Wang Xiyu

Wang Xiyu (; ; born 28 March 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 49 on 9 January 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 98 on 19 August 2024.

Wang became junior world No. 1 on 10 September 2018, right after she won her only singles major title at the 2018 US Open, defeating Clara Burel in the final. The same year, she finished as quarterfinalist on the Australian Open and French Open and then as semifinalist on Wimbledon, all in singles. In doubles, she also has won one major title at the 2018 Wimbledon, partnering with Wang Xinyu, and finished runners-up at the 2017 US Open alongside Lea Bošković. She also reached semifinals at the 2017 French Open and 2018 Australian Open.

Career

Juniors

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Wang has won six singles and eight doubles titles.

Grand Slam performance

Singles:
* Australian Open: QF (2018)
* French Open: QF (2018)
* Wimbledon: SF (2018)
* US Open: W (2018)

Doubles:
* Australian Open: SF (2018)
* French Open: SF (2017)
* Wimbledon: W (2018)
* US Open: F (2017)

2016–17: Professional debut

Wang made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in 2016 at the $10k event in Anning as a wildcard player. Despite the loss in her first match, the following week she reached semifinal at the $10k event in the same city. In October 2017, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Tianjin Open, where she also recorded her first win over Danka Kovinić.

2018: Improvement

Season of 2018 was her breakthrough. In the early season, she reached quarterfinal at the $60k Burnie International, and soon after, she played at the Premier Mandatory Miami Open but failed to qualify. In April, she recorded her first win on the WTA Challenger Tour, defeating Naomi Broady in order to reach second round of the Zhengzhou Open. In August, she won her first ITF singles title, defeating Barbora Štefková in the final of $25k event in Nonthaburi. She then finished as runner-up at another $25k event in Nonthaburi and won the title at the $25k event in Tsukuba. Her last tournament of the season was the Wuhan Open, where she made her debut at Premier 5-level tournaments. There, she recorded a win over wildcard player Bernarda Pera, before she lost in a tense match against Daria Kasatkina.

2019: Major, WTA Premier and top 150 debuts

Wang reached another quarterfinal at the Burnie International. In March, she made her debut at the Premier Mandatory level tournaments as a wildcard, reaching the second round of the Miami Open. There, she also recorded her first win on that level, defeating Monica Puig in the first round. In April, she reached final at the $25k event in Osaka and one month later won her first bigger title at the $60k event in La Bisbal d'Emporda, defeating Dalma Gálfi in the final. In June, she reached quarterfinals at the $100k Manchester Trophy. Unlike the first three majors of the year, Wang reached the main draw at the US Open, but lost to Kirsten Flipkens in the first round. Later, she had first-round losses at the Wuhan Open and China Open, but ended one round further at the Tianjin Open.

2020-22: First WTA Tour semifinal & major win, top 50

Wang started the year with a win over Sorana Cîrstea at the Shenzhen Open, but then lost to third seed Elise Mertens. However, she failed to reach the main draw of the Australian Open, Wang reached quarterfinals of the Hua Hin Championships, where she defeated world No. 15, Petra Martić. She followed this up with a semifinal at the Mexican Open; after three wins, she lost to Heather Watson.

At the 2022 Australian Open, she recorded her first major match win, as a wildcard against qualifier Viktória Kužmová.

She reached a new career-high singles ranking of world No. 103, on 9 May 2022, and made her top 100 debut a month later on 13 June 2022, after reaching her first WTA Challenger final at the Open Internacional de Valencia.
She made her debut at Wimbledon where she lost in the first round to another debutante at this major, Jule Niemeier.

At the Budapest Grand Prix, she defeated top seed Barbora Krejčíková in the first round and overcame Ana Bogdan in the longest straight-sets match of the year, in 2 hours and 45 minutes in the second round to move to the quarterfinals. As a result, she recorded a new career-high of No. 93, on 18 July 2022.

In August, Wang defeated third seeded Maria Sakkari to reach the third round of the US Open before losing to Alison Riske-Amritraj, in three sets.

She ended the year ranked in the top 50 on 7 November 2022.

2023: WTA 1000 fourth round, maiden WTA Tour title

She scored back-to-back wins at the WTA 1000-level against top-30 players Bianca Andreescu and Irina-Camelia Begu at Madrid and Rome. Then, in Rome, she defeated Taylor Townsend, the vanquisher of world No. 3, Jessica Pegula, by saving match points being a break down. With the win, she reached her maiden WTA 1000 fourth round, before losing to countrywoman and 22nd seed Zheng Qinwen.

Wang won her maiden WTA Tour title in Guangzhou, defeating top seed Magda Linette in the final.

She received a wildcard for her home tournament, the China Open. She also received a wildcard for the 2023 WTA Elite Trophy, partnering Xu Yifan.

2024: Second career final

She reached the final at the ATX Open, defeating top seed Anhelina Kalinina in the last four, but lost out in the title to fellow Chinese player Yuan Yue.

Performance timelines

''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''

Singles

''Current through the 2023 Hong Kong Open.''

Doubles

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' singles: 1 (title)

Girls' doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Top 10 wins

Notes

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2001 births
Living people
People from Taixing
Sportspeople from Wuxi
Chinese female tennis players
Wimbledon junior champions
Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
21st-century Chinese sportswomen
Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic tennis players for China