Wang Yafan

Wang Yafan
王雅繁

Wang at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Full name	Wang Yafan
Country (sports)	China
Born	30 April 1994 China
Prize money	$351,024
Singles
Career record	124–81
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	125 (20 July 2015)
Current ranking	138 (11 April 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2016)
French Open	Q2 (2015)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2015)
US Open	Q2 (2015)
Doubles
Career record	96–58
Career titles	2 WTA, 5 ITF
Highest ranking	49 (15 February 2016)
Current ranking	56 (11 April 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	1R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	—
Team competitions
Fed Cup	4–1
Last updated on: 11 April 2016.

Wang Yafan (Chinese: 王雅繁; pinyin: Wáng Yǎfán; born 30 April 1994) is a Chinese tennis player.

Wang has won two doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as seven singles and five doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 20 July 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 125. On 15 February 2016, she peaked at world number 49 in the doubles rankings.

Wang made her WTA tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Zheng Jie in doubles.^[1] The pair won their first round match against wildcards Sun Ziyue and Xu Shilin,^[1] and defeated third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova in their quarterfinal, before losing to eventual tournament champions Monica Niculescu and Klára Zakopalová in the semifinals.^[1]

In September 2014 at the Guangzhou Open, Wang was given a wildcard into the singles main draw and advanced to the semifinals, upsetting the number one seed and world number 20 Samantha Stosur in round one,^[2] and qualifiers Petra Martić and Zhang Kailin along the way. She was knocked out by eventual tournament champion Monica Niculescu.^[3]

Playing for China at the Fed Cup, Wang has a win–loss record of 4–1.^[4]

WTA finals

Doubles (2–2)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) WTA Elite Trophy (1–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (0–0) International (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 January 2015	Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China	Hard	Liang Chen	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Winner	1.	2 March 2015	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Liang Chen	Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Winner	2.	2 November 2015	WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China	Hard (i)	Liang Chen	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	29 February 2015	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Liang Chen	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]

WTA 125K series finals

Doubles (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	27 July 2015	Nanchang, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Chang Kai-chen Zheng Saisai	3–6, 6–4, [3–10]

ITF finals (12–7)

Singles (7–3)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (7–3) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	30 April 2012	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Yang Zi	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	10 December 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	25 February 2013	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Misa Eguchi	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	26 August 2013	Yeongwol, South Korea	Hard	Kim Sun-jung	6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	2 September 2013	Yeongwol, South Korea	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	17 February 2014	Salisbury, Australia	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	3–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Winner	5.	7 July 2014	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Sabina Sharipova	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	14 July 2014	Phuket, Thailand	Hard (i)	Xu Yifan	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	7.	20 July 2015	Zhengzhou, China	Hard	Duan Yingying	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	4 April 2016	Kashiwa, Japan	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	4–6, 6–1, 3–6

Doubles (5–4)

Legend $100,000 tournaments $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (5–3) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	5 April 2010	Ningbo, China	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Lu Jiaxiang Yang Zijun	1–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Runner-up	1.	2 July 2012	Huzhu, China	Clay	Tian Ran	Li Yihong Zhang Kailin	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Winner	2.	3 December 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Wen Xin	Kim Na-ri Lee Ye-ra	7–5, 7–5
Winner	3.	10 December 2012	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Wen Xin	Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Li Yihong	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	25 February 2013	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Tamara Čurović	Misa Eguchi Mari Tanaka	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Winner	4.	23 June 2014	Xi'an, China	Hard	Lu Jiajing	Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3, 7–6^(7–2)
Runner-up	3.	9 February 2015	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Han Xinyun Junri Namigata	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Winner	5.	27 April 2015	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Xu Yifan	An-Sophie Mestach Emily Webley-Smith	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	11 April 2016	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Liang Chen	Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya	6–7^(5–7), 4–6

References

1. "Shenzen Open 2014" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
2. "Stosur shocked in Guangzhou". Tennis Australia. 16 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
3. "Guangzhou International Women's Open 2014" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
4. Wang Yafan at the Fed Cup

External links

• Wang Yafan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Wang Yafan at the International Tennis Federation
• Wang Yafan at the Fed Cup