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Zi Yan

HKG Age 41 171 cm / 5'7" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2002–2010

Zi Yan represented Hong Kong on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 40. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 34–58 and one singles title.

Peak singles rank

40 (May 5, 2008)

Elo peak

1621 (41st percentile)

Singles record

34–58 (37.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,977,871

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Zi Yan's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Ayumi Morita #103	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 26, 2010*	R16	Kuala Lumpur	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Melinda Czink #45	3-6 7-5 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 25, 2010*	R32	Kuala Lumpur	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Su-Wei Hsieh #362	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 2009*	R32	Guangzhou Open	International → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Patricia Mayr-Achleitner #73	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 15, 2009*	R64	Charleston Open	Premier → modern equivalent WTA 500	Clay
Vera Dushevina #61	6-2 4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 2009*	R64	Dubai Tennis Championships	Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Hard

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Zi Yan's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Nathalie Dechy	1	3	4	Jan 3, 2008	H2H
Anna Chakvetadze	1	2	3	May 17, 2007	H2H
Vera Dushevina	1	1	2	Feb 17, 2009	H2H
Emilie Loit	1	1	2	May 27, 2008	H2H
Agnes Szavay	0	2	2	May 14, 2008	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Zi Yan singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2005	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Guangzhou Open
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Zi Yan Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2008	Beijing Olympics	First Round	0	1	Vera Zvonareva #11 def. Zi Yan #52 6-2 6-0	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Zi Yan career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2002	17	0	1	1	0.0%	471	297
2003	18	2	3	5	40.0%	297	161
2004	19	0	4	4	0.0%	161	296
2005	20	8	4	12	66.7%	296	104
2006	21	6	16	22	27.3%	104	166
2007	22	10	12	22	45.5%	166	58
2008	23	7	14	21	33.3%	58	126
2009	24	0	3	3	0.0%	126	306
2010	25	1	1	2	50.0%	306	422
Career		34	58	92	37.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Zi Yan career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2002	17	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	18	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
2004	19	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
2005	20	6	2	8	75.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	8	4	12	66.7%
2006	21	2	10	12	16.7%	3	4	7	42.9%	1	2	3	33.3%	6	16	22	27.3%
2007	22	8	7	15	53.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	10	12	22	45.5%
2008	23	5	9	14	35.7%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	14	21	33.3%
2009	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2010	25	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	24	37	61	39.3%	9	16	25	36.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	34	58	92	37.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Zi Yan career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2002	17	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2003	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%
2004	19	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
2005	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	3	0	3	100.0%	7	4	11	63.6%
2006	21	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	3	13	16	18.8%	2	1	3	66.7%	6	16	22	27.3%
2007	22	2	3	5	40.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	10	11	21	47.6%
2008	23	1	1	2	50.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	2	6	8	25.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	7	14	21	33.3%
2009	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2010	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
Career		3	4	7	42.9%	3	11	14	21.4%	17	32	49	34.7%	10	10	20	50.0%	33	57	90	36.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 90/92 (97.8%) of Zi Yan's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Zi Yan performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
2006	21	10/22	1.8	3.3	64.1%	56.8%	43.0%	56.3%	48.9%	52.2%	41.1%
2007	22	18/22	1.3	2.6	65.3%	60.0%	45.6%	47.1%	55.2%	54.9%	44.5%
2008	23	20/21	0.9	3.6	63.5%	56.5%	41.5%	49.7%	43.3%	51.0%	44.6%
2009	24	2/3	1.0	4.5	62.7%	53.0%	39.2%	33.3%	47.3%	47.8%	44.6%
2010	25	2/2	0.0	2.5	62.7%	53.2%	38.5%	39.3%	33.6%	47.7%	39.0%
Career		52/92	1.2	3.2	64.2%	57.5%	43.0%	49.1%	48.3%	52.3%	43.7%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 52/92 (56.5%) of Zi Yan's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Zi Yan advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
2002	17	1486	99.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.03
2003	18	1486	102.0	—	—	—	—	+30	—	—	45.5%	-0.09	0–1	1–1	—	+0.26
2004	19	1451	99.1	—	—	—	—	+21	—	—	27.3%	-1.82	0–3 (0%)	1–0	—	-0.09
2005	20	1573	115.2	—	—	—	—	+3	-61	—	60.0%	+0.80	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	101.7	+0.28
2006	21	1485	107.1	-2.70	-1.75	0.860	47.0%	-6	+46	+98	32.0%	-1.34	2–4 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	98.8	-0.22
2007	22	1543	115.3	-0.92	0.00	0.986	49.7%	+13	-15	—	37.8%	-0.64	4–3 (57%)	2–0	—	+1.07
2008	23	1528	117.9	-2.92	-0.04	0.910	47.8%	+35	-10	—	31.9%	-1.15	4–3 (57%)	1–0	—	-0.15
2009	24	1486	98.3	-0.13	-1.41	0.855	46.2%	—	—	—	14.3%	-2.00	0–1	—	—	+0.21
2010	25	1495	98.7	-4.24	-2.37	0.747	44.1%	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.80	1–0	1–0	—	+0.07
Career		1621	114.0	-2.13	-0.50	0.916	48.1%	+15	-3	+98	36.5%	-0.88	13–16 (45%)	10–5 (67%)	102.5	+1.60

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Zi Yan Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2006	21	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
2007	22	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
2008	23	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	1–10 (9%)

WTA 1000

Zi Yan WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	DOH	DUB	IW	MIA	ITA	BER	CAN	W-L Win %
2004	19	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
2006	21	—	—	R128	R128	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2007	22	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	SF	6–3 (67%)
2008	23	R32	—	R64	—	R64	R32	—	3–4 (43%)
2009	24	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	4–1 (80%)	9–11 (45%)

WTA 500

Zi Yan WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BEI	BAN	CHA	LOS	SYD	W-L Win %
2004	19	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2006	21	R32	—	—	—	R16	1–2 (33%)
2007	22	R32	—	—	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
2008	23	R32	SF	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
2009	24	—	—	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–4 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–8 (33%)

WTA 250

Zi Yan WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	EST	SHA	STO	JAP	BAL	BAN	BIR	GOL	GUA	HYD	KUA	MOD	PAL	PAT	MOR	STR	W-L Win %
2002	17	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	18	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	2–3 (40%)
2004	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2005	20	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	W	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	8–4 (67%)
2006	21	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	R32	4–8 (33%)
2007	22	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	4–5 (44%)
2008	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–3 (25%)
2009	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2010	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	6–5 (55%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	20–28 (42%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

May 5, 2008

First Top 100

Jan 16, 2006

First Top 50

Mar 10, 2008

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Zi Yan ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2000	15	—	—	—	—	795	641	648	666	624	633	635	—
2001	16	—	—	528	—	—	—	—	—	—	468	468	471
2002	17	469	397	448	421	303	306	306	294	291	295	297	297
2003	18	289	295	264	248	263	261	219	228	215	181	176	161
2004	19	161	153	168	171	169	171	204	213	224	275	250	296
2005	20	268	303	302	306	280	227	208	181	163	102	105	104
2006	21	78	72	76	77	73	79	77	85	98	147	169	166
2007	22	262	252	250	254	179	197	173	77	72	62	58	58
2008	23	60	55	41	42	42	44	53	92	107	125	127	126
2009	24	122	126	246	221	319	316	322	329	328	320	308	306
2010	25	301	400	337	415	435	437	438	446	469	474	424	422
2011	26	485	755	753	758	753	769	773	758	796	789	—	—

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Zi Yan's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Shenay Perry	USA	#40	1,657	101	39	62	38.6%	$906,548	0	2003–2010	Rivalries	Match log
Greta Arn	HUN	#40	1,694	149	58	91	38.9%	$1,103,890	2	2000–2019	Rivalries	Match log
Jill Craybas	USA	#39	1,693	418	161	257	38.5%	$2,552,154	1	1996–2013	Rivalries	Match log
Akiko Morigami	JPN	#41	1,716	188	79	109	42.0%	$1,177,175	1	2002–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Ashley Harkleroad	USA	#39	1,681	130	51	79	39.2%	$1,022,094	0	2001–2010	Rivalries	Match log
Lilia Osterloh	USA	#41	1,696	221	83	138	37.6%	$1,349,462	0	1996–2010	Rivalries	Match log
Jamea Jackson	USA	#43	1,662	83	33	50	39.8%	$455,220	0	2003–2008	Rivalries	Match log
Maria Elena Camerin	ITA	#41	1,667	246	98	148	39.8%	$1,721,517	0	2001–2013	Rivalries	Match log
Lourdes Domínguez Lino	ESP	#40	1,673	282	125	157	44.3%	$2,434,215	2	2000–2016	Rivalries	Match log
Claudine Schaul	LUX	#41	1,675	76	27	49	35.5%	$542,184	1	2000–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Marta Domachowska	POL	#37	1,675	166	67	99	40.4%	$1,063,111	0	2002–2013	Rivalries	Match log
Melinda Czink	HUN	#37	1,796	226	89	137	39.4%	$1,504,389	1	2003–2013	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Zi Yan?: Zi Yan is 41 years old, born on November 12, 1984.
Which country does Zi Yan represent?: Zi Yan represents Hong Kong in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Zi Yan?: Zi Yan is 171 cm / 5'7".
Does Zi Yan use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Zi Yan uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Zi Yan left-handed or right-handed?: Zi Yan plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Zi Yan won?: Zi Yan has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Zi Yan won?: TennisDB does not group any of Zi Yan's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Zi Yan won?: Zi Yan has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Guangzhou in 2005.
What is Zi Yan's highest WTA ranking?: Zi Yan's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 40, first achieved on May 5, 2008.
What is Zi Yan's career win-loss record?: Zi Yan has a career WTA singles record of 34 wins and 58 losses (37.0%).
How much career prize money has Zi Yan earned?: Zi Yan has earned at least $1,977,871 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Zi Yan's career appear in TennisDB?: Zi Yan appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2002 through 2010.
On which surface does Zi Yan have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Zi Yan's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 39.3% (24–37).
Who has Zi Yan faced most often?: Zi Yan's most frequent opponent is Nathalie Dechy, with a head-to-head record of 1–3 across 4 meetings.