Wang Xiyu (Chinese: 王曦雨; pinyin: Wáng Xīyǔ; Mandarin pronunciation: [wǎŋ ɕí ỳ] ⓘ; born 28 March 2001) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 49 on 9 January 2023, and a best doubles ranking of No. 98 on 19 August 2024.

Wang became junior world No. 1 on 10 September 2018, right after she won her only singles major title at the 2018 US Open, defeating Clara Burel in the final. The same year, she finished as quarterfinalist on the Australian Open and French Open and then as semifinalist on Wimbledon, all in singles. In doubles, she also has won one major title at the 2018 Wimbledon, partnering with Wang Xinyu, and finished runners-up at the 2017 US Open alongside Lea Bošković. She also reached semifinals at the 2017 French Open and 2018 Australian Open.

Career

Juniors

On the ITF Junior Circuit, Wang has won six singles and eight doubles titles.

Grand Slam performance

Singles:

  • Australian Open: QF (2018)
  • French Open: QF (2018)
  • Wimbledon: SF (2018)
  • US Open: W (2018)

Doubles:

  • Australian Open: SF (2018)
  • French Open: SF (2017)
  • Wimbledon: W (2018)
  • US Open: F (2017)

2016–17: Professional debut

Wang Xiyu at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Wang made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in 2016 at the $10k event in Anning as a wildcard player. Despite the loss in her first match, the following week she reached semifinal at the $10k event in the same city. In October 2017, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Tianjin Open, where she also recorded her first win over Danka Kovinić.

2018: Breakthrough season

She had her breakthrough in 2018. In the early season, she reached quarterfinal at the $60k Burnie International, and soon after, she played at the Premier Mandatory Miami Open but failed to qualify. In April, she recorded her first win on the WTA Challenger Tour, defeating Naomi Broady in order to reach second round of the Zhengzhou Open. In August, she won her first ITF singles title, defeating Barbora Štefková in the final of $25k event in Nonthaburi. She then finished as runner-up at another $25k event in Nonthaburi and won the title at the $25k event in Tsukuba. Her last tournament of the season was the Wuhan Open, where she made her debut at Premier 5-level tournaments. There, she recorded a win over wildcard player Bernarda Pera, before she lost in a tense match against Daria Kasatkina.

2019: Major, WTA Premier and top 150 debuts

Wang reached another quarterfinal at the Burnie International. In March, she made her debut at the Premier Mandatory level tournaments as a wildcard, reaching the second round of the Miami Open. There, she also recorded her first win on that level, defeating Monica Puig in the first round. In April, she reached final at the $25k event in Osaka and one month later won her first bigger title at the $60k event in La Bisbal d'Emporda, defeating Dalma Gálfi in the final. In June, she reached quarterfinals at the $100k Manchester Trophy. Unlike the first three majors of the year, Wang reached the main draw at the US Open, but lost to Kirsten Flipkens in the first round. Later, she had first-round losses at the Wuhan Open and China Open, but ended one round further at the Tianjin Open.

2020-22: First WTA Tour semifinal & Major win, top 50

Wang at the 2022 Transylvania Open.

Wang started the year with a win over Sorana Cîrstea at the Shenzhen Open, but then lost to third seed Elise Mertens. However, she failed to reach the main draw of the Australian Open, Wang reached quarterfinals of the Hua Hin Championships, where she defeated world No. 15, Petra Martić. She followed this up with a semifinal at the Mexican Open; after three wins, she lost to Heather Watson.

At the 2022 Australian Open, she recorded her first major match win, as a wildcard against qualifier Viktória Kužmová.

She reached a new career-high singles ranking of world No. 103, on 9 May 2022, and made her top 100 debut a month later on 13 June 2022, after reaching her first WTA Challenger final at the Open Internacional de Valencia. She made her debut at Wimbledon where she lost in the first round to another debutante at this major, Jule Niemeier.

At the Budapest Grand Prix, she defeated top seed Barbora Krejčíková in the first round and overcame Ana Bogdan in the longest straight-sets match of the year, in 2 hours and 45 minutes in the second round to move to the quarterfinals. As a result, she recorded a new career-high of No. 93, on 18 July 2022.

In August, Wang defeated third seeded Maria Sakkari to reach the third round of the US Open before losing to Alison Riske-Amritraj, in three sets.

She ended the year ranked in the top 50 on 7 November 2022.

2023: WTA 1000 fourth round, maiden WTA Tour title

She scored back-to-back wins at the WTA 1000-level against top-30 players Bianca Andreescu and Irina-Camelia Begu at Madrid and Rome. Then, in Rome, she defeated Taylor Townsend, the vanquisher of world No. 3, Jessica Pegula, by saving match points being a break down. With the win, she reached her maiden WTA 1000 fourth round, before losing to countrywoman and 22nd seed Zheng Qinwen.

Wang won her maiden WTA Tour title in Guangzhou, defeating top seed Magda Linette in the final.

She received a wildcard for her home tournament, the China Open. She also received a wildcard for the 2023 WTA Elite Trophy, partnering Xu Yifan.

2024–25: WTA Tour final, back to top 150

She reached the final at the 2024 ATX Open, defeating top seed Anhelina Kalinina in the last four, but lost to fellow Chinese player Yuan Yue.

In 2025, she won the ITF W75 2025 Lexington Open, her first title in two years. As a result she reentered the top 150 in the rankings on 11 August 2025.

Performance timelines

Key
WFSFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH

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

Singles

Current through the 2023 Hong Kong Open.

Tournament201720182019202020212022202320242025SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAQ2Q3A2R1R1R2R0 / 42–433%
French OpenAAQ2A1RQ21R2RQ30 / 31–325%
WimbledonAAQ2NHQ21R1R1RQ20 / 30–30%
US OpenAA1RAA3R2R1R1R0 / 53–538%
Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–13–31–41–41–20 / 156–1529%
National representation
Summer OlympicsNHAnot held3RNH0 / 12–167%
Billie Jean King CupAAAPOPO0 / 02–167%
WTA 1000
Qatar OpenAAAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0–
DubaiAAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–10%
Indian Wells OpenAAQ1NHAA2R1RA0 / 21–233%
Miami OpenAQ12RNH1RQ22R2RA0 / 43–443%
Madrid OpenAAANHQ2A3R2RA0 / 23–260%
Italian OpenAAAAAA4R1R0 / 23–260%
Canadian OpenAA1RNHAAAA0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati OpenAAAAAA1RQ10 / 10–10%
Guadalajara OpenNHAANMS0 / 00–0–
Wuhan OpenAAANH1R0 / 10–10%
China OpenA2R1RNH1R1R0 / 41–420%
Win–loss0–01–11–30–00–10–07–62–70–00 / 1811–1838%
Career statistics
201720182019202020212022202320242025SRW–LWin %
Tournaments137371025234Career total: 83
Titles000000100Career total: 1
Finals000000110Career total: 2
Overall win–loss1–11–32–76–34–713–1116–2421–231–41 / 8365–8344%
Year-end ranking5922001431231285072102$1,644,296

Doubles

Tournament202220232024SRW–LWin %
Australian OpenA1R2R0 / 21–233%
French OpenAA2R0 / 11–0100%
Wimbledon1R1R1R0 / 30–30%
US OpenA1R1R0 / 20–20%
Win–loss0–10–32–30 / 82–722%

WTA Tour finals

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

Legend
Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (1–1)Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–0)
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500
WTA 250 (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Sep 2023Guangzhou Open, ChinaWTA 250HardPoland Magda Linette6–0, 6–2
Loss1–1Mar 2024ATX Open, United StatesWTA 250HardChina Yuan Yue4–6, 6–7(4–7)

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 2022Internacional de Valencia, SpainClayChina Zheng Qinwen4–6, 6–4, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (6 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
Legend $100,000 tournaments (0–3) $60,000 tournaments (2–1) $50,000 tournaments (1–0) $25,000 tournaments (3–3)Finals by surface Hard (5–4) Clay (1–3)
$100,000 tournaments (0–3)
$60,000 tournaments (2–1)
$50,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (1–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Aug 2018ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand25,000HardCzech Republic Barbora Štefková6–3, 7–5
Loss1–1Aug 2018ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand25,000HardChina Wang Xinyu1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win2–1Aug 2018ITF Tsukuba, Japan25,000HardChina Zhang Kailin3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss2–2Apr 2019ITF Osaka, Japan25,000HardSouth Korea Han Na-lae5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win3–2May 2019Internacional de La Bisbal, Spain60,000ClayHungary Dalma Gálfi4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss3–3Oct 2021ITF Florence, United States25,000HardColombia Emiliana Arango3–6, 6–0, 6–7(0)
Loss3–4Apr 2022Clay Court Championships, United States100,000ClayUnited States Katie Volynets4–6, 3–6
Loss3–5Apr 2022Charlottesville Open, United States60,000ClayUnited States Louisa Chirico4–6, 3–6
Loss3–6May 2022ITF Charleston Pro, United States100,000ClayUnited States Taylor Townsend3–6, 2–6
Loss3–7Sep 2023Tokyo Open, Japan100,000HardSwitzerland Viktorija Golubic4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win4–7Jul 2025Lexington Open, United States60,000HardIndonesia Janice Tjen3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win5–7Mar 2026ITF Maanshan, China25,000HardRussia Kristiana Sidorova6–4, 7–5
Win6–7Mar 2026ITF Maanshan, China50,000HardChina Guo Hanyu6–2, 7–6(3)

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Legend $25,000 tournaments (3–1) $15,000 tournaments (0–2)Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (2–1)
$25,000 tournaments (3–1)
$15,000 tournaments (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Sep 2017ITF Hua Hin, Thailand15,000HardSerbia Natalija KostićChina Ni Ma Zhuoma China You Mi Zhuoma4–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Dec 2017ITF Castellón, Spain15,000ClayChina Ren JiaqiSpain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Brazil Luisa Stefani3–6, 1–6
Win1–2Jun 2018ITF Barcelona, Spain25,000ClayUnited States Jessica HoBrazil Carolina Alves France Jade Suvrijn6–3, 6–1
Win2–2Jun 2018ITF Madrid, Spain25,000Clay (i)Paraguay Montserrat GonzálezRussia Anastasia Pribylova Romania Raluca Șerban6–4, 7–6(4)
Win3–2Aug 2018ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand25,000HardChina Wang XinyuAustralia Destanee Aiava Australia Naiktha Bains7–5, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss3–3Apr 2019ITF Osaka, Japan25,000HardChinese Taipei Hsu Ching-wenSouth Korea Choi Ji-hee South Korea Han Na-lae4–6, 7–5, [8–10]

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Girls' singles: 1 (title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win2018US OpenHardFrance Clara Burel7–6(4), 6–2

Girls' doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentScore
Loss2017US OpenHardCroatia Lea BoškovićSerbia Olga Danilović Ukraine Marta Kostyuk1–6, 5–7
Win2018WimbledonGrassChina Wang XinyuUnited States Caty McNally United States Whitney Osuigwe6–2, 6–1

Top 10 wins

Season2022Total
Wins11
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreXWR
2022
1.Greece Maria SakkariNo. 3US OpenHard2R3–6, 7–5, 7–5No. 75

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