Wei Sijia

Wei Sijia (born 3 December 2003) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 132, achieved on 28 October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 257, attained on the 17 July 2023.^[1]

Wei Sijia

Country (sports)	China
Born	(2003-12-03) 3 December 2003 (age 20)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$294,991
Singles
Career record	163–78
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 132 (28 October 2024)
Current ranking	No. 132 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2024)
French Open	Q2 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2024)
US Open	Q2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	66–26
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 257 (17 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 1,099 (23 September 2024)
Last updated on: 1 November 2024.

Professional career

2022: First tournament wins

After not playing on the ITF World Tennis Tour in 2021, Wei began 2022 competing in qualifying draws at the $15k level. With steadily improving results, she won her first final at the end of June. This led to a total of 16 titles (ten in doubles), and her WTA ranking climbed from 1054 at the end of 2020 to 434 a year later.^[2] All 16 titles were won in Monastir. In 2022, her first full year on the ITF Women's Tour, Wei won more matches than any other player with 64 main-draw wins. Her total of ten doubles titles was also equal to the most for any player.^[3]

Wei won her first ITF Circuit title above the $15k-level at the 2022 Open Feu Aziz Zouhir, in the doubles draw, partnering Priska Madelyn Nugroho. It was the fourth title win for the two partners.

2023-2024: WTA Tour and 1000 debuts and first win

Wei qualified for the 2023 Jiangxi Open making her WTA Tour debut, losing in the first round to Kimberly Birrell.^[4]

She qualified for the main draw of the 2024 Thailand Open 2 but lost to compatriot and fellow qualifier Gao Xinyu in the first round.^[5] Ranked No. 140, she received a wildcard for the main draw of the WTA 1000 2024 China Open making her debut at this WTA level and defeated qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse for her first WTA Tour win.^[6][7] She lost in the second round to 13th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia.^[8] Wei was given a wildcard entry into the 2024 Guangzhou Open and defeated sixth seed Rebecca Šramková in the first round to record her first win over a top-100 ranked opponent.^[9][10] In the second round, she lost to Wang Xiyu in three sets.^[11]

Grand Slam performance timeline

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend W75 tournaments (1–0) W40/50 tournaments (1–2) W25 tournaments (2–1) W15 tournaments (6–1)

Finals by surface Hard (10–3) Clay (0–1)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Eri Shimizu	6–3, 6–3
Win	2–0	Aug 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Yao Xinxin	4–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
Loss	2–1	Aug 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Li Zongyu	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–1	Sep 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Bai Zhuoxuan	6–1, 6–4
Win	4–1	Sep 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Li Zongyu	6–3, 6–1
Win	5–1	Oct 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Yao Xinxin	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–1	Oct 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Kyoba Kubo	6–2, 6–0
Win	7–1	Mar 2023	Open de Touraine, France	W25	Hard (i)	Bai Zhuoxuan	6–4, 7–6(5)
Loss	7–2	Aug 2023	Kunming Open, China	W40	Clay	Gao Xinyu	3–6, 6–7(2)
Loss	7–3	Oct 2023	ITF Qiandaohu, China	W25	Hard	Anastasiia Gureva	6–2, 6–7(6), 3–6
Win	8–3	Apr 2024	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	W50	Hard	Lee Ya-hsuan	6–1, 7–5
Loss	8–4	Apr 2024	ITF Shenzhen, China	W50	Hard	Gao Xinyu	4–6, 4–6
Win	9–4	Jul 2024	ITF Tianjin, China	W25	Hard (i)	Hina Inoue	6–7(4), 6–2, 6–3
Win	10–4	Aug 2024	Lexington Challenger, United States	W75	Hard	Mananchaya Sawangkaew	7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 13 (11 titles, 2 runner-up)

Legend W60 tournaments (1–0) W40 tournaments (1–0) W25 tournaments (0–1) W15 tournaments (9–1)

Finals by surface Hard (11–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Kristina Paskauskas	Liu Fangzhou Wang Meiling	6–3, 7–6(4)
Win	2–0	May 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Yao Xinxin	Mei Hasegawa Chihiro Takayama	6–1, 6–1
Win	3–0	May 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Yao Xinxin	Valeria Koussenkova Milana Zhabrailova	6–3, 6–3
Win	4–0	Jun 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Kristina Paskauskas	Ashmitha Easwaramurthi Mei Hasegawa	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–0	Jun 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Yao Xinxin	Abigail Amos Arabella Koller	6–0, 6–1
Win	6–0	Jun 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Yao Xinxin	Yuka Hosoki Eri Shimizu	6–3, 6–3
Win	7–0	Jul 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	Back Da-yeon Jeong Bo-young	6–4, 6–1
Win	8–0	Jul 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	Anastasiia Gureva Michaela Laki	6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	8–1	Oct 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	Lee Ya-hsin Tsao Chia-yi	6–1, 1–6, [3–10]
Win	9–1	Oct 2022	Monastir Open, Tunisia	W60	Hard	Priska Madelyn Nugroho	Isabelle Haverlag Suzan Lamens	6–3, 6–2
Win	10–1	Oct 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Elena Milovanović	Feryel Ben Hassen Gina Feistel	6–4, 6–1
Loss	10–2	Jun 2023	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	W25	Hard	Isabella Shinikova	Anastasia Gasanova Ekaterina Yashina	5–7, 7–6(1), [9–11]
Win	11–2	Jun 2023	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	W40	Hard	Maria Kozyreva	Kateryna Volodko Hiroko Kuwata	5–7, 6–4, [10–6]

References

1. "ITF Players Sijia Wei". itftennis.com.
2. "Sijia Wei rankings history". wtatennis.com.
3. "The ITF 2022 World Tennis Tour in numbers". itftennis.com.
4. "Birrell edges qualifier Wei in two tight sets in Nanchang". Women's Tennis Association.
5. "Seven years after debut, China's Gao defeats Wei for first tour-level win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
6. "China Open: Wei scores first career WTA main draw win". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
7. "2024 Beijing; Assured growth: Chinese wild card Wei's 13 best shots to defeat Ruse". Women's Tennis Association. 26 September 2024.
8. "Haddad Maia defeats Wei in Beijing for fifth straight win on tour". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
9. "Wild card Wei upsets Sramkova in Guangzhou opener for first Top 100 win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
10. "Guangzhou Open: Sijia upsets sixth seed Sramkova in first round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
11. "Guangzhou Open: Wang through to quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 23 October 2024.

External links

• Wei Sijia at the Women's Tennis Association
• Wei Sijia at the International Tennis Federation