Xu Yifan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xu (徐).

Xu Yifan (Chinese: 徐一璠^[1]; pinyin: Xú Yīfán; Mandarin pronunciation: [ɕy̌ í fǎn]; born 8 August 1988), nicknamed Julie,^[2] is a Chinese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 7 in doubles, on 13 January 2020. On 13 July 2015, she peaked at No. 148 in the singles rankings.

Xu Yifan
徐一璠

Xu Yifan at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	China
Residence	Tianjin, China
Born	(1988-08-08) 8 August 1988 (age 36) Tianjin
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,532,249
Singles
Career record	217–193
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 148 (13 July 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2016)
French Open	Q1 (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	Q2 (2012)
Doubles
Career record	476–315
Career titles	14
Highest ranking	No. 7 (13 January 2020)
Current ranking	No. 43 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2016)
French Open	QF (2016, 2019, 2022)
Wimbledon	F (2019)
US Open	F (2020)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	QF (2017, 2018)
Olympic Games	2R (2016, 2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2017)
French Open	2R (2016)
Wimbledon	F (2023)
US Open	QF (2023)
Medal record Representing  China Women's Tennis Asian Games 2018 Jakarta Doubles
Last updated on: 28 October 2024.

Career

2004–2013: Maiden ITF title

Xu made her debut playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in China. She won her first doubles title with Xia Huan in 2006.^[3]

She was a finalist in women's doubles at the 2007 and 2008 China Open in Beijing with Han Xinyun.^{[citation needed]}

2014–2016: Australian Open semifinalist, WTA Elite trophy champion

She was a quarterfinalist at the 2014 US Open in women's doubles with Zarina Diyas.^[4] She reached the semifinals at the 2016 Australian Open and was a quarterfinalist at the 2016 French Open in women's doubles with Zheng Saisai.^{[citation needed]}

2017–2019: Wimbledon doubles final

She was also a quarterfinalist in doubles at the Australian Open in 2017 with Raquel Atawo.^{[citation needed]} In 2017, she formed a new partnership with Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski. Xu won the Miami Open and the Connecticut Open women's doubles with Dabrowski.^[5] She partnered with Dabrowski again in the US Open, with the pair reaching the quarterfinals.^{[citation needed]}

In 2018, the duo won the doubles competition at the Sydney International,^[6] and then reached the quarterfinals in Melbourne, just like 2019 at the French Open and US Open.^{[citation needed]} The biggest achievement of the Canadian/Chinese pair was reaching the final of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, losing to Barbora Strycova and Hsieh Su-wei.^[7]

She made the quarterfinals at the 2018 WTA Finals with Gabriela Dabrowski for a second consecutive year having done so also in 2017. She also qualified for the 2019 WTA Finals for a third year in a row.^{[citation needed]}

2020–2021: US Open and WTA 1000 finals, world No. 7 in doubles

She reached the finals of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati and the US Open with Nicole Melichar.

In 2021, she competed at the Tokyo Olympics with Yang Zhaoxuan.

2022: Second WTA 1000 title, French Open quarterfinal

In Indian Wells, she won the second WTA 1000 title of her career in doubles, partnering with Yang Zhaoxuan.^[8] They also took the title at the Silicon Valley Classic^[9]

She qualified for her fourth 2022 WTA Finals with a different partner, compatriot Yang Zhaoxuan.^[10]

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Doubles

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	1R	SF	QF	QF	1R	1R	2R	3R	A	1R	13–9	59%
French Open	A	2R	QF	3R	3R	QF	A	2R	QF	3R	1R	17–9	65%
Wimbledon	Q2	1R	1R	1R	SF	F	NH	A	3R	1R	2R	12–8	60%
US Open	QF	1R	3R	QF	2R	QF	F	A	3R	1R	1R	19–10	66%
Win–loss	3–1	1–4	9–4	8–4	10–4	11–4	5–2	2–2	9–4	2–3	1–4	61–36	63%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH		2R	NH				2R	NH		A	2–2	50%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals	DNQ			1R	1R	RR	NH	DNQ	RR	DNQ		1–4	20%
WTA Elite Trophy	NH	DNQ	W	A	A	A	NH			RR		4–1	80%
WTA 1000
Qatar / Dubai Open	A	1R	2R	1R	A	QF	QF	F	A			8–6	57%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	2R	1R	SF	SF	NH	A	W	1R	1R	12–6	75%
Miami Open	A	A	SF	W	1R	QF	NH	2R	2R	2R	2R	14–7	71%
Madrid Open	A	A	2R	2R	2R	F	NH	QF	1R	2R	2R	10–8	57%
Italian Open	A	A	1R	1R	QF	2R	A	1R	QF	1R	1R	4–8	40%
Canadian Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	SF	NH	A	2R	1R	1R	3–6	43%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	2R	A	A	2R	F	A	2R	2R	2R	8–6	60%
Guadalajara Open	NMS/NH								SF	2R	NMS	4–2	67%
Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	1R	1R	1R	QF	QF	2R	NH					3–6	38%
China Open	1R	1R	1R	QF	F	QF	NH			QF	1R	8–8	50%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	75	49	20	16	12	8	9	37	15	55		$3,047,564

Xu at Wimbledon in 2015

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2019	Wimbledon	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	2–6, 4–6
Loss	2020	US Open	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6

Mixed: 1 (runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2023	Wimbledon	Grass	Joran Vliegen	Lyudmyla Kichenok Mate Pavić	4–6, 7–6(11–9), 3–6

Other significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2017	Miami Open	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2018	China Open	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	2019	Madrid Open	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	3–6, 1–6
Loss	2020	Cincinnati Open	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs	1–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	2021	Dubai Championships	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak	0–6, 3–6
Win	2022	Indian Wells Open	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara	7–5, 7–6(7–4)

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2016	Elite Trophy Zhuhai	Hard (i)	İpek Soylu	Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 25 (14 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–2)
WTA Elite Trophy (1–0)
Premier M & Premier 5 / WTA 1000 (2–4)
Tier II / Premier / WTA 500 (6–2)
International / WTA 250 (5–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2007	China Open, China	Tier II	Hard	Han Xinyun	Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2008	China Open, China	Tier II	Hard	Han Xinyun	Anabel Medina Garrigues Caroline Wozniacki	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2013	Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	7–5, 6–3
Win	2–2	Aug 2015	Silicon Valley Classic, United States	Premier	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–2	Oct 2015	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Darija Jurak Nicole Melichar	6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	3–3	Jan 2016	Shenzhen Open, China	International	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Vania King Monica Niculescu	1–6, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Oct 2016	Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Magda Linette	Christina McHale Peng Shuai	6–7(8–10), 0–6
Win	4–4	Nov 2016	Elite Trophy, China	Elite	Hard (i)	İpek Soylu	Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	5–4	Apr 2017	Miami Open, United States	Premier M	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–4	Aug 2017	Connecticut Open, US	Premier	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	7–4	Jan 2018	Sydney International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Latisha Chan Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	6–3, 6–1
Win	8–4	Jun 2018	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	Premier	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Irina-Camelia Begu Mihaela Buzărnescu	6–3, 7–5
Loss	8–5	Oct 2018	China Open, China	Premier M	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	8–6	May 2019	Madrid Open, Spain	Premier M	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	3–6, 1–6
Win	9–6	May 2019	Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sharon Fichman Nicole Melichar	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–5]
Loss	9–7	Jul 2019	Wimbledon, UK	Grand Slam	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	2–6, 4–6
Win	10–7	Jan 2020	Adelaide International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Gabriela Dabrowski Darija Jurak	2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss	10–8	Aug 2020	Cincinnati Open, US	Premier 5	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs	1–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	10–9	Sep 2020	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6
Loss	10–10	Mar 2021	Dubai Championships, UAE	WTA 1000	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak	0–6, 3–6
Win	11–10	Mar 2022	Indian Wells Open, US	WTA 1000	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win	12–10	Aug 2022	Silicon Valley Classic, US (2)	WTA 500	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Shuko Aoyama Chan Hao-ching	7–5, 6–0
Win	13–10	May 2023	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	WTA 250	Clay	Yang Zhaoxuan	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	6–3, 6–2
Loss	13–11	May 2024	Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco	WTA 250	Clay	Anna Danilina	Irina Khromacheva Yana Sizikova	3–6, 2–6
Win	14–11	Aug 2024	Tennis in the Land, US	WTA 250	Hard	Cristina Bucșa	Shuko Aoyama Eri Hozumi	3–6, 6–3, [10–6]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2013	Nanjing Ladies Open, China	Hard	Misaki Doi	Zhang Shuai Yaroslava Shvedova	6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jul 2014	Jiangxi International, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Junri Namigata Chuang Chia-jung	6–7(4–7), 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (1–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2007	ITF Chengdu, China	25,000	Hard	Zhang Shuai	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 2010	ITF Changwon, South Korea	25,000	Hard	Lee Jin-a	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	May 2010	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Natsumi Hamamura	1–6, 2–6
Win	1–3	Apr 2014	ITF Nanning, China	25,000	Hard	Chan Yung-jan	6–3, 7–6(1)
Loss	1–4	Jun 2014	ITF Zhengzhou, China	25,000	Hard	Zhang Kailin	5–7, 4–6
Loss	1–5	Jul 2014	ITF Phuket, Thailand	25,000	Hard (i)	Wang Yafan	6–3, 2–6, 5–7

Doubles (21–12)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2006	ITF Tarakan, Indonesia	10,000	Hard	Xia Huan	Sandy Gumulya Septi Mende	6–2, 6–7(3), 7–6(5)
Loss	1–1	Jul 2006	ITF Chengdu, China	25,000	Hard	Xia Huan	Ren Jing Zhang Shuai	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Aug 2006	ITF Changsha, China	25,000	Hard	Xia Huan	Chen Yanchong Liu Wanting	3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	May 2007	ITF Chengdu, China	25,000	Hard	Huang Lei	Song Shanshan Xie Yanze	3–6, 5–7
Win	2–3	Jun 2007	ITF Changsha, China	25,000	Hard	Huang Lei	Chan Chin-wei Kumiko Iijima	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–3	Jun 2007	ITF Guangzhou, China	50,000	Hard	Huang Lei	Chen Yanchong Zhou Yimiao	6–2, 7–6(4)
Loss	3–4	Nov 2007	ITF Kunming, China	50,000	Hard	Han Xinyun	Urszula Radwańska Yanina Wickmayer	4–6, 1–6
Win	4–4	Dec 2007	ITF Xiamen, China	75,000	Hard	Han Xinyun	Ji Chunmei Sun Shengnan	6–4, 7–5
Win	5–4	May 2008	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Han Xinyun	Sophie Ferguson Christina Wheeler	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	5–5	Jun 2008	ITF Périgueux, France	25,000	Clay	Han Xinyun	Anna-Lena Grönefeld İpek Şenoğlu	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–6	Feb 2009	Burnie International, Australia	25,000	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Monique Adamczak Abigail Spears	2–6, 4–6
Win	6–6	Jun 2009	ITF Komoro, Japan	25,000	Clay	Zhang Shuai	Ayumi Oka Varatchaya Wongteanchai	6–2, 6–1
Win	7–6	Jan 2010	ITF Pingguo, China	25,000	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Ji Chunmei Liu Wanting	6–3, 6–1
Win	8–6	Feb 2010	ITF Surprise, United States	25,000	Hard	Ji Chunmei	Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle	5–7, 6–2, [10–5]
Win	9–6	Mar 2010	ITF Hammond, US	25,000	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Christina Fusano Courtney Nagle	6–2, 6–2
Win	10–6	Mar 2010	ITF Clearwater, US	25,000	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Alina Jidkova Laura Siegemund	6–4, 6–4
Win	11–6	May 2010	Kurume Cup, Japan	50,000	Grass	Sun Shengnan	Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková	6–0, 6–3
Loss	11–7	May 2010	ITF Karuizawa, Japan	25,000	Carpet	Sun Shengnan	Ayumi Oka Akiko Yonemura	6–7(1), 3–6
Win	12–7	Jul 2010	ITF Fuzhou, China	25,000	Hard	Liu Shaozhuo	Kao Shao-yuan Ayaka Maekawa	3–6, 6–1, [10–2]
Loss	12–8	Oct 2011	ITF Kalgoorlie, Australia	25,000	Hard	Zhang Kailin	Casey Dellacqua Olivia Rogowska	1–6, 1–6
Loss	12–9	Apr 2012	ITF Wenshan, China	50,000	Hard	Liu Wanting	Hsieh Shu-ying Hsieh Su-wei	3–6, 2–6
Win	13–9	May 2012	ITF Changwon, South Korea	25,000	Hard	Liu Wanting	Yang Zhaoxuan Zhang Kailin	6–4, 7–5
Win	14–9	May 2012	ITF Gimcheon, South Korea	25,000	Hard	Hu Yueyue	Liang Chen Sun Shengnan	6–0, 3–6, [10–7]
Loss	14–10	Jul 2012	ITF Yakima, US	50,000	Hard	Zhou Yimiao	Samantha Crawford Madison Keys	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	15–10	Jul 2012	ITF Evansville, US	10,000	Hard	Duan Yingying	Mallory Burdette Natalie Pluskota	6–2, 6–3
Win	16–10	Jul 2012	Lexington Challenger, US	50,000	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Julia Glushko Olivia Rogowska	7–5, 6–7(7), [10–4]
Loss	16–11	Feb 2013	ITF Surprise, US	25,000	Hard	Emily Harman	Samantha Crawford Sachia Vickery	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	16–12	May 2013	ITF Balikpapan, Indonesia	25,000	Hard	Chen Yi	Naomi Broady Teodora Mirčić	3–6, 3–6
Win	17–12	Feb 2014	Rancho Santa Fe Open, United States	25,000	Hard	Samantha Crawford	Danielle Lao Keri Wong	3–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Win	18–12	Mar 2014	Blossom Cup, China	50,000	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Sun Ziyue Xu Shilin	7–6(4), 6–1
Win	19–12	Apr 2015	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	75,000	Hard	Wang Yafan	An-Sophie Mestach Emily Webley-Smith	6–2, 6–3
Win	20–12	May 2015	Anning Open, China	75,000	Clay	Zheng Saisai	Yang Zhaoxuan Ye Qiuyu	7–5, 6–2
Win	21–12	Jun 2015	Ilkley Trophy, UK	50,000	Grass	Raluca Olaru	An-Sophie Mestach Demi Schuurs	6–3, 6–4

References

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2. Chiesa, Victoria (7 February 2021). "Student of the Game Melichar Ready for New Challenges in 2021". United States Tennis Association. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
3. "Yifan Xu - Bio". WTA. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
4. Redaccion (3 September 2014). "Wozniacki vuelve arrolladora a semifinales y se enfrentará a Peng" [Wozniacki returns overwhelmingly to the semifinals and will face Peng]. La Vanguarda (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
5. "Dabrowski & Xu overwhelm top seeds to take home Sydney title". WTA. 12 January 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
6. Dave Carroll (13 January 2018). "Chan and Hlavackova fall in final". Taipei Times. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
7. "Hsieh, Strycova win Wimbledon doubles title: 'We just laughed and we just enjoyed'". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
8. "Xu, Yang charge to Indian Wells doubles title". Women's Tennis Association.
9. "Russia's Daria Kasatkina bests Shelby Rogers, wins Silicon Valley Classic". CBS News. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
10. "Road to the WTA Finals: Xu and Yang". Women's Tennis Association.

External links

• Xu Yifan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Xu Yifan at the International Tennis Federation