Wang Xinyu
Wang Xinyu (Chinese: 王欣瑜; pinyin: Wáng Xīnyú, pronounced [wǎŋ ɕín y̌]; born 26 September 2001) is a Chinese tennis player.
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| Country (sports) |  China |
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| Residence | Shenzhen, China |
| Born | 26 September 2001 Shenzhen, China |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | 2018 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Wang Peng Aleksandar Slović |
| Prize money | US$ 676,357 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 138–88 (61.1%) |
| Career titles | 4 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 84 (7 March 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 88 (4 April 2022) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2022) |
| French Open | Q3 (2020) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2021) |
| US Open | 1R (2019) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 48–21 (69.6%) |
| Career titles | 2 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger |
| Highest ranking | No. 102 (4 April 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 102 (4 April 2022) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | W (2018) |
| Wimbledon Junior | W (2018) |
| Last updated on: 6 April 2022. | |
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Wang's current team consists of her father Wang Peng; a Serbian technical coach, Aleksandar Slović, who won the men's singles title at 2009 Summer Universiade and once trained with Novak Djokovic when young; a fitness coach from Croatia; and a Chinese physio from Nanjing.[1] With the help of Slović, Wang was able to train with a few Serbian players abroad.[2] She currently trains at the Tennis & Badminton Centre of the Shenzhen Sports Centre.[3][4]
Personal life
Wang was born in Shenzhen, Guangdong.[3][4][5] Her father, Wang Peng (born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang),[6] is a former head coach of the Shenzhen tennis team and the Chinese women's national tennis team, but resigned from the latter to concentrate on his daughter's tennis career.[7][8] Her mother was a former player in the Zhejiang women's basketball team.[6] Both of them have devoted themselves to accompanying Wang everywhere. Wang showed great enthusiasm for tennis from early childhood and, coached by her father, she started playing properly at the age of five.[2]
Tennis career
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2017: Ticket to Grand Slam debut
Wang booked her ticket to a Grand Slam debut in the 2018 Australian Open on 3 December 2017 in Zhuhai, by winning the Asia-Pacific Wildcard Playoff, coming back to edge out the Papua New Guinean No. 1, Abigail Tere-Apisah, in the final. Tere-Apisah was only two points away from victory when leading 5–3, 30–0 in the second set, looking to become the first player from Papua New Guinea to compete in a Grand Slam main draw, when momentum shifted and Wang, demonstrating fearlessness for her age, won the next seven points before going on to level the match. Wang eventually won the match in three sets, seizing the most crucial break with a splendid backhand passing shot in the ninth game, and then closed out the final set after saving four break points.[9] “It's probably the most important day in my life so far,” Wang said in the post-match news conference to CCTV Sports Channel, the official TV broadcaster of the Australian Open in China.[10] At the age of 16, she was the youngest Chinese player to make a Grand Slam main draw.[1][7][10]
2018: First Junior Grand Slam champion
At the Australian Open, as the second youngest competitor in the main draw (just older than 15-year-old Marta Kostyuk), Wang lost her debut Grand Slam match to Alizé Cornet, in straight sets.[11] But going through to the junior girls' doubles final with her partner Liang En-shuo from Taiwan, Wang claimed the title in a close match against Violet Apisah of Papua New Guinea (Abigail Tere-Apisah's niece) and Lulu Sun, a New Zealand-born Swiss player of Chinese descent.[12][13][14][15]
2019: First WTA Tour doubles title
In September, Wang reached her first WTA Tour-level final at the Jiangxi International Open in doubles event. Alongside Zhu Lin, she defeated compatriots Peng Shuai and Zhang Shuai.[16]
2021: Top 100 debut
She made her debut on the top 100, after reaching the quarterfinal of the Ladies Linz at world No. 99 in the year-end rankings, on 15 November 2021. However, she lost to the eventual champion, Alison Riske.
2022
Wang won her first Grand Slam match of the year which was against Ann Li and was defeated in the second round of the tournament (Australian Open) by world No. 2, Aryna Sabalenka.[17][18]
Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[19]
Singles
Current through the 2022 Charleston.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | A | Q3 | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| French Open | A | A | Q3 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
| US Open | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | 20% |
| WTA 1000 | ||||||||
| Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | NH | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami Open | A | 1R | NH | 2R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Canadian Open | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Wuhan Open | A | Q1 | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
| China Open | A | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
| Career statistics | ||||||||
| Tournaments | 2 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | Career total: 26 | ||
| Overall win–loss | 0–2 | 3–6 | 0–2 | 10–11 | 3–7 | 0 / 26 | 16–28 | 36% |
| Year-end ranking | 306 | 150 | 153 | 102 | $640,732 | |||
WTA career finals
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2019 | Jiangxi Open, China | International | Hard | Zhu Lin |
Peng Shuai Zhang Shuai |
6–2, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 2–0 | Oct 2021 | Courmayeur Open, Italy | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | Zheng Saisai |
 Eri Hozumi Zhang Shuai |
6–4, 3–6, [10–5] |
| Loss | 2–1 | Nov 2021 | Linz Open, Austria | WTA 250 | Hard (i) | Zheng Saisai |
 Natela Dzalamidze Kamilla Rakhimova |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2022 | Abierto Zapopan, Mexico | WTA 250 | Hard | Zhu Lin |
 Kaitlyn Christian  Lidziya Marozava |
5–7, 3–6 |
WTA Challenger finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | Sep 2021 | WTA 125 Columbus, United States | Hard (i) |  Nuria Párrizas Díaz |
6–7(2–7), 3–6 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | Sep 2021 | WTA 125 Columbus, United States | Hard (i) | Zheng Saisai |
 Dalila Jakupović Nuria Párrizas Díaz |
6–1, 6–1 |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2018 | ITF Maribor, Slovenia | 15,000 | Clay |  Irina Ramialison |
2–6, 7–6(7–3), 5–7 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2018 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Wang Xiyu |
6–1, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jun 2019 | ITF Shenzhen, China | 25,000 | Hard | Xun Fangying |
6–1, 6–0 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jun 2019 | ITF Hengyang, China | 25,000 | Hard | Sun Ziyue |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jul 2019 | ITF Tianjin, China | 25,000 | Hard |  Jovana Jakšić |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Jul 2019 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | 25,000 | Hard | Yuki Naito |
6–2, 6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Apr 2021 | ITF Charlottesville, United States | 60,000 | Clay | Claire Liu |
6–3, 4–6, 1–4 ret. |
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2017 | ITF Győr, Hungary | 15,000 | Clay | Tamara Čurović |
 Mira Antonitsch  Panna Udvardy |
1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2018 | ITF Pingshan, China | 60,000 | Hard |  Danka Kovinić |
Anna Kalinskaya  Viktória Kužmová |
4–6, 6–1, [7–10] |
| Loss | 0–3 | Apr 2018 | ITF Quanzhou, China | 60,000 | Hard | Guo Hanyu |
Han Xinyun Ye Qiuyu |
6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8) |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard |  Liang En-shuo |
 Violet Apisah  Lulu Sun |
7–6(4), 4–6, [10–5] |
| Win | 2018 | Wimbledon | Grass | Wang Xiyu |
Caty McNally Whitney Osuigwe |
6–2, 6–1 |
Record against top 10 players
Wang's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.[20]
| Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last Match |
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| Number 1 ranked players | ||||||
| Maria Sharapova |
0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (7–6(7-4), 2–5r) at 2019 Shenzhen |
| Garbiñe Muguruza |
0–2 | 0% | 0–2 | – | – | Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2021 Miami Masters |
| Number 2 ranked players | ||||||
| Svetlana Kuznetsova |
0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (1–6, 5–7) at 2021 St. Petersburg |
| Aryna Sabalenka |
0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–1, 4–6, 2–6) at 2022 Australian Open |
 Barbora Krejčíková |
0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2021 Prague |
| Number 3 ranked players | ||||||
| Sloane Stephens |
0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2021 Charleston |
| Number 4 ranked players | ||||||
| Sofia Kenin |
0–1 | 0% | – | – | 0–1 | Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2021 Wimbledon |
| Number 5 ranked players | ||||||
 Jeļena Ostapenko |
0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2022 St. Petersburg |
| Number 9 ranked players | ||||||
| CoCo Vandeweghe |
2–0 | 100% | 2–0 | – | – | Won (7–6(7-3), 6–2) at 2021 125K Columbus |
| Total | 2–9 | 18% | 2–7 (22%) |
0–1 (0%) |
0–1 (0%) |
Current after the 2022 St. Petersburg |
Notes
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Total 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 Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
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External links
Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female singles tennis players of countries in the Asian Tennis Federation | |
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