Han Xinyun (Chinese: 韩馨蕴; pinyin: Hán Xīnyùn; Mandarin pronunciation: [xǎn ɕín ŷn]; born 30 May 1990), also known as Monica Han,[1] is a Chinese professional tennis player.

Han Xinyun
Country (sports) China
ResidenceHangzhou, China
Born (1990-05-30) 30 May 1990 (age 33)
Jinzhou, China
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2006
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$1,369,031
Singles
Career record383–324 (54.2%)
Career titles0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 105 (24 October 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2016)
French OpenQ2 (2010)
Wimbledon1R (2017)
US OpenQ3 (2016)
Doubles
Career record393–262 (60.0%)
Career titles3 WTA, 1 WTA 125
Highest rankingNo. 50 (29 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 439 (5 February 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2013, 2019, 2022)
French Open2R (2019, 2022)
Wimbledon2R (2018, 2019, 2022)
US Open2R (2018)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–1
Last updated on: 10 February 2024.

Han has won three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour. She also has won nine singles and 26 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 24 October 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 105. On 29 July 2019, she peaked at No. 50 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Playing for China Fed Cup team, Han has a win–loss record of 2–1 as of February 2024.

Personal edit

The only child of father Han Lei and mother Fu Deyuan first played tennis at the age of seven. Han Xinyun is coached by Wang Hufu. Her tennis idol is Li Na, her favorite tournaments are the Australian Open and China Open.[2]

Career edit

Han again reached the WTA Tour doubles final at the 2008 China Open where she and her partner Xu Yifan lost to the pairing of Caroline Wozniacki and Anabel Medina Garrigues. She had reached the same final with the same partner the year before, in 2007.

In 2010, Han made her Grand Slam debut, as she went through qualifying to reach the first round of the Australian Open.[3] Also, she made her Fed Cup debut, in which she helped China get its only singles rubber win against Slovakia.[4]

In 2016, she won her first doubles title on the WTA Tour at the Hobart International, partnering Christina McHale and defeating Kimberly Birrell and Jarmila Wolfe, in straight sets.

Performance timelines edit

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.

Singles edit

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 ... 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R Q1 A A 2R 1R Q2 Q1 Q1 A Q1 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open A Q2 Q1 A A Q1 Q1 Q1 A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A Q2 Q1 A A Q1 1R Q1 Q1 NH A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q1 Q2 Q1 A Q2 Q3 Q1 Q1 Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 1–4 20%
WTA 1000
Qatar / Dubai Open[a] A A A A A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A Q1 A A Q2 A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A A A Q1 A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A A A A Q1 A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A A A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A A 2R 2R Q1 Q1 Q2 NH 0 / 2 2–2 50%
China Open 1R 1R 2R Q1 1R Q2 Q1 A Q1 NH 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking[b] 184 132 328 278 152 108 130 162 195 206 487 749 $1,192,027

Doubles edit

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 W–L
Australian Open 2R 1R A A A 1R 2R 2R A 2R 4–6
French Open A A A 1R A A 2R A A 2R 2–3
Wimbledon A A Q1 1R 1R 2R 2R NH A 2R 3–5
US Open A A A 1R A 2R 1R A A 1R 1–4
Win–loss 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–3 3–4 1–1 0–0 3–4 10–18

Significant finals edit

WTA Elite Trophy edit

Doubles: 1 (title) edit

Result Year Location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2017 Zhuhai, China Hard (i)   Duan Yingying   Zhang Shuai
  Lu Jingjing
6–2, 6–1

WTA career finals edit

Doubles: 10 (3 titles, 7 runner-ups) edit

Legend
WTA Elite Trophy (1–0)
WTA 1000 (0–0)
Premier / WTA 500 (0–2)
International / WTA 250 (2–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–5)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2007 China Open Tier II Hard   Xu Yifan   Chuang Chia-jung
  Hsieh Su-wei
6–7(3), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2008 China Open Tier II Hard   Xu Yifan   Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Caroline Wozniacki
1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2010 Guangzhou Open, China International Hard   Liu Wanting   Sania Mirza
  Edina Gallovits
5–7, 3–6
Loss 0–4 Sep 2011 Guangzhou Open, China International Hard   Chan Chin-wei   Hsieh Su-wei
  Zheng Saisai
2–6, 1–6
Win 1–4 Jan 2016 Hobart International, Australia International Hard   Christina McHale   Kimberly Birrell
  Jarmila Wolfe
6–3, 6–0
Win 2–4 Nov 2017 Elite Trophy Zhuhai, China Elite Hard (i)   Duan Yingying   Lu Jingjing
  Zhang Shuai
6–2, 6–1
Win 3–4 Aug 2018 Washington Open, United States International Hard   Darija Jurak   Alexa Guarachi
  Erin Routliffe
6–3, 6–2
Loss 3–5 May 2019 Internationaux de Strasbourg, France International Clay   Duan Yingying   Daria Gavrilova
  Ellen Perez
4–6, 3–6
Loss 3–6 Jul 2019 Lausanne Open, Switzerland International Clay   Monique Adamczak   Anastasia Potapova
  Yana Sizikova
2–6, 4–6
Loss 3–7 Mar 2022 Monterrey Open, Mexico WTA 250 Hard   Yana Sizikova   Catherine Harrison
  Sabrina Santamaria
6–1, 5–7, [6–10]

WTA Challenger finals edit

Doubles: 6 (1 title, 5 runner-ups) edit

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2013 Suzhou Ladies Open, China Hard   Eri Hozumi   Tímea Babos
  Michaëlla Krajicek
2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2014 Ningbo International, China Hard   Zhang Kailin   Arina Rodionova
  Olga Savchuk
6–4, 6–7(2), [6–10]
Win 1–2 Apr 2017 Zhengzhou Open, China Hard   Zhu Lin   Jacqueline Cako
  Julia Glushko
7–5, 6–1
Loss 1–3 Apr 2019 Kunming Open, China Clay   Duan Yingying   Peng Shuai
  Yang Zhaoxuan
5–7, 2–6
Loss 1–4 Aug 2019 Karlsruhe Open, Germany Clay   Yuan Yue   Lara Arruabarrena
  Renata Voráčová
7–6(2), 4–6, [4–10]
Loss 1–5 Jul 2022 Grand Est Open 88, France Clay   Alexandra Panova   Ulrikke Eikeri
  Tereza Mihalíková
6–7(8–10), 2–6

ITF Circuit finals edit

Singles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (8–6)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2006 ITF Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal 10,000 Hard   Neuza Silva 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Jun 2006 ITF Alcobaça, Portugal 10,000 Hard   Neuza Silva 3–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss 1–2 Nov 2007 ITF Taizhou, China 25,000 Hard   Yanina Wickmayer 2–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 May 2009 ITF Incheon, South Korea 25,000 Hard   Liang Chen 6–2, 6–2
Win 3–2 May 2009 ITF Goyang, South Korea 25,000 Hard   Lee Jin-a 7–5, 6–4
Win 4–2 Jun 2009 ITF Gimhae, South Korea 25,000 Hard   Shannon Golds 6–1, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Jun 2009 ITF Qianshan, China 10,000 Hard   Sun Shengnan 1–6, 4–6
Loss 4–4 Mar 2012 ITF Sanya, China 25,000 Hard   Wang Qiang 2–6, 4–6
Win 5–4 May 2013 ITF Seoul, South Korea 15,000 Hard   Kim So-jung 6–2, 6–1
Win 6–4 Mar 2014 ITF Glen Iris, Australia 15,000 Clay   Tori Kinard 6–2, 6–3
Loss 6–5 Apr 2014 ITF Melbourne, Australia 15,000 Clay   Zuzana Zlochová 6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Loss 6–6 May 2014 ITF Incheon, South Korea (2) 25,000 Hard   Susanne Celik 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 6–7 Feb 2015 ITF Aurangabad, India 25,000 Clay   Dalila Jakupović 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 4–6
Loss 6–8 May 2015 Anning Open, China 75,000 Clay   Zheng Saisai 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 7–8 Feb 2016 Launceston International, Australia 75,000 Hard   Alla Kudryavtseva 6–1, 6–1
Win 8–8 Aug 2016 ITF Naiman, China 25,000 Hard (i)   Liu Fangzhou 6–4, 6–3
Loss 8–9 Apr 2018 ITF Nanjing, China 15,000 Hard   Xun Fangying 4–6, 3–6
Win 9–9 May 2019 Jin'an Open, China 60,000 Hard   Duan Yingying 4–6, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 45 (26 titles, 19 runner–ups) edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75/80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (20–14)
Clay (5–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–3)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2007 ITF Ho Chi Minh City,
Vietnam
25,000 Hard   Hao Jie   Kumiko Iijima
  Seiko Okamoto
6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Nov 2007 ITF Kunming, China 50,000 Hard   Xu Yifan   Urszula Radwańska
  Yanina Wickmayer
4–6, 1–6
Win 2–1 Nov 2007 ITF Xiamen, China 75,000 Hard   Xu Yifan   Ji Chunmei
  Sun Shengnan
6–4, 7–5
Win 3–1 May 2008 ITF Caserta, Italy 25,000 Clay   Xu Yifan   Kumiko Iijima
  Seiko Okamoto
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 3–2 Jun 2008 ITF Périgueux, France 25,000 Clay   Xu Yifan   Anna-Lena Grönefeld
  İpek Şenoğlu
3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 Oct 2008 ITF Makinohara, Japan 25,000 Carpet   Chae Kyung-yee   Natsumi Hamamura
  Junri Namigata
5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 3–4 Nov 2008 Toyota World Challenge, Japan 75,000 Carpet (i)   Kimiko Date-Krumm   Emma Laine
  Melanie South
1–6, 5–7
Loss 3–5 Feb 2009 ITF Mildura, Australia 25,000 Grass   Ji Chunmei   Lu Jingjing
  Sun Shengnan
6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 3–6 Feb 2009 ITF Guangzhou, China 10,000 Hard   Sun Shengnan   Ji Chunmei
  Liang Chen
7–6(9–7), 2–6, [3–10]
Loss 3–7 Mar 2009 ITF Sydney, Australia 25,000 Hard   Ji Chunmei   Monique Adamczak
  Lizaan du Plessis
3–6, 5–7
Loss 3–8 May 2009 ITF Incheon, South Korea 25,000 Hard   Ji Chunmei   Lu Jingjing
  Sun Shengnan
3–6, 5–7
Loss 3–9 Jun 2009 ITF Qianshan, China 10,000 Hard   Qian Ying   Sun Shengnan
  Zhou Yimiao
3–6, 0–6
Loss 3–10 Jun 2009 ITF Xiamen, China (2) 25,000 Hard   Kao Shaoyuan   Lu Jingjing
  Sun Shengnan
2–6, 4–6
Win 4–10 Aug 2009 Blossom Cup, China 25,000 Hard   Kao Shaoyuan   Hao Jie
  Sun Tiantian
1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Loss 4–11 Sep 2009 ITF Noto, Japan 25,000 Carpet   Kim So-jung   Hsu Wen-hsin
  Hwang I-hsuan
2–6, 4–6
Win 5–11 Aug 2010 Grado Tennis Cup,
Italy
25,000 Clay   Lu Jingjing   Karina Pimkina
  Marta Sirotkina
1–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 5–12 Aug 2011 Bronx Open,
United States
50,000 Hard   Lu Jingjing   Megan Moulton-Levy
  Ahsha Rolle
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 5–13 Sep 2011 Ningbo International,
China
100,000 Hard   Chan Chin-wei   Tetiana Luzhanska
  Zheng Saisai
4–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Loss 5–14 Feb 2012 ITF Sydney, Australia (2) 25,000 Hard   Duan Yingying   Arina Rodionova
  Melanie South
6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 5–15 Mar 2012 ITF Phuket, Thailand 25,000 Hard   Sun Shengnan   Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
  Zheng Saisai
3–6, 3–6
Win 6–15 May 2012 Kurume Cup, Japan 50,000 Carpet   Sun Shengnan   Ksenia Lykina
  Melanie South
6–1, 6–0
Loss 6–16 Jul 2012 Beijing Challenger,
China
75,000 Hard   Chan Chin-wei   Liu Wanting
  Sun Shengnan
7–5, 0–6, [7–10]
Win 7–16 May 2013 ITF Seoul, South Korea 15,000 Hard   Ye Qiuyu   Chan Chin-wei
  Zhang Nannan
7–6(7–3), 4–6, [10–4]
Win 8–16 Feb 2014 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand 10,000 Hard   Zhang Kailin   Katie Boulter
  Xun Fangying
6–3, 6–0
Win 9–16 Mar 2014 ITF Shenzhen, China 10,000 Hard   Zhang Kailin   Chan Chin-wei
  Liu Chang
6–3, 2–6, [13–11]
Win 10–16 Mar 2014 ITF Shenzhen, China (2) 10,000 Hard   Zhang Kailin   Gai Ao
  Wang Yan
6–0, 6–3
Win 11–16 Apr 2014 ITF Nanning, China 25,000 Hard   Zhang Kailin   Zhang Ling
  Zheng Saisai
7–6(10–8), 7–6(7–3)
Win 12–16 Apr 2014 Anning Open, China 50,000 Clay   Zhang Kailin   Varatchaya Wongteanchai
  Zhang Ling
6–4, 6–2
Loss 12–17 May 2014 Zhengzhou Open, China 25,000 Hard   Zhang Kailin   Chan Chin-wei
  Liang Chen
3–6, 3–6
Win 13–17 Jul 2014 ITF Wuhan, China 50,000 Hard   Zhang Kailin   Miyu Kato
  Makoto Ninomiya
6–4, 6–2
Win 14–17 Aug 2014 ITF Tsukuba, Japan 25,000 Hard   Zhang Kailin   Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
  Peangtarn Plipuech
6–4, 6–4
Win 15–17 Jan 2015 ITF Hong Kong 50,000 Hard   Hsu Chieh-yu   Varatchaya Wongteanchai
  Varunya Wongteanchai
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss 15–18 Feb 2015 Burnie International,
Australia
50,000 Hard   Junri Namigata   Irina Falconi
  Petra Martić
2–6, 4–6
Win 16–18 Feb 2015 Launceston International, Australia 50,000 Hard   Junri Namigata   Wang Yafan
  Yang Zhaoxuan
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 17–18 May 2015 ITF Wuhan, China (2) 50,000 Hard   Chang Kai-chen   Liu Chang
  Lu Jiajing
6–0, 6–3
Win 18–18 May 2015 ITF Xuzhou, China 50,000 Hard   Chang Kai-Chen   Cao Siqi
  Zhou Mingjun
6–3, 6–2
Win 19–18 Jul 2015 ITF Bangkok, Thailand 25,000 Hard   Zhang Kailin   Kanae Hisami
  Kotomi Takahata
6–3, 6–4
Loss 19–19 Nov 2016 Shenzhen Longhua Open, China (3) 100,000 Hard   Zhu Lin   Nina Stojanović
  You Xiaodi
4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win 20–19 Mar 2017 Blossom Cup, China (2) 60,000 Hard   Ye Qiuyu   Hiroko Kuwata
  Zhu Lin
6–3, 6–3
Win 21–19 Apr 2017 Kunming Open, China (2) 100,000 Clay   Ye Qiuyu   Prarthana Thombare
  Xun Fangying
6–2, 7–5
Win 22–19 May 2017 Open Saint-Gaudens, France 60,000 Clay   Chang Kai-chen   Montserrat González
  Sílvia Soler Espinosa
7–5, 6–1
Win 23–19 Oct 2017 Liuzhou Open, China 60,000 Hard   Makoto Ninomiya   Jacqueline Cako
  Laura Robson
6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Win 24–19 Mar 2018 ITF Nanjing, China 15,000 Hard   Ye Qiuyu   Sun Xuliu
  Zhao Qianqian
3–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win 25–19 Apr 2018 Blossom Cup, China (3) 60,000 Hard   Ye Qiuyu   Guo Hanyu
  Wang Xinyu
7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6)
Win 26–19 May 2019 Kangaroo Cup, Japan 80,000 Hard   Duan Yingying   Akiko Omae
  Peangtarn Plipuech
6–3, 4–6, [10–4]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. The Dubai Championships were classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by the Qatar Open for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, the Dubai Championships regained its Premier 5 status while the Qatar Open was demoted to Premier status. The two tournaments have since alternated status every year.
  2. ^ 2012: WTA ranking–292, 2013: WTA ranking–385.

References edit

  1. ^ "Monica Han-xinyun (@hanxinyunmonica) • Instagram photos and videos". www.instagram.com.
  2. ^ "Han Xinyun Bio".
  3. ^ "MONDAYS WITH BOB GREENE: STARS FOR HAITI".
  4. ^ "Fed Cup – Slovaks send out warning with easy win". www.fedcup.com.

External links edit