Wang Yafan

Wang Yafan
王雅繁

Wang at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Country (sports)	China
Residence	Beijing
Born	(1994-04-30) 30 April 1994 Nanjing
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Alejandro Dulko
Prize money	$1,314,472
Singles
Career record	219–140
Career titles	1 WTA, 10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 49 (4 March 2019)
Current ranking	No. 50 (26 August 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2019)
French Open	1R (2018, 2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2019)
US Open	2R (2016, 2018)
Doubles
Career record	140–97
Career titles	3 WTA, 4 WTA 125K, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 49 (15 February 2016)
Current ranking	No. 76 (26 August 2019)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016, 2019)
French Open	2R (2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2015, 2016)
US Open	1R (2016), 2019)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	9–2
Last updated on: 29 March 2019.

Wang Yafan
Chinese	王雅繁
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wáng Yǎfán Bopomofo ㄨㄤˊ ㄧㄚˇ ㄈㄢˊ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Wang Yeafarn Wade–Giles Wang2 Ya3fan2 Tongyong Pinyin Wáng Yǎfán Yale Romanization Wáng Yǎfán MPS2 Wáng Yǎ-fán IPA [wǎŋ.jà fǎn]

Wang Yafan (Chinese: 王雅繁; pinyin: Wáng Yǎfán; Mandarin pronunciation: [wǎŋ jà fǎn]; born 30 April 1994) is a Chinese tennis player.

She has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as ten singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit so far. On 4 March 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 49. She also peaked at No. 49 in the doubles rankings on 15 February 2016.

Career

Wang made her WTA debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Zheng Jie in doubles. The pair won their first-round match against wild cards 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 wild card into the singles main draw and 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.

Playing for China at the Fed Cup, Wang has a win–loss record of 9–2.

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 close match.

2019: First WTA title

Wang won her first ever WTA singles title at the Abierto Mexicano in Acapulco where she defeated Sofia Kenin by 2–6, 6–3, 7–5, after being down a set and a break. She achieved her best world ranking of No. 49.

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 (6–2, 6–4). She kept on and won against 25th seed and Australian Open semifinalist Danielle Collins by 7–5, 6–1, and reached the fourth round, but then lost to compatriot Wang Qiang in straight sets.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2019	Mexican Open, Acapulco	International	Hard	Sofia Kenin	2–6, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Tour Championships (0–0) WTA Elite Trophy (1–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (2–3)

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2015	Shenzhen Open, China	International	Hard	Liang Chen	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	1–1	Mar 2015	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur	International	Hard	Liang Chen	Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	2–1	Nov 2015	WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China	Elite Trophy	Hard	Liang Chen	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Mar 2016	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur	International	Hard	Liang Chen	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	3–2	Feb 2018	Taiwan Open, Taipei	International	Hard (i)	Duan Yingying	Nao Hibino Oksana Kalashnikova	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	3–3	Feb 2019	Thailand Open, Hua Hin	International	Hard	Anna Blinkova	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6–2, 1–6, [10–12]

WTA 125 series finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2018	Zhengzhou Open, China	Hard	Zheng Saisai	7–5, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner–up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2015	Jiangxi Open, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Chang Kai-chen Zheng Saisai	3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Win	1–1	Nov 2015	Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand	Hard (i)	Liang Chen	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–1	Nov 2017	Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand (2)	Hard (i)	Duan Yingying	Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva	6–3, 6–3
Win	3–1	Apr 2018	Zhengzhou Open, China	Hard	Duan Yingying	Naomi Broady Yanina Wickmayer	7–6 (7–5) , 6–3
Win	4–1	Jun 2018	Bol Open, Croatia	Clay	Mariana Duque-Mariño	Silvia Soler Espinosa Barbora Štefková	6–3, 7–5

ITF finals (16–9)

Singles (10–5)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000/$60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (10–5) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	6 May 2012	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Yang Zi	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	15 December 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	3 March 2013	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Misa Eguchi	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	1 September 2013	Yeongwol, South Korea	Hard	Kim Sun-jung	6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	8 September 2013	Yeongwol, South Korea (2)	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	23 February 2014	Salisbury, Australia	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	5.	12 July 2014	Bangkok, Thailand (2)	Hard	Sabina Sharipova	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	19 July 2014	Phuket, Thailand	Hard (i)	Xu Yifan	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	7.	26 July 2015	Zhengzhou, China	Hard	Duan Yingying	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	10 April 2016	Kashiwa, Japan	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	23 October 2016	Suzhou, China	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Winner	8.	23 July 2017	Tianjin, China	Hard	Zhu Lin	6–4, 6–2
Winner	9.	29 October 2017	Liuzhou, China	Hard	Nao Hibino	3–6, 6–4, 3–3 ret.
Runner-up	5.	12 August 2018	Jinan, China	Hard	Zhu Lin	4–6, 1–6
Winner	10.	4 November 2018	Liuzhou, China	Hard	Han Na-lae	6–4, 6–2

Doubles (6–4)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (5–3) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	10 April 2010	Ningbo, China	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Lu Jiaxiang Yang Zijun	1–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Runner-up	1.	7 July 2012	Huzhu, China	Clay	Tian Ran	Li Yihong Zhang Kailin	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Winner	2.	7 December 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Wen Xin	Kim Na-ri Lee Ye-ra	7–5, 7–5
Winner	3.	14 December 2012	Bangkok, Thailand (2)	Hard	Wen Xin	Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Li Yihong	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	3 March 2013	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Tamara Čurović	Misa Eguchi Mari Tanaka	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Winner	4.	27 June 2014	Xi'an, China	Hard	Lu Jiajing	Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	3.	13 February 2015	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Han Xinyun Junri Namigata	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Winner	5.	2 May 2015	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Xu Yifan	An-Sophie Mestach Emily Webley-Smith	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	15 April 2016	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Liang Chen	Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Winner	6.	7 May 2016	Anning, China	Clay	Zhang Kailin	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan	6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2), [10–1]

Top 10 wins

Season	2019	Total
Wins	1	1

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	WYR
2019
1.	Elina Svitolina	No. 5	Miami Open, United States	Hard	2R	6–2, 6–4	No. 50

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic Games are included in Win–Loss records.

This table is current through the 2019 US Open.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q3	1R	A	Q2	2R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q3	Q2	A	1R	2R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
US Open	A	A	A	Q2	2R	Q2	2R	1R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	2–4	0 / 9	5–9	36%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	4R	4R	0 / 2	6–2	75%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
China Open	Q1	A	A	Q2	2R	1R	1R		0 / 3	1–3	25%
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Doha Opens	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Tokyo / Wuhan Opens	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	520	313	191	135	117	168	73		$1,660,933

External links

• Wang Yafan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Wang Yafan at the International Tennis Federation
• Wang Yafan at the Billie Jean King Cup