Yan Zi

Yan Zi
晏紫

Country (sports)	Tɛmplet:CHN (2000–2014) Tɛmplet:HKG (2014–2016)
Residence	Tɛmplet:HK
Born	(1984-11-12) 12 November 1984 Chengdu, Sichuan
Height	Tɛmplet:Height
Turned pro	February 2003
Retired	2016
Plays	Right (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$ 1,977,871
Singles
Career record	Tɛmplet:Tennis record
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 40 (5 May 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2006)
French Open	1R (2006, 2008)
Wimbledon	1R (2006, 2007, 2008)
US Open	1R (2006, 2007, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	Tɛmplet:Tennis record
Career titles	17
Highest ranking	No. 4 (10 July 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2006)
French Open	SF (2006)
Wimbledon	W (2006)
US Open	QF (2005, 2006, 2008)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	Bronze medal (2008)
Medal record

Yan Zi

Yan Zi (Chinese: 晏紫; bɛ dɔɣi o la silimiingoli November bɛɣu pinaayi dali , yuuni1984) o nyɛla Chinese-Hong Kong paɣa ŋun nyɛ tennis bɔli ŋmɛra.

Olympic medal matches

Doubles: 1 (bronze)

Result	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	2008	Beijing	Hard	Zheng Jie	Alona Bondarenko Kateryna Bondarenko	6–2, 6–2

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III (1–0)
Tier IV & V

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	26 September 2005	Guangzhou Open, China	Hard	Nuria Llagostera Vives	6–4, 4–0 ret.

Doubles: 28 (17 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend before 2009	Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I (2–1)	Premier Mandatory
Tier II (2–2)	Premier 5
Tier III (6–4)	Premier (1–2)
Tier IV & V (3–2)	International (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jun 2003	Vienna Open, Austria	Clay	Zheng Jie	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	3–6, 4–6
Win	1.	Jan 2005	Hobart International, Australia	Hard	Zheng Jie	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina	6–4, 7–5
Win	2.	Feb 2005	Hyderabad Open, India	Hard	Zheng Jie	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	6–4, 6–1
Loss	2.	Sep 2005	Bali International, Indonesia	Hard	Zheng Jie	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy	3–6, 3–6
Loss	3.	Sep 2005	Beijing Open, China	Hard	Zheng Jie	María Vento-Kabchi Nuria Llagostera Vives	2–6, 4–6
Win	3.	Jan 2006	Australian Open	Hard	Zheng Jie	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	2–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–3
Loss	4.	Feb 2006	Pattaya Open, Thailand	Hard	Zheng Jie	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	6–3, 1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	4.	May 2006	German Open	Clay	Zheng Jie	Elena Dementieva Flavia Pennetta	6–2, 6–3
Win	5.	May 2006	Rabat Grand Prix, Morocco	Clay	Zheng Jie	Ashley Harkleroad Bethanie Mattek	6–1, 6–3
Win	6.	Jun 2006	Rosmalen Open, Netherlands	Grass	Zheng Jie	Ana Ivanovic Maria Kirilenko	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	7.	Jul 2006	Wimbledon Championships, UK	Grass	Zheng Jie	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	5.	Jul 2006	Nordic Light Open, Sweden	Hard	Zheng Jie	Eva Birnerová Jarmila Gajdošová	6–0, 4–6, 2–6
Win	8.	Aug 2006	New Haven Open, United States	Hard	Zheng Jie	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–4, 6–2
Win	9.	Apr 2007	Charleston Open, United States	Clay	Zheng Jie	Peng Shuai Sun Tiantian	7–5, 6–0
Win	10.	May 2007	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Zheng Jie	Alicia Molik Sun Tiantian	6–3, 6–4
Win	11.	Sep 2007	Guangzhou International, China	Hard	Peng Shuai	Vania King Sun Tiantian	6–3, 6–4
Win	12.	Oct 2007	Tokyo Championships, Japan	Hard	Sun Tiantian	Tɛmplet:Country data TPE Chuang Chia-jung Vania King	1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	13.	Oct 2007	Bangkok Open, Thailand	Hard	Sun Tiantian	Ayumi Morita Junri Namigata	w/o
Loss	6.	Jan 2008	Gold Coast Hardcourts, Australia	Hard	Zheng Jie	Dinara Safina Ágnes Szávay	1–6, 2–6
Win	14.	Jan 2008	Sydney International, Australia	Hard	Zheng Jie	Tatiana Perebiynis Tɛmplet:Country data BLR Tatiana Poutchek	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	7.	Mar 2008	Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Zheng Jie	Tɛmplet:Country data ZIM Cara Black Liezel Huber	5–7, 2–6
Loss	8.	Mar 2008	Indian Wells Open, United States	Hard	Zheng Jie	Dinara Safina Elena Vesnina	1–6, 6–1, [8–10]
Win	15.	May 2008	Internationaux de Strasbourg, France	Clay	Tatiana Perebiynis	Tɛmplet:Country data TPE Chan Yung-jan Tɛmplet:Country data TPE Chuang Chia-jung	6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–6]
Loss	9.	Sep 2008	Guangzhou International Open, China	Hard	Sun Tiantian	Mariya Koryttseva Tɛmplet:Country data BLR Tatiana Poutchek	6–3, 2–6, [8–10]
Loss	10.	May 2009	Warsaw Open, Poland	Clay	Zheng Jie	Raquel Kops-Jones Bethanie Mattek-Sands	1–6, 1–6
Win	16.	Aug 2009	LA Championships, United States	Hard	Tɛmplet:Country data TPE Chuang Chia-jung	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska	6–0, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	17.	Apr 2010	Ponte Vedra Championships, U.S.	Clay	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Tɛmplet:Country data TPE Chuang Chia-jung Peng Shuai	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Loss	11.	May 2010	Warsaw Open, Poland	Clay	Tɛmplet:Country data ZIM Cara Black	Virginia Ruano Pascual Meghann Shaughnessy	3–6, 4–6

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	27 January 2002	ITF Hull, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Liu Nannan	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	12 June 2005	Beijing Challenger, China	Hard	Li Ting	1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 23 (16 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	10 September 2000	ITF Zhejiang, China	Hard	Zheng Jie	Chen Yan Sun Tiantian	3–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	4 June 2001	ITF Hohhot, China	Hard	Zheng Jie	Chen Yan Sun Tiantian	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Win	2–1	3 February 2002	ITF Tipton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Zheng Jie	Tessy van de Ven Suzanne van Hartingsveldt	6–1, 6–3
Winner	4.	14 April 2002	ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Zheng Jie	Ayami Takase Remi Tezuka	6–1, 1–6, 6–2
Winner	5.	15 April 2002	ITF Cagliari, Italy	Clay	Zheng Jie	Li Na Li Ting	6–4, 6–0
Winner	6.	23 April 2002	ITF Taranto, Italy	Clay	Zheng Jie	Eva Fislová Stanislava Hrozenská	6–2, 6–2
Winner	7.	29 April 2002	ITF Maglie, Italy	Carpet (i)	Zheng Jie	Edina Gallovits-Hall Magda Mihalache	6–4, 6–1
Winner	8.	19 May 2002	ITF Shanghai, China	Hard	Zheng Jie	He Chunyan Liu Weijuan	6–2, 6–2
Winner	9.	26 May 2002	ITF Tianjin, China	Hard (i)	Zheng Jie	Tɛmplet:Country data TPE Chan Chin-wei Tɛmplet:Country data TPE Chuang Chia-jung	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	11 August 2002	ITF Beijing, China	Hard	Zheng Jie	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	5–7, 3–6
Tɛmplet:No result	–	11 March 2003	ITF Fountain Hills, United States	Hard	Zheng Jie	Alicia Molik Trudi Musgrave	—
Winner	11.	18 March 2003	ITF Redding, United States	Hard	Zheng Jie	Jennifer Hopkins Abigail Spears	7–6(3), 7–6(5)
Winner	12.	16 June 2003	ITF Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Zheng Jie	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	7–6(5), 1–6, 6–4
Winner	13.	30 June 2003	ITF Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Zheng Jie	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	6–2, 7–5
Winner	14.	19 October 2003	ITF Sedona, United States	Clay	Zheng Jie	Alina Jidkova Rossana de los Ríos	7–6(2), 7–6(3)
Winner	15.	20 October 2003	ITF Paducah, United States	Hard	Zheng Jie	Kim Grant Samantha Reeves	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	16.	30 November 2003	ITF Changsha, China	Hard	Zheng Jie	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	17.	7 December 2003	ITF Shenzhen, China	Hard	Zheng Jie	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner	18.	26 October 2004	ITF Shenzhen	Hard	Zheng Jie	Tɛmplet:Country data TPE Chuang Chia-jung Tɛmplet:Country data TPE Hsieh Su-wei	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	19.	7 November 2004	ITF Shenzhen	Hard	Zheng Jie	Rika Fujiwara Elena Tatarkova	4–6, 6–1, 1–6
Winner	20.	6 June 2005	Beijing Challenger, China	Hard	Zheng Jie	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	21.	7 August 2005	ITF Washington, United States	Clay	Jennifer Hopkins	Olena Antypina Tɛmplet:Country data BLR Tatiana Poutchek	4–6, 4–6
Winner	22.	13 November 2005	ITF Shenzhen, China	Hard	Tɛmplet:Country data TPE Hsieh Su-wei	Tɛmplet:Country data TPE Chan Chin-wei Tɛmplet:Country data TPE Hsu Wen-hsin	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	23.	10 January 2010	Blossom Cup, China	Hard	Yuliya Beygelzimer	Liu Wanting Zhou Yimiao	1–6, 2–6

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	LQ	A	2R	LQ	1R	0 / 2	1–2
French Open	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	0 / 2	0–2
Wimbledon	A	LQ	A	1R	1R	1R	0 / 3	0–3
US Open	LQ	A	LQ	1R	1R	1R	0 / 3	0–3
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–4	0–2	0–4	N/A	1–10
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	A	NH	NH	NH		0 / 0	0–0
Tier I tournaments
Doha1	Not Tier I					2R	0 / 1	1–1
Indian Wells	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	0 / 2	1–2
Miami	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2
Charleston	A	LQ	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Berlin	A	1R	A	LQ	2R	2R	0 / 4	6–4
Rome	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 2	3–2
Toronto/Montréal	A	A	A	A	SF	A	0 / 1	6–1
Tokyo	A	LQ	A	A	LQ	A	0 / 2	4–2
Moscow	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Previous Tier I tournaments
San Diego1	NTI	A	A	A	A	NH	0 / 0	0–0
Zürich1	A	A	A	LQ	A	NTI	0 / 1	0–1

• ¹as of 2008, Doha is a Tier I tournament, replacing San Diego and Zurich

Doubles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Australian Open	A	QF	1R	W	SF	SF	3R	QF	2R	A	1R	23–8
French Open	A	1R	3R	SF	1R	3R	QF	3R	A	A	A	13–7
Wimbledon	A	3R	A	W	QF	3R	3R	2R	A	A	1R	16–6
US Open	1R	2R	QF	QF	2R	QF	QF	2R	A	A	A	15–8
Win–loss	0–1	6–4	5–3	19–2	8–4	11–4	10–4	7–4	1–1	0–0	0–2	67–29

Maan lihimi ŋɔ nim yaha

• Peng Shuai

External links

• Yan Zi at the Women's Tennis Association
• Tɛmplet:ITF
• Tɛmplet:FedCup
• (in Chinese) Yan Zi's blog Archived 2008-07-06 at the Wayback Machine