Draft:Mingge Xu
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| Full name | Mingge Xu |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | QF (2024) |
| French Open Junior | 1R (2023) |
| Wimbledon Junior | 3R (2023 |
| US Open Junior | 2R (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | SF (2024) |
| French Open Junior | QF (2023) |
| Wimbledon Junior | 2R (2023) |
| US Open Junior | QF (2023) |
Mingge ‘Mimi’ Xu (born 2 October 2007) is a British tennis player.[1][2]
Career[edit]
From South Wales, Mingge Xu started playing tennis at the Swansea Tennis and Squash Club before moving to the National Tennis Academy in Loughborough.[3] She then moved the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton where she started to be coached by Mathew James.[4]
Career[edit]
At the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles Xu lost in theee sets in the first round to the fourth seed Polina Kudermetova.
In June 2022 Mingge Xu won the Junior Girls title at the LTA Junior National Championships, beating Talia Neilson-Gatenby 6-4, 7-5 in the Final at the National Tennis Centre.[5] Aged 14, she had also won the under-16 British title earlier that same month.[6] Winning the British junior title granted her a wildcard into qualifying for the main draw of the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and at 14, she would have been the youngest qualifier in the open era. However, she was defeated by 800+ places higher ranked Hanna Chang of the USA in the first round.[7] In the Wimbledon junior girls singles competition she reached the last-16 in both 2022 and 2023. She also made the doubles quarter-finals at the French and US Open in 2023.[4]
She reached the quarter-finals of the girls singles at the 2024 Australian Open and made the semifinals of the Girls doubles alongside Hannah Klugman.
In April 2024, Xu and Mika Stojsavljevic paired up to win 6-2 1-6 12-10 over Flora Johnson & Allegra Korpanec Davies in the girls doubles at the U18 Junior Nationals Championship. On the same day, Xu defeated Stojsavljevic to reach the final of the girls singles. In the singles final she defeated Hannah Klugman 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 to win the U18 national title.[8]
Personal life[edit]
She is from Swansea, in south Wales.[9][10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mingge Xu". ITF Tennis.
- ^ "Mingge Xu". Wimbledon.com.
- ^ "Wimbledon: Mimi Xu, 14, could become youngest female to qualify for senior draw". BBC Sport.
- ^ a b Coleman-Phillips, Ceri (15 January 2024). "The Welsh tennis stars aiming to be the next Murray and Raducanu". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Mingge Xu and Luca Pow win LTA 18U Junior National Championships". lta.org.uk.
- ^ "Teenager Mimi Xu looks to a bright future after Wimbledon qualifying debut". Tennis365.
- ^ "Mimi Xu Impresses Despite Wimbledon Defeat". lta.org.
- ^ "Mimi Xu & Oliver Bonding take home titles at the 18U Lexus Junior National Championships". LTA. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "WELSH TEEN MIMI XU BEGINS ATTEMPT TO BECOME YOUNGEST FEMALE TO PLAY AT WIMBLEDON IN OPEN ERA". Eurosport.co.uk.
- ^ "Welsh tennis ace shines as wildcard entry at Wimbledon". South Wales Guardian.