Wang Yafan (; ; born 30 April 1994) is a Chinese professional tennis player. On 7 October 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 47. She peaked at No. 49 in the doubles rankings on 15 February 2016.
In her career, she has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, along with one singles title and four doubles titles on the Challenger Tour. In addition, she won 16 singles and seven doubles tournaments on the ITF Circuit.
Playing for the China Fed Cup team, Wang has a win–loss record of 9–3, as of September 2024.
Personal life She was born in Nanjing in 1994. Wang Yafan started playing tennis when she was nine years old.
Career 2014: WTA Tour debut Wang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Zheng Jie in doubles. The pair won their first-round match against wildcards Sun Ziyue and Xu Shilin, and defeated third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova, then lost to eventual champions Monica Niculescu and Klára Zakopalová in the semifinals.
In September 2014 at the Guangzhou International Open, Wang was given a wildcard into the singles main draw, and she advanced to the semifinals, upsetting Samantha Stosur in the first round, and qualifiers Petra Martić and Zhang Kailin along the way. She was knocked out by eventual champion Monica Niculescu.
2018: Breakthrough, Miami Open 4th round Wang made her career breakthrough at the 2018 Miami Open, where she reached the fourth round as a qualifier, then lost to Angelique Kerber.
2019: Maiden career title, top 50 debut Wang won her first ever WTA Tour singles title at the Mexican Open in Acapulco where she defeated Sofia Kenin in three sets, after being down a set and a break. As a result, she achieved her best ranking of world No. 49 on 4 March 2019.
At the Miami Open, she defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round. In the second, she clinched her first victory against a top-10 player by defeating Elina Svitolina in straight sets. She then won against Danielle Collins in straight sets and reached the fourth round, but then lost to compatriot Wang Qiang, in straight sets.
2023: Back to top 100 As a qualifier, Wang won the title at the Golden Gate Open, defeating second seed Kamilla Rakhimova in the final.
Ranked No. 114 at the US Open, after four years of absence, she qualified for the main draw and upset Caroline Garcia, her second career top 10 win. As a result, she returned to the top 100 in the rankings on 11 September 2023.
2024: Australian Open 3rd and US Open 4th rounds At the Australian Open, she reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, defeating 22nd seed Sorana Cîrstea and Emma Raducanu, before losing to 12th seed and eventual finalist Zheng Qinwen. As a result, Wang returned to the top 80 on 29 January 2024. At the Thailand Open, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal since 2019 and seventh overall, defeating Katie Volynets in a third set tiebreak.
At the US Open, she reached the fourth round of a major for the first time in her career, overcoming ninth seed Maria Sakkari by injury retirement for her first top 10 win for the season and second at this tournament, before defeating Diane Parry. She then upset 20th seed Viktoria Azarenka in the third round. This was her fifth career top 20 win and also second in the same tournament for the first time. Her run was ended by 26th seed Paula Badosa.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2025 Australian Open . Tournament20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Win %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAAQ31RAQ22R1R1RAA3R2R0 / 64–6 French OpenAAAQ2Q1A1R1RAQ1 AA2RA0 / 31–3 WimbledonAAAQ3Q2A1R2RNH1RAA2RA0 / 42–4 US OpenAAAQ22RQ22R1RAAA2R4R1R0 / 66–6Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–20–01–32–40–10–20–01–17–41–20 / 1913–19National representationBillie Jean King CupAAAAZ1AZ1AAA0 / 03–2WTA 1000Qatar OpenAAANMSQ1NMSANMSANMSANMSAA0 / 00–0DubaiNMSANMSANMSANMSANMSAAA0 / 00–0Indian Wells OpenAAAAAAQ11RNHAAA1RA0 / 20–2Miami OpenAAAAAA4R4RNHQ1AA1RA0 / 36–3Madrid OpenAAAAAAA1RNHQ1AAAA0 / 10–1Italian OpenAAAAAAQ1Q1AQ1AA1RA0 / 10–1Canadian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAA2R2R0 / 21–2Cincinnati OpenAAAAAAA2RAAAA1R1R0 / 31–3Guadalajara OpenNHAANMS0 / 00–0Pan Pacific / Wuhan OpenAAQ1Q2Q11R1R2RNHQ1Q20 / 31–3China OpenQ1AAQ22R1R1R2RNHA1RA0 / 52–5Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–10–23–36–60–00–00–00–01–60–20 / 2011–20Career statistics20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Win %Tournaments00138512226901162Career total: 69Titles00000001000000Career total: 1Finals00000001000000Career total: 1Overall win–loss0–00–03–11–34–95–513–1325–213–61–90–01–115–161–21 / 8472–85Year-end ranking5203131911351171687348943004189761278$2,359,815
Doubles Tournament2014201520162017201820192020202120222024Win %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAA2RA1R2R1R1RA2R0 / 63–6 French OpenA1R2RA1R2RA2RA2R0 / 64–6 WimbledonA1R1RA1R3RNH1RA2R0 / 63–6 US OpenAA1R2R1R1RAAA1R0 / 51–5Win–loss0–00–22–41–10–44–40–11–30–03–40 / 2311–23Year-end championshipsWTA Elite TrophyDNQWRRDNQNH1 / 23–2WTA 1000Dubai / Qatar OpenAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1Italian OpenAA1RA1RAA1RA0 / 30–3Cincinnati OpenAA1RAAAAAA2R0 / 21–2Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open1R1R1R1RQF1RNH0 / 62–6China OpenASF1R1R1R2RNH2R0 / 65–6Career statisticsTournaments41116511154110Career total: 77Titles020010000Career total: 3Finals031011100Career total: 7Overall win–loss4–414–911–171–57–1016–155–46–110–03 / 7764–75Year-end ranking1585770361796879114826
Significant finals WTA Elite Trophy Doubles: 1 (title) Result Year Venue Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 2015 Elite Trophy, Zhuhai Hard (i) Liang Chen 6–4, 6–3
WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (title) LegendWTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Grass (0–0)Clay (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Abierto Mexicano, Mexico International Hard Sofia Kenin 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendElite Trophy (1–0)WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (3–4)Finals by surfaceHard (4–4)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Shenzhen Open, China International Hard Liang Chen Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 4–6, 6–7(6–8)Win 1–1 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard Liang Chen Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk 4–6, 6–3, [10–4]Win 2–1 WTA Elite Trophy, ChinaElite Trophy Hard Liang Chen 6–4, 6–3Loss 2–2 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard Liang Chen Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan 6–4, 4–6, [7–10]Win 3–2 Taipei Open, Taiwan International Hard (i) Duan Yingying Nao Hibino Oksana Kalashnikova 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)Loss 3–3 Hua Hin Championships, Thailand International Hard Anna Blinkova Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu 6–2, 1–6, [10–12]Loss 3–4 Monterrey Open, Mexico International Hard Miyu Kato Kateryna Bondarenko Sharon Fichman 6–4, 3–6, [7–10]Win 4–4 Hong Kong Open, China SAR WTA 250 Hard Jiang Xinyu Momoko Kobori Peangtarn Plipuech 6–4, 6–2
WTA Challenger finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Zhengzhou Open, China Hard Zheng Saisai 7–5, 2–6, 1–6Win 1–1 Stanford Classic, United States Hard Kamilla Rakhimova 6–2, 6–0
Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Jiangxi International, China Hard Chan Chin-wei Chang Kai-chen Zheng Saisai 3–6, 6–4, [3–10]Win 1–1 Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand Hard (i) Liang Chen Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan 6–3, 6–4Win 2–1 Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand (2) Hard (i) Duan Yingying Dalila Jakupović Irina Khromacheva 6–3, 6–3Win 3–1 Zhengzhou Open, China Hard Duan Yingying Naomi Broady Yanina Wickmayer 7–6(7–5), 6–3Win 4–1 Bol Ladies Open, Croatia Clay Mariana Duque Mariño Silvia Soler Espinosa Barbora Štefková 6–3, 7–5
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner-ups) Legend$50/60,000 tournaments (3–3)$40,000 tournaments (1–0)$25,000 tournaments (7–3)$10/15,000 tournaments (5–2)Finals by surfaceHard (13–6)Clay (2–1)Grass (1–1) ResultDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 May 2012ITF Jakarta, Indonesia10,000 Hard Yang Zi 6–1, 6–3Loss 1–1 Dec 2012ITF Bangkok, Thailand10,000 Hard Nungnadda Wannasuk 3–6, 1–6Win 2–1 Mar 2013ITF Sydney, Australia10,000 Hard Misa Eguchi 6–2, 6–0Win 3–1 Sep 2013ITF Yeongwol, South Korea10,000 Hard Kim Sun-jung 6–1, 6–4Win 4–1 Sep 2013ITF Yeongwol, South Korea (2)10,000 Hard Lee Pei-chi 2–6, 6–1, 6–2Loss 4–2 Feb 2014ITF Salisbury, Australia15,000 Hard Jang Su-jeong 3–6, 6–7(6)Win 5–2 Jul 2014ITF Bangkok, Thailand (2)10,000 Hard Sabina Sharipova 6–3, 6–2Win 6–2 Jul 2014ITF Phuket, Thailand25,000 Hard (i) Xu Yifan 3–6, 6–2, 7–5Win 7–2 Jul 2015ITF Zhengzhou, China25,000 Hard Duan Yingying 6–4, 6–4Loss 7–3 Apr 2016ITF Kashiwa, Japan25,000 Hard Jang Su-jeong 4–6, 6–1, 3–6Loss 7–4 Oct 2016Suzhou Ladies Open, China50,000 Hard Chang Kai-chen 6–4, 2–6, 1–6Win 8–4 Jul 2017ITF Tianjin, China25,000 Hard Zhu Lin 6–4, 6–2Win 9–4 Oct 2017Liuzhou Open, China60,000 Hard Nao Hibino 3–6, 6–4, 3–3 ret.Loss 9–5 Aug 2018Jinan International Open, China60,000 Hard Zhu Lin 4–6, 1–6Win 10–5 Nov 2018Liuzhou Challenger, China60,000 Hard Han Na-lae 6–4, 6–2Win 11–5 Feb 2022ITF Antalya, Turkey25,000 Clay Katharina Hobgarski 7–5, 6–3Loss 11–6 Feb 2022ITF Antalya, Turkey25,000 Clay Réka Luca Jani 4–6, 3–6Loss 11–7 Mar 2023ITF Swan Hill, Australia 25,000 Grass Joanna Garland 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(7)Win 12–7 Mar 2023Clay Court International, Australia60,000 Clay Olivia Gadecki 3–6, 6–2, 6–0Win 13–7 May 2023ITF Karuizawa, Japan25,000 Grass Haruka Kaji 6–0, 6–1Win 14–7 Jun 2023ITF Tokyo, Japan25,000 Hard Johanne Svendsen 6–1, 6–0Win 15–7 Jun 2023ITF Luzhou, China25,000 Hard You Xiaodi 7–5, 6–2Win 16–7 Jul 2023ITF Hong Kong, China SAR40,000 Hard Eudice Chong 6–2, 6–3Loss 16–8 Jul 2023Dallas Summer Series, US60,000 Hard (i) Yulia Starodubtseva 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (1–0)$75,000 tournaments (1–0)$50/60,000 tournaments (2–2)$25,000 tournaments (0–1)$10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (5–3)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–1)Carpet (1–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Apr 2010ITF Ningbo, China10,000 Hard Yang Zhaoxuan Lu Jiaxiang Yang Zi-Jun 1–6, 6–2, [10–4]Loss 1–1 Jul 2012ITF Huzhou, China15,000 Clay Tian Ran Li Yihong Zhang Kailin 6–3, 4–6, [6–10]Win 2–1 Dec 2012ITF Bangkok, Thailand10,000 Hard Wen Xin Kim Na-ri Lee Ye-ra 7–5, 7–5Win 3–1 Dec 2012ITF Bangkok, Thailand (2)10,000 Hard Wen Xin Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Li Yihong 6–0, 6–3Loss 3–2 Mar 2013ITF Sydney, Australia10,000 Hard Tamara Čurović Misa Eguchi Mari Tanaka 6–4, 5–7, [8–10]Win 4–2 Jun 2014ITF Xi'an, China50,000 Hard Lu Jiajing Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan 6–3, 7–6(2)Loss 4–3 Feb 2015Launceston International, Australia50,000 Hard Yang Zhaoxuan Han Xinyun Junri Namigata 4–6, 6–3, [6–10]Win 5–3 May 2015Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan75,000 Hard Xu Yifan An-Sophie Mestach Emily Webley-Smith 6–2, 6–3Loss 5–4 Apr 2016Pingshan Open, China50,000 Hard Liang Chen Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya 6–7(5), 4–6Win 6–4 May 2016Kunming Open, China100,000 Clay Zhang Kailin Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan 6–7(3), 7–6(2), [10–1]Loss 6–5 Feb 2023ITF Swan Hill, Australia25,000 Grass Liang En-shuo Lily Fairclough Olivia Gadecki 3–6, 3–6Win 7–5 May 2023Kurume Cup, Japan60,000 Carpet Talia Gibson Funa Kozaki Junri Namigata 6–3, 6–3
Head-to-head record Top 10 wins Season 2019...20232024Total Wins 1 1 1 3
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceScore2019 1. Elina SvitolinaNo. 5Miami Open, USHard2R 6–2, 6–4 No. 5020232. Caroline GarciaNo. 7US OpenHard1R6–4, 6–1No. 11420243. Maria SakkariNo. 9US OpenHard1R6–2, ret.No. 80
Double bagel matches (6–0, 6–0) ResultYearW–LTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentRankRdWin20231–0US OpenGrand SlamHard Sára Bejlek213Q1115
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