Duan Yingying Explained

Duan Yingying
段莹莹
Residence:Tianjin, China
Birth Date:1989 7, df=y
Birth Place:Tianjin
Height:1.86 m
Turnedpro:2007
Plays:Right (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$ 1,959,160
Coach:Dong Yuesen
Singlestitles:1
Highestsinglesranking:No. 60 (24 April 2017)
Australianopenresult:3R (2017)
Frenchopenresult:1R (2017, 2018)
Wimbledonresult:2R (2015, 2016)
Usopenresult:2R (2016, 2017)
Doublestitles:3
Highestdoublesranking:No. 16 (3 February 2020)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (2019, 2021)
Frenchopendoublesresult:F (2019)
Wimbledondoublesresult:3R (2019)
Usopendoublesresult:QF (2019)
Australianopenmixedresult:1R (2021)
Wimbledonmixedresult:2R (2019)
Usopenmixedresult:2R (2019)
Othertournamentsdoubles:yes
Olympicsdoublesresult:1R (2021)
Duan Yingying
S:段莹莹
T:段瑩瑩
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P:Dùan Yíng Yíng

Duan Yingying (; born 3 July 1989) is a former Chinese tennis player.

In her career, she won one singles title and three doubles titles on the WTA Tour, and two WTA Challenger doubles titles, as well as eleven singles and three doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.Her nickname is lightning for her amazing forehand.

On 24 April 2017, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 60. On 3 February 2020, she peaked at No. 16 in the doubles rankings.

Career

2012

Starting the year as the No. 378 in the world, Duan's ranking would improve significantly to No. 128 by the year's end. Some of the highlights of her 2012 season included winning four ITF titles at the 25k level in Wellington, Changwon, Gimcheon and Goyang. Playing qualifying at the US Open, Duan had her first experience in a Grand Slam tournament. She would win her first qualifying round defeating Réka Luca Jani, but would fall in the next round to Kirsten Flipkens. She received a wild card to the Guangzhou International and won her first WTA Tour main-draw match defeating Luksika Khumkum in the first round. Duan also achieved her best results in ITF events near the end of 2012, reaching the semifinals of 100k+H Ningbo and the finals of 100k Suzhou, losing both matches to top-100 veteran Hsieh Su-wei.

2013: Major debut

Duan was due to make her main-draw Grand Slam singles debut at Wimbledon, but withdrew to compete in the National Games of China. She made her Grand Slam singles debut in the main draw of the US Open, after winning three qualifying matches. She lost to sixth seed Caroline Wozniacki in the opening round. During the televised commentary of her match against Wozniacki, the commentators compared Duan's game to that of former world No. 1, Lindsay Davenport. They also began referring to her by the nickname of Duan-venport (段文波特) on the Chinese internet.[1] [2] [3]

2015: First major singles win

At Wimbledon, as a qualifier, Duan defeated 2014 finalist Eugenie Bouchard in straight sets in the first round. This was considered one of the biggest upsets of the tournament. In the second round, Duan lost to Tatjana Maria in a long three-set match.

2016: First WTA Tour title

In July, she won her first WTA Tour title at the Jiangxi International Open, defeating Vania King in the final.

2017: Elite Trophy doubles title

In the first-round match at the Shenzhen Open, Duan wasted three match points and eventually lost to first seed and world No. 3, Agnieszka Radwańska. At the Australian Open, she had her best Grand Slam performance to date by defeating Rebecca Šramková and Varvara Lepchenko to reach the third round, where she lost to former world No. 1 and eventual finalist, Venus Williams, by 1–6, 0–6.

Duan won her first ever WTA Tour doubles title at the Elite Trophy with Han Xinyun.

2018: Second doubles title

Duan won her second doubles title at the Taiwan Open, playing with Wang Yafan.

2019: French Open finalist, Wuhan doubles title

Duan and Zheng Saisai reached the final of the French Open, losing to Tímea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic.

In September, they reached the quarterfinals of the US Open, however, they were beaten by the eventual champions Elise Mertens and Aryna Sabalenka. The following week, with Zheng unavailable, she partnered with Veronika Kudermetova for the first time to win the doubles title at the Wuhan Open, beating Mertens and Sabalenka in the final.[4]

2021: Olympics participation

She partnered Zheng Saisai for the Tokyo Olympics. Since their first-round loss she has not played any more matches.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Tournament20122013201420152016201720182019W–L
Australian OpenAA1R1RQ23R2RQ13–4
French OpenAAAQ1A1R1RA0–2
WimbledonAAA2R2R1RQ2A2–3
US OpenQ21R1RQ22R2RAA2–4
Win–loss0–00–10–21–22–23–41–20–07–13

Doubles

Tournament20172018201920202021W–L
Australian OpenAA1R1R1R0–3
French Open3R3RFAA9–3
Wimbledon1R1R3Rstyle=color:#767676NHA2–3
US OpenA2RQFAA4–2
Win–loss2–23–310–40–10–115–11

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Other significant finals

Premier Mandatory and Premier 5 tournaments

Doubles: 1 (title)

WTA Elite Trophy

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner–up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win2017WTA Elite Trophy, ZhuhaiHard (i) Han Xinyun Zhang Shuai
Lu Jingjing
6–2, 6–1
Loss2019WTA Elite Trophy, ZhuhaiHard (i) Yang Zhaoxuan Lyudmyla Kichenok
Andreja Klepač
3–6, 3–6

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
bgcolor=#e9e9e9 Premier M & Premier 5
bgcolor=#d4f1c5 Premier
International (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–1)
WTA Elite Trophy (1–1)
Premier M & Premier 5 (1–0)
International (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Zhuhai, ChinaElite TrophyHard (i) Han Xinyun Lu Jingjing
Zhang Shuai
6–2, 6–1
Win2–0Taipei Open, TaiwanInternationalHard (i) Wang Yafan Nao Hibino
Oksana Kalashnikova
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Loss2–1Shenzhen Open, ChinaInternationalHard Renata Voráčová Peng Shuai
Yang Zhaoxuan
4–6, 3–6
Loss2–2Internationaux de Strasbourg, FranceInternationalClay Han Xinyun Daria Gavrilova
Ellen Perez
4–6, 3–6
Loss2–3French OpenGrand SlamClay Zheng Saisai Tímea Babos
Kristina Mladenovic
2–6, 3–6
Win3–3Wuhan Open, ChinaPremier 5Hard Veronika Kudermetova Elise Mertens
Aryna Sabalenka
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss3–4Zhuhai, ChinaElite TrophyHard (i) Yang Zhaoxuan Lyudmyla Kichenok
Andreja Klepač
3–6, 3–6
Loss3–5Jan 2020Shenzhen Open, ChinaInternationalHard Zheng Saisai Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
2–6, 6–3, [4–10]

WTA Challenger finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0bgcolor=silverHua Hin Challenger, ThailandHard Wang Yafan Dalila Jakupović
Irina Khromacheva
6–3, 6–3
Win2–0bgcolor=silverZhengzhou Open, ChinaHard Wang Yafan Naomi Broady
Yanina Wickmayer
7–6(5), 6–3
Loss2–1bgcolor=silverKunming Open, ChinaClay Han Xinyun Peng Shuai
Yang Zhaoxuan
5–7, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 19 (11 titles, 8 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Feb 2009ITF Jiangmen, China10,000Hard Xie Yanze6–2, 6–4
Win2–0May 2009ITF New Delhi, India10,000Hard Keren Shlomo6–3, 6–4
Loss2–1Jun 2009ITF Xiamen, China25,000Hard Zhang Shuai2–6, 1–6
Win3–1Mar 2010ITF Nanjing, China10,000Hard Liu Wanting6–4, 7–6(6)
Win4–1Jun 2010ITF Hefei, China10,000Hard Zheng Saisai6–3, 6–4
Loss4–2Aug 2010ITF Saitama, Japan10,000Hard Hsu Wen-hsin1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss4–3Aug 2011ITF Saitama, Japan10,000Hard Ayumi Oka3–6, 4–6
Win5–3Feb 2012ITF Wellington, New Zealand25,000Hard Sandra Zaniewska6–1, 6–4
Win6–3May 2012ITF Changwon, Korea25,000Hard Zhang Ling6–4, 6–3
Win7–3May 2012ITF Gimcheon, Korea25,000Hard Chanel Simmonds6–2, 6–1
Win8–3Jun 2012ITF Goyang, Korea25,000Hard Zhang Ling6–3, 6–3
Loss8–4Jul 2012ITF Evansville, United States10,000Hard Mallory Burdette1–6, 2–6
Loss8–5Oct 2012Suzhou Ladies Open, China100,000Hard Hsieh Su-wei2–6, 2–6
Win9–5May 2013ITF Goyang, Korea 25,000Hard Liu Fangzhou6–3, 6–4
Win10–5Jun 2014ITF Xi'an, China50,000Hard Zhu Lin4–6, 7–6(9), 6–4
Win11–5Jul 2015ITF Tianjin, China25,000Hard Wang Qiang4–6, 7–6(2), 3–0 ret.
Loss11–6Jul 2015ITF Zhengzhou, China25,000Hard Wang Yafan4–6, 4–6
Loss11–7Oct 2015Suzhou Ladies Open, China50,000Hard Zhang Kailin6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Loss11–8May 2019Jin'an Open, China60,000Hard Han Xinyun4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner–ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 2008ITF Khon Kaen, Thailand10,000Hard Chen Hui Kim Sun-jung
Lee Cho-won
4–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss0–2Feb 2012ITF Sydney, Australia25,000Hard Han Xinyun Arina Rodionova
Melanie South
6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win1–2Jul 2012ITF Evansville, United States10,000Hard Xu Yifan Mallory Burdette
Natalie Pluskota
6–2, 6–3
Loss1–3Jul 2016ITF Wuhan, China50,000Hard Chang Kai-chen Shuko Aoyama
Makoto Ninomiya
4–6, 4–6
Win2–3May 2019Kangaroo Cup Gifu, Japan80,000Hard Han Xinyun Akiko Omae
Peangtarn Plipuech
6–3, 4–6, [10–4]
Win3–3Jun 2019Manchester Trophy, UK100,000Grass Zhu Lin Robin Anderson
Laura Ioana Paar
6–4, 6–3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2013 Wimbledon Championships Website - Official Site by IBM - US Open 2013 Day 2: Duval beats Stosur for first major win . 2013-09-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110185022/http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2013-08-28/201308281377657686062.html . 2013-11-10 .
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Web site: Baby Flower Chinese Davenport . YouTube.
  3. News: 段莹莹不介意被叫段文波特 拿下生涯最重要胜利. 2017-01-23.
  4. News: Kudermetova and Duan win Wuhan in team debut: 'It's an unbelievable week' . 3 October 2019 . WTA . 28 September 2019.