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 |
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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 |