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Yang Ya-yi

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Yang Ya-yi
楊亞依
Country (sports) Chinese Taipei
Born (2004-05-30) 30 May 2004 (age 20)
Keelung, Taiwan
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 120,079
Singles
Career record101–58
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 203 (16 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 323 (15 July 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
French OpenQ1 (2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record45–37
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 289 (18 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 870 (15 July 2024)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–11
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  Chinese Taipei
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Chengdu Team
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu Singles
Last updated on: 22 July 2024.
Yang Ya-yi
Traditional Chinese楊亞依
Simplified Chinese杨亚依
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Yàyī

Yang Ya-yi (Chinese: 楊亞依; pinyin: Yáng Yàyī; born 30 May 2004) is a Taiwanese tennis player.

She has a career-high junior singles ranking by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) of 4, achieved on 26 December 2022. Her career-high by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) is 203, achieved on 16 October 2023. On 18 September 2023, she peaked at No. 289 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Yang, who started playing tennis when she was three years old,[1] represents the colours of Chinese Taipei in the Billie Jean King Cup.[2]

Career

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Junior Grand Slam performance

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- Singles:

  • Australian Open: 2R (2020)
  • French Open: –
  • Wimbledon: –
  • US Open: 1R (2021)

- Doubles:

  • Australian Open: 2R (2020)
  • French Open: –
  • Wimbledon: –
  • US Open: 1R (2021)

Professional

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Yang made her WTA Tour debut at the 2023 Guadalajara Open, where she entered the main draw as a qualifier,[3] losing in the first round to fourth seed Lucia Bronzetti.[4]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Austria Melanie Klaffner 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–1 May 2022 ITF Cairo, Egypt 15,000 Clay Germany Noma Noha Akugue 1–6, 1–6
Loss 1–2 Jun 2022 ITF San Diego, United States 15,000 Hard China Han Jiangxue 2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 2–2 Jul 2022 ITF Fountain Valley, US 15,000 Hard United States Makenna Jones 6–2, 6–2
Win 3–2 Jun 2023 ITF Tainan, Taiwan 25,000 Clay Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsuan 6–3, 6–1
Win 4–2 Jun 2023 ITF Tainan, Taiwan 25,000 Clay Chinese Taipei Lee Pei-chi 6–2, 6–1
Win 5–2 Jul 2023 ITF Hong Kong, China SAR 25,000 Hard Hong Kong Eudice Chong 1–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win 6–2 Aug 2023 ITF Hong Kong 40,000 Hard Thailand Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 6–3 Oct 2023 ITF Nanao, China 40,000 Carpet China Ma Yexin 6–7(6), 7–6(0), 0–6

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2022 ITF San Diego, US 15,000 Hard Thailand Bunyawi Thamchaiwat United States Sara Daavettila
United States Makenna Jones
6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jul 2022 ITF Los Angeles, US 15,000 Hard Thailand Bunyawi Thamchaiwat United States Eryn Cayetano
United States Salma Ewing
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 2–1 Aug 2022 ITF Fountain Valley, US 15,000 Hard United States Hind Abdelouahid China Han Jiangxue
South Korea Kim Da-bin
7–5, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss 2–2 Sep 2022 ITF Otočec, Slovenia 25,000 Clay Egypt Sandra Samir Russia Irina Khromacheva
Belarus Iryna Shymanovich
2–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Oct 2022 ITF Sozopol, Bulgaria 25,000 Hard China Ma Yexin Romania Cristina Dinu
China Lu Jiajing
6–3, 6–1
Win 4–2 Jun 2023 ITF Tainan, Taiwan 25,000 Clay Chinese Taipei Tsao Chia-yi New Zealand Monique Barry
Chinese Taipei Lee Ya-hsin
6–2, 6–2

References

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  1. ^ "Ya Yi Yang Tennis Player Profile". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2024-04-12.
  2. ^ "Fed Cup in Dubai: China and South Korea win on opening day". gulfnews.com. 4 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Photos: The players contesting their first WTA main draw in 2023". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Galaxy Holding Group Guangzhou Open: Bronzetti books spot in last 16". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 20 December 2024.
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