Yuan Meng
| Country (sports) |
 China
|
|---|---|
| Residence | Hong Kong, China |
| Born |
9 May 1986 Changsha, Hunan, China |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | 2003 |
| Retired | 2014 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US $398,845 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 224–176 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 4 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 86 (10 March 2008) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2006, 2008) |
| French Open | 1R (2006, 2008) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2006, 2008) |
| US Open | 1R (2006) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 30–46 |
| Career titles | 0 WTA, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 181 (28 August 2006) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | – |
| French Open | 2R (2006) |
| Wimbledon | – |
| US Open | 1R (2006) |
Yuan Meng (born 9 May 1986) (simplified Chinese: 袁梦; traditional Chinese: 袁夢; pinyin: Yuán Mèng) is a former Chinese female professional tennis player. She is China's fifth-highest ranked women's singles player after Zheng Jie, Li Na, Peng Shuai, and Yan Zi. Yuan has won four ITF singles titles and one ITF doubles title.
Yuan began competing on the ITF circuit at age fifteen in May 2001. However, that year she lost in the first round of qualifying in all four events she entered, and ended the year still unranked. In 2002, she won seven matches in qualifying and one in a main draw, and finished the year ranked 984th. The following year, she won eleven matches in qualifying and five in main draws, and after reaching the final qualifying round for a $50,000 event at Shenzhen she finished the year world-ranked nearly 300 places higher, at 689th.
In March 2004, she reached the final of a $10,000 grass-court event at Yarrawonga, Australia, only to default to her last opponent. In early June, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she reached the semi-final of a $25,000 event at Wulanhaote, before losing to more experienced countrywoman Liu Nannan. In December, she reached her first $25,000 tournament final at Port Pirie, before losing a tight three-set championship decider to a little-known Australian. Overall, she had won thirty-two matches in the year, lifting her world ranking to 387, up another 300 places year-on-year.
Yuan's consistent upward progress through the rankings continued in 2005. In February, she reached the semi-final of a $50,000 hard-court tournament at Bendigo, Australia. In March, she finally won her first career ITF singles title at the $10,000 grass-court event in Benalla, also in Australia. She performed solidly in several successive $25,000 tournaments over the Spring, reaching the semi-final at Campobasso, Italy in May with an impressive win over emerging Slovak star Jarmila Gajdošová (before losing to Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine in three sets), and defeating Gajdosova in three once more, as well as the equally promising youngster Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, and the experienced Australian Christina Wheeler, in reaching the final at Grado in June. In August, she nearly qualified for the $50,000 Bronx tournament after a fine three-set victory over Tatiana Poutchek, but lost in the deciding set in an extremely close qualifying-round match against German Angelika Bachmann.
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