Xu Yifan
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Xu Yifan at the 2015 French Open
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| Country (sports) |
 China
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| Residence | Tianjin, China |
| Born |
8 August 1988 Tianjin, China |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US $ 702,212 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 205–172 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 148 (13 July 2015) |
| Current ranking | No. 383 (24 October 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2016) |
| French Open | Q1 (2015) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2015) |
| US Open | Q2 (2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 248–139 |
| Career titles | 4 WTA, 22 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 16 (11 July 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 22 (16 July 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2016) |
| French Open | QF (2016) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2015, 2016) |
| US Open | QF (2014) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
| French Open | 2R (2016) |
| US Open | 1R (2016) |
| Last updated on: 4 November 2016. | |
Xu Yifan (Chinese: 徐一幡, born 8 August 1988 in Tianjin) is a Chinese female professional tennis player playing on the ITF and WTA Women's Circuits. She reached her highest WTA (Women's Tennis Association) Singles ranking of No.148 on 13 July 2015. She also reached her current and highest WTA (Women's Tennis Association) Doubles ranking of No 16 in the world as of 11 July 2016. She was a finalist in Women's Doubles at the 2008 China Open in Beijing, and Quarterfinalist at the 2014 US Open in Women's Doubles. And most recently she was a semi-finalist at the 2016 Australian Open, and a Quarterfinalist at the 2016 French Open in Women's Doubles with Zheng Saisai. They are currently the No. 5 WTA Women's Doubles Team as of 27 June 2016.
Xu posted good results at the 2011 Guangzhou International Women's Open where she fought her way from the qualifying draw unseeded, defeating 7th seed Wang Qiang and 10th seed Chan Chin-Wei to qualify. In the first round, she lost to Mandy Minella.
On 2 September 2014, Xu made it to the Quarter Finals in Women's Doubles at the 2014 US Open, where she defeated the 6th seeded team Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears, and the 11th seeded team Lucie Hradecká and Michaëlla Krajicek before her partner Zarina Diyas retired.
On 28 October 2014, Xu came back from a 5-1 game deficit for the win in the Ningbo Challenger series against her old rival, Zhang Kailin.
In January, Xu partnered with two-time Grand Slam Doubles champion Peng Shuai in women's doubles at the 2015 Australian Open. Going in as unseeded, they lost in three sets in the first round to 15th seeds Kimiko Date-Krumm and Casey Dellacqua.
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