Gao Xinyu

Gao Xinyu
高馨妤
Country (sports)	China
Residence	Beijing, China
Born	21 November 1997 (age 26); Beijing
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2014
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$286,535
Singles
Career record	238–143
Career titles	15 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 164 (15 July 2024)
Current ranking	No. 170 (7 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q1 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2024)
US Open	Q2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	94–81
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 230 (11 September 2017)
Current ranking	No. 377 (7 October 2024)
	Last updated on: 7 October 2024.

Gao Xinyu (Chinese: 高馨妤; pinyin: Gāo Xīnyú; Mandarin pronunciation: [káʊ ɕín y̌]; born 21 November 1997) is a Chinese tennis player. Gao has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 164, achieved on 15 July 2024. On 11 September 2017, she peaked at No. 230 in the doubles rankings.

Gao has won 15 singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

In 2016, she made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the Tianjin Open, where she was given a wildcard with Zhang Ying. The pair won their first round, defeating Han Xinyun and Zhang Kailin but then fell in the quarterfinals to second seeds Lara Arruabarrena and Oksana Kalashnikova.

She qualified for the main draw of the 2024 Thailand Open 2 and defeated compatriot and fellow qualifier Wei Sijia in the first round to register her maiden WTA Tour level win,^[1] before losing to Arianne Hartono in the next round.^[2] She received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2024 China Open but lost to qualifier Sara Sorribes Tormo in a match that lasted for 4 hours and 15 minutes, becoming the fourth-longest match on the WTA Tour in the Open Era and surpassing the Thailand Open second round match between Laura Siegemund and Wang Xiyu in the previous week.^[3]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 18 (15 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W40/50 tournaments (3–0)
W25/35 tournaments (8–2)
W10/15 tournaments (4–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (12–3)
Clay (3–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	ITF Anning, China	W10	Clay	Zhao Di	6–0, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jun 2015	ITF Anning, China (2)	W10	Clay	Gai Ao	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Win	3–0	Sep 2016	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	W25	Hard	Shiho Akita	6–2, 1–6, 7–5
Win	4–0	Mar 2017	ITF Nanjing, China	W15	Hard	Tang Haochen	6–4, 6–3
Win	5–0	May 2017	ITF Yuxi, China	W25	Hard	Xun Fangying	6–1, 6–4
Win	6–0	May 2017	ITF Qujing, China	W25	Hard	Giulia Gatto-Monticone	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win	7–0	Mar 2018	ITF Xiamen, China	W15	Hard	Sabina Sharipova	6–1, 6–2
Loss	7–1	Jun 2019	ITF Naiman, China	W25	Hard	You Xiaodi	3–6, 3–6
Win	8–1	Jun 2022	ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand	W25	Hard	Peangtarn Plipuech	6–3, 6–3
Win	9–1	Jun 2022	ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand	W25	Hard	Nao Hibino	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Win	10–1	Aug 2022	ITF Roehampton, United Kingdom	W25	Hard	Amarni Banks	6–1, 6–0
Win	11–1	Jul 2023	ITF Corroios-Seixal, Portugal	W25	Hard	Aliona Falei	6–2, 6–3
Win	12–1	Aug 2023	Kunming Open, China	W40	Clay	Wei Sijia	6–3, 7–6⁽²⁾
Win	13–1	Mar 2024	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.	W35	Hard	Victoria Rodríguez	6–3, 6–2
Loss	13–2	Mar 2024	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.	W35	Hard	Maya Joint	4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win	14–2	Apr 2024	ITF Shenzhen, China	W50	Hard	Wei Sijia	6–4, 6–4
Win	15–2	Jun 2024	ITF La Marsa, Tunisia	W50	Hard	Martyna Kubka	5–7, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	15–3	Sep 2024	Incheon Open, South Korea	W100	Hard	Tatiana Prozorova	3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W25 tournaments (4–1)
W10/15 tournaments (2–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (5–5)
Clay (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2014	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	Ye Qiuyu	Emma Flood Nikki Luttikhuis	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–2, [6–10]
Loss	0–2	Aug 2014	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	You Xiaodi	Mai Minokoshi Akiko Omae	6–3, 2–6, [4–10]
Loss	0–3	Aug 2014	ITF Istanbul, Turkey	W10	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Wang Yan You Xiaodi	w/o
Win	1–3	Jun 2015	ITF Anning, China	W10	Clay	Zhang Ying	Li Yihong Tang Qianhui	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–3	Jul 2017	ITF Naiman, China	W25	Hard	Xun Fangying	Lu Jingjing You Xiaodi	6–7⁽⁵⁾, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	3–3	Mar 2018	Kōfu International Open, Japan	W25	Hard	Luksika Kumkhum	Erina Hayashi Momoko Kobori	6–0, 2–6, [10–4]
Win	4–3	Apr 2022	ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand	W25	Hard	Xun Fangying	Maggie Ng Wu Ho-ching	6–3, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Loss	4–4	Sep 2022	ITF Cairo, Egypt	W15	Clay	Mayuka Aikawa	Yasmin Ezzat Dimitra Pavlou	2–6, 0–6
Win	5–4	Apr 2023	ITF Sharm El Sheik, Egypt	W25	Hard	Wang Meiling	Aglaya Fedorova Darya Shauha	6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–5	Sep 2023	ITF Tauste-Zaragoza, Spain	W25+H	Hard	Ekaterina Ovcharenko	Makenna Jones Jamie Loeb	2–6, 7–5, [6–10]
Loss	5–6	Oct 2023	ITF Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain	W100	Hard	Darja Semeņistaja	Camilla Rosatello Angelica Moratelli	6–4, 5–7, [6–10]
Win	6–6	Nov 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W25	Hard	Zhibek Kulambayeva	Aliona Falei Polina Iatcenko	6–0, 2–6, [10–7]