Wu Fang-hsien

Wu Fang-hsien
	Wu in 2023
Country (sports)	Chinese Taipei
Born	15 July 1999 (age 25)
Prize money	$311,869
Singles
Career record	19–20
Career titles	0
Doubles
Career record	214–115
Career titles	3 WTA, 2 WTA Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 45 (29 January 2024)
Current ranking	No. 49 (6 January 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2024)
French Open	2R (2023)
Wimbledon	3R (2023)
US Open	2R (2023)
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing Chinese Taipei
World University Games
	Last updated on: 6 January 2025.

Wu Fang-hsien (Chinese: 吳芳嫺; pinyin: Wú Fāngxián; born 15 July 1999) is a Taiwanese tennis player. She has a career-high WTA ranking in doubles of No. 45, achieved on 29 January 2024. Wu has won three WTA Tour doubles titles.

Career

2018-2020: WTA Tour and Grand Slam debuts

Wu made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2018 Washington Open in doubles, partnering with Chen Pei-hsuan.

She made her Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2020 Australian Open, partnering Lee Ya-hsuan. They lost against Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sofia Kenin in the first round.

2023-2024: Maiden WTA Tour title, top 50 and Olympics debuts

She reached the top 100 following her maiden WTA Tour title at the 2023 Thailand Open, partnering with Chan Hao-ching, moving close to 50 positions up to world No. 99 on 6 February 2023.

Partnering Ingrid Neel, she recorded her first major win, against Nadiia Kichenok and Anna-Lena Friedsam at the 2023 French Open.

She reached the third round at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, partnering with Zhu Lin.

She also reached the third round at the 2024 Australian Open partnering Zhu Lin, defeating seventh seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez on the way, and reached the top 50 in the rankings on 29 January 2024

2025: Back-to-back doubles titles

Partnering Jiang Xinyu, Wu won the doubles title at the Auckland Open, defeating Aleksandra Krunić and Sabrina Santamaria in the final. The following week, the pair won the Hobart International doubles title, overcoming Monica Niculescu and Fanny Stollár in the final.

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 5 (3 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
WTA 500 (0–1)
WTA 250 (3–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2023	Hua Hin Championships, Thailand	WTA 250	Hard	Chan Hao-ching	Wang Xinyu Zhu Lin	6–1, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	1–1	Feb 2023	Mérida Open, Mexico	WTA 250	Hard	Wang Xinyu	Caty McNally Diane Parry	0–6, 5–7
Loss	1–2	Aug 2024	Washington Open, United States	WTA 500	Hard	Jiang Xinyu	Taylor Townsend Asia Muhammad	6–7⁽⁰⁾, 3–6
Win	2–2	Jan 2025	Auckland Open, New Zealand	WTA 250	Hard	Jiang Xinyu	Aleksandra Krunić Sabrina Santamaria	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–2	Jan 2025	Hobart International, Australia	WTA 250	Hard	Jiang Xinyu	Monica Niculescu Fanny Stollár	6–1, 7–6^(8–6)

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2019	Taipei Challenger, Taiwan	Carpet (i)	Lee Ya-hsuan	Dalila Jakupović Danka Kovinić	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win	2–0	Jun 2023	Makarska International, Croatia	Clay	Ingrid Neel	Anna Sisková Renata Voráčová	6–3, 7–5
Loss	2–1	Jul 2024	Contrexéville Open, France	Clay	Zhang Shuai	Oksana Kalashnikova Iryna Shymanovich	7–5, 3–6, [7–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Doubles: 41 (21 titles, 20 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–2)
$80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$60,000 tournaments (2–3)
$25,000 tournaments (9–10)
$10/15,000 tournaments (10–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2016	ITF Kaohsiung, Taiwan	10,000	Hard	Chen Pei-hsuan	Erina Hayashi Haruka Kaji	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	1–1	Jun 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Hsieh Shu-ying	Fernanda Brito Noelia Zeballos	5–7, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss	1–2	Jul 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Chen Pei-hsuan	Rutuja Bhosale Mayar Sherif	6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	2–2	Jul 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Chen Pei-hsuan	Ana Bianca Mihaila Zhao Xiaoxi	6–2, 6–1
Win	3–2	Aug 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Chen Pei-hsuan	Ana Bianca Mihaila Zhao Xiaoxi	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–2	Sep 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Chen Pei-hsuan	Hsieh Yu-ting Lee Pei-chi	7–6, 3–6, [11–9]
Win	5–2	Sep 2017	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Chen Pei-hsuan	Lee Pei-chi Kanika Vaidya	6–0, 1–6, [10–7]
Win	6–2	Dec 2017	ITF Hong Kong, China SAR	15,000	Hard	Chen Pei-hsuan	Chan Chin-wei Lu Jiaxi	6–1, 6–0
Loss	6–3	Jan 2018	ITF Hong Kong, China SAR	15,000	Hard	Chen Pei-hsuan	Yuki Kristina Chiang Helène Scholsen	2–6, 3–6
Loss	6–4	Apr 2018	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	15,000	Hard	Chen Pei-hsuan	Iryna Shymanovich Julia Terziyska	6–4, 6–2
Loss	6–5	May 2018	ITF Rome, Italy	25,000	Clay	Chen Pei-hsuan	Conny Perrin Chanel Simmonds	7–6⁽⁰⁾, 1–6, [7–10]
Win	7–5	May 2018	ITF San Severo, Italy	15,000	Clay	Chen Pei-hsuan	Sviatlana Pirazhenka Sofia Shapatava	6–3, 6–4
Win	8–5	May 2018	ITF Caserta, Italy	25,000	Clay	Chen Pei-hsuan	Jaimee Fourlis Ellen Perez	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–3
Loss	8–6	Jun 2018	ITF Ystad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Chen Pei-hsuan	Emily Arbuthnott Emilie Francati	2–6, 1–6
Win	9–6	Jun 2018	ITF Båstad, Sweden	25,000	Clay	Chen Pei-hsuan	Anna Danilina Karin Kennel	7–5, 1–6, [10–5]
Loss	9–7	Jul 2018	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Chen Pei-hsuan	Rutuja Bhosale Pranjala Yadlapalli	5–7, 2–6
Loss	9–8	Aug 2018	Landisville Tennis Challenge, US	60,000	Hard (i)	Chen Pei-hsuan	Ellen Perez Arina Rodionova	0–6, 2–6
Loss	9–9	Jan 2019	ITF Hong Kong, China SAR	25,000	Hard	Chen Pei-hsuan	Michaëlla Krajicek Barbora Štefková	4–6, 7–6⁽³⁾, [10–12]
Win	10–9	Jan 2019	ITF Hong Kong	25,000	Hard	Chen Pei-hsuan	Robu Kajitani Hiroko Kuwata	6–3, 6–3
Loss	10–10	Jan 2019	ITF Singapore	25,000	Hard	Chen Pei-hsuan	Quirine Lemoine Arantxa Rus	2–6, 4–6
Loss	10–11	Feb 2019	Indoor Championships Kyoto, Japan	60,000	Hard (i)	Chen Pei-hsuan	Eri Hozumi Moyuka Uchijima	4–6, 3–6
Win	11–11	Sep 2019	ITF Kyoto, Japan	25,000	Hard	Lee Ya-hsuan	Kanako Morisaki Minori Yonehara	6–4, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	12–11	Dec 2019	ITF Navi Mumbai, India	25,000	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	Olga Doroshina Shalimar Talbi	6–2, 6–2
Win	13–11	Jan 2020	ITF Hong Kong, China SAR	W25	Hard	Eudice Chong	Moyuka Uchijima Zhang Ying	7–6⁽²⁾, 6–1
Loss	13–12	Jun 2022	ITF Changwon, South Korea	W25	Hard	Lee Ya-hsuan	Choi Ji-hee Han Na-lae	3–6, 6–4, [13–15]
Loss	13–13	Jun 2022	ITF Incheon, South Korea	W25	Hard	Lee Ya-hsuan	Choi Ji-hee Han Na-lae	7–5, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	14–13	Jun 2022	ITF Ra'anana, Israel	W25	Hard	Lee Ya-hsuan	Chihiro Muramatsu Rebeka Stolmár	6–3, 6–1
Win	15–13	Jul 2022	ITF Porto, Portugal	W25	Hard	Lee Ya-hsuan	Lu Jiajing Alana Parnaby	5–7, 6–4, [10–1]
Loss	15–14	Jul 2022	ITF Corroios-Seixal, Portugal	W25	Hard	Lee Ya-hsuan	Justina Mikulskytė Cody Wong	2–6, 5–7
Loss	15–15	Jul 2022	ITF Figueira da Foz, Portugal	W25+H	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	Alexandra Bozovic Francisca Jorge	2–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Win	16–15	Jul 2022	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	W25	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	Jasmijn Gimbrère Isabelle Haverlag	6–3, 6–2
Loss	16–16	Oct 2022	Trnava Indoor, Slovakia	W60	Hard (i)	Lee Pei-chi	Sofya Lansere Rebecca Šramková	6–4, 2–6, [9–11]
Loss	16–17	Oct 2022	ITF Loulé, Portugal	W25	Hard	Lee Pei-chi	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	3–6, 5–7
Win	17–17	Nov 2022	Open Nantes Atlantique, France	W60	Hard (i)	Magali Kempen	Veronika Erjavec Emily Webley-Smith	6–2, 6–4
Win	18–17	Nov 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Tsao Chia-yi	Kamilla Bartone Bojana Marinković	6–0, 7–5
Win	19–17	Nov 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Tsao Chia-yi	Anastasiia Gureva Vlada Mincheva	6–3, 6–4
Win	20–17	Dec 2022	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Tsao Chia-yi	Oana Gavrilă Emilie Lindh	6–4, 6–3
Win	21–17	Dec 2022	Indoor Championships Kyoto, Japan	W60	Hard (i)	Liang En-shuo	Momoko Kobori Luksika Kumkhum	2–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, [10–2]
Loss	21–18	May 2023	Kangaroo Cup, Japan	W80	Hard	Lee Ya-hsuan	Han Na-lae Jang Su-jeong	6–7⁽³⁾, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss	21–19	Nov 2023	Takasaki Open, Japan	W100	Hard	Liang En-shuo	Luksika Kumkhum Peangtarn Plipuech	3–6, 1–6
Loss	21–20	Apr 2024	Oeiras Open, Portugal	W100	Clay	Yana Sizikova	Francisca Jorge Matilde Jorge	2–6, 0–6

References

^ "Zhu defeats Tsurenko in Hua Hin to win first title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
^ @PDChinaSports (January 19, 2024). "Australian Open 2024" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ "Tauson claims Auckland title after injured Osaka retires from final". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
^ "Kessler powers past Mertens in Hobart, wins second career title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 11 January 2025.

External links

Wu Fang-hsien at the Women's Tennis Association
Wu Fang-hsien at the International Tennis Federation

[1] "Zhu defeats Tsurenko in Hua Hin to win first title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 29 October 2024.

[2] @PDChinaSports (January 19, 2024). "Australian Open 2024" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[3] "Tauson claims Auckland title after injured Osaka retires from final". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

[4] "Kessler powers past Mertens in Hobart, wins second career title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 11 January 2025.

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as of 20 May 2024
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v t e Women's Tennis Association: Top Taiwanese female doubles tennis players
as of 29 January 2024
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