Wang Xiyu

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)

Wang became junior world No. 1 on 10 September 2018, right after she won her only singles Grand Slam 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.[2] In doubles, she also has won one Grand Slam title at the 2018 Wimbledon, partnering with Wang Xinyu, and finished as runner-up at the 2017 US Open, alongside Lea Bošković. She also reached semifinals at the 2017 French Open and 2018 Australian Open. On the ITF Junior Circuit, she has won six singles and eight doubles titles.[3]

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.[1] In October 2017, she made her WTA main-draw debut at the 2017 Tianjin Open, where she also recorded her first win over Danka Kovinić.[4]

Season of 2018 was her breakthrough. In the early season, she reached quarterfinal at the $60k Burnie International, and soon after that 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 the another $25k event in Nonthaburi and win title at the $25k event in Tsukuba.[1] Her last tournament of the season was the Wuhan Open, where she made debut at Premier 5-level tournaments. There, she recorded a win over wildcard player Bernarda Pera,[5] before she lost in a tense match against Daria Kasatkina.[6]

Wang reached another quarterfinal at Burnie. In March, she made her debut at the Premier Mandatory level tournaments, reaching second round of Miami Open.[1] There she also recorded her first win on that level, defeating Monica Puig in the first round.[4] 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.[1][4] In June, she reached quarterfinals at the $100k Manchester Trophy.[1] 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.[4][7] Later, she had first-round losses at the Wuhan Open and China Open, but ended one round further at the Tianjin Open.[1]

Wang at the 2022 Transylvania Open.

Wang started the year with a win over Sorana Cîrstea at the Shenzhen Open,[8] but then lost to third seed Elise Mertens.[1] However, she failed to reach the main draw of the Australian Open,[1] Wang reached quarterfinals of the Hua Hin Championships, where she defeated world No. 15, Petra Martić.[9] She followed this up with a semifinal at the Mexican Open; after three wins, she lost to Heather Watson.[10][11]

At the 2022 Australian Open, she recorded her first Grand Slam career 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,[12] and made her top 100 debut a month later on 13 June 2022, after reaching her first WTA Challenger final at the Open 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.[13] As a result, she recorded a new career-high of No. 93, on 18 July 2022.

On 31 August, Wang defeated third seeded Maria Sakkari to enter round three of the US Open in which she lost to Alison Riske-Amritraj, in three sets.[14]

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

She scored back-to-back top-30 wins at the WTA 1000 level over Bianca Andreescu and Irina-Camelia Begu at Madrid and Rome. Then, at 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, and will face countrywoman Zheng Qinwen next.[15]

Current after the 2023 Italian Open.

Wang's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Active players are in boldface.[17]

Player	Record	Win%	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last match
No. 1 ranked players
Victoria Azarenka	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–1, 6–3) at 2022 Washington
Karolína Plíšková	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2023 Australian Open
No. 2 ranked players
Barbora Krejčíková	1–1	50%	0–1	1–0	–	Won (6–1, 7–6) at 2022 Budapest
Paula Badosa	1–1	50%	1–1	–	–	Won (6–2, 6–2) at 2019 Guadalajara
Svetlana Kuznetsova	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2019 Canadian Open
Vera Zvonareva	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2020 Indian Wells Challenger
Ons Jabeur	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2019 Tianjin
Anett Kontaveit	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–3, 2–6, 5–7) at 2022 Tallinn
No. 3 ranked players
Maria Sakkari	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (3–6, 7–5, 7–5) at 2022 US Open
No. 4 ranked players
Kiki Bertens	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2019 Miami Open
Belinda Bencic	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–4, 6–7, 3–6) at 2022 Charleston
No. 5 ranked players
Sara Errani	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (7–5, 6–7(3), 6–1) at 2020 Mexican Open
No. 7 ranked players
Danielle Collins	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (2–6, 6–4, 4–6) at 2021 French Open
No. 9 ranked players
Daria Kasatkina	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (1–6, 6–3, 6–7(8)) at 2018 Wuhan Open
Total	5–11	31%	4–9 (31%)	1–2 (33.33%)	0–0 ( – )	Current after the 2023 Australian Open