Xu Yifan Explained

Xu Yifan 徐一璠
Residence:	Tianjin, China
Birth Date:	1988 8, df=yes
Birth Place:	Tianjin
Height:	1.65 m
Plays:	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$3,452,899
Singlestitles:	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 148
Australianopenresult:	Q2 (2016)
Frenchopenresult:	Q1 (2015)
Wimbledonresult:	1R (2015)
Usopenresult:	Q2 (2012)
Doublestitles:	13
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 7 (13 January 2020)
Currentdoublesranking:	No. 54 (17 June 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:	SF (2016)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	QF (2016, 2019, 2022)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	F (2019)
Usopendoublesresult:	F (2020)
Othertournamentsdoubles:	yes
Olympicsdoublesresult:	2R (2016, 2021)
Wtachampionshipsdoublesresult:	QF (2017, 2018)
Australianopenmixedresult:	2R (2017)
Frenchopenmixedresult:	2R (2016)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	F (2023)
Usopenmixedresult:	QF (2023)
Updated:	18 June 2024

Xu Yifan (; ; born 8 August 1988), nicknamed Julie,^[1] 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.

Career

2004–2012

Xu made her debut playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in China. She won her first doubles title with Xia Huan in 2006.^[2]

She was a finalist in women's doubles at the 2007 and 2008 China Open in Beijing with Han Xinyun.

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.

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.

2017–2019: Major final and semifinal at Wimbledon, five quarterfinals

She was also a quarterfinalist in doubles at the Australian Open in 2017 with Raquel Atawo. 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.^[3] She partnered with Dabrowski again in the US Open, with the pair reaching the quarterfinals.

In 2018, the duo won the doubles competition at the Sydney International,^[4] and then reached the quarterfinals in Melbourne, just like 2019 at the French Open and US Open. The biggest achievement of the Canadian/Chinese pair was reaching the final of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships.

She reached 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.

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

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.^[5]

She qualified for her fourth 2022 WTA Finals with a different partner, compatriot Yang Zhaoxuan.^[6]

2023: WTA Elite Trophy wildcard

She received a wildcard for the Elite Trophy in China, partnering fellow Chinese player Wang Xiyu.

Performance timeline

Doubles

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:yellow	SF	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#afeeee	3R	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	13–9	59%
French Open	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:#afeeee	3R	style=background:#afeeee	3R	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:#afeeee	3R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	17–9	65%
Wimbledon	Q2	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:yellow	SF	style=background:thistle	F	style=color:#767676	NH	A	style=background:#afeeee	3R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	2R	12–8	60%
US Open	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	3R	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:thistle	F	A	style=background:#afeeee	3R	style=background:#afeeee	1R		19–9	68%
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	3–1	1–4	9–4	8–4	10–4	11–4	5–2	2–2	9–4	2–3	1–3	61–35	64%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	style=color:#767676 colspan=2	NH	style=background:#afeeee	2R	NH	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=color:#767676 colspan=2	NH		2–2	50%
Year-end championships
style=text-align:left	WTA Finals	DNQ			style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	RR	style=color:#767676	NH	DNQ	style=background:#afeeee	RR	DNQ		1–4	20%
style=text-align:left	WTA Elite Trophy	style=color:#767676	NH	style=color:#767676		style=background:lime	W	A	A	A	NH	RR		4–1	80%
WTA 1000
style=text-align:left	Qatar / Dubai Open	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	A	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:thistle	F	A			8–6	57%
style=text-align:left	Indian Wells Open	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:yellow	SF	style=background:yellow	SF	NH	A	bgcolor=lime	W			12–4	75%
style=text-align:left	Miami Open	A	A	style=background:yellow	SF	style=background:lime	W	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=color:#767676	NH	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#afeeee	2R			12–5	71%
style=text-align:left	Madrid Open	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:thistle	F	style=color:#767676	NH	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:#afeeee	1R			8–6	57%
style=text-align:left	Italian Open	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:#afeeee	2R	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#ffebcd	QF			4–6	40%
style=text-align:left	Canadian Open	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:yellow	SF	style=color:#767676	NH	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R			3–4	43%
style=text-align:left	Cincinnati Open	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:thistle	F	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R			6–4	60%
Guadalajara Open	NMS/NH								style=background:yellow	SF			3–1
style=text-align:left	Pan Pacific / Wuhan Open	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:#afeeee	2R	NH					3–6	38%
style=text-align:left	China Open	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:thistle	F	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	NH					6–6	50%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking	75	49	20	16	12	style=background:#eee8aa	8	style=background:#eee8aa	9	37	15			$3,047,564

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 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		Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6

Mixed: 1 (runner-up)

Other significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

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

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	class=unsortable	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 Tour finals

Doubles: 23 (13 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 (4–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	class=unsortable	Score
Loss	0–1		China Open, China	Tier II	Hard	Han Xinyun	Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Loss	0–2		China Open, China	Tier II	Hard	Han Xinyun	Anabel Medina Garrigues Caroline Wozniacki	1–6, 3–6
Win	1–2		Korea Open, South Korea	International	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	7–5, 6–3
Win	2–2		Silicon Valley Classic, United States	Premier	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–2		Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Darija Jurak Nicole Melichar	6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss	3–3		Shenzhen Open, China	International	Hard	Zheng Saisai	Vania King Monica Niculescu	1–6, 4–6
Loss	3–4		Tianjin Open, China	International	Hard	Magda Linette	Christina McHale Peng Shuai	6–7^(8–10), 0–6
Win	4–4		Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China	Elite	Hard (i)	İpek Soylu	Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	5–4		Miami Open, United States	Premier M	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 6–3
Win	6–4		Connecticut Open, United States	Premier	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	7–4		Sydney International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Latisha Chan Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková	6–3, 6–1
Win	8–4		Eastbourne International, UK	Premier	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Irina-Camelia Begu Mihaela Buzărnescu	6–3, 7–5
Loss	8–5		China Open, China	Premier M	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová	6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Loss	8–6		Madrid Open, Spain	Premier M	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	3–6, 1–6
Win	9–6		Nuremberg Cup, Germany	International	Clay	Gabriela Dabrowski	Sharon Fichman Nicole Melichar	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–5]
Loss	9–7		Wimbledon, UK	Grand Slam	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová	2–6, 4–6
Win	10–7		Adelaide International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Gabriela Dabrowski Darija Jurak	2–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss	10–8		Cincinnati Open, United States	Premier 5	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Květa Peschke Demi Schuurs	1–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss	10–9		US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Nicole Melichar	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	4–6, 4–6
Loss	10–10		Dubai Championships, UAE	WTA 1000	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak	0–6, 3–6
Win	11–10		Indian Wells Open, United States	WTA 1000	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	12–10		Silicon Valley Classic, United States (2)	WTA 500	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Shuko Aoyama Chan Hao-ching	7–5, 6–0
Win	13–10		Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	WTA 250	Clay	Yang Zhaoxuan		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

WTA Challenger finals

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2013	bgcolor=silver	Nanjing Ladies Open, China	Hard	Misaki Doi		6–1, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jul 2014	bgcolor=silver	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	class=unsortable	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	class=unsortable	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 J. 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	ITF Quanzhou, 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	Hard	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Student of the Game Melichar Ready for New Challenges in 2021. Chiesa. Victoria. 2021-02-07. United States Tennis Association. 2023-07-13.
2. Web site: Yifan Xu - Bio . 12 July 2018 . WTA .
3. Web site: Dabrowski & Xu overwhelm top seeds to take home Sydney title. WTA. 12 January 2018. 13 July 2018.
4. Web site: Chan and Hlavackova fall in final . Dave Carroll . 13 January 2018 . 13 July 2018. Taipei Times.
5. Web site: Xu, Yang charge to Indian Wells doubles title .
6. Web site: Road to the WTA Finals: Xu and Yang .