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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 money$45,576
Singles
Career record111–90
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 359 (23 March 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open JuniorQ1 (2013)
Doubles
Career record71–69
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 220 (1 May 2017)

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

On 23 March 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 359. On 1 May 2017, she peaked at No. 220 in the WTA doubles rankings. In her career, Wang won two singles titles and four doubles titles on tournaments of the ITF Circuit.

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2015 Tianjin Open where she was given a wildcard into the doubles tournament, partnering Xun Fangying.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 7 June 2014 ITF Tarakan, Indonesia Hard China Zhu Lin 6–4, 0–6, 2–6
Win 1. 10 July 2016 ITF Gimcheon, South Korea Hard South Korea Park Sang-hee 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win 2. 16 July 2016 ITF Gimcheon Hard South Korea Choi Ji-hee 6–4, 7–6(1)

Doubles (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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

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