Xu Yifan


Xu Yifan is a tennis player from China. She reached her career-high ranking in singles of No. 148 on 13 July 2015. On 13 January 2020, she peaked at No. 7 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Career

Xu made her debut playing on the ITF Circuit in China. She won her first doubles title with Xia Huan in 2006. She was a finalist in women's doubles at the 2008 China Open in Beijing and a quarterfinalist at the 2014 US Open in women's doubles. 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. She was also a quarterfinalist in doubles at the Australian Open in 2017 with Raquel Atowa.
In 2017, Xu won the Miami Open and the Connecticut Open women's doubles with Gabriela Dabrowski. She partnered Dabrowski again in the US Open, with the pair reaching the quarterfinals. In 2018, the duo won the doubles at the Sydney International, then reached the quarterfinals in the Australian Open.

Performance timeline

Doubles

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Significant finals

Premier Mandatory & Premier 5

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

WTA career finals

Doubles: 17 (10 titles, 7 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12007 China Open – Women's Doubles|China Open, BeijingTier IIHard Han Xinyun Chuang Chia-jung
Hsieh Su-wei
6–7, 3–6
Loss0–22008 China Open – Women's Doubles|China Open, BeijingTier IIHard Han Xinyun Anabel Medina Garrigues
Caroline Wozniacki
1–6, 3–6
Win1–22013 Korea Open – Doubles|Korea Open, SeoulInternationalHard Chan Chin-wei Raquel Kops-Jones
Abigail Spears
7–5, 6–3
Win2–22015 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles|Bank of the West Classic, StanfordPremierHard Zheng Saisai Anabel Medina Garrigues
Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–1, 6–3
Win3–22015 Tianjin Open – Doubles|Tianjin Open, ChinaInternationalHard Zheng Saisai Darija Jurak
Nicole Melichar
6–2, 3–6,
Loss3–32016 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles|Shenzhen Open, ChinaInternationalHard Zheng Saisai Vania King
Monica Niculescu
1–6, 4–6
Loss3–42016 Tianjin Open – Doubles|Tianjin Open, ChinaInternationalHard Magda Linette Christina McHale
Peng Shuai
6–7, 0–6
Win4–42016 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles|WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, ChinaEliteHard İpek Soylu Yang Zhaoxuan
You Xiaodi
6–4, 3–6,
Win5–42017 Miami Open – Women's Doubles|Miami Open, U.S.Premier MHard Gabriela Dabrowski Sania Mirza
Barbora Strýcová
6–4, 6–3
Win6–42017 Connecticut Open – Doubles|Connecticut Open, New HavenPremierHard Gabriela Dabrowski Ashleigh Barty
Casey Dellacqua
3–6, 6–3,
Win7–42018 Sydney International – Women's Doubles|Sydney International, AustraliaPremierHard Gabriela Dabrowski Latisha Chan
Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
6–3, 6–1
Win8–42018 Eastbourne International – Women's Doubles|Eastbourne International, UKPremierGrass Gabriela Dabrowski Irina-Camelia Begu
Mihaela Buzărnescu
6–3, 7–5
Loss8–52018 China Open – Women's Doubles|China Open, BeijingPremier MHard Gabriela Dabrowski Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková
Barbora Strýcová
6–4, 4–6,
Loss8–62019 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Doubles|Madrid Open, SpainPremier MClay Gabriela Dabrowski Hsieh Su-wei
Barbora Strýcová
3–6, 1–6
Win9–62019 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Doubles|Nuremberg Cup, GermanyInternationalClay Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman
Nicole Melichar
4–6, 7–6,
Loss9–72019 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles|Wimbledon, London, UKGrand SlamGrass Gabriela Dabrowski Hsieh Su-wei
Barbora Strýcová
2–6, 4–6
Win10–72020 Adelaide International – Women's Doubles|Adelaide International, AustraliaPremierHard Nicole Melichar Gabriela Dabrowski
Darija Jurak
2–6, 7–5,

WTA 125K series finals

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (1–5)

Doubles: 33 (21–12)