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 21)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$328,228
Singles
Career record173–82
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 119 (6 January 2025)
Current rankingNo. 119 (6 January 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2025)
French Open Q2 (2024)
Wimbledon Q2 (2024)
US Open Q2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record66–26
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 257 (17 July 2023)
Last updated on: 6 January 2025.

Wei Sijia (born 3 December 2003) is a Chinese tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 119, achieved on 6 January 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 257, attained on the 17 July 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.

2023-2025: WTA Tour and major debuts

Wei qualified for the 2023 Jiangxi Open making her WTA Tour debut, losing in the first round to Kimberly Birrell. [4] [5]

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. [6] 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. [7] [8] She lost in the second round to 13th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia. [9] 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. [10] [11] In the second round, she lost to Wang Xiyu in three sets. [12]

Wei was runner-up at the 2025 WTA 125 Canberra Tennis International, losing to Aoi Ito in the final. [13] She made her Grand Slam tournament main draw debut at the 2025 Australian Open, [14] losing to fourth seed Jasmine Paolini in the first round. [15]

Grand Slam performance timeline

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W75 tournaments (1–0)
W40/50 tournaments (1–2)
W25 tournaments (2–1)
W15 tournaments (6–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–4)
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
Loss8–4Apr 2024ITF Shenzhen, ChinaW50Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Xinyu4–6, 4–6
Win9–4Jul 2024ITF Tianjin, ChinaW25Hard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Hina Inoue 6–7(4), 6–2, 6–3
Win10–4Aug 2024 Lexington Challenger, United StatesW75Hard Flag of Thailand.svg Mananchaya Sawangkaew 7–5, 6–4
Loss10–5 Nov 2024 Takasaki Open, JapanW100Hard Flag of Japan.svg Aoi Ito 5–7, 4–6

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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