Wang Yafan

Wang Yafan (; ; born 30 April 1994) is a Chinese professional tennis player. On 7 October 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 47. She peaked at No. 49 in the doubles rankings on 15 February 2016.

In her career, she has won one singles title and four doubles titles on the WTA Tour, along with one singles title and four doubles titles on the Challenger Tour. In addition, she won 16 singles and seven doubles tournaments on the ITF Circuit.

Playing for the China Fed Cup team, Wang has a win–loss record of 9–3, as of September 2024.

Personal life She was born in Nanjing in 1994. Wang Yafan started playing tennis when she was nine years old.

Career 2014: WTA Tour debut Wang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Zheng Jie in doubles. The pair won their first-round match against wildcards Sun Ziyue and Xu Shilin, and qualifiers Petra Martić and Zhang Kailin along the way. She was knocked out by eventual champion Monica Niculescu.

2018: Breakthrough, Miami Open 4th round Wang made her career breakthrough at the 2018 Miami Open, where she reached the fourth round as a qualifier, then lost to Angelique Kerber.

2019: Maiden career title, top 50 debut Wang won her first ever WTA Tour singles title at the Mexican Open in Acapulco where she defeated Sofia Kenin in three sets, after being down a set and a break. As a result, she achieved her best ranking of world No. 49 on 4 March 2019.

At the Miami Open, she defeated Kristina Mladenovic in the first round. In the second, she clinched her first victory against a top-10 player by defeating Elina Svitolina in straight sets. She then won against Danielle Collins in straight sets and reached the fourth round, but then lost to compatriot Wang Qiang, in straight sets.

2023: Back to top 100 As a qualifier, Wang won the title at the Golden Gate Open, defeating second seed Kamilla Rakhimova in the final.

Ranked No. 114 at the US Open, after four years of absence, she qualified for the main draw and upset Caroline Garcia, her second career top 10 win. As a result, she returned to the top 100 in the rankings on 11 September 2023.

2024: Australian Open 3rd and US Open 4th rounds At the Australian Open, she reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in her career, defeating 22nd seed Sorana Cîrstea and Emma Raducanu, before losing to 12th seed and eventual finalist Zheng Qinwen. As a result, Wang returned to the top 80 on 29 January 2024. At the Thailand Open, she reached her first WTA Tour semifinal since 2019 and seventh overall, defeating Katie Volynets in a third set tiebreak.

At the US Open, she reached the fourth round of a major for the first time in her career, overcoming ninth seed Maria Sakkari by injury retirement for her first top 10 win for the season and second at this tournament, before defeating Diane Parry. She then upset 20th seed Viktoria Azarenka in the third round. This was her fifth career top 20 win and also second in the same tournament for the first time. Her run was ended by 26th seed Paula Badosa.

Performance timelines

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles Current through the 2025 Australian Open .

Doubles

Significant finals WTA Elite Trophy Doubles: 1 (title) Result Year Venue Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 2015 Elite Trophy, Zhuhai Hard (i) Liang Chen 6–4, 6–3

WTA Tour finals Singles: 1 (title) LegendWTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Grass (0–0)Clay (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1–0 Abierto Mexicano, Mexico International Hard Sofia Kenin 2–6, 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendElite Trophy (1–0)WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (3–4)Finals by surfaceHard (4–4)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Shenzhen Open, China International Hard Liang Chen Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok 4–6, 6–7(6–8)Win 1–1 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard Liang Chen Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk 4–6, 6–3, [10–4]Win 2–1 WTA Elite Trophy, ChinaElite Trophy Hard Liang Chen 6–4, 6–3Loss 2–2 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard Liang Chen Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan 6–4, 4–6, [7–10]Win 3–2 Taipei Open, Taiwan International Hard (i) Duan Yingying Nao Hibino Oksana Kalashnikova 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)Loss 3–3 Hua Hin Championships, Thailand International Hard Anna Blinkova Irina-Camelia Begu Monica Niculescu 6–2, 1–6, [10–12]Loss 3–4 Monterrey Open, Mexico International Hard Miyu Kato Kateryna Bondarenko Sharon Fichman 6–4, 3–6, [7–10]Win 4–4 Hong Kong Open, China SAR WTA 250 Hard Jiang Xinyu Momoko Kobori Peangtarn Plipuech 6–4, 6–2

WTA Challenger finals Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Zhengzhou Open, China Hard Zheng Saisai 7–5, 2–6, 1–6Win 1–1 Stanford Classic, United States Hard Kamilla Rakhimova 6–2, 6–0

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 24 (16 titles, 8 runner-ups) Legend$50/60,000 tournaments (3–3)$40,000 tournaments (1–0)$25,000 tournaments (7–3)$10/15,000 tournaments (5–2)Finals by surfaceHard (13–6)Clay (2–1)Grass (1–1)

Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner-ups) Legend$100,000 tournaments (1–0)$75,000 tournaments (1–0)$50/60,000 tournaments (2–2)$25,000 tournaments (0–1)$10/15,000 tournaments (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (5–3)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–1)Carpet (1–0)

Head-to-head record Top 10 wins Season 2019...20232024Total Wins 1 1 1 3 PlayerRankEventSurfaceScore2019 1. Elina SvitolinaNo. 5Miami Open, USHard2R 6–2, 6–4 No. 5020232. Caroline GarciaNo. 7US OpenHard1R6–4, 6–1No. 11420243. Maria SakkariNo. 9US OpenHard1R6–2, ret.No. 80

Double bagel matches (6–0, 6–0)