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Danielle Lao

USA Age 35 160 cm / 5'3" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 2016–2021

Danielle Lao represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 152. In TennisDB's records, Danielle Lao finished with a career record of 1–9 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

152 (Apr 1, 2019)

Elo peak

1552 (22nd percentile)

Career record

1–9 (10.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$629,247

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 →

Danielle Lao's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Magdalena Frech #124	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 2022	Q2 Q	Guadalajara Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Anna-Lena Friedsam #165	3-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 15, 2022	Q1 Q	Guadalajara Open	WTA 1000	Hard
Ellen Perez #345	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 18, 2022	Q2 Q	Pan Pacific Open	WTA 500	Hard
Eri Hozumi #519	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 2022	Q1 Q	Pan Pacific Open	WTA 500	Hard
Daria Snigur #130	6-7(5) 6-4 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 6, 2022	Q2 Q	Nottingham Open	WTA 250	Grass

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

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Danielle Lao's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Katie Boulter	1	1	Jun 30, 2021	H2H
Yafan Wang	1	1	Sep 19, 2019	H2H
Ajla Tomljanovic	1	1	Jun 13, 2019	H2H
Barbora Strycova	1	1	Aug 29, 2018	H2H
Danielle Collins	1	1	Aug 2, 2018	H2H

Career Results

Danielle Lao career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2016	25	Qualifying Q	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—
2016	25	WTA	1	1	2	50.0%	271	314
2017	26	Qualifying Q	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—
2017	26	WTA	0	2	2	0.0%	314	227
2018	27	Qualifying Q	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—
2018	27	WTA	0	3	3	0.0%	216	172
2019	28	Qualifying Q	9	7	16	56.3%	—	—
2019	28	WTA	0	2	2	0.0%	169	196
2021	30	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
2021	30	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	219	266
2022	31	Qualifying Q	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—
Career		—	1	9	10	10.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Danielle Lao career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
2016	25	Qualifying Q	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
2016	25	WTA	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2017	26	Qualifying Q	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
2017	26	WTA	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2018	27	Qualifying Q	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
2018	27	WTA	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2019	28	Qualifying Q	6	5	11	54.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	9	7	16	56.2%
2019	28	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2021	30	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2021	30	WTA	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2022	31	Qualifying Q	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
Career	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Danielle Lao 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 %
2016	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
2017	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2018	27	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2019	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
2021	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	9	10	10.0%

Performance Stats

Danielle Lao 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%
2016	25	2/3	2.0	2.0	69.4%	64.1%	52.5%	66.7%	68.2%	60.7%	44.1%
2017	26	2/2	0.0	4.0	57.3%	59.3%	53.6%	62.3%	31.0%	56.9%	35.5%
2018	27	3/3	0.0	5.3	60.6%	62.2%	41.5%	29.8%	20.0%	54.3%	36.1%
2019	28	2/2	0.5	3.5	71.8%	57.6%	42.6%	65.0%	58.3%	53.4%	29.0%
2021	30	1/1	2.0	2.0	73.3%	55.4%	59.3%	55.6%	66.7%	56.4%	30.8%
Career		10/11	0.7	3.7	65.2%	60.4%	48.1%	53.3%	44.2%	56.1%	35.6%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 10/11 (90.9%) of Danielle Lao's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Danielle Lao 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
2016	25	1470	104.9	+2.56	-1.59	1.123	52.3%	—	—	—	60.0%	+0.60	0–1	—	—	-0.09
2017	26	1466	104.6	-1.23	-2.68	0.824	46.5%	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.60	0–1	1–1	—	+0.34
2018	27	1473	105.3	-1.09	-1.90	0.789	44.5%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.83	—	0–1	—	+0.04
2019	28	1519	102.1	+0.35	-2.46	0.622	43.6%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	0–1	—	-0.12
2020	29	1525	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021	30	1539	95.9	-1.78	-0.33	0.706	44.3%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	1–0	—	+0.05
2022	31	1534	99.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1552	103.8	-0.17	-1.95	0.812	46.3%	—	—	—	21.7%	-1.56	0–3 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	96.3	+2.20

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Danielle Lao Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	W	USO	W-L Win %
2017	26	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
2018	27	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
2021	30	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)

WTA 1000

Danielle Lao WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	CAN	GUA	W-L Win %
2016	25	—	Q1	—	0–1 (0%)
2019	28	Q1	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2022	31	—	—	Q2	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)

WTA 500

Danielle Lao WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	PAN	BIR	SAN	STA	W-L Win %
2017	26	—	—	—	—	R32	2–1 (67%)
2018	27	Q1	Q2	—	R32	—	1–3 (25%)
2019	28	—	—	Q2	Q2	—	2–2 (50%)
2021	30	—	—	—	Q1	—	0–1 (0%)
2022	31	—	Q2	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	6–8 (43%)

WTA 250

Danielle Lao WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	ASB	HKG	KOR	WAS	BOG	MON	NOT	QUE	TIA	W-L Win %
2016	25	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	R16	Q2	2–4 (33%)
2017	26	—	—	Q2	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2018	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	R32	—	—	2–2 (50%)
2019	28	Q1	Q3	—	R32	—	Q1	Q2	R32	—	—	7–6 (54%)
2021	30	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2022	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q2	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	5–3 (62%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	13–16 (45%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

152

Career-high date

Apr 1, 2019

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Danielle Lao ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2013	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1006	590	600
2014	23	592	549	525	495	476	447	383	381	357	362	463	454
2015	24	451	464	461	409	386	369	289	294	276	280	272	272
2016	25	270	263	263	281	277	280	394	364	323	315	318	314
2017	26	322	273	274	281	249	240	230	219	224	237	227	—
2018	27	211	243	243	204	249	240	234	238	215	181	173	172
2019	28	153	156	153	164	163	168	166	174	185	190	196	196
2020	29	200	199	202	—	—	—	—	206	215	216	219	219
2021	30	219	232	206	216	218	239	233	244	267	277	265	266
2022	31	284	278	302	303	288	251	228	229	216	217	258	262
2023	32	267	272	294	297	335	406	561	569	637	840	1235	—

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

Danielle Lao's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Marcela Zacarias	MEX	159	1,500	8	1	7	12.5%	2014–2022	Match log
Usue Maitane Arconada	USA	130	1,596	8	1	7	12.5%	2016–2021	Match log
Jia-Jing Lu	CHN	162	1,502	7	1	6	14.3%	2016–2024	Match log
Marina Melnikova	RUS	170	1,541	19	2	17	10.5%	2015–2024	Match log
Ellen Perez	AUS	162	1,533	15	1	14	6.7%	2016–2023	Match log
Amandine Hesse	FRA	154	1,544	21	4	17	19.0%	2014–2023	Match log
Carolina Alves	BRA	165	1,548	7	1	6	14.3%	2015–2025	Match log
Zhaoxuan Yang	CHN	151	1,533	9	2	7	22.2%	2015–2021	Match log
Xiaodi You	CHN	168	1,557	15	2	13	13.3%	2016–2024	Match log
Gabriela Dabrowski	CAN	164	1,524	12	2	10	16.7%	2014–2021	Match log
Hiroko Kuwata	JPN	150	1,523	9	1	8	11.1%	2014–2019	Match log
Barbora Stefkova	CZE	154	1,564	5	1	4	20.0%	2016–2018	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Danielle Lao?: Danielle Lao is 35 years old, born on May 28, 1991.
Which country does Danielle Lao represent?: Danielle Lao represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Danielle Lao?: Danielle Lao is 160 cm / 5'3".
Is Danielle Lao left-handed or right-handed?: Danielle Lao plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Danielle Lao won?: Danielle Lao has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Danielle Lao won?: TennisDB does not group any of Danielle Lao's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Danielle Lao's highest WTA ranking?: Danielle Lao's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 152, first achieved on April 1, 2019.
What is Danielle Lao's career win-loss record?: Danielle Lao has a career WTA singles record of 1 wins and 9 losses (10.0%).
How much career prize money has Danielle Lao earned?: Danielle Lao has earned at least $629,247 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Danielle Lao's career appear in TennisDB?: Danielle Lao appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2016 through 2021.
Who has Danielle Lao faced most often?: Danielle Lao's most frequent opponent is Katie Boulter, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.