Player

Zi Yan

CHNBorn: November 12, 1984right-handed

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35–6236.1% wins in the database

Latest rankingNo. 789October 31, 2011

Best rankingNo. 40May 5, 2008

Record35–6236.1% wins

Titles00 finals · 0 Grand Slams

Prize Money—awaiting a verified source

Height171 cm

Birthplace—

Turned pro—

Playsright-handed

The year in motion

Season 2026

WTAno matches recorded in 2026

Zi Yan has not played a match in the 2026 season.

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Career path

Ranking progression

129 months represented

Monthly snapshots · the higher the line, the better the ranking.

Seasons

12 most recent

20101–150% · 0 titles 20090–50% · 0 titles 20087–1433.3% · 0 titles 200711–1444% · 0 titles 20066–1627.3% · 0 titles 20058–466.7% · 0 titles 20040–40% · 0 titles 20032–340% · 0 titles 20020–10% · 0 titles

Recent finals

0 career titles

WGuangzhou 2005Hard Nuria Llagostera Vives

0best-of-five matches

0reached a fifth set

0comebacks from 0–2

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Performance by surface

Hard24–4064 matches · 37.5% wins Clay10–1727 matches · 37% wins Grass1–56 matches · 16.7% wins

Frequent opponents

Nathalie DechyFRA5 matches1–4 Anna ChakvetadzeRUS4 matches1–3 Agnes SzavayHUN2 matches0–2 Ashley HarkleroadUSA2 matches1–1 Dinara SafinaRUS2 matches0–2 Emilie LoitFRA2 matches1–1 Francesca SchiavoneITA2 matches0–2 Jelena JankovicSRB2 matches2–0 Jie ZhengCHN2 matches0–2 Marta DomachowskaPOL2 matches2–0 Na LiCHN2 matches1–1 Olga PuchkovaRUS2 matches1–1

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Matches

21 found

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Beijing 2008WTA · Hard · Third round

vs. Ai Sugiyama view H2H

6-3 6-4

Guangzhou 2008WTA · Hard · Third round

vs. Olga Govortsova view H2H

6-3 6-2

US Open 2008WTA · Hard · First round

vs. Sofia Arvidsson view H2H

6-2 6-4

Olympics 2008WTA · Hard · Second round

vs. Vera Zvonareva view H2H

6-2 6-0

Wimbledon 2008WTA · Grass · First round

vs. Anabel Medina Garrigues view H2H

6-3 6-0

Roland Garros 2008WTA · Clay · First round

vs. Emilie Loit view H2H

1-6 6-4 8-6

Strasbourg 2008WTA · Clay · Round of 16

vs. Timea Bacsinszky view H2H

6-2 5-7 6-4

Strasbourg 2008WTA · Clay · Third round

vs. Mara Santangelo view H2H

5-6 RET

Rome 2008WTA · Clay · Second round

vs. Agnes Szavay view H2H

6-1 6-1

Berlin 2008WTA · Clay · Third round

vs. Agnes Szavay view H2H

6-1 6-1

Berlin 2008WTA · Clay · Second round

vs. Martina Muller view H2H

6-2 6-3

Indian Wells 2008WTA · Hard · Second round

vs. Aiko Nakamura view H2H

6-2 0-6 6-4

Indian Wells 2008WTA · Hard · First round

vs. Urszula Radwanska view H2H

2-6 6-0 6-2

Bangalore 2008WTA · Hard · Semifinal

vs. Patty Schnyder view H2H

6-3 6-4

Bangalore 2008WTA · Hard · Quarterfinal

vs. Jelena Jankovic view H2H

6-3 3-6 6-3

Bangalore 2008WTA · Hard · Round of 16

vs. Olga Savchuk view H2H

6-2 6-1

Bangalore 2008WTA · Hard · Third round

vs. Maria Kirilenko view H2H

3-6 7-6(7) 6-1

Doha 2008WTA · Hard · Third round

vs. Dinara Safina view H2H

6-2 6-1

Doha 2008WTA · Hard · Second round

vs. Vera Dushevina view H2H

6-2 4-6 6-2

Fed Cup WG R1: RUS vs AUS 2008WTA · Hard · Round robin

vs. Nathalie Dechy view H2H

6-3 6-2

Australian Open 2008WTA · Hard · First round

vs. Venus Williams view H2H

6-2 7-5