Bai Zhuoxuan (Chinese: 白卓璇; born 16 November 2002) is a Chinese professional tennis player.

Bai Zhuoxuan
Country (sports) China
Born (2002-11-16) 16 November 2002 (age 22)
Henan, China
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$528,372
Singles
Career record126–55
Career titles12 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 83 (4 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 107 (15 July 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record19–7
Career titles3 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 789 (3 October 2022)
Last updated on: 22 July 2024.

Bai has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 83, achieved on 4 March 2024.[1]

Career

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2023-2024: WTA Tour, major and top 100 debuts

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Ranked No. 209, Bai made her WTA Tour debut at the 2023 Internationaux de Strasbourg, after entering the singles main draw as a lucky loser. She held two match points against Varvara Gracheva in the first round.[2]

She made her major debut at Wimbledon, after qualifying for the main draw.[3] She reached the second round defeating Ysaline Bonaventure for her first major match win, before losing to eventual finalist, sixth seed Ons Jabeur, in 45 minutes.[4]

At the beginning of the Asian swing, she also qualified for the Ningbo Open. She received a wildcard for the qualifying competition into the WTA 1000 China Open. She also received a wildcard for the WTA 500 Zhengzhou Open where she recorded a win over lucky loser Tamara Korpatsch.[5]

She made debuts at the Australian and the French Open but lost in the first rounds.

She qualified for a second year in a row at Wimbledon defeating Zarina Diyas in the final round of qualifying but also lost in the first round.

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

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Current through the 2023 Ningbo Open.

Tournament 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon 2R 1R 0 / 2 1–2
US Open Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 1–1 0–3 0 / 4 1–4
WTA 1000
Dubai / Qatar Open[a] A 0 / 0 0–0
Indian Wells Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Guadalajara Open A 0 / 0 0–0
Wuhan Open NH 0 / 0 0–0
China Open Q1 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
2023 2024 SR W–L
Tournaments 4 1 Career total: 5
Titles 0 Career total: 0
Finals 0 Career total: 0
Hard win–loss 1–2 0–1 0 / 3 1–3
Clay win–loss 0–1 0 / 1 0–1
Grass win–loss 1–1 0 / 1 1–1
Overall win–loss 0 / 5 2–5
Year–end ranking[b] 107 $203,995

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 15 (12 titles, 3 runner–ups)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments (2–0)
$25,000 tournaments (4–2)
$15,000 tournaments (6–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard   Emilie Lindh 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–0 Oct 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard   Li Zongyu 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–0 Oct 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard   Eudice Chong 4–6, 6–0, 6–4
Win 4–0 Nov 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard   Elena-Teodora Cadar 6–1, 6–3
Win 5–0 Nov 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard   Elena-Teodora Cadar 3–6, 7–6(5), 6–0
Loss 5–1 Sep 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard   Wei Sijia 1–6, 4–6
Win 6–1 Sep 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard   Samira de Stefano 6–2, 6–4
Win 7–1 Oct 2022 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 25,000 Hard   You Xiaodi 7–5, 6–4
Win 8–1 Oct 2022 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 25,000 Hard   Cody Wong 3–6, 6–0, 6–3
Loss 8–2 Mar 2023 Open de Touraine, France 25,000 Hard (i)   Wei Sijia 4–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 8–3 Mar 2023 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia 25,000 Hard (i)   Anastasia Zakharova 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win 9–3 Apr 2023 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia 25,000 Hard (i)   Ankita Raina 3–6, 6–0, 6–2
Win 10–3 May 2023 ITF Kakheti, Georgia 25,000 Hard   Valeria Savinykh 6–4, 7–5
Win 11–3 Oct 2023 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China 100,000 Hard   Yuan Yue 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 12–3 Nov 2023 Takasaki Open, Japan 100,000 Hard   Yuan Yue 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard   Punnin Kovapitukted   Ashmitha Easwaramurthi
  Rebeka Stolmár
6–0, 6–4
Win 2–0 Oct 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard   Punnin Kovapitukted   Eudice Chong
  Cody Wong
4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Loss 2–1 Nov 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard   Punnin Kovapitukted   Eudice Chong
  Cody Wong
6–4, 1–6, [4–10]
Loss 2–2 Nov 2021 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 15,000 Hard   Punnin Kovapitukted   Elena-Teodora Cadar
  Cody Wong
2–6, 3–6
Win 3–2 Nov 2021 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Hard   Punnin Kovapitukted   Yekaterina Dmitrichenko
  Antonia Schmidt
6–3, 7–6(1)

Notes

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  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
  2. ^ 2019: WTA ranking–835, 2020: WTA ranking–867, 2021: WTA ranking–806, 2022: WTA ranking–362.

References

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  1. ^ "Zhuoxuan Bai | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. ^ "Photos: The players contesting their first WTA main draw in 2023". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  3. ^ "Wimbledon 2023's Grand Slam debuts: Stevanovic, Naef, Bai and more". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  4. ^ "Ruthless Jabeur knocks out China's Bai in 45 minutes at Wimbledon". Reuters. 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. ^ "Zvonareva upsets Kudermetova; Samsonova advances in Zhengzhou". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
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