Yang Zhaoxuan (; ; born 11 February 1995) is a Chinese tennis player. She reached her career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 9 on 30 January 2023.
Yang has won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA Challenger doubles title. In September 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 151. In addition, she has won three singles and twelve doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Yang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2014 Shenzhen Open, partnering Ye Qiuyu in doubles. The pair lost their first-round match against third seeds Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova.
Alongside Shuko Aoyama, she reached the final of the Wuhan Open which they lost to Latisha Chan and Martina Hingis. At the WTA Elite Trophy, she lost both matches in the round-robin stage together with Han Xinyun.
At the French Open, Yang alongside Chan Hao-ching reached her first major semifinal but then lost to Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya.
At the Wimbledon Championships, she reached the round of the last four in mixed doubles alongside Matwé Middelkoop, after overcoming the top-seeded couple of Nicole Melichar and Bruno Soares. They lost their semifinal match to Jeüena Ostapenko and Robert Lindstedt.
In March, Yang reached the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships along with Xu Yifan but they were defeatet by Alexa Guarachi and Darija Jurak.
At the WTA 1000 Indian Wells Open, she won the biggest title of her career in doubles with Xu Yifan. They also took the title at the Silicon Valley Classic She qualified for the 2022 WTA Finals with partner Yifan.
She reached her first Grand Slam tournament quarterfinal outside of Paris at the Australian Open, partnering with Chan Hao-ching. As a result, she recorded a new career-high ranking of world No. 9, on 30 January 2023.
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in winâÂÂloss records.
Current through the 2023 Dubai Open.