Wang Xiyu (; ; born 28 March 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 49 on 9 January 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 87 on 14 October 2024.
Wang became junior world No. 1 on 10 September 2018, right after winning her only singles major title at the 2018 US Open, defeating Clara Burel in the final. The same year, she finished as quarterfinalist in the Australian Open and French Open and then as semifinalist in Wimbledon, all in singles. In doubles, she also won one major title, at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Wang Xinyu, and finished runner-up at the 2017 US Open alongside Lea Bošković. She also reached semifinals at the 2017 French Open and 2018 Australian Open.
Career Juniors On the ITF Junior Circuit, Wang won six singles and eight doubles titles.
Grand Slam performance Singles: Australian Open: QF (2018) French Open: QF (2018) Wimbledon: SF (2018) US Open: W (2018)
Doubles: Australian Open: SF (2018) French Open: SF (2017) Wimbledon: W (2018) US Open: F (2017)
2016–17: Professional debut
Wang made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in 2016 at Anning as a wildcard player. Despite the loss in her first match, the following week she reached semifinal at another $10k event in the same city. In October 2017, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Tianjin Open and recorded her first win, over Danka Kovinić.
2018: Breakthrough season She had her breakthrough in 2018. In the early season, she reached quarterfinals at the $60k Burnie International, and soon after, she competed at the Premier Mandatory Miami Open but failed to qualify. In April, she recorded her first win on the WTA Challenger Tour, defeating Naomi Broady in order to reach the second round of the Zhengzhou Women's Open. In August, she won her first singles title, defeating Barbora Štefková in the final of a $25k event in Nonthaburi. She then finished runner-up at another $25k event in Nonthaburi and won the title at the $25k event in Tsukuba. Her last tournament of the season was the Wuhan Open, where she made her debut at Premier 5-level tournaments. There, she recorded a win over wildcard player Bernarda Pera, before losing in a tense match against Daria Kasatkina.
2019: Major and WTA Premier debuts Wang reached another quarterfinal at the Burnie International. In March, she made her debut at the Premier Mandatory level tournaments as a wildcard, reaching the second round of the Miami Open. There, she also recorded her first win on that level, defeating Monica Puig in the first round. In April, she reached final at the $25k event in Osaka and one month later won her first bigger title at the $60k event in La Bisbal d'Emporda, defeating Dalma Gálfi in the final. In June, she reached quarterfinals at the $100k Manchester Trophy. Unlike the first three majors of the year, Wang reached the main draw at the US Open, but lost to Kirsten Flipkens in the first round. Later, she had first-round losses at the Wuhan Open and China Open, but ended one round further at the Tianjin Open.
2020-22: First WTA Tour semifinal & major match win, top 50
Wang started the year with a win over Sorana Cîrstea at the Shenzhen Open, but then lost to third seed Elise Mertens. However, she failed to reach the main draw of the Australian Open, Wang reached quarterfinals of the Hua Hin Championships, where she defeated world No. 15, Petra Martić. She followed this up with a semifinal at the Mexican Open; after three wins, she lost to Heather Watson.
At the Australian Open, she recorded her first major match win as a wildcard entrance against qualifier Viktória Kužmová, before losing to fourth seed Barbora Krejčíková in the second round.
She reached a new career-high singles ranking of 103, on 9 May 2022, and made her top 100 debut a month later on 13 June 2022, after reaching her first WTA 125 final at the Open Internacional de Valencia.
She made her debut at Wimbledon where she lost in the first round to another debutante at this major, Jule Niemeier.
At the Budapest Grand Prix, she defeated top seed Barbora Krejčíková in the first round and overcame Ana Bogdan in the longest straight-sets match of the year, in two hours and 45 minutes in the second round to move to the quarterfinals, where she was eliminated by Aleksandra Krunić.
In August, Wang defeated third seed Maria Sakkari to reach the third round of the US Open, before losing to Alison Riske-Amritraj, in three sets.
She ended the year ranked in the top 50 on 7 November 2022.
2023: WTA 1000 fourth round, maiden WTA Tour title At the Madrid, Wang defeated 23rd seed Bianca Andreescu in the second round, but lost her next match to 11th seed Barbora Krejčíková. She reached the fourth round of a WTA 1000 event for the first time at the Italian Open, before losing to countrywoman and 22nd seed Zheng Qinwen.
Wang won her maiden WTA Tour title in Guangzhou, defeating top seed Magda Linette in the final.
2024–25: WTA Tour final, back to top 150 She reached the final at the ATX Open, defeating top seed Anhelina Kalinina in the last four, but lost to fellow Chinese player Yuan Yue.
She won the W75 2025 Lexington Open, her first title in two years. As a result, she re-entered the top 150 in the rankings on 11 August 2025.
2026: Major fourth round, Gold at Asian Games Wang qualified for the main draw at the French Open and went on to make it through to the second week of a major event for the first time, at which point she lost to 18th seed Sorana Cîrstea. As a result, she returned to the top 100 on 8 June 2026, climbing 48 places.
At the 2026 edition in Nagoya, Wang made her Asian Games debut. She defeated top seed and world No. 18, Alexandra Eala, in the semifinals. In the final, she defeated compatriot Zhang Shuai in straight sets to win the gold medal, securing qualification for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Performance timelines
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through the 2026 US Open. Tournament2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Win %Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAAQ2Q3A2R1R1R2RA0 / 42–4 French OpenAAQ2A1RQ21R2RQ34R0 / 44–4 WimbledonAAQ2NHQ21R1R1RQ2Q20 / 30–3 US OpenAA1R AA3R 2R1R1R1R0 / 63–6Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–13–31–41–41–23–20 / 179–17National representation Summer OlympicsNH ANH3RNH0 / 12–1 Billie Jean King CupAAAPOPOAPOQFQF0 / 04–3WTA 1000 tournaments Qatar OpenAAAAAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0Dubai ChampionshipsAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1Indian Wells OpenAAQ1NHAA2R1RAA0 / 21–2Miami OpenAQ12RNH1RQ22R2RAA0 / 43–4Madrid OpenAAANHQ2A3R2RAA0 / 23–2Italian OpenAAAAAA4R1RAA0 / 23–2Canadian OpenAA1RNHAAAAA1R0 / 20–2Cincinnati OpenAAAAAA1RQ1A4R0 / 22–2Guadalajara OpenNHAANMS0 / 00–0Wuhan OpenAAANH1R2R0 / 21–2China OpenA2R1RNH1R1R2R0 / 52–5Win–loss0–01–11–30–00–10–07–62–72–22–20 / 2215–22Career statistics2017201820192020202120222023202420252026Win %Tournaments1373710252395Career total: 93Titles0000001000Career total: 1Finals0000001100Career total: 2Overall win–loss1–11–32–76–34–713–1116–2421–233–95–51 / 9372–92Year-end ranking5922001431231285072102174$3,552,737
Doubles Tournament202220232024Win % Australian OpenA1R2R0 / 21–2 French OpenAA2R0 / 11–1 Wimbledon1R1R1R0 / 30–3 US OpenA1R1R0 / 20–2Win–loss0–10–32–40 / 82–8
WTA Tour finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendWTA 250 (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Guangzhou Open, ChinaWTA 250Hard Magda Linette6–0, 6–2Loss1–1ATX Open, United StatesWTA 250Hard Yuan Yue4–6, 6–7(4–7)
WTA 125 finals Singles: 2 (runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Internacional de Valencia, Spain Clay Zheng Qinwen 4–6, 6–4, 3–6Loss 0–2 Internazionali di Brescia, Italy Clay Mayar Sherif 4–6, 3–6
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (0–3)W60/75 tournaments (2–1)W50 tournaments (2–0)W25 tournaments (3–3)Finals by surfaceHard (5–4)Clay (2–3) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Aug 2018ITF Nonthaburi, ThailandW25 Hard Barbora Štefková 6–3, 7–5Loss 1–1 Aug 2018ITF Nonthaburi, ThailandW25 Hard Wang Xinyu 1–6, 6–4, 1–6Win 2–1 Aug 2018ITF Tsukuba, JapanW25 Hard Zhang Kailin 3–6, 7–5, 7–5Loss 2–2 Apr 2019ITF Osaka, JapanW25 Hard Han Na-lae 5–7, 6–3, 3–6Win 3–2 May 2019Solgironès Open, SpainW60 Clay Dalma Gálfi 4–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss 3–3 Oct 2021ITF Florence, United StatesW25 Hard Emiliana Arango 3–6, 6–0, 6–7(0)Loss 3–4 Apr 2022Clay Court Championships, United StatesW100 Clay Katie Volynets 4–6, 3–6Loss 3–5 Apr 2022Charlottesville Open, United StatesW60 Clay Louisa Chirico 4–6, 3–6Loss 3–6 May 2022ITF Charleston Pro, United StatesW100 Clay Taylor Townsend 3–6, 2–6Loss 3–7 Sep 2023Tokyo Open, JapanW100 Hard Viktorija Golubic 4–6, 6–3, 4–6Win 4–7 Jul 2025Lexington Open, United StatesW75 Hard Janice Tjen 3–6, 6–2, 6–4Win 5–7 Mar 2026ITF Maanshan, ChinaW35 Hard Kristiana Sidorova 6–4, 7–5Win 6–7 Mar 2026ITF Maanshan, ChinaW50 Hard Guo Hanyu 6–2, 7–6(3)Win 7–7 Apr 2026ITF Baotou, ChinaW50 Clay (i) Anastasia Zolotareva 6–2, 6–3
Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups) Legend$25,000 tournaments (3–1)$15,000 tournaments (0–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (2–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2017ITF Hua Hin, Thailand15,000 Hard Natalija Kostić Zhuoma Ni Ma Zhuoma You Mi 4–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 Dec 2017ITF Castellón, Spain15,000 Clay Ren Jiaqi Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Luisa Stefani 3–6, 1–6Win 1–2 Jun 2018ITF Barcelona, Spain25,000 Clay Jessica Ho Carolina Alves Jade Suvrijn 6–3, 6–1Win 2–2 Jun 2018ITF Madrid, Spain25,000 Clay (i) Montserrat González Anastasia Pribylova Raluca Șerban 6–4, 7–6(4)Win 3–2 Aug 2018ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand25,000 Hard Wang Xinyu Destanee Aiava Naiktha Bains 7–5, 5–7, [10–4]Loss 3–3 Apr 2019ITF Osaka, Japan25,000 Hard Hsu Ching-wen Choi Ji-hee Han Na-lae 4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals Singles: 1 (title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 2018 US Open Hard Clara Burel 7–6(4), 6–2
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2017 US Open Hard Lea Bošković Olga Danilović Marta Kostyuk 1–6, 5–7Win 2018 Wimbledon Grass Wang Xinyu Caty McNally Whitney Osuigwe 6–2, 6–1
Best Grand Slam results Singles Australian Open2022 Australian Open (wildcard)RoundOpponentRankScore1R Viktória Kužmová (Q)No. 1607–5, 6–3No. 1392R Barbora Krejčíková (4)No. 42–6, 3–62025 Australian OpenRoundOpponentRankScore1R Julia Grabher (PR)No. 4156–1, 7–5No. 1082R Emma Navarro (8)No. 83–6, 6–3, 4–6French Open2026 French Open (qualifier)RoundOpponentRankScoreQ1 Kristina Mladenovic (WC)No. 8606–3, 6–1No. 148Q2 Storm HunterNo. 1936–2, 7–5Q3 Polina Kudermetova (16)No. 1256–3, 6–31R Danka Kovinić (PR)N/R6–3, 6–12R Hailey Baptiste (26)No. 265–4 ret.3R Yuliia StarodubtsevaNo. 556–3, 7–54R Sorana Cîrstea (18)No. 183–6, 6–7(4)Wimbledon Championships2022 WimbledonRoundOpponentRankScore1R Jule NiemeierNo. 971–6, 4–6No. 1052023 WimbledonRoundOpponentRankScore1R Mirra Andreeva (Q)No. 1024–6, 6–3, 5–7No. 652024 WimbledonRoundOpponentRankScore1R Donna VekićNo. 376–3, 3–6, 4–6No. 54US Open2022 US OpenRoundOpponentRankScore1R Diane ParryNo. 745–7, 6–3, 6–3No. 752R Maria Sakkari (3)No. 33–6, 7–5, 7–53R Alison Riske-Amritraj (29)No. 294–6, 6–3, 4–6
Top 10 wins Season2022TotalWins11 #PlayerRankEventSurfaceScore20221. Maria SakkariNo. 3US OpenHard2R3–6, 7–5, 7–5No. 75
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