Yang Zhaoxuan

Yang Zhaoxuan
杨钊煊
Yang at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) China
ResidenceBeijing, China
Born (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995
Beijing
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,830,990
Singles
Career record138–134
Career titles0 WTA, 3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 151 (14 September 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2016)
French OpenQ1 (2016)
WimbledonQ3 (2015)
US OpenQ2 (2015)
Doubles
Career record307–225
Career titles7
Highest rankingNo. 9 (30 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 558 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2023)
French OpenSF (2018)
Wimbledon3R (2022)
US Open3R (2017, 2022)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2022)
Olympic Games2R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
WimbledonSF (2019)
US Open2R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup15–6
Medal record
Representing  China
Women's Tennis
Asian Games
2018 Jakarta Doubles

Yang Zhaoxuan (Chinese: 杨钊煊; pinyin: Yáng Zhāoxuān; Mandarin pronunciation: [jǎŋ ʈʂáʊ ɕɥɛ́n]; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. She reached her best WTA doubles ranking of world No. 9 on 30 January 2023.

Yang has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA Challenger doubles title. In September 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. In addition, she has won three singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career

2014: WTA Tour debut

Yang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Ye Qiuyu in doubles.[1] The pair lost their first-round match against third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova.[1]

2017: First WTA 1000 final

Alongside Shuko Aoyama, she reached the final of the Wuhan Open[2] which they lost to Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis.[3] At the WTA Elite Trophy, she lost both matches in the round-robin stage together with Han Xinyun.[4][5]

2018: First major doubles semifinal

At the French Open, Yang alongside Chan Hao-ching reached her first Grand Slam semifinal but then lost to Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya.[6]

2019: Mixed doubles semifinal

At the Wimbledon Championships, she reached the round of the last four in mixed doubles alongside Matwé Middelkoop, after overcoming the top-seeded couple of Nicole Melichar and Bruno Soares.[7] They lost their semifinal match to Jeļena Ostapenko and Robert Lindstedt.[8]

2021: Second WTA 1000 final

In March, Yang reached the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships along with Xu Yifan but they lost to Alexa Guarachi and Darija Jurak.[9]

2022: WTA 1000 doubles title and WTA Finals

At the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open, she won the biggest title of her career in doubles with Xu Yifan.[10] They also took the title at the Silicon Valley Classic[11] She qualified for the 2022 WTA Finals with partner Yifan.[12]

2023: Top 10 debut, major quarterfinal

She reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal outside of Paris at the Australian Open, partnering with Chan Hao-ching. As a result, she recorded a new career-high ranking of world No. 9, on 30 January 2023.

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Dubai Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R A 3R 3R 1R 1R 2R 3R QF 0 / 8 10–8 56%
French Open A A A A 1R SF 2R A 2R QF 3R 0 / 6 11–6 65%
Wimbledon A A A Q2 2R 2R 1R NH A 3R 2R 0 / 5 5–5 50%
US Open A A A 1R 3R 2R 2R A A 3R 2R 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 5–4 8–4 2–4 0–1 2–2 9–4 7–4 0 / 25 33–25 57%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals DNQ/NH RR DNQ 0 / 1 1–2 33%
WTA Elite Trophy DNQ F RR RR F NH DNQ 0 / 6 4–6 40%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH 2R NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A A A A 1R 2R 1R 2R F A QF 0 / 6 8–6 55%
Indian Wells Open A A A A QF 2R 2R NH A W 1R 0 / 5 9–4 69%
Miami Open A A A A 2R 2R 2R NH 2R SF 2R 0 / 6 8–6 57%
Madrid Open A A A A A 2R 1R NH 1R 1R 2R 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Italian Open A A A A A 2R 2R A 1R QF 1R 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Canadian Open A A A A A 2R[b] 2R[b] NH A 2R SF 0 / 4 6–2 75%
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A 1R A A 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wuhan Open A 1R 1R 1R F 1R SF NH 0 / 6 6–6 50%
China Open A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R NH A 0 / 5 0–5 0%
Guadalajara Open NH SF 1R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 4 10 12 19 23 27 5 13 23 25 Career total: 143
Titles 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 Career total: 6
Finals 0 0 0 4 3 1 2 0 2 2 1 Career total: 14
Overall win-loss 0–1 0–4 4–10 14–12 24–19 21–21 27–25 4–5 16–13 33–31 26–24 6 / 163 169–157 52%
Year-end ranking 362 465 112 60 28 28 36 55 48 12 32 $1,511,525

Significant finals

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 2 (runner–ups)

Result Year Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2016 Zhuhai, China Hard (i) You Xiaodi İpek Soylu
Xu Yifan
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 2019 Zhuhai, China Hard (i) Duan Yingying Lyudmyla Kichenok
Andreja Klepač
3–6, 3–6

WTA 1000 tournaments

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

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2017 Wuhan Open Hard Shuko Aoyama Chan Yung-jan
Martina Hingis
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [4–10]
Loss 2021 Dubai Championships Hard Xu Yifan Alexa Guarachi
Darija Jurak
0–6, 3–6
Win 2022 Indian Wells Open Hard Xu Yifan Asia Muhammad
Ena Shibahara
7–5, 7–6(7–4)

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
Elite Trophy (0–2)
WTA 1000 (1–2)
WTA 500 (2–1)
WTA 250 (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2016 Malaysian Open International[c] Hard Varatchaya Wongteanchai Liang Chen
Wang Yafan
4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss 1–1 Jun 2016 Nottingham Open, UK International Grass Gabriela Dabrowski Andrea Hlaváčková
Peng Shuai
5–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 1–2 Sep 2016 Pan Pacific Open, Japan Premier[d] Hard Liang Chen Sania Mirza
Barbora Strýcová
1–6, 1–6
Loss 1–3 Nov 2016 WTA Elite Trophy, China Elite Hard You Xiaodi İpek Soylu
Xu Yifan
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 1–4 Jan 2017 Hobart International, Australia International Hard Gabriela Dabrowski Raluca Olaru
Olga Savchuk
6–0, 4–6, [5–10]
Win 2–4 Sep 2017 Japan Women's Open International Hard Shuko Aoyama Monique Adamczak
Storm Sanders
6–0, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss 2–5 Sep 2017 Wuhan Open, China Premier 5[e] Hard Shuko Aoyama Chan Yung-jan
Martina Hingis
6–7(5–7), 6–3, [4–10]
Win 3–5 Feb 2018 Dubai Championships, U.A.E. Premier Hard Chan Hao-ching Hsieh Su-wei
Peng Shuai
4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win 4–5 Jan 2019 Shenzhen Open, China International Hard Peng Shuai Duan Yingying
Renata Voráčová
6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–6 Oct 2019 WTA Elite Trophy, China Elite Hard Duan Yingying Lyudmyla Kichenok
Andreja Klepač
3–6, 3–6
Loss 4–7 Mar 2021 Dubai Championships, UAE WTA 1000 Hard Xu Yifan Alexa Guarachi
Darija Jurak
0–6, 3–6
Loss 4–8 May 2021 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France WTA 250 Clay Makoto Ninomiya Alexa Guarachi
Desirae Krawczyk
2–6, 3–6
Win 5–8 Mar 2022 Indian Wells Open, US WTA 1000 Hard Xu Yifan Asia Muhammad
Ena Shibahara
7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win 6–8 Aug 2022 Silicon Valley Classic, US WTA 500 Hard Xu Yifan Shuko Aoyama
Chan Hao-ching
7–5, 6–0
Win 7–8 May 2023 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France WTA 250 Clay Xu Yifan Desirae Krawczyk
Giuliana Olmos
6–3, 6–2

WTA Challenger finals

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

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2015 Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand Hard Varatchaya Wongteanchai Liang Chen
Wang Yafan
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2019 Kunming Open, China Clay Peng Shuai Duan Yingying
Han Xinyun
7–5, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2011 ITF New Delhi, India 10,000 Hard Kim Hae-sung 6–2, 6–0
Win 2–0 Aug 2014 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard İpek Soylu 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 3–0 Dec 2014 ITF Hong Kong, China 10,000 Hard Zhu Lin 6–4, 6–4
Loss 3–1 Apr 2015 Pingshan Open, China 25,000 Hard Hsieh Su-wei 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 24 (12 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–3)
$75,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50,000 tournaments (3–3)
$25,000 tournaments (2–2)
$10,000 tournaments (5–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–10)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (3–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2010 ITF Ningbo, China 10,000 Hard Wang Yafan Lu Jiaxiang
Yang Zijun
1–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win 2–0 Nov 2010 ITF Manila, Philippines 10,000 Hard Zhu Lin Kim Ji-young
Kim Jin-hee
6–4, 6–7(5), [10–7]
Win 3–0 Feb 2012 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Zhang Kailin Li Yihong
Tang Haochen
7–6(6), 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 3–1 May 2012 ITF Changwon,
South Korea
25,000 Hard Zhang Kailin Liu Wanting
Xu Yifan
4–6, 5–7
Loss 3–2 Oct 2012 Suzhou Ladies Open,
China
100,000 Hard Zhao Yijing Timea Bacsinszky
Caroline Garcia
5–7, 3–6
Win 4–2 Apr 2013 ITF Seoul, South Korea 15,000 Hard Liu Wanting Chan Chin-wei
Zhang Nannan
6–2, 6–2
Loss 4–3 Sep 2013 ITF Sanya, China 50,000 Hard Zhao Yijing Sun Ziyue
Xu Shilin
7–6(5), 3–6, [3–10]
Loss 4–4 Feb 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Li Yihong Pia König
Sofia Kvatsabaia
1–2 ret.
Loss 4–5 Jun 2014 ITF Xi'an, China 50,000 Hard Liang Chen Lu Jiajing
Wang Yafan
3–6, 6–7(2)
Loss 4–6 Aug 2014 ITF Istanbul, Turkey 10,000 Hard Gao Xinyu Wang Yan
You Xiaodi
w/o
Loss 4–7 Aug 2014 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Hard Wang Yan Alona Fomina
Christina Shakovets
3–6, 1–6
Win 5–7 Dec 2014 ITF Hong Kong 10,000 Hard Ye Qiuyu Hong Seung-yeon
Kang Seo-kyung
6–4, 6–3
Loss 5–8 Feb 2015 Launceston International, Australia 50,000 Hard Wang Yafan Han Xinyun
Junri Namigata
4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 6–8 Feb 2015 ITF New Delhi, India 25,000 Hard Tang Haochen Hsu Ching-wen
Lee Pei-chi
7–5, 6–1
Loss 6–9 Apr 2015 ITF Nanjing, China 25,000 Hard Ye Qiuyu Liu Chang
Lu Jiajing
6–1, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss 6–10 May 2015 Anning Open, China 75,000 Hard Ye Qiuyu Xu Yifan
Zheng Saisai
5–7, 2–6
Win 7–10 Oct 2015 Suzhou Ladies Open, China 50,000 Hard Zhang Yuxuan Tian Ran
Zhang Kailin
7–6(4), 6–2
Win 8–10 Apr 2016 ITF Kashiwa, Japan 25,000 Hard Zhang Kailin You Xiaodi
Zhu Lin
7–5, 2–6, [11–9]
Loss 8–11 May 2016 Kunming Open, China 100,000 Clay Varatchaya Wongteanchai Wang Yafan
Zhang Kailin
7–6(3), 6–7(2), [1–10]
Win 9–11 May 2016 Eastbourne Trophy, UK 50,000 Grass Zhang Kailin Asia Muhammad
Maria Sanchez
7–6(5), 6–1
Win 10–11 Jun 2016 Ilkley Trophy, UK 50,000 Grass Zhang Kailin An-Sophie Mestach
Storm Sanders
6–3, 7–6(5)
Win 11–11 Jun 2017 Southsea Trophy, UK 100,000+H Grass Shuko Aoyama Viktorija Golubic
Lyudmyla Kichenok
6–7(7), 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 11–12 Nov 2017 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China 100,000 Hard Shuko Aoyama Jacqueline Cako
Nina Stojanović
4–6, 2–6
Win 12–12 Nov 2018 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China 100,000 Hard Shuko Aoyama Choi Ji-hee
Luksika Kumkhum
6–2, 6–3

Notes

  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ a b Withdrew during the tournament.
  3. ^ The WTA International tournaments were reclassified as WTA 250 tournaments in 2021.
  4. ^ The WTA Premier tournaments were reclassified as WTA 500 tournaments in 2021.
  5. ^ The WTA Premier 5 & Mandatory tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.

References

  1. ^ a b "Shenzhen Open 2014" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  2. ^ WTA Staff (29 September 2017). "Chan and Hingis into Wuhan final". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. ^ WTA Staff (30 September 2017). "Hingis, Chan capture third straight title at Wuhan". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. ^ WTA Staff (31 October 2017). "Olaru and Savchuk triumph in Zhuhai doubles opener". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  5. ^ WTA Staff (4 November 2017). "Duan and Han seal spot in Zhuhai doubles final". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  6. ^ Alex Macpherson (8 June 2018). "Hozumi & Ninomiya make history in Paris as first all-Japanese pair in Slam final". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  7. ^ WTA Staff (11 July 2019). "Yang, Middelkoop shock No.1 seeds Melichar, Soares to make Wimbledon mixed semis". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  8. ^ WTA Staff (12 July 2019). "Ostapenko, Lindstedt book spot vs. Chan, Dodig in Wimbledon mixed doubles final". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  9. ^ "Muguruza back in the winner's circle, beats Krejcikova for Dubai title". WTA Tennis. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  10. ^ WTA Staff (19 March 2022). "Xu, Yang charge to Indian Wells doubles title". WTA Tennis. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Russia's Daria Kasatkina bests Shelby Rogers, wins Silicon Valley Classic". CBS News. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
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