Xu Yifan (Mandarin pronunciation: ; born 8 August 1988), nicknamed Julie, is a Chinese professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 7 in doubles, on 13 January 2020. On 13 July 2015, she peaked at No. 148 in the singles rankings.

Career

2004–2013: Maiden ITF title

Xu made her debut playing on the ITF Women's Circuit in China. She won her first doubles title with Xia Huan in 2006. She was a finalist in women's doubles at the 2007 and 2008 China Open in Beijing with Han Xinyun.

2014–2016: Australian Open semifinalist, WTA Elite trophy champion

She was a quarterfinalist at the 2014 US Open in women's doubles with Zarina Diyas. She reached the semifinals at the 2016 Australian Open and was a quarterfinalist at the 2016 French Open in women's doubles with Zheng Saisai.

2017–2019: Wimbledon doubles final

She was also a quarterfinalist in doubles at the Australian Open in 2017 with Raquel Atawo. In 2017, she formed a new partnership with Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski. Xu won the Miami Open and the Connecticut Open women's doubles with Dabrowski. She partnered with Dabrowski again in the US Open, with the pair reaching the quarterfinals. In 2018, the duo won the doubles competition at the Sydney International, and then reached the quarterfinals in Melbourne, just like 2019 at the French Open and US Open. The biggest achievement of the Canadian/Chinese pair was reaching the final of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, losing to Barbora Strycova and Hsieh Su-wei. She made the quarterfinals at the 2018 WTA Finals with Gabriela Dabrowski for a second consecutive year having done so also in 2017. She also qualified for the 2019 WTA Finals for a third year in a row.

2020–2021: US Open and WTA 1000 finals, world No. 7 in doubles

She reached the finals of the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati and the US Open with Nicole Melichar. In 2021, she competed at the Tokyo Olympics with Yang Zhaoxuan.

2022: Second WTA 1000 title, French Open quarterfinal

In Indian Wells, she won the second WTA 1000 title of her career in doubles, partnering with Yang Zhaoxuan. They also took the title at the Silicon Valley Classic She qualified for her fourth 2022 WTA Finals with a different partner, compatriot Yang Zhaoxuan.

Performance timeline

Doubles

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Mixed: 1 (runner-up)

Other significant finals

WTA 1000 tournaments

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 1 (title)

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 25 (14 titles, 11 runner-ups)

WTA Challenger finals

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (1–5)

Doubles (21–12)