 0 / 10 3–10 23%
Clay Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Overall Win–Loss 0–2 3–6 0–2 10 3–10 23%
Year-end Ranking 306 150 $293,014

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Winner – Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2019 Jiangxi Open, China International Hard Zhu Lin Peng Shuai
Zhang Shuai		 6–2, 7–6(7–5)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2018 Australian Open Hard Liang En-shuo Violet Apisah
Lulu Sun		 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [10–5]
Win 2018 Wimbledon Grass Wang Xiyu Caty McNally
Whitney Osuigwe		 6–2, 6–1

ITF finals

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runners-up)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2018 ITF Maribor, Slovenia 15,000 Clay Irina Ramialison 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7
Win 1–1 Aug 2018 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Wang Xiyu 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Win 2–1 Jun 2019 ITF Shenzhen, China 25,000 Hard Xun Fangying 6–1, 6–0
Win 3–1 Jun 2019 ITF Hengyang, China 25,000 Hard Sun Ziyue 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–1 Jul 2019 ITF Tianjin, China 25,000 Hard Jovana Jakšić 6–4, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Jul 2019 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 25,000 Hard Yuki Naito 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 3–6

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2017 ITF Győr, Hungary 15,000 Clay Tamara Čurović Mira Antonitsch
Panna Udvardy		 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 2018 ITF Shenzhen, China 60,000 Hard Danka Kovinić Anna Kalinskaya
Viktória Kužmová		 4–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Loss 0–3 Apr 2018 ITF Quanzhou, China 60,000 Hard Guo Hanyu Han Xinyun
Ye Qiuyu		 6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)

References
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