# Wang Xinyu

Wang Xinyu (Chinese: 王欣瑜; pinyin: Wáng Xīnyú, pronounced ; born 26 September 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. Wang reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 on 9 October 2023, and a doubles ranking of No. 16 on 20 May 2024. Partnering with Hsieh Su-wei, she won the women's doubles title at the 2023 French Open. She also won a silver medal in mixed doubles, alongside Zhang Zhizhen at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

## Personal life

Wang was born in Shenzhen, Guangdong. Her father, Wang Peng (born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang), 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. Her mother was a former player in the Zhejiang women's basketball team. 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.

## Career
### 2018: Major debut and junior champion

Wang booked her ticket to her major debut at the 2018 Australian Open on 3 December 2017 in Zhuhai by winning the Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoffs, 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 major 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 in three sets, 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. "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. At the age of 16, she was the youngest Chinese player to make a Grand Slam championship main draw. At 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 match at a major to Alizé Cornet, in straight sets. But going through to the girls' doubles final with her partner Liang En-shuo from Taiwan, Wang claimed the title in a close match against Violet Apisah of Papua New Guinea (Abigail Tere-Apisah's niece) and Lulu Sun, a New Zealand-born Swiss player of Chinese descent.

### 2019: WTA Premier debut, first WTA Tour doubles title

She made her Premier Mandatory debut at the 2019 Miami Open as a wildcard.
In September, Wang reached her first WTA Tour-level final at the Jiangxi International Open in the doubles event. Alongside Zhu Lin, she defeated compatriots Peng Shuai and Zhang Shuai.

### 2020-2021: Top 100 debut in singles

She made her debut in the top 100, after reaching the quarterfinal of the Ladies Linz at world No. 99 in the year-end rankings, on 15 November 2021. However, she lost to the eventual champion, Alison Riske.

### 2022: First major win and top 75 in singles, top 100 in doubles

Wang won her first Grand Slam match of her career which was against Ann Li and was defeated in the second round at the Australian Open by world No. 2, Aryna Sabalenka.
She made her top 100 debut in doubles, on 25 April 2022, and top 75 in singles, on 16 May 2022, after winning her biggest title on the ITF World Tennis Tour at the 100k La Bisbal d'Emporda in Spain.

### 2023: Major title in doubles, singles fourth round and top 35

Partnering Hsieh Su-wei at the French Open, using protected ranking, she reached the final for the first time at a major. En-route the pair upset defending champion Kristina Mladenovic, who was partnering Zhang Shuai this year, in the second round, and fifth seeds Desirae Krawczyk and Demi Schuurs in the third round. In the quarterfinals, they beat Veronika Kudermetova and Liudmila Samsonova, and in the semifinals sixth seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez to advance to their first final as a pair. There, they defeated Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend to win the title, their first title as a team and the first Grand Slam title for Wang Xinyu.
At the US Open, she reached the fourth round in singles for the first time at a major.
At the China Open, she reached the third round at the WTA 1000 level for the second time by defeating 11th seed Daria Kasatkina. As a result, she reached the top 35 in the WTA rankings on 9 October 2023.

### 2024: WTA 1000 singles & doubles semifinals, Olympic silver medal in mixed doubles

Using protected ranking on her debut, she reached in doubles, the second round at the Miami Open and the quarterfinals at the Madrid Open with Zheng Saisai. Also on her debut, she reached the semifinals for the first time at the next WTA 1000, the Italian Open, again with Zheng, upsetting top-seeded pair Hsieh/Mertens to face third seeds Gauff and Routliffe for a spot in the final. Wang and Zheng won the doubles at the Berlin Open.
At Wimbledon, she defeated world No. 5, Jessica Pegula, in the second round to record her first win over a top-10 ranked player. Wang went on to reach the fourth round before she lost to 21st seed Elina Svitolina. She won the silver medal with Zhang Zhizhen in mixed doubles at the Paris Summer Olympics.
At the 2024 Wuhan Open, she reached her first singles semifinal at the WTA 1000-level defeating second seed and world No. 3, Jessica Pegula, in the round of 16, her second top five win in three months, and Ekaterina Alexandrova in the quarterfinals. The semifinal between her and compatriot Zheng Qinwen was the first All-Chinese showdown at this level and guaranteed a first-time finalist from China at the tournament.

### 2025: Singapore doubles final

Partnering Zheng Saisai, Wang reached the doubles final at the Singapore Open, losing to second seeds Desirae Krawczyk and Giuliana Olmos.

## Coaching team

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

## Performance timelines

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.

### Singles

Current through the 2023 US Open.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | A | Q3 | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| French Open | A | A | Q3 | Q1 | 1R | 3R | 3R | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | NH | 1R | A | 2R | 4R | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| US Open | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 4R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 7–4 | 6–4 | 0 / 14 | 14–14 | 50% |
| National representation |||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | NH | NH | A | NH | NH | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Billie Jean King Cup | A | A | PO | PO | PO | | | 0 / 0 | 0–3 | 0% |
| WTA 1000 |||||||||||
| Qatar Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Dubai | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | NH | Q1 | Q1 | 3R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Miami Open | A | 1R | NH | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 0 / 5 | 4–5 | 44% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | NH | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | NH | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | NMS | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| China Open | A | 1R | NH | NH | NH | 3R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Wuhan Open | A | Q1 | NH | NH | NH | NH | SF | 0 / 1 | 4–1 | 80% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 5–5 | 11–9 | 0 / 18 | 17–18 | 49% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||
| | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Tournaments | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 18 | | Career total: 55 | Career total: 55 | Career total: 55 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 | Career total: 0 |
| Hard win–loss | 0–2 | 3–6 | 0–2 | 10–6 | 5–13 | 21–13 | | 0 / 42 | 39–42 | 48% |
| Clay win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 2–4 | | 0 / 8 | 2–11 | 15% |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | 25% |
| Overall win–loss | 0–2 | 3–6 | 0–2 | 10–11 | 6–19 | 24–19 | | 0 / 56 | 43–59 | 42% |
| Year-end ranking | 306 | 150 | 153 | 99 | 97 | 32 | 37 | $2,150,941 | $2,150,941 | $2,150,941 |

### Doubles

Current through the 2023 US Open.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | W | 3R | 1 / 2 | 8–1 | 89% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | SF | 1R | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 11–2 | 2–4 | 1 / 8 | 13–7 | 65% |
| Year-end championships |||||||||||
| WTA Elite Trophy | DNQ | RR | NH | NH | NH | DNQ | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| National representation |||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | not held | not held | not held | A | not held | not held | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| WTA 1000 |||||||||||
| Qatar Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Dubai | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 0% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | SF | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 1 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | A | NMS | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| China Open | A | A | NH | NH | NH | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Wuhan Open | A | 1R | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||
| Tournaments | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | | Career total: 24 | Career total: 24 | Career total: 24 |
| Titles | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Career total: 4 | Career total: 4 | Career total: 4 |
| Finals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Career total: 8 | Career total: 8 | Career total: 8 |
| Overall win–loss | 1–2 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 7–1 | 7–4 | 19–7 | | 3 / 24 | 39–18 | 68% |
| Year-end ranking | 228 | 243 | 252 | 143 | 195 | 22 | 54 | | | |

## Grand Slam tournament finals
### Doubles: 1 (title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 2023 | French Open | Clay | Hsieh Su-wei | Leylah Fernandez Taylor Townsend | 1–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–1 |

## Other significant finals
### Olympic Games
#### Mixed doubles: 1 (silver medal)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Silver | 2024 | Summer Olympics, Paris | Clay | Zhang Zhizhen | Kateřina Siniaková Tomáš Macháč | 2–6, 7–5, [8–10] |

## WTA Tour finals
### Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (1–0)
* WTA 1000 (0–0)
* WTA 500 (1–0)
* WTA 250 (2–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–5)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (1–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2019 | Jiangxi International, China | International | Hard | Zhu Lin | Peng Shuai Zhang Shuai | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2021 | Courmayeur Open, Italy | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | Zheng Saisai | Eri Hozumi Zhang Shuai | 6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 2–1 | Nov 2021 | Ladies Linz, Austria | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | Zheng Saisai | Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2022 | Abierto Zapopan, Mexico | WTA 250 | Hard | Zhu Lin | Kaitlyn Christian Lidziya Marozava | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Feb 2023 | Hua Hin Championships, Thailand | WTA 250 | Hard | Zhu Lin | Chan Hao-ching Wu Fang-hsien | 1–6, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Loss | 2–4 | Feb 2023 | Mérida Open, Mexico | WTA 250 | Hard | Wu Fang-hsien | Caty McNally Diane Parry | 0–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–4 | Jun 2023 | French Open, France | Grand Slam | Clay | Hsieh Su-wei | Leylah Fernandez Taylor Townsend | 1–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–4 | Jun 2024 | Berlin Ladies Open, Germany | WTA 500 | Grass | Zheng Saisai | Chan Hao-ching Veronika Kudermetova | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Feb 2025 | Singapore Open, Singapore | WTA 250 | Hard | Zheng Saisai | Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos | 5–7, 0–6 |

## WTA Challenger finals
### Singles: 1 (runner-up)

| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | Sep 2021 | Columbus Challenger, United States | Hard (i) | Nuria Párrizas Díaz | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 3–6 |

### Doubles: 1 (title)

| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | Sep 2021 | Columbus Challenger, United States | Hard (i) | Zheng Saisai | Dalila Jakupović Nuria Párrizas Díaz | 6–1, 6–1 |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner-ups)

* Legend
* $100,000 tournaments (2–0)
* $60,000 tournaments (1–3)
* $25,000 tournaments (4–1)
* $15,000 tournaments (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (6–3)
* Clay (1–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2018 | ITF Maribor, Slovenia | 15,000 | Clay | Irina Ramialison | 2–6, 7–6$^{(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)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Apr 2021 | Charlottesville Open, United States | 60,000 | Clay | Claire Liu | 6–3, 4–6, 1–4 ret. |
| Win | 5–3 | May 2022 | Solgironès Open, Spain | 100,000+H | Clay | Erika Andreeva | 3–6, 7–6$^{(0)}$, 6–0 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Oct 2022 | Trnava Indoor, Slovakia | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Katie Swan | 1–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Nov 2022 | Open Nantes Atlantique, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Kamilla Rakhimova | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–5 | Nov 2022 | Tokyo Open, Japan | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Moyuka Uchijima | 6–1, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–5 | Aug 2023 | Landisville Tennis Challenge, US | 100,000 | Hard | Madison Brengle | 6–2, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* $60,000 tournaments (1–2)
* $25,000 tournaments (1–0)
* $15,000 tournaments (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–2)
* Clay (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2017 | ITF Győr, Hungary | 15,000 | Clay | Tamara Čurović | Mira Antonitsch Panna Udvardy | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2018 | Pingshan Open, China | 60,000 | Hard | Danka Kovinić | Anna Kalinskaya Viktória Kužmová | 4–6, 6–1, [7–10] |
| Loss | 0–3 | Apr 2018 | Blossom Cup, China | 60,000 | Hard | Guo Hanyu | Han Xinyun Ye Qiuyu | 6–7$^{(3)}$, 6–7$^{(6)}$ |
| Win | 1–3 | Aug 2018 | Jinan International Open, China | 60,000 | Hard | You Xiaodi | Hsieh Yu-chieh Lu Jingjing | 6–3, 6–7$^{(5)}$, [10–2] |
| Win | 2–3 | Aug 2018 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Wang Xiyu | Destanee Aiava Naiktha Bains | 7–5, 5–7, [10–4] |

## Junior Grand Slam performance
### Singles

* Australian Open: SF (2018)
* French Open: 3R (2017, 2018)
* Wimbledon: SF (2018)
* US Open: 2R (2017)

### Doubles

* Australian Open: W (2018)
* French Open: 2R (2017)
* Wimbledon: W (2018)
* US Open: SF (2017)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | Liang En-shuo | Violet Apisah Lulu Sun | 7–6$^{(4)}$, 4–6, [10–5] |
| Win | 2018 | Wimbledon | Grass | Wang Xiyu | Caty McNally Whitney Osuigwe | 6–2, 6–1 |

## Top 10 wins

She has a 2–6 (25%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| # | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | WXR |
| 2024 ||||||||
| 1. | Jessica Pegula | 5 | Wimbledon, UK | Grass | 2R | 6–4, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 6–1 | 42 |
| 2. | Jessica Pegula | 3 | Wuhan Open, China | Hard | 3R | 6–3, 7–5 | 51 |