Yang Zhaoxuan (; ; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese professional

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player. Yang reached her best doubles ranking of world No. 11 in the WTA doubles rankings on 24 October 2022. Yang has won six doubles titles on the

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and one WTA Challenger doubles title. On 14 September 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. She also has three singles and 12 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Career

Yang made her

debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering

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in doubles. The pair lost their first-round match against third seeds

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and

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. In 2017, she reached final of the

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alongside

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. They lost to

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and

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in the final. At the

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, she lost both matches in the round robin together with

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. At the

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, Yang alongside

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reached her first

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semifinal but then lost to

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and

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. At the

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, she reached semifinal in

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alongside

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, after overcoming the top-seeded couple of

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and

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. They lost their semifinal match to

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and

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. In March 2021, Yang reached final of the Dubai Championships along with

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but they lost to

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and

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. In 2022 at the WTA 1000 in Indian Wells, she won the biggest title of her career in doubles with Xu Yifan. She qualified for the

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with partner Yifan.

Performance timeline

''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 2022 San Diego Open.''

Significant finals

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 2 (2 runner–ups)

WTA 1000 finals

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

WTA career finals

Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner–up)

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

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Zhaoxuan 1995 births Living people Chinese female tennis players Tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in tennis Asian Games gold medalists for China Tennis players from Beijing Olympic tennis players of China Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Chinese women