Wang Yafan

Wang Yafan (born 30 April 1994) is a Chinese tennis player.
In her career, she has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, along with one singles title and four doubles titles on the Challenger Tour. In addition, she won 16 singles and seven doubles tournaments on the ITF Circuit. On 7 October 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 47. She peaked at No. 49 in the doubles rankings on 15 February 2016.
Playing for the China Fed Cup team, Wang has a win–loss record of 9–2, as of June 2023.
Career
She was born in Nanjing in 1994. Wang Yafan started playing tennis when she was nine years old.
2014: WTA debut
Wang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Zheng Jie in doubles. The pair won their first-round match against wildcards Sun Ziyue and Xu Shilin, and defeated third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova, before losing to eventual champions Monica Niculescu and Klára Zakopalová in the semifinals.
In September 2014 at the Guangzhou Open, Wang was given a wildcard into the singles main draw, and she advanced to the semifinals, upsetting the top seed and world No. 20, Samantha Stosur, in the first round, and qualifiers Petra Martić and Zhang Kailin along the way. She was knocked out by eventual champion Monica Niculescu.
2018: Breakthrough, Miami Open fourth round
Wang made her career breakthrough at the 2018 Miami Open, where she reached the fourth round as a qualifier before losing against tenth seed Angelique Kerber, in a very tight match.
2019: First WTA Tour title, top 50 debut
Wang won her first ever WTA Tour singles title at the Mexican Open in Acapulco where she defeated Sofia Kenin in three sets, after being down a set and a break. As a result, she achieved her best world ranking of No. 49 on 4 March 2019.
At the Miami Open, she defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round. In the second round, she clinched her first victory against a top-ten player by defeating sixth seed and world No. 5, Elina Svitolina, in straight sets. She kept on and won against 25th seed and Australian Open semifinalist Danielle Collins in straight sets, and reached the fourth round, but then lost to compatriot Wang Qiang, in straight sets.
2023: Back to top 100
At the 2023 US Open (tennis) she qualified for the main draw and stunned seventh seed Caroline Garcia. As a result she returned to the top 100 in the rankings on 11 September 2023.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
Current through the 2023 Cincinnati Open.
Doubles
Current through the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.
Significant finals
WTA Elite Trophy
Doubles: 1 (title)
WTA Tour career finals
Singles: 1 (title)
Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner–ups)
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner–up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner–ups)
Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups)
Head-to-head record
Top 10 wins
Double bagel matches (6–0, 6–0)
Notes
References
External links
1994 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Nanjing
Chinese female tennis players
Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games
Tennis players from Jiangsu
Asian Games competitors for China