Yang Zhaoxuan (Chinese: 杨钊煊; pinyin: Yáng Zhāoxuān; Mandarin pronunciation: [jǎŋ ʈʂáʊ ɕɥɛ́n]; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She reached her best WTA doubles ranking of world No. 9 on 30 January 2023.

Yang has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA Challenger doubles title. In September 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. In addition, she has won three singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career

2014: WTA Tour debut

Yang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Ye Qiuyu in doubles.^[1] The pair lost their first-round match against third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova.^[1]

2017: First WTA 1000 final

Alongside Shuko Aoyama, she reached the final of the Wuhan Open^[2] which they lost to Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis.^[3] At the WTA Elite Trophy, she lost both matches in the round-robin stage together with Han Xinyun.^[4]^[5]

2018: First Grand Slam doubles semifinal

At the French Open, Yang alongside Chan Hao-ching reached her first Grand Slam semifinal but then lost to Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya.^[6]

2019: First mixed doubles semifinal

At the Wimbledon Championships, she reached the round of the last four in mixed doubles alongside Matwé Middelkoop, after overcoming the top-seeded couple of Nicole Melichar and Bruno Soares.^[7] They lost their semifinal match to Jeļena Ostapenko and Robert Lindstedt.^[8]

2021: Second WTA 1000 final

In March, Yang reached the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships along with Xu Yifan but they lost to Alexa Guarachi and Darija Jurak.^[9]

2022: WTA 1000 doubles title and WTA Finals

At the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open, she won the biggest title of her career in doubles with Xu Yifan.^[10] She qualified for the 2022 WTA Finals with partner Yifan.^[11]

2023: Top 10 debut, major quarterfinal

She reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the Australian Open, partnering with Chan Hao-ching. As a result, she recorded a new career-high ranking of world No. 9, on 30 January 2023.

Performance timeline

**Key**
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.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Doubles

Current through the 2023 Dubai Open.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	3R	3R	1R	1R	2R	3R	QF	0 / 8	10–8	56%
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	2R	A	2R	QF		0 / 5	8–5	62%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q2	2R	2R	1R	NH	A	3R		0 / 4	4–4	50%
US Open	A	A	A	1R	3R	2R	2R	A	A	3R		0 / 5	6–5	55%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	5–4	8–4	2–4	0–1	2–2	8–4	3–1	0 / 22	28–22	56%
Year-end championships
WTA Finals	DNQ/NH									RR		0 / 1	1–2	33%
WTA Elite Trophy	DNQ			F	RR	RR	F	NH				0 / 6	4–6	40%
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH			A	NH				2R	NH		0 / 1	1–1	50%
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open^[a]	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	F	A	QF	0 / 6	8–6	55%
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	2R	NH	A	W		0 / 4	9–3	75%
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	NH	2R	SF		0 / 5	7–5	58%
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	NH	1R	1R		0 / 4	1–4	20%
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	1R	QF		0 / 4	4–4	50%
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R^[b]	2R^[b]	NH	A	2R		0 / 3	3–1	75%
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R		0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wuhan Open	A	1R	1R	1R	F	1R	SF	NH				0 / 6	6–6	50%
China Open	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	NH				0 / 5	0–5	0%
Guadalajara Open	NH									SF		0 / 1	3–1	75%
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	4	10	12	19	23	27	5	13	23	6	Career total: 143
Titles	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	Career total: 6
Finals	0	0	0	4	3	1	2	0	2	2	0	Career total: 14
Overall win-loss	0–1	0–4	4–10	14–12	24–19	21–21	27–25	4–5	16–13	33–31	8–4	6 / 143	151–137	52%
Year-end ranking	362	465	112	60	28	28	36	55	48	12		$1,511,525

Significant finals

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

Result	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2016	Zhuhai, China	Hard (i)	You Xiaodi	İpek Soylu Xu Yifan	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	2019	Zhuhai, China	Hard (i)	Duan Yingying	Lyudmyla Kichenok Andreja Klepač	3–6, 3–6

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2017	Wuhan Open	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [4–10]
Loss	2021	Dubai Championships	Hard	Xu Yifan	Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak	0–6, 3–6
Win	2022	Indian Wells Open	Hard	Xu Yifan	Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)

WTA career finals

Doubles: 15 (7 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
WTA Elite Trophy (0–2)
WTA 1000 (1–2)
WTA 500 (2–1)
WTA 250 (4–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2016	Malaysian Open	International^[c]	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss	1–1	Jun 2016	Nottingham Open, UK	International	Grass	Gabriela Dabrowski	Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai	5–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	1–2	Sep 2016	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Premier^[d]	Hard	Liang Chen	Sania Mirza Barbora Strýcová	1–6, 1–6
Loss	1–3	Nov 2016	WTA Elite Trophy, China	Elite	Hard	You Xiaodi	İpek Soylu Xu Yifan	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	1–4	Jan 2017	Hobart International, Australia	International	Hard	Gabriela Dabrowski	Raluca Olaru Olga Savchuk	6–0, 4–6, [5–10]
Win	2–4	Sep 2017	Japan Women's Open	International	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders	6–0, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss	2–5	Sep 2017	Wuhan Open, China	Premier 5^[e]	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Chan Yung-jan Martina Hingis	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [4–10]
Win	3–5	Feb 2018	Dubai Championships, U.A.E.	Premier	Hard	Chan Hao-ching	Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai	4–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	4–5	Jan 2019	Shenzhen Open, China	International	Hard	Peng Shuai	Duan Yingying Renata Voráčová	6–4, 6–3
Loss	4–6	Oct 2019	WTA Elite Trophy, China	Elite	Hard	Duan Yingying	Lyudmyla Kichenok Andreja Klepač	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4–7	Mar 2021	Dubai Championships, U.A.E.	WTA 1000	Hard	Xu Yifan	Alexa Guarachi Darija Jurak	0–6, 3–6
Loss	4–8	May 2021	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	WTA 250	Clay	Makoto Ninomiya	Alexa Guarachi Desirae Krawczyk	2–6, 3–6
Win	5–8	Mar 2022	Indian Wells Open, United States	WTA 1000	Hard	Xu Yifan	Asia Muhammad Ena Shibahara	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	6–8	Aug 2022	Silicon Valley Classic, U.S.	WTA 500	Hard	Xu Yifan	Shuko Aoyama Chan Hao-ching	7–5, 6–0
Win	7–8	May 2023	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	WTA 250	Clay	Xu Yifan	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	6–3, 6–2

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2015	Hua Hin Challenger, Thailand	Hard	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Liang Chen Wang Yafan	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2019	Kunming Open, China	Clay	Peng Shuai	Duan Yingying Han Xinyun	7–5, 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (0–1)
$10,000 tournaments (3–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2011	ITF New Delhi, India	10,000	Hard	Kim Hae-sung	6–2, 6–0
Win	2–0	Aug 2014	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	10,000	Hard	İpek Soylu	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
Win	3–0	Dec 2014	ITF Hong Kong	10,000	Hard	Zhu Lin	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–1	Apr 2015	Pingshan Open, China	25,000	Hard	Hsieh Su-wei	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 24 (12 titles, 12 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–3)
$75,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50,000 tournaments (3–3)
$25,000 tournaments (2–2)
$15,000 tournaments (1–0)
$10,000 tournaments (4–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (8–10)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (3–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2010	ITF Ningbo, China	10,000	Hard	Wang Yafan	Lu Jiaxiang Yang Zijun	1–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Win	2–0	Nov 2010	ITF Manila, Philippines	10,000	Hard	Zhu Lin	Kim Ji-young Kim Jin-hee	6–4, 6–7⁽⁵⁾, [10–7]
Win	3–0	Feb 2012	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Zhang Kailin	Li Yihong Tang Haochen	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	3–1	May 2012	ITF Changwon, South Korea	25,000	Hard	Zhang Kailin	Liu Wanting Xu Yifan	4–6, 5–7
Loss	3–2	Oct 2012	Suzhou Ladies Open, China	100,000	Hard	Zhao Yijing	Timea Bacsinszky Caroline Garcia	5–7, 3–6
Win	4–2	Apr 2013	ITF Seoul, South Korea	15,000	Hard	Liu Wanting	Chan Chin-wei Zhang Nannan	6–2, 6–2
Loss	4–3	Sep 2013	ITF Sanya, China	50,000	Hard	Zhao Yijing	Sun Ziyue Xu Shilin	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 3–6, [3–10]
Loss	4–4	Feb 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Clay	Li Yihong	Pia König Sofia Kvatsabaia	1–2 ret.
Loss	4–5	Jun 2014	ITF Xi'an, China	50,000	Hard	Liang Chen	Lu Jiajing Wang Yafan	3–6, 6–7⁽²⁾
Loss	4–6	Aug 2014	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Gao Xinyu	Wang Yan You Xiaodi	w/o
Loss	4–7	Aug 2014	ITF Antalya, Turkey	10,000	Hard	Wang Yan	Alona Fomina Christina Shakovets	3–6, 1–6
Win	5–7	Dec 2014	ITF Hong Kong	10,000	Hard	Ye Qiuyu	Hong Seung-yeon Kang Seo-kyung	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–8	Feb 2015	Launceston International, Australia	50,000	Hard	Wang Yafan	Han Xinyun Junri Namigata	4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	6–8	Feb 2015	ITF New Delhi, India	25,000	Hard	Tang Haochen	Hsu Ching-wen Lee Pei-chi	7–5, 6–1
Loss	6–9	Apr 2015	ITF Nanjing, China	25,000	Hard	Ye Qiuyu	Liu Chang Lu Jiajing	6–1, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss	6–10	May 2015	Anning Open, China	75,000	Hard	Ye Qiuyu	Xu Yifan Zheng Saisai	5–7, 2–6
Win	7–10	Oct 2015	Suzhou Ladies Open, China	50,000	Hard	Zhang Yuxuan	Tian Ran Zhang Kailin	7–6⁽⁴⁾, 6–2
Win	8–10	Apr 2016	ITF Kashiwa, Japan	25,000	Hard	Zhang Kailin	You Xiaodi Zhu Lin	7–5, 2–6, [11–9]
Loss	8–11	May 2016	Kunming Open, China	100,000	Clay	Varatchaya Wongteanchai	Wang Yafan Zhang Kailin	7–6⁽³⁾, 6–7⁽²⁾, [1–10]
Win	9–11	May 2016	Eastbourne Trophy, UK	50,000	Grass	Zhang Kailin	Asia Muhammad Maria Sanchez	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–1
Win	10–11	Jun 2016	Ilkley Trophy, UK	50,000	Grass	Zhang Kailin	An-Sophie Mestach Storm Sanders	6–3, 7–6⁽⁵⁾
Win	11–11	Jun 2017	Southsea Trophy, UK	100,000+H	Grass	Shuko Aoyama	Viktorija Golubic Lyudmyla Kichenok	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	11–12	Nov 2017	Shenzhen Longhua Open, China	100,000	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Jacqueline Cako Nina Stojanović	4–6, 2–6
Win	12–12	Nov 2018	Shenzhen Longhua Open, China	100,000	Hard	Shuko Aoyama	Choi Ji-hee Luksika Kumkhum	6–2, 6–3

Notes

References

External links

Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female doubles tennis players of countries in the Asian Tennis Federation

Women's Tennis Association: Top ten female doubles tennis players of countries in the Asian Tennis Federation
as of 29 January 2024
1. Hsieh Su-wei (2) 2. Shuko Aoyama (18) 3. Chan Hao-ching (19) 4. Ena Shibahara (22)
5. Wang Xinyu (24) 6. Miyu Kato (28) 7. Aldila Sutjiadi (30) 8. Latisha Chan (33)
9. Yang Zhaoxuan (36) 10. Zhang Shuai (40)

Women's Tennis Association: Top Chinese female doubles tennis players

Women's Tennis Association: Top Chinese female doubles tennis players
as of 29 January 2024
1. Wang Xinyu (24) 2. Yang Zhaoxuan (36) 3. Zhang Shuai (40) 4. Xu Yifan (54) 5. Guo Hanyu (59)
6. Jiang Xinyu (59) 7. Zhu Lin (101) 8. Tang Qianhui (146) 9. Wang Xiyu (168) 10. Yuan Yue (169)