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Wang Yan (tennis)

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Wang Yan
王妍
Country (sports) China
Born (1996-01-01) 1 January 1996 (age 28)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$44,424
Singles
Career record108–88
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 359 (23 March 2015)
Current rankingNo. 1.061 (2 October 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open JuniorQ1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record71–68
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 220 (1 May 2017)
Current rankingNo. 324 (2 October 2017)
Last updated on: 2 October 2017.

'Wang Yan (Chinese: 王妍; pinyin: Wáng Yán; Mandarin pronunciation: [wǎŋ jɛ̌n]; born 1 January 1996; nickname: Helen) is a Chinese tennis player.

On 23 March 2015, Wang reached her best singles ranking of world No. 359. On 1 May 2017, she peaked her best doubles ranking of No. 220. Wang has won two ITF doubles titles.

She made her WTA main draw debut at the 2015 Tianjin Open where she was given a wild card into the doubles event partnering Xun Fangying.

ITF finals (6 titles, 5 runner-up)

Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 7 June 2014 Tarakan, Indonesia Hard China Zhu Lin 6–4, 0–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 10 July 2016 Gimcheon, South Korea Hard South Korea Park Sang-hee 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner 2. 16 July 2016 Gimcheon, South Korea Hard South Korea Ji-Hee Choi 6–4, 7–6 (7–1)

Doubles (4 titles, 4 runner-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 24 March 2014 Shenzhen, China Hard China Gai Ao China Han Xinyun
China Zhang Kailin
0–6, 3–6
Winner 1. 11 August 2014 Istanbul, Turkey Hard China You Xiaodi China Gao Xinyu
China Yang Zhaoxuan
w/o
Runner-up 2. 25 August 2014 Antalya, Turkey Hard China Yang Zhaoxuan Ukraine Alona Fomina
Germany Christina Shakovets
3–6, 1–6
Winner 2. 22 September 2014 Antalya, Turkey Hard China You Xiaodi United Kingdom Harriet Dart
United Kingdom Jessica Simpson
6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up 3. 15 March 2015 Mildura, Australia Grass China Tian Ran Japan Hiroko Kuwata
Japan Yuuki Tanaka
2–6, 0–6
Runner-up 4. 20 September 2015 Antalya, Turkey Hard Poland Agata Barańska South Africa Ilze Hattingh
Slovakia Chantal Škamlová
6–7 (3–7) , 6–3, [2–10]
Winner 3. 6 March 2016 Nanjing, China Hard China Li Yihong China Chen Jiahui
China Xin Yuan
6–2, 6–3
Winner 4. 28 May 2016 Tianjin, China Hard China Li Yihong China Liu Wanting
China Lu Jingjing
1–6, 6–0, [10–4]