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Ma Yexin
马烨欣

Country (sports)	China
Born	(1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 25) Foshan, Guangdong
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2016
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$287,719
Singles
Career record	252–213
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 177 (6 May 2024)
Current ranking	No. 238 (16 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2024)
French Open	Q1 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2024)
US Open	Q2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	152–117
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 187 (3 April 2023)
Current ranking	No. 343 (16 December 2024)
Last updated on: 16 December 2024.

Ma Yexin (Chinese: 马烨欣; pinyin: Mǎ yèxīn) is a Chinese tennis player. 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.

Career

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

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

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut as a qualifier at the 2023 Jiangxi Open, losing in the first round to Camila Osorio.

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

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). 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.

ITF Circuit finals

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2017	ITF Colombo, Sri Lanka	W15	Clay	Prema Bhambri	6–1, 6–2
Win	2–0	Sep 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Aliona Falei	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–0	Nov 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Julia Middendorf	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–0	May 2022	ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand	W15	Hard	Haruna Arakawa	6–4, 6–1
Loss	4–1	May 2023	Kurume Cup, Japan	W60	Carpet	Emina Bektas	5–7, 7–5, 1–6
Win	5–1	Oct 2023	ITF Nanao, Japan	W40	Carpet	Yang Ya-yi	7–6, 6–7, 6–0
Loss	5–2	Mar 2024	ITF Traralgon, Australia	W35	Hard	Lanlana Tararudee	3–6, 5–7

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2017	ITF Colombo, Sri Lanka	W15	Clay	Isabelle Boulais	Joséphine Boualem Andrea Ka	6–3, 2–6,
Loss	1–1	Mar 2019	ITF Nanchang, China	W15	Clay (i)	Mei Yamaguchi	Guo Hanyu Zheng Wushuang	0–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Sep 2019	ITF Anning, China	W15	Clay	Zhibek Kulambayeva	Liu Siqi Sheng Yuqi	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–1	Jan 2020	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Zhibek Kulambayeva	Ksenia Laskutova Anna Ureke	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–1	Jan 2020	ITF Antalya, Turkey	W15	Clay	Zhibek Kulambayeva	Ayaka Okuno Julyette Steur	6–4, 1–6,
Win	5–1	Sep 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Moyuka Uchijima	Ingrid Martins Jazmín Ortenzi	6–2, 2–6,
Win	6–1	Sep 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Ekaterina Reyngold	Yasmine Mansouri Himari Sato	6–2, 6–2
Loss	6–2	Sep 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Honoka Kobayashi	Yasmine Mansouri Ekaterina Reyngold	1–6, 3–6
Win	7–2	Oct 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Ni Ma Zhuoma	Petra Marčinko Sebastianna Scilipoti	3–6, 6–4,
Loss	7–3	Oct 2021	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W15	Hard	Ni Ma Zhuoma	Mana Ayukawa Rebeka Stolmár	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7–4	Apr 2022	ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand	W25	Hard	Xun Fangying	Kyōka Okamura Peangtarn Plipuech	6–4, 3–6,
Loss	7–5	Apr 2022	ITF Chiang Rai, Thailand	W15	Hard	Xun Fangying	Catherine Aulia Talia Gibson	3–6, 6–7
Win	8–5	May 2022	ITF Sarasota, United States	W25	Clay	Akvilė Paražinskaitė	Hsieh Yu-chieh Hsu Chieh-yu	6–2, 7–5
Win	9–5	Oct 2022	ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria	W25	Hard	Yang Ya-yi	Cristina Dinu Lu Jiajing	6–3, 6–1
Win	10–5	Jan 2023	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	W40	Hard	Liang En-shuo	Hiroko Kuwata Kateryna Volodko	6–0, 6–3
Win	11–5	Jan 2023	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	W40	Hard	Liang En-shuo	Lee Pei-chi Jessy Rompies	6–3, 2–6,
Win	12–5	Mar 2023	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	W25	Hard	Moyuka Uchijima	Luksika Kumkhum Peangtarn Plipuech	6–0, 6–2
Loss	12–6	May 2023	Fukuoka International, Japan	W60	Carpet	Alana Parnaby	Emina Bektas Lina Glushko	5–7, 3–6
Loss	12–7	Feb 2024	Burnie International II, Australia	W75	Hard	Alana Parnaby	Tang Qianhui You Xiaodi	4–6, 5–7

References

1. "Ma Yexin ITF Profil". www.itftennis.com.
2. "Ma Yexin". Women's Tennis Association.
3. "Zhibek Kulambayeva wins ITF doubles finals". Казинформ. 3 February 2020.
4. "Ma y Liang ganan la final del torneo de Nonthaburi". Infobae (in Spanish). 7 January 2023.
5. "W40 Nonthaburi 2023 Tennis Tournament | ITF".
6. "Ma y Liang, campeonas del torneo de Nonthaburi". Infobae (in Spanish). 14 January 2023.
7. "Photos: The players contesting their first WTA main draw in 2023". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
8. "Jiangxi Open: Osorio books spot in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
9. "China Open: Begu makes second round, faces Andreeva next". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
10. "Begu denies wild card Ma from 6-1, 4-2 down in Beijing first round". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
11. 网球大师&菁英体育公众号 (19 October 2017). "3个月前专访过的马烨欣，如今已首获ITF女单冠军 ！". Sohu.com. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
12. Faye Wong (27 June 2020). "马烨欣：一路走来感谢父亲的付出，您辛苦了！". Tencent QQ. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

External links

• Ma Yexin at the Women's Tennis Association
• Ma Yexin at the International Tennis Federation

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