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Yafan Wang

CHN Age 32 170 cm / 5'7" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2014–2025

Yafan Wang represents China on the WTA Tour and is ranked No. 422, having reached a career high of No. 47. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 72–90 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

47 (Oct 7, 2019)

Elo peak

1803 (75th percentile)

Singles record

72–90 (44.4%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$3,751,062

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 →

Yafan Wang's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Belinda Bencic #11	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 30, 2025	R16	Hong Kong Open	WTA 250	Hard
Maddison Inglis #186	6-4 6-7(6) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 27, 2025	R32	Hong Kong Open	WTA 250	Hard
Lulu Sun #116	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 23, 2025	R16	Guangzhou Open	WTA 250	Hard
Kamilla Rakhimova #103	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 20, 2025	R32	Guangzhou Open	WTA 250	Hard
Katerina Siniakova #62	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 5, 2025	Q2 Q	Wuhan Open	WTA 1000	Hard

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

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Yafan Wang's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Anna Karolina Schmiedlova	4	0	4	Jul 3, 2024	H2H
Peyton Stearns	1	2	3	Aug 18, 2025	H2H
Sara Sorribes Tormo	1	2	3	Aug 21, 2024	H2H
Elina Svitolina	1	2	3	Aug 15, 2024	H2H
Sofia Kenin	2	1	3	Aug 8, 2024	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Yafan Wang singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2019	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	Acapulco
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Yafan Wang career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2014	20	WTA	3	1	4	75.0%	339	180
2015	21	WTA	1	3	4	25.0%	181	136
2016	22	Qualifying Q	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—
2016	22	WTA	3	8	11	27.3%	136	116
2017	23	WTA	5	5	10	50.0%	115	170
2018	24	Qualifying Q	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—
2018	24	WTA	11	12	23	47.8%	172	70
2019	25	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
2019	25	WTA	25	21	46	54.4%	64	48
2020	26	WTA	3	6	9	33.3%	50	95
2021	27	Qualifying Q	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—
2021	27	WTA	1	9	10	10.0%	95	309
2023	29	WTA	1	1	2	50.0%	412	100
2024	30	Qualifying Q	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—
2024	30	WTA	15	16	31	48.4%	102	61
2025	31	Qualifying Q	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—
2025	31	WTA	4	8	12	33.3%	64	279
Career		—	72	90	162	44.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Yafan Wang career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2014	20	WTA	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%
2015	21	WTA	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
2016	22	Qualifying Q	3	3	6	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%
2016	22	WTA	3	8	11	27.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	8	11	27.3%
2017	23	WTA	5	5	10	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	10	50.0%
2018	24	Qualifying Q	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
2018	24	WTA	9	8	17	52.9%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	11	12	23	47.8%
2019	25	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2019	25	WTA	22	14	36	61.1%	0	4	4	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	25	21	46	54.3%
2020	26	WTA	3	6	9	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%
2021	27	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
2021	27	WTA	0	4	4	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%
2023	29	WTA	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2024	30	Qualifying Q	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%
2024	30	WTA	12	11	23	52.2%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	15	16	31	48.4%
2025	31	Qualifying Q	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%
2025	31	WTA	4	8	12	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
Career	—	—	63	69	132	47.7%	5	12	17	29.4%	4	9	13	30.8%	72	90	162	44.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Yafan Wang career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2014	20	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	3	1	4	75.0%
2015	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
2016	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
2017	23	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%	3	0	3	100.0%	5	5	10	50.0%
2018	24	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	5	9	44.4%	6	2	8	75.0%	11	12	23	47.8%
2019	25	1	3	4	25.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	14	10	24	58.3%	8	2	10	80.0%	25	21	46	54.3%
2020	26	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
2021	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	9	10	10.0%
2023	29	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2024	30	1	1	2	50.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	7	8	15	46.7%	5	2	7	71.4%	15	16	31	48.4%
2025	31	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	8	12	33.3%
Career		3	9	12	25.0%	6	19	25	24.0%	33	43	76	43.4%	30	18	48	62.5%	72	89	161	44.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 161/162 (99.4%) of Yafan Wang's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Yafan Wang performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2014	20	4/4	2.0	4.5	59.7%	64.6%	43.3%	56.5%	66.7%	56.0%	41.3%
2015	21	1/4	0.0	4.0	63.8%	50.0%	41.2%	28.6%	25.0%	46.8%	34.7%
2016	22	9/11	1.0	3.3	56.8%	62.9%	42.8%	35.4%	38.0%	54.1%	41.8%
2017	23	10/10	1.1	3.5	57.8%	58.4%	43.0%	57.8%	57.8%	51.5%	47.0%
2018	24	23/23	2.0	3.0	64.4%	62.5%	48.6%	53.0%	46.3%	57.6%	45.3%
2019	25	45/46	2.3	3.2	59.0%	64.8%	46.2%	48.7%	44.3%	57.1%	44.6%
2020	26	9/9	1.7	3.7	55.7%	61.4%	45.7%	47.7%	45.5%	54.5%	42.6%
2021	27	10/10	1.5	4.7	58.2%	56.5%	42.6%	45.9%	41.6%	50.3%	41.3%
2023	29	2/2	3.0	4.0	56.9%	75.4%	47.3%	72.2%	33.6%	63.3%	41.3%
2024	30	31/31	2.3	2.8	61.0%	62.9%	45.8%	56.6%	46.6%	56.3%	41.4%
2025	31	9/12	3.0	2.9	60.8%	64.0%	39.8%	50.5%	54.3%	54.8%	35.3%
Career		153/162	2.0	3.3	59.9%	62.8%	45.3%	51.0%	46.4%	55.7%	43.0%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 153/162 (94.4%) of Yafan Wang's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Yafan Wang advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2014	20	1549	108.9	+0.74	-0.59	0.938	49.0%	+23	—	—	60.0%	+0.30	2–0	1–0	—	+0.08
2015	21	1547	110.0	-0.18	+0.18	0.652	40.6%	+23	—	—	14.3%	-2.86	0–1	—	—	-0.60
2016	22	1534	105.6	-1.38	-0.88	0.910	47.4%	+5	—	—	32.0%	-0.84	1–2 (33%)	1–0	—	+0.89
2017	23	1542	112.4	-2.65	-0.86	0.969	49.5%	-4	—	—	52.4%	+0.19	0–1	2–0	—	+0.58
2018	24	1620	128.2	+0.80	+1.73	1.069	51.3%	+35	-66	—	47.1%	+0.20	3–4 (43%)	5–5 (50%)	98.7	+0.42
2019	25	1723	137.5	+0.52	+1.84	1.042	50.7%	+39	-253	-98	50.0%	+0.15	7–5 (58%)	4–6 (40%)	100.9	-1.32
2020	26	1667	112.2	-0.43	+0.38	0.936	48.6%	+16	—	—	36.4%	-0.59	2–2 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	97.9	+0.03
2021	27	1497	99.0	-3.37	-2.01	0.830	45.7%	+87	-116	+97	24.0%	-1.88	1–4 (20%)	1–0	—	+0.73
2023	29	1628	111.4	-0.86	+3.00	1.127	51.5%	—	—	—	60.0%	+0.40	0–1	—	—	-0.05
2024	30	1719	129.9	+0.04	-1.32	0.948	48.9%	+47	-335	-162	45.1%	-0.46	7–4 (64%)	4–3 (57%)	106.5	-0.37
2025	31	1697	123.7	-1.23	-4.33	0.781	46.0%	+5	—	—	32.1%	-1.21	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	101.0	-0.89
Career		1803	129.6	-0.28	+0.09	0.971	49.3%	+29	-198	-65	43.3%	-0.37	26–25 (51%)	20–19 (51%)	101.9	-0.31

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Yafan Wang Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2016	22	R128	—	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
2018	24	—	R128	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
2019	25	R64	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
2020	26	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2021	27	R128	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
2023	29	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
2024	30	R32	R64	R64	R16	7–4 (64%)
2025	31	R64	—	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
W-L		4–6 (40%)	1–3 (25%)	2–4 (33%)	6–6 (50%)	13–19 (41%)

WTA 1000

Yafan Wang WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	CIN	DOH	IW	MAD	MIA	ITA	CAN	WUH	W-L Win %
2016	22	R32	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	3–3 (50%)
2017	23	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
2018	24	R64	—	—	Q1	—	R16	—	—	R64	5–4 (56%)
2019	25	R32	R32	—	R128	R64	R16	—	—	R32	7–7 (50%)
2021	27	—	—	—	—	Q1	Q1	Q1	—	—	0–3 (0%)
2024	30	R128	R64	—	R128	—	R128	R128	R32	Q1	5–7 (42%)
2025	31	—	R128	—	—	—	—	—	R128	Q2	2–3 (40%)
W-L		4–5 (44%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	6–4 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	4–6 (40%)	22–29 (43%)

WTA 500

Yafan Wang WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BRI	DUB	MEL	KOR	WAS	ABU	W-L Win %
2016	22	—	—	Q2	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2018	24	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2021	27	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	0–2 (0%)
2024	30	Q1	—	—	—	—	R16	—	1–2 (33%)
2025	31	—	R64	—	—	Q1	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–8 (20%)

WTA 250

Yafan Wang WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	BUC	LIB	HKG	MAL	KOR	WAS	ATX	BIR	BOG	CHA	TEN	GUA	HOB	HUA	JIA	KAO	KUA	MON	NEW	NOT	PHI	MOR	SHE	STR	TAI	TIA	W-L Win %
2014	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
2015	21	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
2016	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	R16	2–5 (29%)
2017	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	5–3 (62%)
2018	24	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	SF	R32	7–6 (54%)
2019	25	W	—	R32	—	QF	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	SF	R32	—	QF	17–11 (61%)
2020	26	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
2021	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
2024	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	Q1	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	6–6 (50%)
2025	31	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–3 (62%)
W-L		5–1 (83%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	6–6 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	5–3 (62%)	1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	4–4 (50%)	52–48 (52%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Oct 7, 2019

First Top 100

Apr 2, 2018

First Top 50

Mar 4, 2019

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Yafan Wang ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2012	18	—	—	—	745	649	626	539	534	529	513	519	473
2013	19	402	396	362	385	416	422	489	478	355	360	322	342
2014	20	376	376	403	398	399	381	257	234	189	182	182	180
2015	21	180	157	156	150	135	129	137	130	151	137	136	136
2016	22	138	135	134	135	143	145	148	163	140	117	117	116
2017	23	127	126	126	131	138	142	118	120	141	166	170	—
2018	24	152	124	125	87	82	83	93	90	78	83	70	70
2019	25	60	65	50	56	56	56	51	50	49	47	48	48
2020	26	51	56	78	—	—	—	—	83	88	93	95	95
2021	27	96	101	106	122	119	123	140	148	187	294	305	309
2022	28	345	292	317	327	326	349	387	389	380	419	418	412
2023	29	419	584	557	356	355	229	175	114	95	96	101	100
2024	30	78	69	64	71	68	72	73	80	58	60	63	61
2025	31	71	87	106	104	112	125	145	170	337	298	278	279
2026	32	275	356	353	351	350	350	356	422	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Yafan Wang's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Xiyu Wang	CHN	49	1,774	1	163	71	92	43.6%	2017–2026	Match log
Taylor Townsend	USA	46	1,866	0	160	73	87	45.6%	2013–2026	Match log
Anna-Lena Friedsam	GER	45	1,743	0	145	62	83	42.8%	2014–2025	Match log
Lucia Bronzetti	ITA	46	1,741	1	162	70	92	43.2%	2021–2026	Match log
Danka Kovinic	MNE	46	1,755	0	209	85	124	40.7%	2013–2026	Match log
Oceane Dodin	FRA	46	1,704	1	130	50	80	38.5%	2015–2026	Match log
Elena-Gabriela Ruse	ROU	51	1,879	1	147	63	84	42.9%	2016–2026	Match log
Tamara Korpatsch	GER	46	1,742	2	125	51	74	40.8%	2017–2026	Match log
Viktoria Hruncakova	SVK	43	1,746	0	129	55	74	42.6%	2017–2023	Match log
Linda Fruhvirtova	CZE	49	1,719	1	93	39	54	41.9%	2020–2026	Match log
Patricia Maria Tig	ROU	56	1,743	1	93	41	52	44.1%	2015–2025	Match log
Anna Bondar	HUN	50	1,786	0	153	66	87	43.1%	2019–2026	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Yafan Wang?: Yafan Wang is 32 years old, born on April 30, 1994.
Which country does Yafan Wang represent?: Yafan Wang represents China in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Yafan Wang?: Yafan Wang is 170 cm / 5'7".
Does Yafan Wang use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Yafan Wang uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Yafan Wang left-handed or right-handed?: Yafan Wang plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Yafan Wang won?: Yafan Wang has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Yafan Wang won?: TennisDB does not group any of Yafan Wang's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Yafan Wang won?: Yafan Wang has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Acapulco in 2019.
What is Yafan Wang's highest WTA ranking?: Yafan Wang's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 47, first achieved on October 7, 2019.
What is Yafan Wang's career win-loss record?: Yafan Wang has a career WTA singles record of 72 wins and 90 losses (44.4%).
How much career prize money has Yafan Wang earned?: Yafan Wang has earned at least $3,751,062 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Yafan Wang's career appear in TennisDB?: Yafan Wang appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2014 through 2025.
On which surface does Yafan Wang have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Yafan Wang's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 47.7% (63–69).
Who has Yafan Wang faced most often?: Yafan Wang's most frequent opponent is Anna Karolina Schmiedlova, with a head-to-head record of 4–0 across 4 meetings.