Wei Sijia (born 3 December 2003) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 132, achieved on 28 October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 257, attained on the 17 July 2023.[1]

Wei Sijia
Country (sports) China
Born (2003-12-03) 3 December 2003 (age 20)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$294,991
Singles
Career record163–78
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 132 (28 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 132 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2024)
French OpenQ2 (2024)
WimbledonQ2 (2024)
US OpenQ2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record66–26
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 257 (17 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 1,099 (23 September 2024)
Last updated on: 1 November 2024.

Professional career

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2022: First tournament wins

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After not playing on the ITF World Tennis Tour in 2021, Wei began 2022 competing in qualifying draws at the $15k level. With steadily improving results, she won her first final at the end of June. This led to a total of 16 titles (ten in doubles), and her WTA ranking climbed from 1054 at the end of 2020 to 434 a year later.[2] All 16 titles were won in Monastir. In 2022, her first full year on the ITF Women's Tour, Wei won more matches than any other player with 64 main-draw wins. Her total of ten doubles titles was also equal to the most for any player.[3]

Wei won her first ITF Circuit title above the $15k-level at the 2022 Open Feu Aziz Zouhir, in the doubles draw, partnering Priska Madelyn Nugroho. It was the fourth title win for the two partners.

2023-2024: WTA Tour and 1000 debuts and first win

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Wei qualified for the 2023 Jiangxi Open making her WTA Tour debut, losing in the first round to Kimberly Birrell.[4]

She qualified for the main draw of the 2024 Thailand Open 2 but lost to compatriot and fellow qualifier Gao Xinyu in the first round.[5] Ranked No. 140, she received a wildcard for the main draw of the WTA 1000 2024 China Open making her debut at this WTA level and defeated qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse for her first WTA Tour win.[6][7] She lost in the second round to 13th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia.[8] Wei was given a wildcard entry into the 2024 Guangzhou Open and defeated sixth seed Rebecca Šramková in the first round to record her first win over a top-100 ranked opponent.[9][10] In the second round, she lost to Wang Xiyu in three sets.[11]

Grand Slam performance timeline

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ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner–ups)

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Legend
W75 tournaments (1–0)
W40/50 tournaments (1–2)
W25 tournaments (2–1)
W15 tournaments (6–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–3)
Clay (0–1)
Result W-L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Eri Shimizu 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–0 Aug 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Yao Xinxin 4–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
Loss 2–1 Aug 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Li Zongyu 4–6, 3–6
Win 3–1 Sep 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Bai Zhuoxuan 6–1, 6–4
Win 4–1 Sep 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Li Zongyu 6–3, 6–1
Win 5–1 Oct 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Yao Xinxin 6–3, 6–2
Win 6–1 Oct 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Kyoba Kubo 6–2, 6–0
Win 7–1 Mar 2023 Open de Touraine, France W25 Hard (i)   Bai Zhuoxuan 6–4, 7–6(5)
Loss 7–2 Aug 2023 Kunming Open, China W40 Clay   Gao Xinyu 3–6, 6–7(2)
Loss 7–3 Oct 2023 ITF Qiandaohu, China W25 Hard   Anastasiia Gureva 6–2, 6–7(6), 3–6
Win 8–3 Apr 2024 ITF Kashiwa, Japan W50 Hard   Lee Ya-hsuan 6–1, 7–5
Loss 8–4 Apr 2024 ITF Shenzhen, China W50 Hard   Gao Xinyu 4–6, 4–6
Win 9–4 Jul 2024 ITF Tianjin, China W25 Hard (i)   Hina Inoue 6–7(4), 6–2, 6–3
Win 10–4 Aug 2024 Lexington Challenger, United States W75 Hard   Mananchaya Sawangkaew 7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 13 (11 titles, 2 runner-up)

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Legend
W60 tournaments (1–0)
W40 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (0–1)
W15 tournaments (9–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (11–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Kristina Paskauskas   Liu Fangzhou
  Wang Meiling
6–3, 7–6(4)
Win 2–0 May 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Yao Xinxin   Mei Hasegawa
  Chihiro Takayama
6–1, 6–1
Win 3–0 May 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Yao Xinxin   Valeria Koussenkova
  Milana Zhabrailova
6–3, 6–3
Win 4–0 Jun 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Kristina Paskauskas   Ashmitha Easwaramurthi
  Mei Hasegawa
6–1, 6–2
Win 5–0 Jun 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Yao Xinxin   Abigail Amos
  Arabella Koller
6–0, 6–1
Win 6–0 Jun 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Yao Xinxin   Yuka Hosoki
  Eri Shimizu
6–3, 6–3
Win 7–0 Jul 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Priska Madelyn Nugroho   Back Da-yeon
  Jeong Bo-young
6–4, 6–1
Win 8–0 Jul 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Priska Madelyn Nugroho   Anastasiia Gureva
  Michaela Laki
6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss 8–1 Oct 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Priska Madelyn Nugroho   Lee Ya-hsin
  Tsao Chia-yi
6–1, 1–6, [3–10]
Win 9–1 Oct 2022 Monastir Open, Tunisia W60 Hard   Priska Madelyn Nugroho   Isabelle Haverlag
  Suzan Lamens
6–3, 6–2
Win 10–1 Oct 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Elena Milovanović   Feryel Ben Hassen
  Gina Feistel
6–4, 6–1
Loss 10–2 Jun 2023 ITF La Marsa, Tunisia W25 Hard   Isabella Shinikova   Anastasia Gasanova
  Ekaterina Yashina
5–7, 7–6(1), [9–11]
Win 11–2 Jun 2023 ITF La Marsa, Tunisia W40 Hard   Maria Kozyreva   Kateryna Volodko
  Hiroko Kuwata
5–7, 6–4, [10–6]

References

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  1. ^ "ITF Players Sijia Wei". itftennis.com.
  2. ^ "Sijia Wei rankings history". wtatennis.com.
  3. ^ "The ITF 2022 World Tennis Tour in numbers". itftennis.com.
  4. ^ "Birrell edges qualifier Wei in two tight sets in Nanchang". Women's Tennis Association.
  5. ^ "Seven years after debut, China's Gao defeats Wei for first tour-level win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  6. ^ "China Open: Wei scores first career WTA main draw win". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  7. ^ "2024 Beijing; Assured growth: Chinese wild card Wei's 13 best shots to defeat Ruse". Women's Tennis Association. 26 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Haddad Maia defeats Wei in Beijing for fifth straight win on tour". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  9. ^ "Wild card Wei upsets Sramkova in Guangzhou opener for first Top 100 win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Guangzhou Open: Sijia upsets sixth seed Sramkova in first round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  11. ^ "Guangzhou Open: Wang through to quarter-finals". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
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