# Mingge Xu

Mingge Olivia "Mimi" Xu (born 2 October 2007) is a British tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of 442, achieved on 21 October 2024, and a best doubles ranking of 284, set on 27 January 2025.

## Early life

From Swansea, South Wales, Xu started playing tennis at the Swansea Tennis and Squash Club, before moving to the National Tennis Academy in Loughborough. She then moved to the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton where she started to be coached by Mathew James.

## Career

At the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, Xu lost in three sets in the first round to fourth seed Polina Kudermetova.
In June 2022, Xu won the Junior Girls title at the LTA Junior National Championships, beating Talia Neilson-Gatenby 6-4, 7-5 in the final at the National Tennis Centre. Aged 14, she had also won the under-16 British title earlier that same month. Winning the British junior title granted her a wildcard into qualifying for the main draw of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and at 14, she would have been the youngest qualifier in the Open era. However, she was defeated by 800+ places higher ranked Hanna Chang of the USA in the first round. In the Wimbledon Championships junior girls' singles competition, she reached the last-16 in both 2022 and 2023. She also made the doubles quarterfinals at the French Open and US Open in 2023.
She reached the quarterfinals of the girls' singles at the 2024 Australian Open, and made the semifinals of the girls' doubles alongside Hannah Klugman.
In April 2024, Xu and Mika Stojsavljevic paired up to win 6-2, 1-6, 12-10 over Flora Johnson & Allegra Korpanec Davies in the girls' doubles at the U18 Junior Nationals Championship. On the same day, Xu defeated Stojsavljevic to reach the final of the girls' singles. In the singles final, she defeated Hannah Klugman 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 to win the U18 national title. In June 2024, she was awarded a wildcard into qualifying for the singles of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. As a result, she broke into the top 10 of the junior rankings for the first time.
Playing alongside Stojsavljevic, she reached the final of the girls' doubles at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, after a win over top seeds and defending champions, Alena Kovačková and Laura Samson, in the quarterfinals and a straight-sets win over Julia Stusek and Julie Pastioka in the semifinals. In the final, they lost on a championship tiebreak to Tyra Caterina Grant and Iva Jovic of the United States. She reached the semifinals of the girls' singles at the 2024 US Open.
Partnering with Amelia Rajecki, Xu won the doubles title at the ITF W100 Shrewsbury in October 2024, defeating fellow Britons Hannah Klugman and Ranah Stoiber in the final.

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 1 (title)

* Legend
* W35 tournaments (1–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Aug 2024 | ITF Aldershot, United Kingdom | W35 | Hard | Haley Giavara | 6–4, 6–1 |

### Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* W100 tournaments
* W50 tournaments
* W35 tournaments
* W15 tournaments
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2024 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Radka Zelníčková | Elena Milovanović Tamira Paszek | 2–6, 6–2, [10–6] |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2024 | ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom | W50 | Hard | Katie Swan | Naiktha Bains Amelia Rajecki | 6–1, 4–6, [8–10] |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2024 | ITF Aldershot, United Kingdom | W35 | Hard | Naiktha Bains | Punnin Kovapitukted Akiko Omae | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Oct 2024 | ITF Reims, France | W35 | Hard (i) | Sarah Beth Grey | Ekaterina Ovcharenko Emily Webley-Smith | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–1 | Oct 2024 | GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, United Kingdom | W100 | Hard (i) | Amelia Rajecki | Hannah Klugman Ranah Akua Stoiber | 6–4, 6–1 |

## Junior Grand Slam tournament finals
### Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 2024 | Wimbledon | Grass | Mika Stojsavljevic | Tyra Caterina Grant Iva Jovic | 5–7, 6–4, [8–10] |