Wang Yafan

Wang Yafan
王雅繁

Wang at the 2019 Wimbledon
Country (sports)	China
Residence	Beijing, China
Born	(1994-04-30) 30 April 1994 Nanjing, China
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Alejandro Dulko
Prize money	US$ 1,939,544
Singles
Career record	240–167
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 47 (7 October 2019)
Current ranking	No. 78 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2019)
French Open	1R (2018, 2019)
Wimbledon	2R (2019)
US Open	2R (2016, 2018)
Doubles
Career record	156–113
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 49 (15 February 2016)
Current ranking	No. 71 (16 March 2020)
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: 31 March 2020.

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 four doubles titles on tournaments of the WTA 125K series, plus ten singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit so far. 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.

Career

She was born in Nanjing in 1994. Wang Yafan started playing tennis when she was 9-year-old. 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.

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through the suspension of the 2020 WTA Tour.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q3	1R	A	Q2	2R	1R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
French Open	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q3	Q2	A	1R	2R	NH	0 / 2	1–2	33%
US Open	A	A	A	Q2	2R	Q2	2R	1R	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	2–4	0–1	0 / 10	5–10	33%
Premier Mandatory tournaments
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	1R	NH	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	4R	4R	NH	0 / 2	6–2	75%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	NH	0 / 1	0–1	0%
China Open	Q1	A	A	Q2	2R	1R	1R	2R	NH	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Premier 5 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open[1]	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	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%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open[2]	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	1R	1R	2R	NH	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	0	1	3	8	5	12	22	6	Career total: 57
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	Career total: 1
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	Career total: 1
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–3	3–8	5–5	11–12	25–21	3–6	1 / 57	51–56	48%
Year-end ranking	520	313	191	135	117	168	73	48		$1,939,544

Notes

• ¹ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
• ² In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.

Significant finals

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Venue	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2015	WTA Elite Trophy, China	Hard (i)	Liang Chen	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–3

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, Mexico	International	Hard	Sofia Kenin	2–6, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 7 (3 titles, 4 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 (2–4)

Finals by surface Hard (3–4) 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, Malaysia	International	Hard	Liang Chen	Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	2–1	Nov 2015	WTA Elite Trophy, China	Elite Trophy	Hard	Liang Chen	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Mar 2016	Malaysian Open, Malaysia	International	Hard	Liang Chen	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	3–2	Feb 2018	Taiwan Open, Taiwan	International	Hard (i)	Duan Yingying	Nao Hibino Oksana Kalashnikova	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	3–3	Feb 2019	Hua Hin Championships, Thailand	International	Hard	Anna Blinkova	Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu	6–2, 1–6, [10–12]
Loss	3–4	Mar 2020	Monterrey Open, Mexico	International	Hard	Miyu Kato	Kateryna Bondarenko Sharon Fichman	6–4, 3–6, [7–10]

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 Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner–ups)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2012	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	10,000	Hard	Yang Zi	6–1, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Dec 2012	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Mar 2013	ITF Sydney, Australia	10,000	Hard	Misa Eguchi	6–2, 6–0
Win	3–1	Sep 2013	ITF Yeongwol, South Korea	10,000	Hard	Kim Sun-jung	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–1	Sep 2013	ITF Yeongwol, South Korea (2)	10,000	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Feb 2014	ITF Salisbury, Australia	15,000	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	5–2	Jul 2014	ITF Bangkok, Thailand (2)	10,000	Hard	Sabina Sharipova	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–2	Jul 2014	ITF Phuket, Thailand	25,000	Hard (i)	Xu Yifan	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Win	7–2	Jul 2015	ITF Zhengzhou, China	25,000	Hard	Duan Yingying	6–4, 6–4
Loss	7–3	Apr 2016	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	25,000	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	7–4	Oct 2016	ITF Suzhou, China	50,000	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Win	8–4	Jul 2017	ITF Tianjin, China	25,000	Hard	Zhu Lin	6–4, 6–2
Win	9–4	Oct 2017	ITF Liuzhou, China	60,000	Hard	Nao Hibino	3–6, 6–4, 3–3 ret.
Loss	9–5	Aug 2018	ITF Jinan, China	60,000	Hard	Zhu Lin	4–6, 1–6
Win	10–5	Nov 2018	ITF Liuzhou, China	60,000	Hard	Han Na-lae	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2010	ITF Ningbo, China	10,000	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Lu Jiaxiang Yang Zijun	1–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss	1–1	Jul 2012	ITF Huzhu, China	15,000	Clay	Tian Ran	Li Yihong Zhang Kailin	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	2–1	Dec 2012	ITF Bangkok, Thailand	10,000	Hard	Wen Xin	Kim Na-ri Lee Ye-ra	7–5, 7–5
Win	3–1	Dec 2012	ITF Bangkok, Thailand (2)	10,000	Hard	Wen Xin	Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Li Yihong	6–0, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Mar 2013	ITF Sydney, Australia	10,000	Hard	Tamara Čurović	Misa Eguchi Mari Tanaka	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Win	4–2	Jun 2014	ITF Xi'an, China	50,000	Hard	Lu Jiajing	Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	4–3	Feb 2015	ITF Launceston, Australia	50,000	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Han Xinyun Junri Namigata	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	5–3	May 2015	ITF Gifu, Japan	75,000	Hard	Xu Yifan	An-Sophie Mestach Emily Webley-Smith	6–2, 6–3
Loss	5–4	Apr 2016	ITF Shenzhen, China	50,000	Hard	Liang Chen	Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	6–4	May 2016	ITF Anning, China	100,000	Clay	Zhang Kailin	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan	6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2), [10–1]

Top 10 wins

Season	2019	2020	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

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