Wang Yafan

Wang Yafan
王雅繁

Wang at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Full name	Wang Yafan
Country (sports)	China
Born	(1994-04-30) 30 April 1994 China
Prize money	$ 330,809
Singles
Career record	123–76
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	125 (20 July 2015)
Current ranking	137 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2016)
French Open	Q2 (2015)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2015)
US Open	Q2 (2015)
Doubles
Career record	92–54
Career titles	2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	51 (16 November 2015)
Current ranking	51 (8 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
Last updated on: 8 February 2016.

Wang Yafan (Chinese: 王雅繁; pinyin: Wáng Yǎfán; born 30 April 1994) is a Chinese tennis player.

Wang has won two doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as seven singles and six doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 20 July 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 125. On 16 November 2015, she peaked at world number 51 in the doubles rankings.

Wang made her WTA tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Zheng Jie in doubles.^[1] The pair won their first round match against wildcards Sun Ziyue and Xu Shilin,^[1] and defeated third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova in their quarterfinal, before losing to eventual tournament champions Monica Niculescu and Klára Zakopalová in the semifinals.^[1]

In September 2014 at the Guangzhou Open, Wang was given a wildcard into the singles main draw and advanced to the semifinals, upsetting the number one seed and world number 20 Samantha Stosur in round one,^[2] and qualifiers Petra Martić and Zhang Kailin along the way. She was knocked out by eventual tournament champion Monica Niculescu.^[3]

Significant finals

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2015	Zhuhai	Hard (i)	Liang Chen	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–3

WTA WTA 125K series finals

Doubles (3–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 January 2015	Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China	Hard	Liang Chen	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	1.	2 March 2015	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Liang Chen	Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Runner-up	2.	27 July 2015	Nanchang, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Chang Kai-chen Zheng Saisai	3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Winner	3.	2 November 2015	WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China	Hard (i)	Liang Chen	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–3
Winner	4.	15 November 2015	Hua Hin Championships, Hua Hin, Thailand	Hard	Liang Chen	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3 , 6–4

ITF finals (12–5)

Singles (7–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	30 April 2012	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Yang Zi	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	10 December 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	25 February 2013	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Misa Eguchi	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	26 August 2013	Yeongwol, South Korea	Hard	Kim Sun-jung	6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	2 September 2013	Yeongwol, South Korea	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	17 February 2014	Salisbury, Australia	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	5.	7 July 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Sabina Sharipova	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	14 July 2014	Phuket, Thailand	Hard (i)	Xu Yifan	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	7.	20 July 2015	Zhengzhou, China	Hard	Duan Yingying	6–4, 6–4

Doubles (5–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	5 April 2010	Ningbo, China	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Lu Jiaxiang Yang Zijun	1–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Runner-up	1.	2 July 2012	Huzhu, China	Clay	Tian Ran	Li Yihong Zhang Kailin	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Winner	2.	3 December 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Wen Xin	Kim Na-ri Lee Ye-ra	7–5, 7–5
Winner	3.	10 December 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Wen Xin	Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Li Yihong	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	25 February 2013	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Tamara Čurović	Misa Eguchi Mari Tanaka	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Winner	4.	23 June 2014	Xi'an, China	Hard	Lu Jiajing	Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	3.	9 February 2015	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Han Xinyun Junri Namigata	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Winner	5.	27 April 2015	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Xu Yifan	An-Sophie Mestach Emily Webley-Smith	6–2, 6–3

Performance timelines

Singles

References

External links

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• Wang Yafan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Wang Yafan at the International Tennis Federation

Women's Tennis Association: Top Chinese female singles tennis players as of 1 February 2016 1. Zhang Shuai (65 ) 2. Zheng Saisai (71 ) 3. Wang Qiang (94 ) 4. Duan Yingying (118 ) 5. Wang Yafan (134 ) 6. Han Xinyun (137 ) 7. Zhang Kailin (145 ) 8. Yang Zhaoxuan (173 ) 9. Zhu Lin (176 ) 10. Zhang Yuxuan (194 )

Women's Tennis Association: Top Chinese female doubles tennis players as of 18 January 2016 1. Zheng Jie (34 ) 2. Liang Chen (36 ) 3. Zheng Saisai (37 ) 4. Xu Yifan (42 ) 5. Wang Yafan (55 ) 6. Han Xinyun (82 ) 7. Zhang Kailin (100 ) 8. Yang Zhaoxuan (108 ) 9. You Xiaodi (170 ) 10. Lu Jiajing (214 )