Xu Shilin


Xu Shilin is a Chinese tennis player.
Xu was born in Zhongshan, and has won five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 6 May 2019, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 190. On 22 August 2016, she peaked at No. 127 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career

2013

Partnering Sun Ziyue, Xu won her first $50k tournament at Sanya, defeating Yang Zhaoxuan and Zhao Yijing in the 2013 final.

2014

At the Shenzhen Open, Xu made her WTA Tour debut. Having been given a wild card into qualifying for the singles main draw, she was drawn against Britain's Johanna Konta. Despite a difference of over 500 places in the world rankings, Xu won in straight sets, but lost to Lyudmyla Kichenok in the final round. Partnering Sun Ziyue again in doubles at the tournament, Xu was given a wild card into the main draw, but couldn't make it past her fellow Chinese pairing of Wang Yafan and Zheng Jie, who later made it to the semifinals.
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, Xu won the gold medal in girls' singles, having defeated Iryna Shymanovich of Belarus in straight sets in the final.

WTA finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner–up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12015 Guangzhou International Women's Open – Doubles|Guangzhou Open, ChinaInternationalHard You Xiaodi Martina Hingis
Sania Mirza		3–6, 1–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Dec 2013ITF Hong Kong10,000Hard Zhao Di6–0, 6–3
Win2–0Dec 2013ITF Hong Kong10,000Hard Tang Haochen6–1, 6–4
Loss2–1Jul 2015ITF Hong Kong15,000Hard Lee So-ra4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win3–1Jun 2016ITF Padua, Italy25,000Clay İpek Soylu5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss3–2May 2018ITF Baotou, China60,000Clay Nina Stojanovic0–6, 4–6
Win4–2Oct 2018ITF Brisbane, Australia25,000Hard Ellen Perez6–4, 6–3
Win5–2Nov 2018ITF Colina, Chile60,000Clay Paula Ormaechea7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner–ups)