Xu Shilin (; ; born 10 January 1998) is an active Chinese tennis player.
Xu was born in Zhongshan, and has won five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. 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.
Having not competed on the pro circuit since July 2021, she returned to competition in May 2025 after nearly 45 months away from the tour.
Career 2013 Partnering Sun Ziyue, Xu won her first $50k tournament at Sanya, defeating Yang Zhaoxuan and Zhao Yijing in the 2013 final.
2014 At the Shenzhen Open, Xu made her WTA Tour debut. Having been given a wild card into qualifying for the singles main draw, she was drawn against Britain's Johanna Konta. Despite a difference of over 500 places in the world rankings, Xu won in straight sets, but lost to Lyudmyla Kichenok 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 Zheng Jie, who later made it to the semifinals.
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, Xu won the gold medal in girls' singles, having defeated Iryna Shymanovich of Belarus in straight sets in the final.
WTA Tour finals Doubles: 1 (runner–up) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)WTA 1000 (0–0)WTA 500 (0–0)WTA 250 (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Guangzhou International,China International Hard You Xiaodi Martina Hingis Sania Mirza 3–6, 1–6
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups) Legend$60,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$10/15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (2–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Dec 2013ITF Hong KongW10 Hard Zhao Di 6–0, 6–3Win 2–0 Dec 2013ITF Hong KongW10 Hard Tang Haochen 6–1, 6–4Loss 2–1 Jul 2015ITF Hong KongW15 Hard Lee So-ra 4–6, 6–4, 2–6Win 3–1 Jun 2016ITF Padua, ItalyW25 Clay İpek Soylu 5–7, 6–4, 6–3Loss 3–2 May 2018ITF Women's Circuit – Baotou, ChinaW60 Clay (i) Nina Stojanovic 0–6, 4–6Win 4–2 Oct 2018Brisbane QTC Tennis International, AustraliaW25 Hard Ellen Perez 6–4, 6–3Win 5–2 Nov 2018Copa LP Chile, ChileW60 Clay Paula Ormaechea 7–5, 6–3
Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner–ups) Legend$50,000 tournaments$25,000 tournaments$15,000 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (4–3)Clay (3–1)Grass (0–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Sep 2013ITF Women's Circuit – Sanya, ChinaW50 Hard Sun Ziyue Yang Zhaoxuan Zhao Yijing 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–3]Loss 1–1 Mar 2014Industrial Bank Cup, ChinaW50 Hard Sun Ziyue Chan Chin-wei Xu Yifan 6–7(4–7), 1–6Win 2–1 Sep 2015Zhuhai Open, ChinaW50 Hard You Xiaodi Irina Khromacheva Emily Webley-Smith 3–6, 6–2, [10–4]Loss 2–2 May 2016Kurume Cup, JapanW50 Grass Dalma Gálfi Hsu Ching-wen Ksenia Lykina 6–7(5–7), 2–6Win 3–2 Jun 2016Internazionale di Roma, ItalyW50 Clay İpek Soylu Réka Luca Jani Sofia Shapatava 7–5, 6–1Win 4–2 Mar 2018ITF Xiamen, ChinaW15 Hard Sarah-Rebecca Sekulic Sun Xuliu Sun Ziyue 6–1, 7–5Loss 4–3 Apr 2018ITF Pula, ItalyW25 Clay Marie Benoît Naiktha Bains Chiara Scholl 4–6, 5–7Loss 4–4 Jun 2018ITF Sumter, United StatesW25 Hard Julia Elbaba Astra Sharma Luisa Stefani 6–2, 3–6, [5–10]Win 5–4 Sep 2018ITF Cairns, AustraliaW25 Hard Naikhta Bains Erin Routliffe Astra Sharma 6–1, 7–6(9–7)Loss 5–5 Oct 2018Brisbane QTC Tennis International, AustraliaW25 Hard Rutuja Bhosale Maddison Inglis Kaylah McPhee 5–7, 4–6Win 6–5 Jul 2019Open Porte du Hainaut, FranceW25 Clay Daria Mishina Bárbara Gatica Rebeca Pereira 6–0, 7–5Win 7–5 Mar 2025ITF Antalya, TurkiyeW15 Clay Annemarie Lazar Selina Atay Melis Sezer 7–6(7–2), 7–5
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