Wei Sijia

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Wei Sijia
Country (sports)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Born (2003-12-03) 3 December 2003 (age 20)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$130,173
Singles
Career record130–65 (66.7%)
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 183 (15 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 190 (20 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2024)
French Open Q2 (2024)
Wimbledon Q2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record66–26 (71.7%)
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 257 (17 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 407 (20 May 2024)
Last updated on: 21 May 2024.

Wei Sijia (born 3 December 2003) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of world No. 183, achieved on 15 April 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 257, attained on the 4 December 2023. [1]

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Professional career

2022: First tournament wins

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: WTA Tour debut

She received a wildcard for the qualifying competition for the WTA 1000 China Open. She qualified for the 2023 Jiangxi Open making her tour debut. [4]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
W40/50 tournaments (1–1)
W25 tournaments (1–1)
W15 tournaments (6–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–2)
Clay (0–1)
ResultW-L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Jun 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Japan.svg Eri Shimizu 6–3, 6–3
Win2–0 Aug 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Xinxin 4–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
Loss2–1 Aug 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Zongyu 4–6, 3–6
Win3–1 Sep 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bai Zhuoxuan 6–1, 6–4
Win4–1 Sep 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Zongyu6–3, 6–1
Win5–1 Oct 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Xinxin6–3, 6–2
Win6–1 Oct 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Japan.svg Kyoba Kubo 6–2, 6–0
Win7–1 Mar 2023 Open de Touraine, FranceW25Hard (i) Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bai Zhuoxuan6–4, 7–6(5)
Loss7–2 Aug 2023 Kunming Open, ChinaW40Clay Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Xinyu 3–6, 6–7(2)
Loss7–3 Oct 2023 ITF Qiandaohu, ChinaW25HardFlag placeholder.svg Anastasiia Gureva 6–2, 6–7(6), 3–6
Win8–3 Apr 2024 ITF Kashiwa, JapanW50Hard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Ya-hsuan 6–1, 7–5

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

Legend
W60 tournaments (1–0)
W40 tournaments (1–0)
W25 tournaments (0–1)
W15 tournaments (9–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (11–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 May 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kristina Paskauskas Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Fangzhou
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Meiling
6–3, 7–6(4)
Win2–0 May 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Xinxin Flag of Japan.svg Mei Hasegawa
Flag of Japan.svg Chihiro Takayama
6–1, 6–1
Win3–0 May 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Xinxin Flag of Spain.svg Valeria Koussenkova
Flag placeholder.svg Milana Zhabrailova
6–3, 6–3
Win4–0 Jun 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kristina Paskauskas Flag of India.svg Ashmitha Easwaramurthi
Flag of Japan.svg Mei Hasegawa
6–1, 6–2
Win5–0 Jun 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Xinxin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Abigail Amos
Flag of Austria.svg Arabella Koller
6–0, 6–1
Win6–0 Jun 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Xinxin Flag of Japan.svg Yuka Hosoki
Flag of Japan.svg Eri Shimizu
6–3, 6–3
Win7–0 Jul 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Indonesia.svg Priska Madelyn Nugroho Flag of South Korea.svg Back Da-yeon
Flag of South Korea.svg Jeong Bo-young
6–4, 6–1
Win8–0 Jul 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Indonesia.svg Priska Madelyn NugrohoFlag placeholder.svg Anastasiia Gureva
Flag of Greece.svg Michaela Laki
6–2, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss8–1 Oct 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Indonesia.svg Priska Madelyn Nugroho Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Ya-hsin
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tsao Chia-yi
6–1, 1–6, [3–10]
Win9–1 Oct 2022 Monastir Open, TunisiaW60Hard Flag of Indonesia.svg Priska Madelyn Nugroho Flag of the Netherlands.svg Isabelle Haverlag
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Suzan Lamens
6–3, 6–2
Win10–1 Oct 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Serbia.svg Elena Milovanović Flag of Tunisia.svg Feryel Ben Hassen
Flag of Poland.svg Gina Feistel
6–4, 6–1
Loss10–2Jun 2023ITF La Marsa, TunisiaW25Hard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Isabella Shinikova Flag placeholder.svg Anastasia Gasanova
Flag placeholder.svg Ekaterina Yashina
5–7, 7–6(1), [9–11]
Win11–2Jun 2023ITF La Marsa, TunisiaW40HardFlag placeholder.svg Maria Kozyreva Flag of Ukraine.svg Kateryna Volodko
Flag of Japan.svg Hiroko Kuwata
5–7, 6–4, [10–6]

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