Wu Fang-hsien (; born 15 July 1999) is a Taiwanese
tennis
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player who specializes in doubles. She has a career-high
WTA ranking in doubles of No. 30, achieved 31 March 2025. Wu has won three WTA Tour doubles titles.
Career
2018-2020: WTA Tour and Grand Slam debuts
Wu made her
WTA Tour
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main-draw debut at the
2018 Washington Open in doubles, partnering with
Chen Pei-hsuan.
She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the
2020 Australian Open, partnering
Lee Ya-hsuan
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She has career-high WTA rankings of 186 in singles, achieved on 11 April 2016, and 138 in doubles, set on 6 February 20 ...
. They lost against
Bethanie Mattek-Sands
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and
Sofia Kenin
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in the first round.
2023-2024: Maiden WTA Tour title, top 50
She reached the top 100 following her maiden WTA Tour title at the
2023 Thailand Open, partnering with
Chan Hao-ching
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, moving close to 50 positions up to world No. 99 on 6 February 2023.
Partnering
Ingrid Neel
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, she recorded her first major win, against
Nadiia Kichenok
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and
Anna-Lena Friedsam
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In August 2016, Friedsam reached her best singles ranking of world No. 45. In doubles, she peaked at world No. 34 in September 2020.
In her career, she has won fo ...
at the
2023 French Open
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.
She reached the third round at the
2023 Wimbledon Championships
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Tournament
The tournament was played on grass courts, wi ...
, partnering with
Zhu Lin.
She also reached the third round at the
2024 Australian Open partnering Zhu Lin, defeating seventh seeds
Nicole Melichar-Martinez
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and
Ellen Perez
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Her career-high rankings in singles and doubles are world No. 162 and No. 7, achieved in August 2019 and in April 2024, respectively.
She has won eight doubles titl ...
on the way, and reached the top 50 in the rankings on 29 January 2024.
2025: Back-to-back doubles titles, WTA 1000 final, top 30
Partnering
Jiang Xinyu
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, Wu won the doubles title at the
Auckland Open, defeating
Aleksandra Krunić
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and
Sabrina Santamaria
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College career ...
in the final. The following week, the pair won the
Hobart International
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doubles title, overcoming
Monica Niculescu
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and
Fanny Stollár
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On 19 May 2025, she peaked at world No. 50 in the WTA doubles rankings. On 19 November 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 114. Stollár has won four doubles tit ...
in the final.
In February, Wu and Jiang reached the final at the WTA 1000
Qatar Open, losing to
Sara Errani
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and
Jasmine Paolini
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in straight sets. At the WTA 1000
2025 Miami Open the pair reached the semifinals again defeating
Asia Muhammad
Asia Muhammad (born April 4, 1991) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in doubles by the WTA, achieved on March 17, 2025.
Muhammad has won 13 doubles titles on the WT ...
and
Demi Schuurs
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On 22 October 2018, she peaked at No. 7 in the doubles rankings. In February 2015, she reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 512. ...
,
Ashlyn Krueger and
Jessica Pegula by retirement and the Chinese pair of
Zheng Saisai
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and
Wang Xinyu
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.
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WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Doubles: 41 (21 titles, 20 runner–ups)
References
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1999 births
Living people
Taiwanese female tennis players
21st-century Taiwanese women
Summer World University Games medalists in tennis
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei
Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade