Xu Yifan

Xu Yifan
徐一幡
	Xu Yifan at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	China
Residence	Tianjin, China
Born	8 August 1988; Tianjin, China
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,367,336
Singles
Career record	217–193 (52.9%)
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 148 (13 July 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2016)
French Open	Q1 (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	Q2 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	377–227 (62.4%)
Career titles	10 WTA, 1 WTA 125, 21 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 7 (13 January 2020)
Current ranking	No. 10 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2016)
French Open	QF (2016, 2019)
Wimbledon	F (2019)
US Open	QF (2014, 2017, 2019)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	QF (2017, 2018)
Olympic Games	2R (2016)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2017)
French Open	2R (2016)
US Open	1R (2016)
Representing China
Women's Tennis
Asian Games
	Last updated on: 31 March 2020.

Xu Yifan (Chinese: 徐一幡; pinyin: Xú Yīfán; Mandarin pronunciation: [ɕy̌ í fǎn]; born 8 August 1988 in Tianjin) is a tennis player from China. She reached her career-high ranking in singles of No. 148 on 13 July 2015. On 13 January 2020, she peaked at No. 7 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career

Xu made her debut playing on the ITF Circuit in China. She won her first doubles title with Xia Huan in 2006.[1] She was a finalist in women's doubles at the 2008 China Open in Beijing and a quarterfinalist at the 2014 US Open in women's doubles. She reached the semifinals at the 2016 Australian Open and was a quarterfinalist at the 2016 French Open in women's doubles with Zheng Saisai. She was also a quarterfinalist in doubles at the Australian Open in 2017 with Raquel Atowa.[2]

In 2017, Xu won the Miami Open and the Connecticut Open women's doubles with Gabriela Dabrowski.[3] She partnered Dabrowski again in the US Open, with the pair reaching the quarterfinals.[2] In 2018, the duo won the doubles at the Sydney International,[4] then reached the quarterfinals in the Australian Open.[2]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2019	Wimbledon	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	2–6, 4–6

Significant finals

Xu at Wimbledon in 2015

Premier Mandatory & Premier 5

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2017	Miami	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2018	Beijing	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	2019	Madrid	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	3–6, 1–6

WTA career finals

Doubles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Elite Trophy (1–0)
Tier I / Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (1–2)
Tier II / Premier (5–2)
Tier III, IV & V / International (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2007	China Open, Beijing	Tier II	Hard	Han Xinyun	Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2008	China Open, Beijing	Tier II	Hard	Han Xinyun	Anabel Medina Garrigues Caroline Wozniacki	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2013	Korea Open, Seoul	International	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	7–5, 6–3
Win	2–2	Aug 2015	Bank of the West Classic, Stanford	Premier	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–2	Oct 2015	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Darija Jurak Nicole Melichar	6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	3–3	Jan 2016	Shenzhen Open, China	International	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Vania King Monica Niculescu	1–6, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Oct 2016	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Magda Linette	Christina McHale Peng Shuai	6–7^(8–10), 0–6
Win	4–4	Nov 2016	WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China	Elite	Hard (i)	İpek Soylu	Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	5–4	Apr 2017	Miami Open, U.S.	Premier M	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–4	Aug 2017	Connecticut Open, New Haven	Premier	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	7–4	Jan 2018	Sydney International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Latisha Chan Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	6–3, 6–1
Win	8–4	Jun 2018	Eastbourne International, UK	Premier	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Irina-Camelia Begu Mihaela Buzărnescu	6–3, 7–5
Loss	8–5	Oct 2018	China Open, Beijing	Premier M	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	8–6	May 2019	Madrid Open, Spain	Premier M	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	3–6, 1–6
Win	9–6	May 2019	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sharon Fichman Nicole Melichar	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–5]
Loss	9–7	Jul 2019	Wimbledon, London, UK	Grand Slam	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	2–6, 4–6
Win	10–7	Jan 2020	Adelaide International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Gabriela Dabrowski Darija Jurak	2–6, 7–5, [10–5]

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	3 November 2013	Nanjing Ladies Open, China	Hard	Misaki Doi	Zhang Shuai Yaroslava Shvedova	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–1	27 July 2014	Jiangxi International Open, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Junri Namigata Chuang Chia-jung	6–7^(4–7), 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

$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	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	1.	27 April 2014	Nanning, China	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
Runner-up	4.	1 June 2014	Zhengzhou, China	Hard	Zhang Kailin	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	19 July 2014	Phuket, Thailand	Hard (i)	Wang Yafan	6–3, 2–6, 5–7

Doubles: 33 (21–12)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	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	1.	30 July 2006	Chengdu, China	Hard	Xia Huan	Ren Jing Zhang Shuai	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	6 August 2006	Changsha, China	Hard	Xia Huan	Chen Yanchong Liu Wanting	3–6, 3–6
Runner-up	3.	12 May 2007	Chengdu, China	Hard	Huang Lei	Song Shanshan Xie Yanze	3–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	8 June 2007	Changsha, China	Hard	Huang Lei	Chan Chin-wei Kumiko Iijima	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	16 June 2007	Guangzhou, China	Hard	Huang Lei	Chen Yanchong Zhou Yimiao	6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	4.	18 November 2007	Kunming, China	Hard	Han Xinyun	Urszula Radwańska Yanina Wickmayer	4–6, 1–6
Winner	4.	2 December 2007	Xiamen, China	Hard	Han Xinyun	Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan	6–4, 7–5
Winner	5.	16 May 2008	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Han Xinyun	Sophie Ferguson Christina Wheeler	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Runner-up	5.	28 June 2008	Périgueux, France	Clay	Han Xinyun	Anna-Lena Grönefeld İpek Şenoğlu	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	6.	6 February 2009	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Monique Adamczak Abigail Spears	2–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	7 June 2009	Komoro, Japan	Clay	Zhang Shuai	Ayumi Oka Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–2, 6–1
Winner	7.	15 January 2010	Pingguo, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Ji Chunmei Liu Wanting	6–3, 6–1
Winner	8.	21 February 2010	Surprise, United States	Hard	Ji Chunmei	Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle	5–7, 6–2, [10–5]
Winner	9.	6 March 2010	Hammond, United States	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle	6–2, 6–2
Winner	10.	14 March 2010	Clearwater, United States	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Alina Jidkova Laura Siegemund	6–4, 6–4
Winner	11.	16 May 2010	Kurume, Japan	Grass	Sun Shengnan	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	23 May 2010	Karuizawa, Japan	Carpet	Sun Shengnan	Ayumi Oka Akiko Yonemura	6–7^(1–7), 3–6
Winner	12.	9 July 2010	Fuzhou, China	Hard	Liu Shaozhuo	Kao Shao-yuan Ayaka Maekawa	3–6, 6–1, [10–2]
Runner-up	8.	16 October 2011	Kalgoorlie, Australia	Hard	Zhang Kailin	Casey Dellacqua Olivia Rogowska	1–6, 1–6
Runner-up	9.	15 April 2012	Wenshan, China	Hard	Liu Wanting	Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei	3–6, 2–6
Winner	13.	21 May 2012	Changwon, South Korea	Hard	Liu Wanting	Yang Zhaoxuan Zhang Kailin	6–4, 7–5
Winner	14.	21 May 2012	Gimcheon, South Korea	Hard	Hu Yueyue	Liang Chen Sun Shengnan	6–0, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	10.	9 July 2012	Yakima, United States	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Samantha Crawford Madison Keys	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Winner	15.	16 July 2012	Evansville, United States	Hard	Duan Yingying	Mallory Burdette Natalie Pluskota	6–2, 6–3
Winner	16.	29 July 2012	Lexington, United States	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Julia Glushko Olivia Rogowska	7–5, 6–7^(7–9), [10–4]
Runner-up	11.	18 February 2013	Surprise, United States	Hard	Emily J. Harman	Samantha Crawford Sachia Vickery	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Runner-up	12.	13 May 2013	Balikpapan, Indonesia	Hard	Chen Yi	Naomi Broady Teodora Mirčić	3–6, 3–6
Winner	17.	16 February 2014	Rancho Santa Fe, United States	Hard	Samantha Crawford	Danielle Lao Keri Wong	3–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Winner	18.	3 March 2014	Quanzhou, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Sun Ziyue Xu Shilin	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
Winner	19.	27 April 2015	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Wang Yafan	An-Sophie Mestach Emily Webley-Smith	6–2, 6–3
Winner	20.	8 May 2015	Anning, China	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Yang Zhaoxuan Ye Qiuyu	7–5, 6–2
Winner	21.	21 June 2015	Ilkley, United Kingdom	Grass	Raluca Olaru	An-Sophie Mestach Demi Schuurs	6–3, 6–4

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	QF	QF	1R	10–5	67%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	QF	3R	3R	QF	11–5	69%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	1R	1R	1R	SF	F	9–5	64%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	3R	QF	2R	QF	12–6	67%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–4	9–4	8–4	10–4	11–4	42–21	67%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	Not Held			A	Not Held			A	Not Held			2R	Not Held			1–1	50%
Year-end championship
WTA Finals	Did Not Qualify												QF	QF		0–2	0%
WTA Elite Trophy	Not Held										DNQ	W	A	A		3–0	100%
WTA Premier Mandatory / Premier 5 tournaments
Doha / Dubai^[1]	Absent										1R	2R	1R	A	QF	2–4	33%
Indian Wells	Absent											2R	1R	SF	SF	7–4	64%
Miami	Absent											SF	W	1R	QF	10–3	77%
Madrid	Not Held				Absent							2R	2R	2R	F	6–4	60%
Rome	Absent											1R	1R	QF	2R	2–4	33&
Canada	Absent											1R	A	1R	SF	2–3	40%
Cincinnati	Tier III				Absent							2R	Absent		2R	1–2	33%
Tokyo / Wuhan^[2]	Absent									1R	1R	1R	QF	QF		3–5	38%
Beijing	Tier II				Absent					1R	1R	1R	QF	F		5–5	50%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–3	7–9	10–6	8–7	13–7	38–34	53%
Year-end ranking	N/A	352	124	92	226	121	148	151	99	75	49	20	16	12

References

"Yifan Xu - Bio". WTA. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
Ben Curtis (11 July 2018). "Raonic says he injured leg in Wimbledon quarterfinal loss to Isner". Times Colonist. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
"Dabrowski & Xu overwhelm top seeds to take home Sydney title". WTA. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
Dave Carroll (13 January 2018). "Chan and Hlavackova fall in final". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

External links

Xu Yifan at the Women's Tennis Association
Xu Yifan at the International Tennis Federation

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[wta-bio-1] "Yifan Xu - Bio". WTA. Retrieved 12 July 2018.

[times-2] Ben Curtis (11 July 2018). "Raonic says he injured leg in Wimbledon quarterfinal loss to Isner". Times Colonist. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

[wta1-3] "Dabrowski & Xu overwhelm top seeds to take home Sydney title". WTA. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

[taipei-4] Dave Carroll (13 January 2018). "Chan and Hlavackova fall in final". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

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