Yuan Yue
Chinese tennis player (born 1998)
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Yuan Yue (Chinese: 袁悦; pinyin: Yuán Yuè; Mandarin pronunciation: [ɥɛ̌n ɥê] ⓘ; born 25 September 1998) is a Chinese professional tennis player. She has career-high WTA rankings of No. 36 in singles, achieved in May 2024, and No. 57 in doubles, reached in September 2025.
Yuan at the 2023 US Open | |
| Country (sports) | |
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| Born | 25 September 1998 |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | José Hernández-Fernández[1] |
| Prize money | US$ 2,868,135 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 291–233 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 36 (20 May 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 121 (29 June 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) |
| French Open | 1R (2024, 2025) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025) |
| US Open | 3R (2022) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 65–71 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 57 (8 September 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 174 (29 June 2026) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2024, 2025) |
| French Open | 2R (2024, 2025) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2024, 2025) |
| US Open | 3R (2025) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2024) |
| Last updated on: 3 July 2026. | |
Yuan has won one WTA Tour singles title at the 2024 ATX Open. She also earned two titles in doubles.
Career
2018: WTA Tour debut
Yuan made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Jiangxi International Open in the doubles tournament, partnering with Liu Yanni.[2]
2022: Major and top 75 debuts
She made her Grand Slam tournament main-draw debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships as a lucky loser.
At the next major, at the US Open, she reached the third round for the first time after qualifying by defeating Jaimee Fourlis and Irina-Camelia Begu without losing a set.[3]
2023: First WTA 1000 win and WTA Tour final
Yuan qualified for the 2023 Australian Open to make her debut at this major, and she also qualified for the Wimbledon Championships.[4]
She received a wildcard for her home tournament, the China Open, and defeated Elise Mertens for her first WTA 1000 win.[5]
Yuan reached her first WTA Tour final at the Korea Open where she lost to top seed Jessica Pegula.[6]
2024: First title & top-10 win, WTA 1000 quarterfinal, top 50
At the Hobart International, she reached the semifinals after qualifying, saving four set points against Yulia Putintseva.[7][8]
She reached the final at the 2024 ATX Open defeating Arina Rodionova, Taylor Townsend, Wang Yafan and Anna Karolína Schmiedlová.[9] She won the title defeating sixth seed and compatriot Wang Xiyu.[10] As a result, she moved into the top 50 in the rankings.[11]
At the Indian Wells Open, she recorded her first top-10 win over eighth seed Zheng Qinwen to reach the third round of a WTA 1000 event for the first time, having never previously get past the second round.[12][13] Next, she reached the quarterfinals for the first time with a win over Caroline Dolehide[14] and 11th seed Daria Kasatkina.[15] She lost in the last eight to third seed Coco Gauff.[16] At the other WTA 1000, the Miami Open, she recorded her first win at this tournament over Anna Blinkova,[17] before losing to Maria Sakkari[18]
In October, Yuan teamed up with Demi Schuurs to win the doubles draw of the WTA 500 Ningbo Open, defeating top seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez in the final. As a result, she reached the top 75 in the doubles rankings, on 21 October 2024.[19]
2025–2026: Second career doubles title, three singles quarterfinals
Partnering Anna Blinkova, Yuan won the doubles title at the 2025 ATX Open, defeating McCartney Kessler and Zhang Shuai in the final.[20] At the 2025 Rosmalen Open, she gained entry into the main draw as a lucky loser and recorded wins over Anastasija Sevastova[21] and Kimberly Birrell,[22] before losing to third seed and eventual champion, Elise Mertens, in the quarterfinals.[23]
Yuan defeated sixth seed Antonia Ružić[24] and Sara Sorribes Tormo to reach the quarterfinals at the 2026 Transylvania Open,[25] at which point she lost to qualifier Daria Snigur.[26] Entering the main draw as a lucky loser, she also made it through to the quarterfinals at the 2026 ATX Open with wins over Rebecca Šramková[27] and Dalma Gálfi,[28] before her run was ended by Ashlyn Krueger.[29]
Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
Current through the 2026 WTA Tour.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q2 | Q3 | Q3 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | NH | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0 / 12 | 2–12 | 14% |
| National representation | |||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | not held | A | NH | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | |||
| Billie Jean King Cup[a] | A | A | A[b] | PO | Z1 | 0 / 0 | 5–0 | 100% | |||
| WTA 1000 | |||||||||||
| Qatar Open[c] | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Dubai[c] | NMS | A | NMS | A | NMS | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | NH | Q1 | Q1 | A | QF | 1R | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | 67% |
| Miami Open | A | A | NH | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | NH | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | NH | A | A | Q1 | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Guadalajara Open | NH | A | A | NMS | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
| Wuhan Open | A | Q1 | NH | 2R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% | |||
| China Open | A | Q2 | NH | 2R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 7–8 | 4–6 | 0 / 16 | 12–16 | 43% |
| Career statistics | |||||||||||
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
| Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 8 | Career total: 51 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Career total: 2 | ||
| Hard win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 9–8 | 21–16 | 2–8 | 0 / 37 | 34–36 | 49% |
| Clay win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–6 | 0–0 | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0 / 7 | 2–7 | 22% |
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 5–4 | 9–10 | 27–26 | 2–8 | 0 / 51 | 43–50 | 46% |
| Year-end ranking[d] | 378 | 233 | 229 | 312 | 74 | 108 | 47 | 129 | $911,304 | ||
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2023 | Korea Open, South Korea | WTA 250 | Hard | 2–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Mar 2024 | ATX Open, United States | WTA 250 | Hard | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2024 | Ningbo Open, China | WTA 500 | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 2–0 | Mar 2025 | ATX Open, United States | WTA 250 | Hard | 3–6, 6–1, [10–4] |
WTA 125 finals
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Aug 2019 | Karlsruhe Open, Germany | Clay | 7–6(7–2), 4–6, [4–10] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2017 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W15 | Hard | 4–6, 6–4, 1–6 | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2017 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W25 | Hard | 5–7, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 0–3 | May 2018 | ITF Wuhan, China | W25 | Hard | 6–2, 4–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 1–3 | May 2019 | ITF Wuhan, China | W25 | Hard | 6–3, 7–6(6) | |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jun 2019 | ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand | W25 | Hard | 6–7(1), 1–6 | |
| Loss | 1–5 | Jul 2019 | ITF Ulanqab, China | W25 | Hard | 7–6(9), 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 2–5 | Dec 2021 | ITF Selva Gardena, Italy | W25 | Hard (i) | 6–2, 7–6(4) | |
| Win | 3–5 | Jan 2022 | Traralgon International, Australia | W60+H | Hard | 6–3, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 3–6 | Jul 2022 | Liepāja Open, Latvia | W60 | Clay | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 3–7 | Sep 2022 | Berkeley Club Challenge, US | W60 | Hard | 7–6(3), 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 4–7 | Oct 2022 | Las Vegas Open, United States | W60 | Hard | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 4–8 | Oct 2022 | Tyler Pro Challenge, US | W80 | Hard | 4–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 4–9 | Feb 2023 | ITF Mexico City, Mexico | W40 | Hard | 4–6, 6–1, 6–7(9) | |
| Loss | 4–10 | Oct 2023 | Shenzhen Longhua Open, China | W100 | Hard | 6–7(5), 2–6 | |
| Win | 5–10 | Nov 2023 | Takasaki Open, Japan | W100 | Hard | 5–7, 7–5, 6–0 | |
| Loss | 5–11 | Nov 2023 | Takasaki Open 2, Japan | W100 | Hard | 2–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 6–11 | Apr 2025 | Oeiras CETO Open, Portugal | W100 | Clay | 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2018 | ITF Guiyang, China | W25 | Hard | 6–3, 5–7, [6–10] | ||
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2019 | Jinan Open, China | W60 | Hard | 1–6, 6–4, [10–7] | ||
| Loss | 1–2 | Jun 2021 | Open de Montpellier, France | W60 | Clay | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 2–2 | Oct 2021 | ITF Lagos, Portugal | W25 | Hard | w/o | ||
| Win | 3–2 | Apr 2023 | Charlottesville Open, United States | W60 | Clay | 6–3, 6–3 |
Wins against top 10 players
- Yuan has a 1–12 win-loss record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[30][31]
| # | Opponent | Rank | Event | Surface | Round | Score | Rank | Source |
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| 1. | 8 | Indian Wells Open, US | Hard | 2R | 6–4, 6–3 | 49 | [32] | |
- *As of 16 October 2025[update]
Notes
- Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
- Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
- The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
- 2016: WTA ranking–931, 2017: WTA ranking–429.