Wang Yafan

Wang Yafan
王雅繁

Wang at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Full name	Wang Yafan
Country (sports)	China
Born	(1994-04-30) 30 April 1994 Nanjing, China
Prize money	$558,730
Singles
Career record	155–102
Career titles	0 WTA, 7 ITF
Highest ranking	115 (14 November 2016)
Current ranking	117 (28 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2016)
French Open	Q2 (2015)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2015)
US Open	2R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	113–74
Career titles	2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest ranking	49 (15 February 2016)
Current ranking	80 (28 November 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	2R (2016)
Wimbledon	1R (2015, 2016)
US Open	1R (2016)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2016)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	4–1
Last updated on: 28 November 2016.

Wang Yafan (Chinese: 王雅繁; pinyin: Wáng Yǎfán; born 30 April 1994 in Nanjing) is a Chinese tennis player.

Wang has won two doubles titles on the WTA tour, as well as seven singles and six doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On 14 November 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 115. On 15 February 2016, she peaked at world number 49 in the doubles rankings.

Wang made her WTA tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Zheng Jie in doubles.^[1] The pair won their first round match against wildcards Sun Ziyue and Xu Shilin,^[1] and defeated third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova in their quarterfinal, before losing to eventual tournament champions Monica Niculescu and Klára Zakopalová in the semifinals.^[1]

In September 2014 at the Guangzhou Open, Wang was given a wildcard into the singles main draw and advanced to the semifinals, upsetting the number one seed and world number 20 Samantha Stosur in round one,^[2] and qualifiers Petra Martić and Zhang Kailin along the way. She was knocked out by eventual tournament champion Monica Niculescu.^[3]

Playing for China at the Fed Cup, Wang has a win–loss record of 4–1.^[4]

WTA finals

Doubles (2–3)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	5 January 2015	International	Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China	Hard	Liang Chen	Lyudmyla Kichenok Nadiia Kichenok	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	1.	2 March 2015	International	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Liang Chen	Yuliya Beygelzimer Olga Savchuk	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Runner-up	2.	27 July 2015	125K series	Nanchang, China	Hard	Chan Chin-wei	Chang Kai-chen Zheng Saisai	3–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Winner	2.	2 November 2015	WTA Elite Trophy	WTA Elite Trophy, Zhuhai, China	Hard (i)	Liang Chen	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	29 February 2015	International	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Liang Chen	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]

ITF finals (13–8)

Singles (7–4)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	30 April 2012	$10,000	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Yang Zi	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	10 December 2012	$10,000	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	25 February 2013	$10,000	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Misa Eguchi	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	26 August 2013	$10,000	Yeongwol, South Korea	Hard	Kim Sun-jung	6–1, 6–4
Winner	4.	2 September 2013	$10,000	Yeongwol, South Korea	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	17 February 2014	$15,000	Salisbury, Australia	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Winner	5.	7 July 2014	$10,000	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Sabina Sharipova	6–3, 6–2
Winner	6.	14 July 2014	$25,000	Phuket, Thailand	Hard (i)	Xu Yifan	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	7.	20 July 2015	$25,000	Zhengzhou, China	Hard	Duan Yingying	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	3.	4 April 2016	$25,000	Kashiwa, Japan	Hard	Jang Su-jeong	4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Runner-up	4.	17 October 2016	$50,000	Suzhou, China	Hard	Chang Kai-chen	6–4, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles (6–4)

Result	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	5 April 2010	$10,000	Ningbo, China	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Lu Jiaxiang Yang Zijun	1–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Runner-up	1.	2 July 2012	$15,000	Huzhu, China	Clay	Tian Ran	Li Yihong Zhang Kailin	6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Winner	2.	3 December 2012	$10,000	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Wen Xin	Kim Na-ri Lee Ye-ra	7–5, 7–5
Winner	3.	10 December 2012	$10,000	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Wen Xin	Huỳnh Phương Đài Trang Li Yihong	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	25 February 2013	$10,000	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Tamara Čurović	Misa Eguchi Mari Tanaka	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Winner	4.	23 June 2014	$50,000	Xi'an, China	Hard	Lu Jiajing	Liang Chen Yang Zhaoxuan	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	3.	9 February 2015	$50,000	Launceston, Australia	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Han Xinyun Junri Namigata	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Winner	5.	27 April 2015	$75,000	Gifu, Japan	Hard	Xu Yifan	An-Sophie Mestach Emily Webley-Smith	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	11 April 2016	$50,000	Shenzhen, China	Hard	Liang Chen	Shuko Aoyama Makoto Ninomiya	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Winner	6.	2 May 2016	$100,000	Anning, China	Clay	Zhang Kailin	Varatchaya Wongteanchai Yang Zhaoxuan	6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2), [10–1]

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Women's Tennis Association: Top Chinese female singles tennis players as of 28 November 2016
1. Zhang Shuai (23 ) 2. Wang Qiang (72 ) 3. Peng Shuai (84 ) 4. Zheng Saisai (85 ) 5. Duan Yingying (103 )
6. Han Xinyun (111 ) 7. Wang Yafan (117 ) 8. Zhu Lin (125 ) 9. Zhang Kailin (133 ) 10. Liu Fangzhou (146 )

Women's Tennis Association: Top Chinese female doubles tennis players as of 28 November 2016
1. Xu Yifan (20 ) 2. Zheng Saisai (24 ) 3. Peng Shuai (43 ) 4. Yang Zhaoxuan (60 ) 5. Liang Chen (61 )
6. Wang Yafan (80 ) 7. Han Xinyun (94 ) 8. Zhu Lin (109 ) 9. You Xiaodi (112 ) 10. Lu Jingjing (140 )