Ma Yexin Explained

Ma Yexin
马烨欣
Birth Date:1999 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Foshan, Guangdong
Height:1.63 m
Turnedpro:2016
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$196,364
Singlestitles:5 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 177 (6 May 2024)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 209 (12 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:Q2 (2024)
Frenchopenresult:Q1 (2024)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (2024)
Usopenresult:Q2 (2024)
Doublestitles:11 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 187 (3 April 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 320 (12 August 2024)
Updated:16 August 2024

Ma Yexin is a Chinese tennis player.[1] She has a career-high singles ranking of 177 by the WTA, reached on 6 May 2024, and a doubles ranking of world No. 187, achieved on 3 April 2023.[2]

Career

In 2020, Ma won two tournaments in Antalya, Turkey, with Kazakh partner Zhibek Kulambayeva in doubles.[3]

Ma won her first $40k title in January 2023 at Nonthaburi, Thailand in the doubles draw, partnering Liang En-shuo.[4] [5] The following week, they won another $40k title at Nonthaburi, beating Lee Pei-chi from Taiwan and Indonesian Jessy Rompies in the final.[6]

She received a wildcard for the main draw of the WTA 1000 2024 China Open but lost to Irina-Camelia Begu in the first round.

Early life

Ma Yexin was born in Foshan, China on 10 June 1999. From the age of four to twelve years old, she was coached by her father, Ma Dean (马德安).[7] When Ma Yexin graduated from elementary school in 2011, Ma Dean went with her to Beijing to learn from Carlos Rodríguez. After a year and a half, Ma Yexin switched to Peng Shuai's former coach Ma Wei, while training in the Xinghewan Professional Tennis Club at the same time.[8]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments
W40 tournaments
W35 tournaments
W15 tournaments
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2017ITF Colombo, Sri LankaW15Clay Prema Bhambri6–1, 6–2
Win2–0Sep 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Aliona Falei6–4, 6–4
Win3–0Nov 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Julia Middendorf6–4, 6–2
Win4–0May 2022ITF Chiang Rai, ThailandW15Hard Haruna Arakawa6–4, 6–1
Loss4–1May 2023Kurume Cup, JapanW60Carpet Emina Bektas5–7, 7–5, 1–6
Win5–1Oct 2023ITF Nanao, JapanW40Carpet Yang Ya-yi7–6(6), 6–7(0), 6–0
Loss5–2Mar 2024ITF Traralgon, AustraliaW35Hard Lanlana Tararudee3–6, 5–7

Doubles: 19 (12 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments
W40 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 2017ITF Colombo, Sri LankaW15Clay Isabelle Boulais Joséphine Boualem
Andrea Ka
6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss1–1Mar 2019ITF Nanchang, ChinaW15Clay (i) Guo Hanyu
Zheng Wushuang
0–6, 1–6
Win2–1Sep 2019ITF Anning, ChinaW15Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Liu Siqi
Sheng Yuqi
6–4, 6–3
Win3–1Jan 2020ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Ksenia Laskutova
Anna Ureke
6–4, 6–2
Win4–1Jan 2020ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Zhibek Kulambayeva Ayaka Okuno
Julyette Steur
6–4, 1–6, [10–4]
Win5–1Sep 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Moyuka Uchijima Ingrid Martins
Jazmín Ortenzi
6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Win6–1Sep 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Ekaterina Reyngold Yasmine Mansouri
Himari Sato
6–2, 6–2
Loss6–2Sep 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Honoka Kobayashi Yasmine Mansouri
Ekaterina Reyngold
1–6, 3–6
Win7–2Oct 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Ni Ma Zhuoma Petra Marčinko
Sebastianna Scilipoti
3–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss7–3Oct 2021ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Ni Ma Zhuoma Mana Ayukawa
Rebeka Stolmár
3–6, 4–6
Loss7–4Apr 2022ITF Chiang Rai, ThailandW25Hard Xun Fangying Kyōka Okamura
Peangtarn Plipuech
6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss7–5Apr 2022ITF Chiang Rai, ThailandW15Hard Xun Fangying Catherine Aulia
Talia Gibson
3–6, 6–7(5)
Win8–5May 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Sarasota,
United States
bgcolor=lightblueW25Clay Akvilė Paražinskaitė Hsieh Yu-chieh
Hsu Chieh-yu
6–2, 7–5
Win9–5Oct 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Sozopol, Bulgariabgcolor=lightblueW25Hard Yang Ya-yi Cristina Dinu
Lu Jiajing
6–3, 6–1
Win10–5Jan 2023ITF Nonthaburi, ThailandW40Hard Liang En-shuo Hiroko Kuwata
Kateryna Volodko
6–0, 6–3
Win11–5Jan 2023ITF Nonthaburi, ThailandW40Hard Liang En-shuo Lee Pei-chi
Jessy Rompies
6–3, 2–6, [10–6]
Win12–5Mar 2023bgcolor=lightblueITF Jakarta, Indonesiabgcolor=lightblueW25Hard Moyuka Uchijima Luksika Kumkhum
Peangtarn Plipuech
6–0, 6–2
Loss12–6May 2023Fukuoka International, JapanW60Carpet Alana Parnaby Emina Bektas
Lina Glushko
5–7, 3–6
Loss12–7Feb 2024Burnie International II, AustraliaW75Hard Alana Parnaby Tang Qianhui
You Xiaodi
4–6, 5–7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ma Yexin ITF Profil. www.itftennis.com.
  2. Web site: Ma Yexin. Women's Tennis Association.
  3. Web site: Zhibek Kulambayeva wins ITF doubles finals. February 3, 2020. Казинформ.
  4. Web site: Ma y Liang ganan la final del torneo de Nonthaburi. 7 January 2023.
  5. Web site: W40 Nonthaburi 2023 Tennis Tournament | ITF .
  6. Web site: Ma y Liang, campeonas del torneo de Nonthaburi. 14 January 2023.
  7. Web site: 3个月前专访过的马烨欣,如今已首获ITF女单冠军 !. 网球大师&菁英体育公众号. 2017-10-19. 2023-01-29. Sohu.com.
  8. Web site: 马烨欣:一路走来感谢父亲的付出,您辛苦了!. Faye Wong. 2020-06-27. 2023-01-29. Tencent QQ.