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Xu Yifan
Chinese tennis player (born 1988) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Xu Yifan (Chinese: 徐一璠[1]; pinyin: Xú Yīfán; Mandarin pronunciation: [ɕy̌ í fǎn]; born 8 August 1988), nicknamed Julie,[2] is a Chinese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 7 in doubles, on 13 January 2020. On 13 July 2015, she peaked at No. 148 in the singles rankings.
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2004–2013: Maiden ITF title
Xu made her debut playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in China. She won her first doubles title with Xia Huan in 2006.[3]
She was a finalist in women's doubles at the 2007 and 2008 China Open in Beijing with Han Xinyun.[citation needed]
2014–2016: Australian Open semifinalist, WTA Elite trophy champion
She was a quarterfinalist at the 2014 US Open in women's doubles with Zarina Diyas.[4] 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.[citation needed]
2017–2019: Wimbledon doubles final
She was also a quarterfinalist in doubles at the Australian Open in 2017 with Raquel Atawo.[citation needed] In 2017, she formed a new partnership with Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski. Xu won the Miami Open and the Connecticut Open women's doubles with Dabrowski.[5] She partnered with Dabrowski again in the US Open, with the pair reaching the quarterfinals.[citation needed]
In 2018, the duo won the doubles competition at the Sydney International,[6] and then reached the quarterfinals in Melbourne, just like 2019 at the French Open and US Open.[citation needed] The biggest achievement of the Canadian/Chinese pair was reaching the final of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, losing to Barbora Strycova and Hsieh Su-wei.[7]
She made the quarterfinals at the 2018 WTA Finals with Gabriela Dabrowski for a second consecutive year having done so also in 2017. She also qualified for the 2019 WTA Finals for a third year in a row.[citation needed]
2020–2021: US Open and WTA 1000 finals, world No. 7 in doubles
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She reached the finals of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati and the US Open with Nicole Melichar.
In 2021, she competed at the Tokyo Olympics with Yang Zhaoxuan.
2022: Second WTA 1000 title, French Open quarterfinal
In Indian Wells, she won the second WTA 1000 title of her career in doubles, partnering with Yang Zhaoxuan.[8] They also took the title at the Silicon Valley Classic[9]
She qualified for her fourth 2022 WTA Finals with a different partner, compatriot Yang Zhaoxuan.[10]
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Performance timeline
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.
Doubles

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Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 2 (runner-ups)
Mixed: 1 (runner-up)
Other significant finals
WTA 1000 tournaments
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
WTA Elite Trophy
Doubles: 1 (title)
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WTA Tour finals
Doubles: 25 (14 titles, 11 runner-ups)
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WTA Challenger finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles (1–5)
Doubles (21–12)
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