Wang Xinyu[a] (born 26 September 2001) is a Chinese professionaltennis player. Wang reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 on 9 October 2023, and set a doubles ranking of No. 16 on 20 May 2024. Partnering withHsieh Su-wei, she won the women's doubles title at the2023 French Open. She also won a silver medal in mixed doubles, alongsideZhang Zhizhen at the2024 Summer Olympics.
Wang was born inShenzhen,Guangdong.[2][3][4] Her father, Wang Peng (born inHangzhou,Zhejiang),[5] is a former head coach of the Shenzhen tennis team and theChinese women's national tennis team, but resigned from the latter to concentrate on his daughter's tennis career.[6][7] Her mother was a former player in the Zhejiang women's basketball team.[5] Both of them have devoted themselves to accompanying Wang everywhere. Wang showed great enthusiasm for tennis from early childhood and, coached by her father, she started playing properly at the age of five.[8]
Wang booked her ticket to hermajor debut at the2018 Australian Open on 3 December 2017 inZhuhai by winning theAsia-Pacific Wildcard Playoffs, coming back to edge out the Papua New Guinean No. 1,Abigail Tere-Apisah, in the final. Tere-Apisah was only two points away from victory when leading 5–3, 30–0 in the second set, looking to become the first player from Papua New Guinea to compete in a major main draw, when momentum shifted and Wang, demonstrating fearlessness for her age, won the next seven points, before going on to level the match. Wang eventually won the match in three sets, seizing the most crucial break with a splendid backhand passing shot in the ninth game, and then closed out the final set after saving four break points.[9] "It's probably the most important day in my life so far," Wang said in the post-match news conference toCCTV Sports Channel, the official TV broadcaster of theAustralian Open in China.[10] At the age of 16, she was the youngest Chinese player to make a Grand Slam championship main draw.[11][6][10]At the 2018 Australian Open, as the second youngest competitor in the main draw (just older than 15-year-oldMarta Kostyuk), Wang lost her debut match at a major toAlizé Cornet, in straight sets.[12] But going through to thegirls' doubles final with her partnerLiang En-shuo from Taiwan, Wang claimed the title in a close match againstViolet Apisah of Papua New Guinea (Abigail Tere-Apisah's niece) andLulu Sun, a New Zealand-born Swiss player of Chinese descent.[13][14][15][16][17][18]
2019: WTA Premier debut, first career doubles title
She made her debut in the top 100, after reaching the quarterfinal of theLadies Linz at world No. 99 in the year-end rankings, on 15 November 2021. However, she lost to the eventual champion,Alison Riske.
2022: First major win and top 75 in singles, top 100 in doubles
Wang won her first match in a Grand Slam tournament, which was againstAnn Li, and was defeated in the second round at theAustralian Open by world No. 2,Aryna Sabalenka.[20][21]
She made her top 100 debut in doubles, on 25 April 2022, and top 75 in singles, on 16 May 2022, after winning her biggest title on the ITF World Tennis Tour at the100k Solgironès Open in Spain.[22]
2023: Major title in doubles, singles fourth round and top 35
At theUS Open, she reached the fourth round in singles for the first time at a major.[24]
At theChina Open, she reached the third round at the WTA 1000 level for the second time by defeating 11th seedDaria Kasatkina.[25] As a result, she reached the top 35 in the WTA rankings on 9 October 2023.
2024: WTA 1000 singles & doubles semifinals, Olympic silver medal in mixed doubles
Using protected ranking on her debut, she reached in doubles, the second round at theMiami Open and the quarterfinals at theMadrid Open withZheng Saisai.[citation needed] Also on her debut, she reached the semifinals for the first time at the next WTA 1000, theItalian Open, again with Zheng, upsetting top-seeded pair Hsieh/Mertens to face third seeds Gauff and Routliffe for a spot in the final.[26] Wang and Zheng won the doubles at theBerlin Open.[27]
At theWuhan Open, she reached her first singles semifinal at the WTA 1000-level defeating second seed and world No. 3, Jessica Pegula, in the round of 16, her second top five win in three months,[31] andEkaterina Alexandrova in the quarterfinals.[32] The semifinal between her and compatriotZheng Qinwen was the first All-Chinese showdown at this level and guaranteed a first-time finalist from China at the tournament.[33]
Wang's current team consists of her father, Wang Peng; a Serbian technical coach, Aleksandar Slović, who won the men's singles title at the2009 Summer Universiade and once trained withNovak Djokovic when he was younger; a fitness coach, Miro Hrvatin from Croatia; and a Chinese physio fromNanjing.[11] With the help of Slović, Wang was able to train with a few Serbian players abroad.[8] She currently trains at the Tennis & Badminton Centre of the Shenzhen Sports Centre.[2][3]
(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.[45]
^Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
^abcdThe firstPremier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between theDubai Tennis Championships and theQatar 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 asWTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
^abGao Zhiming; Peng Zhigang (14 December 2017)."Shǒuwàng shíguāng Jìngdài huākāi"守望时光 静待花开！ [Await the blooming calmly with time going by].Daily Sunshine (in Chinese). Retrieved28 January 2018.
^abZhu Peng (4 December 2017)."Zhōngguó xiǎo huā pīn de zhèngsài zīgé"中国小花拼得正赛资格 [Chinese little flower struggled and got qualification for main draw].Beijing Youth Daily (in Chinese). Retrieved4 December 2017.
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