Wang Xiyu

Wang made her ITF Women's Circuit debut in 2016 at the $10K event in Anning, as a wild card 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 in qualification at the Premier Mandatory Miami Open, but failed to reach main draw. In April, she recorded her first win at 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 $25 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 season was Wuhan Open, where she made debut at the Premier 5 level tournaments. There she recorded win over wild card player Bernarda Pera,[5] before she lost in a tense match against Daria Kasatkina.[6]

In 2019, Wang continued to improve with her game and results. Just like previous year, she reached another quarterfinal at the $60K event in 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 month later won her first major ITF title at the $60K event in La Bisbal D'emporda, defeating Dalma Gálfi in the final.[1][4] In June, she reached quarterfinal of the $100K Manchester Trophy.[1] Unlike first three Grand Slams of the year, Wang succeed to reach main-draw at the US Open, but lost to Kirsten Flipkens in the first round.[4][7] Later, she reached only first round of Wuhan Open and China Open, but went one round further at the Tianjin Open.[1]

Wang started the year of 2020 with a win over Sorana Cîrstea at the Shenzhen Open,[8] but then lost to third seed Elise Mertens.[1] Soon after she failed to reach main-draw of Australian Open,[1] Wang reached quarterfinal of the Hua Hin Championships, where she also defeating world No. 15 Petra Martić.[9] She followed this with semifinal of the Mexican Open, where she made three wins before she lost to Heather Watson.[10][11] Right after that, she reached her career-highest singles ranking of place 106.[12]