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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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Starting pointZi Yan
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Career path

Ranking progression

129 months represented
First archived ranking
May 1, 2000
Career peak
No. 40
May 5, 2008
Archived observations
564
555 documented weeks
  1. Top 100documented weeks
  2. Top 200documented weeks
  3. Top 5018documented weeks
  4. Top 10093documented weeks
Monthly ranking progressionThe higher the line, the better the player's ranking.No. 41No. 419No. 796200020062011

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Seasons

12 most recent
20101–150% · 0 titles20090–50% · 0 titles20087–1433.3% · 0 titles200711–1444% · 0 titles20066–1627.3% · 0 titles20058–466.7% · 0 titles20040–40% · 0 titles20032–340% · 0 titles20020–10% · 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% winsClay10–1727 matches · 37% winsGrass1–56 matches · 16.7% wins

Frequent opponents

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

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