Yan Zi (tennis player)
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| Country (sports) |
 China (2000–2014) Hong Kong (2014–present) |
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| Residence | Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
November 12, 1984 Chengdu, Sichuan |
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| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | February 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed both sides) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | US$ 1,977,871 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 199–160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 1 WTA, 0 ITF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 40 (5 May 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Australian Open | 2R (2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | 1R (2006, 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R (2006, 2007, 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | 1R (2006, 2007, 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 375–179 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 17 WTA, 16 ITF | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (10 July 2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Australian Open | W (2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| French Open | SF (2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | W (2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US Open | QF (2005, 2006, 2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |
 Bronze medal (2008) |
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Yan Zi (Chinese: 晏紫; pinyin: Yàn Zǐ; Mandarin pronunciation: [jɛ̂n tsì]; born November 12, 1984) is a retired Chinese-born Hong Kong tennis player.
In 2005, at the age of 20, Yan Zi won her only WTA Tour singles title at the Guangzhou Tier III tournament.
In singles, she first reached the world top 100 in January 2006, achieving a then career-high of world No. 72 that March before failing to defend her breakthrough run of results the previous year and dropping back outside the top 100 that October. Her ranking had slumped to 262 by February 2007 after a year of disappointing results, but her results then picked up again over the rest of 2007; and she regained the top 100 for the first time in ten months after a spectacular run at Canada's Tier I Rogers Cup in August, reaching the semifinals before finally being defeated by world No. 1 Justine Henin 6–3, 6–0.
In doubles, Yan Zi's highest ranking is No. 4; she has won two Grand Slam titles partnering with Zheng Jie. While she has been good at doubles, her singles performance has been inconsistent as her form fluctuates. She has winning records against top 10 stars Jelena Janković 2–0, Ana Ivanovic 1–0, and Marion Bartoli 1–0.
In 2014 Yan received Hong Kong citizenship. In April 2016, she became captain of the Hong Kong Fed Cup team. She announced her retirement that year.
Until January 2002, Yan met with mixed results as a singles player in the lower reaches of the ITF tournament hierarchy. But that month, she reached the final of a $10,000 ITF event at Hull, losing to Liu Nannan. In May, she avenged this defeat with a win over Liu in the first round of a $50,000 tournament at Fukuoka; and again in August she defeated Liu, this time in the quarter-final of a $25,000 tournament at Beijing, only to lose to Rika Fujiwara in the semifinal. In September, she qualified for the WTA Tour contest at Shanghai, only to lose in the first round. But she had reached numerous ITF quarterfinals during the year, and finished it ranked for the first time inside the world top 300, at No. 299.
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