Yifan Xu

CHN Age 38 165 cm / 5'5" Plays: Left-Handed WTA Tour years active: 2007–2016

Yifan Xu represented China on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 148. In TennisDB's records, Yifan Xu finished with a career record of 2–13 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

148 (Jul 13, 2015)

Elo peak

1500 (5th percentile)

Singles record

2–13 (13.3%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$4,159,425

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Yifan Xu's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Yulia Putintseva #45	4-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 29, 2018	Q1 Q	China Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Belinda Woolcock	7-5 5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 2018	Q1 Q	Sydney International	WTA 500	Hard
Xinyun Han #115	6-4 1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 13, 2016*	R32	Tianjin	WTA 250	Hard
Nao Hibino #76	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 2016	Q1 Q	Pan Pacific Open	WTA 500	Hard
Erika Sema #369	6-2 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 11, 2016	Q2 Q	Japan Women's Open	WTA 250	Hard

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

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Yifan Xu's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Xinyun Han	1	1	Oct 13, 2016	H2H
Su-Wei Hsieh	1	1	May 18, 2016	H2H
Belinda Bencic	1	1	Sep 24, 2015	H2H
Ana Ivanovic	1	1	Jul 1, 2015	H2H
Yingying Duan	1	1	Mar 5, 2015	H2H

Career Results

Yifan Xu career results by season
Season	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2007	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	426	279
2008	WTA	1	2	3	33.3%	279	427
2010	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	404	280
2011	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	280	317
2014	WTA	1	2	3	33.3%	399	175
2015	WTA	0	4	4	0.0%	174	217
2016	Qualifying Q	4	5	9	44.4%	—	—
2016	WTA	0	2	2	0.0%	217	358
2018	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
Career	—	2	13	15	13.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Yifan Xu career results by season and surface
Season	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2007	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2008	WTA	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2010	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2011	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2014	WTA	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2015	WTA	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
2016	Qualifying Q	2	4	6	33.3%	2	0	2	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%
2016	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2018	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	2	11	13	15.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	13	15	13.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Yifan Xu career results by season and opponent rank
Season	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2007	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2008	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
2010	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2011	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2014	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2015	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
2016	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	7	8	12.5%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	13	15	13.3%

Performance Stats

Yifan Xu performance statistics by season
Season	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2007	1/1	1.0	2.0	71.2%	52.4%	41.2%	55.6%	20.0%	49.2%	37.1%
2008	3/3	0.0	2.0	65.7%	57.4%	44.2%	38.7%	69.4%	52.9%	44.8%
2010	1/1	1.0	5.0	47.1%	50.0%	18.5%	30.0%	75.0%	33.3%	47.9%
2011	1/1	0.0	1.0	67.5%	57.7%	44.0%	25.0%	38.5%	53.2%	44.7%
2014	3/3	1.3	3.3	57.9%	59.5%	52.5%	41.0%	40.4%	56.1%	45.5%
2015	3/4	1.0	2.3	71.8%	48.7%	49.5%	51.9%	62.2%	48.9%	31.9%
2016	2/2	0.5	4.5	62.8%	50.6%	30.5%	19.4%	68.8%	42.9%	36.4%
Career	14/15	0.7	2.9	64.1%	54.1%	43.1%	38.9%	56.2%	49.6%	40.7%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 14/15 (93.3%) of Yifan Xu's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Yifan Xu advanced statistics by season
Season	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2007	1493	100.5	+0.50	+1.12	0.730	43.0%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.03
2008	1494	107.9	-0.16	-0.03	0.950	48.9%	+18	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	—	0–2	—	-0.05
2010	1479	95.0	-1.92	-1.42	0.719	40.4%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.10
2011	1463	98.2	-2.51	-1.06	0.956	48.5%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.00	0–1	0–1	—	+0.17
2014	1461	102.3	-0.37	-1.50	1.037	50.7%	+8	—	—	42.9%	-0.57	0–1	1–0	—	+0.22
2015	1432	92.3	-2.08	-2.50	0.624	41.4%	+7	—	—	11.1%	-3.78	0–1	—	—	-0.13
2016	1425	95.1	-1.87	-2.23	0.638	40.0%	—	—	—	20.0%	-3.40	0–1	—	—	+0.13
2017	1412	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	1394	97.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	1500	96.1	-1.11	-1.28	0.807	45.3%	+11	—	—	23.5%	-2.27	0–4 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	92.9	+2.73

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Yifan Xu Grand Slams results by season
Season	W	W-L Win %
2015	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

WTA 1000

Yifan Xu WTA 1000 results by season
Season	BEI	DOH	CAN	W-L Win %
2014	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2016	—	Q1	Q1	0–2 (0%)
2018	Q1	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)

WTA 500

Yifan Xu WTA 500 results by season
Season	BEI	PAN	BIR	SYD	PAN	W-L Win %
2007	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2015	—	R32	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2016	—	—	Q1	—	Q1	0–2 (0%)
2018	—	—	—	Q1	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–5 (0%)

WTA 250

Yifan Xu WTA 250 results by season
Season	GUA	JAP	KUA	PAT	STR	TIA	W-L Win %
2008	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2010	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2011	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2014	R16	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2015	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2016	—	Q2	Q1	—	R32	R32	3–3 (50%)
W-L	2–4 (33%)	2–0 (100%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–10 (33%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

148

Career-high date

Jul 13, 2015

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Yifan Xu ranking history by month and season
Season	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2005	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	910	917	857	859
2006	858	854	860	865	724	514	484	447	468	466	431	426
2007	424	422	424	421	355	368	375	420	353	333	305	279
2008	278	263	265	258	294	313	309	315	287	299	359	427
2009	419	398	395	403	369	370	354	348	420	403	401	404
2010	358	396	345	349	307	265	264	253	268	279	276	280
2011	294	300	333	326	423	549	625	739	362	309	314	317
2012	312	300	294	257	261	260	234	231	240	258	253	251
2013	246	249	256	268	265	263	272	269	362	365	390	401
2014	421	423	365	393	314	285	253	266	222	192	176	175
2015	182	161	163	153	159	176	176	178	192	204	218	217
2016	214	234	244	253	273	277	332	337	383	417	357	358
2017	353	376	376	380	434	436	440	445	481	661	1051	—
2018	1015	1208	1209	1205	—	—	—	—	—	1166	1170	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Yifan Xu's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Noppawan Lertcheewakarn	THA	149	1,500	23	3	20	13.0%	2007–2012	Match log
Sacha Jones	AUS	150	1,501	11	2	9	18.2%	2008–2013	Match log
Lauren Albanese	USA	158	1,517	8	1	7	12.5%	2006–2016	Match log
María Irigoyen	ARG	147	1,500	10	2	8	20.0%	2008–2016	Match log
Irena Pavlovic	FRA	138	1,500	7	1	6	14.3%	2009–2013	Match log
Maria Fernanda Alves	BRA	132	1,500	8	1	7	12.5%	2002–2016	Match log
Yurika Sema	JPN	142	1,526	9	2	7	22.2%	2007–2012	Match log
Jing-Jing Lu	CHN	159	1,549	17	4	13	23.5%	2008–2018	Match log
Melanie Klaffner	AUT	175	1,500	9	1	8	11.1%	2007–2013	Match log
Corinna Dentoni	ITA	132	1,513	23	5	18	21.7%	2008–2013	Match log
Sandra Zaniewska	POL	142	1,508	4	1	3	25.0%	2012–2013	Match log
Sally Peers	AUS	145	1,537	7	2	5	28.6%	2009–2011	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Yifan Xu?: Yifan Xu is 38 years old.
Which country does Yifan Xu represent?: Yifan Xu represents China in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Yifan Xu?: Yifan Xu is 165 cm / 5'5".
Is Yifan Xu left-handed or right-handed?: Yifan Xu plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Yifan Xu won?: Yifan Xu has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Yifan Xu won?: TennisDB does not group any of Yifan Xu's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Yifan Xu's highest WTA ranking?: Yifan Xu's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 148, first achieved on July 13, 2015.
What is Yifan Xu's career win-loss record?: Yifan Xu has a career WTA singles record of 2 wins and 13 losses (13.3%).
How much career prize money has Yifan Xu earned?: Yifan Xu has earned at least $4,159,425 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Yifan Xu's career appear in TennisDB?: Yifan Xu appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2007 through 2016.
Who has Yifan Xu faced most often?: Yifan Xu's most frequent opponent is Xinyun Han, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.