Wang Yan (tennis)

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

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wang (王).

Wang Yan
王妍

Country (sports)	China
Born	(1996-01-01) 1 January 1996
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$44,424
Singles
Career record	108–88
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 359 (23 March 2015)
Current ranking	No. 1.061 (2 October 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open Junior	Q1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record	71–68
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 220 (1 May 2017)
Current ranking	No. 324 (2 October 2017)
Last updated on: 2 October 2017.

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)

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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	Zhu Lin	6–4, 0–6, 2–6
Winner	1.	10 July 2016	Gimcheon, South Korea	Hard	Park Sang-hee	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Winner	2.	16 July 2016	Gimcheon, South Korea	Hard	Ji-Hee Choi	6–4, 7–6 ^(7–1)

Doubles (4 titles, 4 runner-up)

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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	Gai Ao	Han Xinyun Zhang Kailin	0–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	11 August 2014	Istanbul, Turkey	Hard	You Xiaodi	Gao Xinyu Yang Zhaoxuan	w/o
Runner-up	2.	25 August 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Yang Zhaoxuan	Alona Fomina Christina Shakovets	3–6, 1–6
Winner	2.	22 September 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	You Xiaodi	Harriet Dart Jessica Simpson	6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	3.	15 March 2015	Mildura, Australia	Grass	Tian Ran	Hiroko Kuwata Yuuki Tanaka	2–6, 0–6
Runner-up	4.	20 September 2015	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Agata Barańska	Ilze Hattingh Chantal Škamlová	6–7 ^(3–7), 6–3, [2–10]
Winner	3.	6 March 2016	Nanjing, China	Hard	Li Yihong	Chen Jiahui Xin Yuan	6–2, 6–3
Winner	4.	28 May 2016	Tianjin, China	Hard	Li Yihong	Liu Wanting Lu Jingjing	1–6, 6–0, [10–4]

External links

• Wang Yan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Wang Yan at the International Tennis Federation