Xu Shilin (; ; born 10 January 1998) is a Chinese

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player. Xu was born in

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, and has won five singles and six doubles titles on the

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. On 6 May 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 190. On 22 August 2016, she peaked at No. 127 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career

2013

Partnering Sun Ziyue, Xu won her first $50k tournament at Sanya, defeating

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and Zhao Yijing in the 2013 final.

2014

At the Shenzhen Open, Xu made her

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debut. Having been given a wild card into qualifying for the singles main draw, she was drawn against Britain's

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. Despite a difference of over 500 places in the world rankings, Xu won in straight sets, but lost to

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in the final round. Partnering Sun Ziyue again in doubles at the tournament, Xu was given a wild card into the main draw, but couldn't make it past her fellow Chinese pairing of Wang Yafan and

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, who later made it to the semifinals. At the

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, Xu won the gold medal in girls' singles, having defeated

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of Belarus in straight sets in the final.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner–ups)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Xu, Shilin 1998 births Living people People from Zhongshan Chinese female tennis players Tennis players at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for China Tennis players from Guangdong 21st-century Chinese women