# Yang Zhaoxuan

Yang Zhaoxuan (Chinese: 杨钊煊; pinyin: Yáng Zhāoxuān; Mandarin pronunciation:; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. She reached her best WTA doubles ranking of world No. 9 on 30 January 2023.
Yang has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA Challenger doubles title. In September 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. In addition, she has won three singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

## Career
### 2014: WTA Tour debut

Yang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Ye Qiuyu in doubles. The pair lost their first-round match against third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova.

### 2017: First WTA 1000 final

Alongside Shuko Aoyama, she reached the final of the Wuhan Open which they lost to Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis. At the WTA Elite Trophy, she lost both matches in the round-robin stage together with Han Xinyun.

### 2018: First major doubles semifinal

At the French Open, Yang alongside Chan Hao-ching reached her first Grand Slam semifinal but then lost to Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya.

### 2019: Mixed doubles semifinal

At the Wimbledon Championships, she reached the round of the last four in mixed doubles alongside Matwé Middelkoop, after overcoming the top-seeded couple of Nicole Melichar and Bruno Soares. They lost their semifinal match to Jeļena Ostapenko and Robert Lindstedt.

### 2021: Second WTA 1000 final

In March, Yang reached the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships along with Xu Yifan but they lost to Alexa Guarachi and Darija Jurak.

### 2022: WTA 1000 doubles title and WTA Finals

At the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open, she won the biggest title of her career in doubles with Xu Yifan. They also took the title at the Silicon Valley Classic She qualified for the 2022 WTA Finals with partner Yifan.

### 2023: Top 10 debut, major quarterfinal

She reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal outside of Paris at the Australian Open, partnering with Chan Hao-ching. As a result, she recorded a new career-high ranking of world No. 9, on 30 January 2023.

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

### Doubles

Current through the 2023 Dubai Open.
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | A | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | 0 / 8 | 10–8 | 56% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | SF | 2R | A | 2R | QF | 3R | 0 / 6 | 11–6 | 65% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | Q2 | 2R | 2R | 1R | NH | A | 3R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 5–5 | 50% |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 3R | 2R | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | 54% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 5–4 | 8–4 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 9–4 | 7–4 | 0 / 25 | 33–25 | 57% |
| Year-end championships |||||||||||||||
| WTA Finals | DNQ/NH | DNQ/NH | DNQ/NH | DNQ/NH | DNQ/NH | DNQ/NH | DNQ/NH | DNQ/NH | DNQ/NH | RR | DNQ | 0 / 1 | 1–2 | 33% |
| WTA Elite Trophy | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | F | RR | RR | F | NH | NH | NH | DNQ | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | 40% |
| National representation |||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | NH | NH | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | 2R | NH | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| WTA 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | F | A | QF | 0 / 6 | 8–6 | 55% |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 2R | NH | A | W | 1R | 0 / 5 | 9–4 | 69% |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | NH | 2R | SF | 2R | 0 / 6 | 8–6 | 57% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | NH | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | QF | 1R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | NH | A | 2R | SF | 0 / 4 | 6–2 | 75% |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Wuhan Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | F | 1R | SF | NH | NH | NH | NH | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | 50% |
| China Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | NH | NH | NH | A | 0 / 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | NH | SF | 1R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 23 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 25 | Career total: 143 | Career total: 143 | Career total: 143 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Career total: 6 | Career total: 6 | Career total: 6 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | Career total: 14 | Career total: 14 | Career total: 14 |
| Overall win-loss | 0–1 | 0–4 | 4–10 | 14–12 | 24–19 | 21–21 | 27–25 | 4–5 | 16–13 | 33–31 | 26–24 | 6 / 163 | 169–157 | 52% |
| Year-end ranking | 362 | 465 | 112 | 60 | 28 | 28 | 36 | 55 | 48 | 12 | 32 | $1,511,525 | $1,511,525 | $1,511,525 |

## Significant finals
### WTA Elite Trophy
#### Doubles: 2 (runner–ups)

| Result | Year | Location | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 2016 | Zhuhai, China | Hard (i) | You Xiaodi | İpek Soylu Xu Yifan | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Loss | 2019 | Zhuhai, China | Hard (i) | Duan Yingying | Lyudmyla Kichenok Andreja Klepač | 3–6, 3–6 |

### WTA 1000 tournaments
#### Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 2017 | Wuhan Open | Hard | Shuko Aoyama | Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, [4–10] |
| Loss | 2021 | Dubai Championships | Hard | Xu Yifan | Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak | 0–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 2022 | Indian Wells Open | Hard | Xu Yifan | Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Elite Trophy (0–2)
* WTA 1000 (1–2)
* WTA 500 (2–1)
* WTA 250 (4–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (6–6)
* Clay (1–1)
* Grass (0–1)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2016 | Malaysian Open | International | Hard | Varatchaya Wongteanchai | Liang Chen Wang Yafan | 4–6, 6–4, [10–7] |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2016 | Nottingham Open, UK | International | Grass | Gabriela Dabrowski | Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai | 5–7, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2016 | Pan Pacific Open, Japan | Premier | Hard | Liang Chen | Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Nov 2016 | WTA Elite Trophy, China | Elite | Hard | You Xiaodi | İpek Soylu Xu Yifan | 4–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jan 2017 | Hobart International, Australia | International | Hard | Gabriela Dabrowski | Raluca Olaru Olga Savchuk | 6–0, 4–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 2–4 | Sep 2017 | Japan Women's Open | International | Hard | Shuko Aoyama | Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders | 6–0, 2–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 2–5 | Sep 2017 | Wuhan Open, China | Premier 5 | Hard | Shuko Aoyama | Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, [4–10] |
| Win | 3–5 | Feb 2018 | Dubai Championships, U.A.E. | Premier | Hard | Chan Hao-ching | Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai | 4–6, 6–2, [10–6] |
| Win | 4–5 | Jan 2019 | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard | Peng Shuai | Duan Yingying Renata Voráčová | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Oct 2019 | WTA Elite Trophy, China | Elite | Hard | Duan Yingying | Lyudmyla Kichenok Andreja Klepač | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–7 | Mar 2021 | Dubai Championships, UAE | WTA 1000 | Hard | Xu Yifan | Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak | 0–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–8 | May 2021 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | WTA 250 | Clay | Makoto Ninomiya | Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–8 | Mar 2022 | Indian Wells Open, US | WTA 1000 | Hard | Xu Yifan | Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 6–8 | Aug 2022 | Silicon Valley Classic, US | WTA 500 | Hard | Xu Yifan | Shuko Aoyama Chan Hao-ching | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Win | 7–8 | May 2023 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | WTA 250 | Clay | Xu Yifan | Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos | 6–3, 6–2 |

## WTA Challenger finals
### Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2015 | Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand | Hard | Varatchaya Wongteanchai | Liang Chen Wang Yafan | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Apr 2019 | Kunming Open, China | Clay | Peng Shuai | Duan Yingying Han Xinyun | 7–5, 6–2 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up)

* Legend
* $25,000 tournaments (0–1)
* $10,000 tournaments (3–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–1)
* Clay (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2011 | ITF New Delhi, India | 10,000 | Hard | Kim Hae-sung | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 2014 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | İpek Soylu | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–0 | Dec 2014 | ITF Hong Kong, China | 10,000 | Hard | Zhu Lin | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Apr 2015 | Pingshan Open, China | 25,000 | Hard | Hsieh Su-wei | 2–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 24 (12 titles, 12 runner–ups)

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments (2–3)
* $75,000 tournaments (0–1)
* $50,000 tournaments (3–3)
* $25,000 tournaments (2–2)
* $10,000 tournaments (5–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (8–10)
* Clay (1–2)
* Grass (3–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2010 | ITF Ningbo, China | 10,000 | Hard | Wang Yafan | Lu Jiaxiang Yang Zijun | 1–6, 6–2, [10–4] |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2010 | ITF Manila, Philippines | 10,000 | Hard | Zhu Lin | Kim Ji-young Kim Jin-hee | 6–4, 6–7$^{(5)}$, [10–7] |
| Win | 3–0 | Feb 2012 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Zhang Kailin | Li Yihong Tang Haochen | 7–6$^{(6)}$, 5–7, [10–8] |
| Loss | 3–1 | May 2012 | ITF Changwon, South Korea | 25,000 | Hard | Zhang Kailin | Liu Wanting Xu Yifan | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2012 | Suzhou Ladies Open, China | 100,000 | Hard | Zhao Yijing | Timea Bacsinszky Caroline Garcia | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Apr 2013 | ITF Seoul, South Korea | 15,000 | Hard | Liu Wanting | Chan Chin-wei Zhang Nannan | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Sep 2013 | ITF Sanya, China | 50,000 | Hard | Zhao Yijing | Sun Ziyue Xu Shilin | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 3–6, [3–10] |
| Loss | 4–4 | Feb 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Clay | Li Yihong | Pia König Sofia Kvatsabaia | 1–2 ret. |
| Loss | 4–5 | Jun 2014 | ITF Xi'an, China | 50,000 | Hard | Liang Chen | Lu Jiajing Wang Yafan | 3–6, 6–7$^{(2)}$ |
| Loss | 4–6 | Aug 2014 | ITF Istanbul, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | Gao Xinyu | Wang Yan You Xiaodi | w/o |
| Loss | 4–7 | Aug 2014 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | 10,000 | Hard | Wang Yan | Alona Fomina Christina Shakovets | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 5–7 | Dec 2014 | ITF Hong Kong | 10,000 | Hard | Ye Qiuyu | Hong Seung-yeon Kang Seo-kyung | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–8 | Feb 2015 | Launceston International, Australia | 50,000 | Hard | Wang Yafan | Han Xinyun Junri Namigata | 4–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
| Win | 6–8 | Feb 2015 | ITF New Delhi, India | 25,000 | Hard | Tang Haochen | Hsu Ching-wen Lee Pei-chi | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6–9 | Apr 2015 | ITF Nanjing, China | 25,000 | Hard | Ye Qiuyu | Liu Chang Lu Jiajing | 6–1, 1–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 6–10 | May 2015 | Anning Open, China | 75,000 | Hard | Ye Qiuyu | Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 7–10 | Oct 2015 | Suzhou Ladies Open, China | 50,000 | Hard | Zhang Yuxuan | Tian Ran Zhang Kailin | 7–6$^{(4)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–10 | Apr 2016 | ITF Kashiwa, Japan | 25,000 | Hard | Zhang Kailin | You Xiaodi Zhu Lin | 7–5, 2–6, [11–9] |
| Loss | 8–11 | May 2016 | Kunming Open, China | 100,000 | Clay | Varatchaya Wongteanchai | Wang Yafan Zhang Kailin | 7–6$^{(3)}$, 6–7$^{(2)}$, [1–10] |
| Win | 9–11 | May 2016 | Eastbourne Trophy, UK | 50,000 | Grass | Zhang Kailin | Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez | 7–6$^{(5)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 10–11 | Jun 2016 | Ilkley Trophy, UK | 50,000 | Grass | Zhang Kailin | An-Sophie Mestach Storm Sanders | 6–3, 7–6$^{(5)}$ |
| Win | 11–11 | Jun 2017 | Southsea Trophy, UK | 100,000+H | Grass | Shuko Aoyama | Viktorija Golubic Lyudmyla Kichenok | 6–7$^{(7)}$, 6–3, [10–8] |
| Loss | 11–12 | Nov 2017 | Shenzhen Longhua Open, China | 100,000 | Hard | Shuko Aoyama | Jacqueline Cako Nina Stojanović | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 12–12 | Nov 2018 | Shenzhen Longhua Open, China | 100,000 | Hard | Shuko Aoyama | Choi Ji-hee Luksika Kumkhum | 6–2, 6–3 |