Ma Yexin () is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 165 by the WTA, reached on 30 March 2026, and a doubles ranking of world No. 187, achieved on 3 April 2023.

Career In 2020, Ma won two tournaments in Antalya, Turkey, with Kazakh partner Zhibek Kulambayeva in doubles.

Ma won her first $40k title in January 2023 at Nonthaburi, Thailand in the doubles draw, partnering Liang En-shuo. The following week, they won another $40k title at Nonthaburi, beating Lee Pei-chi from Taiwan and Indonesian Jessy Rompies in the final.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a qualifier at the 2023 Jiangxi Open, losing in the first round to Camila Osorio.

Ma received a wildcard entry to make her maiden main-draw WTA 1000 appearance at the 2024 China Open but lost to Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round in three sets.

Entering as a lucky loser, she won her first WTA Tour main-draw match at the 2024 Ningbo Open, defeating qualifier Xiaodi You, before being eliminated by fourth seed Barbora Krejčíková in the second round.

Ma reached her first WTA 125 final at the 2025 Jingshan Open, losing to Lulu Sun.

At the 2026 Memphis Classic, she defeated world No. 66 Kimberly Birrell for her second WTA Tour main-draw match win. Ma lost in the second round to sixth seed Caty McNally.

Early life Ma Yexin was born in Foshan, China on 10 June 1999. From the age of four to twelve years old, she was coached by her father, Ma Dean (马德安). When Ma Yexin graduated from elementary school in 2011, Ma Dean went with her to Beijing to learn from Carlos Rodríguez. After a year and a half, Ma Yexin switched to Peng Shuai's former coach Ma Wei, while training in the Xinghewan Professional Tennis Club at the same time.

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLossJingshan Open, ChinaHard Lulu Sun 4–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournamentsW40 tournamentsW35 tournamentsW15 tournaments ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Oct 2017ITF Colombo, Sri LankaW15 Clay Prerna Bhambri 6–1, 6–2Win 2–0 Sep 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Aliona Falei 6–4, 6–4Win 3–0 Nov 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Julia Middendorf 6–4, 6–2Win 4–0 May 2022ITF Chiang Rai, ThailandW15 Hard Haruna Arakawa 6–4, 6–1Loss 4–1 May 2023Kurume Cup, JapanW60 Carpet Emina Bektas 5–7, 7–5, 1–6Win 5–1 Oct 2023ITF Nanao, JapanW40 Carpet Yang Ya-yi 7–6(6), 6–7(0), 6–0Loss 5–2 Mar 2024Traralgon International, AustraliaW35 Hard Lanlana Tararudee 3–6, 5–7Win 6–2 Apr 2025ITF Osaka, JapanW35 Hard Liang En-shuo 6–4, 4–6, 6–4Loss 6–3 May 2025ITF Andong, South KoreaW35 Hard Janice Tjen 4–6, 2–6Loss 6–4 Mar 2026Kōfu International Open, JapanW75 Hard Sofia Costoulas 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 21 (12 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournamentsW40 tournamentsW25 tournamentsW15 tournaments ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Oct 2017ITF Colombo, Sri LankaW15 Clay Isabelle Boulais Joséphine Boualem Andrea Ka 6–3, 2–6, [10–5]Loss 1–1 Mar 2019ITF Nanchang, ChinaW15 Clay (i) Mei Yamaguchi Guo Hanyu Zheng Wushuang 0–6, 1–6Win 2–1 Sep 2019ITF Anning, ChinaW15 Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Liu Siqi Sheng Yuqi 6–4, 6–3Win 3–1 Jan 2020ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Ksenia Laskutova Anna Ureke 6–4, 6–2Win 4–1 Jan 2020ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15 Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Ayaka Okuno Julyette Steur 6–4, 1–6, [10–4]Win 5–1 Sep 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Moyuka Uchijima Ingrid Martins Jazmín Ortenzi 6–2, 2–6, [10–6]Win 6–1 Sep 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Ekaterina Reyngold Yasmine Mansouri Himari Sato 6–2, 6–2Loss 6–2 Sep 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Honoka Kobayashi Yasmine Mansouri Ekaterina Reyngold 1–6, 3–6Win 7–2 Oct 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Ni Ma Zhuoma Petra Marčinko Sebastianna Scilipoti 3–6, 6–4, [10–7]Loss 7–3 Oct 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15 Hard Ni Ma Zhuoma Mana Ayukawa Rebeka Stolmár 3–6, 4–6Loss 7–4 Apr 2022ITF Chiang Rai, ThailandW25 Hard Xun Fangying Kyōka Okamura Peangtarn Plipuech 6–4, 3–6, [5–10]Loss 7–5 Apr 2022ITF Chiang Rai, ThailandW15 Hard Xun Fangying Catherine Aulia Talia Gibson 3–6, 6–7(5)Win 8–5 May 2022ITF Sarasota, United StatesW25 Clay Akvilė Paražinskaitė Hsieh Yu-chieh Hsu Chieh-yu 6–2, 7–5Win 9–5 Oct 2022ITF Sozopol, BulgariaW25 Hard Yang Ya-yi Cristina Dinu Lu Jiajing 6–3, 6–1Win 10–5 Jan 2023ITF Nonthaburi, ThailandW40 Hard Liang En-shuo Hiroko Kuwata Kateryna Volodko 6–0, 6–3Win 11–5 Jan 2023ITF Nonthaburi, ThailandW40 Hard Liang En-shuo Lee Pei-chi Jessy Rompies 6–3, 2–6, [10–6]Win 12–5 Mar 2023ITF Jakarta, IndonesiaW25 Hard Moyuka Uchijima Luksika Kumkhum Peangtarn Plipuech 6–0, 6–2Loss 12–6 May 2023Fukuoka International, JapanW60 Carpet Alana Parnaby Emina Bektas Lina Glushko 5–7, 3–6Loss 12–7 Feb 2024Burnie International II, AustraliaW75 Hard Alana Parnaby Tang Qianhui You Xiaodi 4–6, 5–7Loss 12–8 May 2025Kurume Cup, JapanW50+H Carpet Wang Meiling Momoko Kobori Ayano Shimizu 1–6, 7–5, [5–10]Loss 12–9 Jun 2025Sumter Pro Open, United StatesW75 Hard Liang En-shuo Tara Moore Abigail Rencheli 5–7, 2–6

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