Mingge Xu

Mingge Olivia "Mimi" Xu (born 2 October 2007) is a British tennis player.

Early life
From South Wales, Mingge Xu started playing tennis at the Swansea Tennis and Squash Club before moving to the National Tennis Academy in Loughborough. She then moved the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton where she started to be coached by Mathew James.

Career
At the 2021 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' singles, Xu lost in three sets in the first round to the fourth seed Polina Kudermetova.

In June 2022, 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. Aged 14, she had also won the under-16 British title earlier that same month. 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. In the Wimbledon Championships junior Girls' singles competition she reached the last-16 in both 2022 and 2023. She also made the doubles quarter-finals at the French Open and US Open in 2023.

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. In June 2024, she was awarded a wildcard into qualifying for the singles of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. In June 2024, she broke into the top 10 of the junior rankings for the first time.

Playing alongside Stojsavljevic, she reached the final of the girls' doubles at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, after a win over top seeds and defending champions, Alena Kovackova and Laura Samson in the quarter-finals and a straight sets win of Julia Stusek and Julie Pastioka in the semi final. In the final they lost on a championship tie break to Tyra Caterina Grant and Iva Jovic of the United States.

Personal life
She is from Swansea, in south Wales.