Yan Zi

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Yan Zi : biography

November 12, 1984 –

Doubles career highlights

2006 Australian Doubles Tournament

At the Australian Open, Yan Zi was active in the women’s doubles tournament with long-time playing partner Zheng Jie, with whom she had been regularly competing at ITF events since as early as April 2000. To universal acclaim, the pairing won the Women’s Doubles Title outright, and so became the first Chinese tennis players – male or female – to reach a final of a Grand Slam tournament, as well as win it. The route to the final was:

2006 Australian Open Women’s Doubles Partnered by Zheng Jie (China)
Round Defeated Score Notes
First Round Evgenia Linetskaya (Russia) / Galina Voskoboeva (Russia) 6–1, 6–0
Second Round Lourdes Domínguez Lino (Spain) / María Sánchez Lorenzo (Spain) 6–4, 6–0
Third Round Elena Dementieva (Russia) / Flavia Pennetta (Italy) [7] 6–1, 6–2
Quarterfinal Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) / Paola Suárez (Argentina) [4] 4–6 7–5 6–1 Saved three match points.
Semifinal Shinobu Asagoe (Japan) / Katarina Srebotnik (Slovenia) [9] 6–2, 7–6 (2)
Final Lisa Raymond (United States) / Samantha Stosur (Australia) [1] 2–6, 7–6 (7), 6–3 Saved two Championship Points in the second set tiebreak, and needing only a single Championship Point of their own to claim the title.

Wimbledon 2006

In July the same year, she captured the ladies’ doubles final at Wimbledon with longtime partner Zheng Jie. They defeated opponents Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez 6–3 3–6 6–2.

Path to the Final

2006 Wimbledon Championships Women’s Doubles Partnered by Zheng Jie (China)
Round Defeated Score Notes
First Round Melinda Czink (Hungary) / Vania King (United States) 6–3, 6–1
Second Round Janette Husárová (Slovakia) / Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 6–0, 7–6 (4)
Third Round Maria Elena Camerin (Italy) / Tathiana Garbin (Italy) 4–6, 6–2, 6–0
Quarterfinals Liezel Huber (South Africa) / Martina Navratilova (United States) [7] 4–6, 6–4, 6–0
Semifinals Cara Black (Zimbabwe) / Rennae Stubbs (Australia) [2] 6–2, 7–6 (3)
Final Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spain) / Paola Suárez (Argentina) 6–3, 3–6, 6–2

Performance timelines

Singles performance timeline

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Career win ratio Career win-loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A LQ A 2R LQ 1R 0 / 4 1–4
French Open A A A 1R A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Wimbledon A LQ A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 3–3
US Open LQ A LQ 1R 1R 1R 0 / 4 5–4
Grand Slam win ratio 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 12 N/A
Grand Slam win-loss 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–4 7–3 0–1 N/A 11–12
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH A NH NH NH 0 / 0 0–0
Current WTA Tier I tournaments
Doha1 Not Tier I 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Indian Wells A A A 1R A 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Miami A 1R A 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2
Charleston A LQ A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Berlin A 1R A LQ 2R 2R 0 / 4 6–4
Rome A A A A 2R 1R 0 / 2 3–2
Toronto/Montréal A A A A SF 0 / 1 6–1
Tokyo A LQ A A LQ 0 / 2 4–2
Moscow A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Previous WTA Tier I tournaments
San Diego1 NTI A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0
Zürich1 A A A LQ A NTI 0 / 1 0–1