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)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | 2007 China Open – Women's Doubles| | China Open, Beijing | Tier II | Hard | Han Xinyun | Chuang Chia-jung Hsieh Su-wei | 6–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | 2008 China Open – Women's Doubles| | China Open, Beijing | Tier II | Hard | Han Xinyun | Anabel Medina Garrigues Caroline Wozniacki | 1–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–2 | 2013 Korea Open – Doubles| | Korea Open, Seoul | International | Hard | Chan Chin-wei | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | 7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 2–2 | 2015 Bank of the West Classic – Doubles| | Bank of the West Classic, Stanford | Premier | Hard | Zheng Saisai | Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja | 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 3–2 | 2015 Tianjin Open – Doubles| | Tianjin Open, China | International | Hard | Zheng Saisai | Darija Jurak Nicole Melichar | 6–2, 3–6, |
Loss | 3–3 | 2016 WTA Shenzhen Open – Doubles| | Shenzhen Open, China | International | Hard | Zheng Saisai | Vania King Monica Niculescu | 1–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–4 | 2016 Tianjin Open – Doubles| | Tianjin Open, China | International | Hard | Magda Linette | Christina McHale Peng Shuai | 6–7, 0–6 |
Win | 4–4 | 2016 WTA Elite Trophy – Doubles| | WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China | Elite | Hard | İpek Soylu | Yang Zhaoxuan You Xiaodi | 6–4, 3–6, |
Win | 5–4 | 2017 Miami Open – Women's Doubles| | Miami Open, U.S. | Premier M | Hard | Gabriela Dabrowski | Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová | 6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 6–4 | 2017 Connecticut Open – Doubles| | Connecticut Open, New Haven | Premier | Hard | Gabriela Dabrowski | Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua | 3–6, 6–3, |
Win | 7–4 | 2018 Sydney International – Women's Doubles| | Sydney International, Australia | Premier | Hard | Gabriela Dabrowski | Latisha Chan Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková | 6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 8–4 | 2018 Eastbourne International – Women's Doubles| | Eastbourne International, UK | Premier | Grass | Gabriela Dabrowski | Irina-Camelia Begu Mihaela Buzărnescu | 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 8–5 | 2018 China Open – Women's Doubles| | China Open, Beijing | Premier M | Hard | Gabriela Dabrowski | Andrea Sestini Hlaváčková Barbora Strýcová | 6–4, 4–6, |
Loss | 8–6 | 2019 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's Doubles| | Madrid Open, Spain | Premier M | Clay | Gabriela Dabrowski | Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová | 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 9–6 | 2019 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Doubles| | Nuremberg Cup, Germany | International | Clay | Gabriela Dabrowski | Sharon Fichman Nicole Melichar | 4–6, 7–6, |
Loss | 9–7 | 2019 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles| | Wimbledon, London, UK | Grand Slam | Grass | Gabriela Dabrowski | Hsieh Su-wei Barbora Strýcová | 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 10–7 | 2020 Adelaide International – Women's Doubles| | Adelaide International, Australia | Premier | Hard | Nicole Melichar | Gabriela Dabrowski Darija Jurak | 2–6, 7–5, |