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Zi Yan #215 def. Ashley Harkleroad #52

7-6(5) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 3, 2003*
Tournament	Japan Open
Category	WTA 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Zi Yan
Score	7-6(5) 6-4
Loser	Ashley Harkleroad

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Zi Yan	Ashley Harkleroad
Country	HKG	USA
Birth date	—	May 2, 1985
Age	—	18
Height	171	165
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	215	52
Ranking points (entering)	124	697
Elo (entering)	1,496	1,601
Career W-L	34–57	51–79
Career earnings	$1,977,871	$1,022,094

Pre-match H2H

Zi Yan 0 – 0 Ashley Harkleroad

Path

Zi Yan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2003	R32	Miho Saeki	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Zi Yan's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 4, 2003	QF	Jie Zheng	6-7(3) 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Ashley Harkleroad's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 2, 2003	R32	Maika Ozaki	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data