Guo Yan Explained

Guo Yan
Fullname:	Guo Yan
Playingstyle:	Right-handed, shakehand grip
Hrank:	1 (Oct 2010 – Jan 2011)
Birth Date:	24 June 1982
Birth Place:	Beijing, China
Height:	1.72 m
Weight:	62 kg

Guo Yan (born 24 June 1982, in Beijing, China) is a Chinese table tennis player.^[1] Two-time winner of World Cup in 2006 and 2010. In February 2011, she ranked 2nd in the ITTF world ranking.^[2]

Career records

Singles (as of February 3, 2011)^[3]

• World Championships

runner-up (2005); SF (2007)

• World Cup

winner (2006, 10); runner-up (2005)

• Pro Tour winner (4): Croatian, Swedish Open 2001; Korea Open 2003; English Open 2009.
  Runner-up (15): China (Hainan) Open 2001; Polish Open 2002; China (Guangzhou), Japan Open 2003; German Open 2004; Japan Open 2005; Japan Open 2006; Japan, China (Nanjing), Austria, Swedish Open 2007; Qatar, Korea, Singapore Open 2008; English Open 2011
• Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 7. Record: winner (2008, 09); SF (2001, 02, 03, 07).
• Asian Championships

SF (2007)

• Asian Cup

1st (2005, 2011)

Women's doubles

• World Championships: runner-up (2009); SF (2005)
• Pro Tour winner (7): Korea Open 2002; China (Harbin) Open 2005; Slovenian, China (Shenzhen), French Open 2007; Kuwait Open 2010; English Open 2011
  Runner-up (8): Swedish Open 2001; China (Guangzhou), Japan Open 2003; Greek, German Open 2004; Kuwait Open 2007; English, Polish Open 2009
• Asian Games

SF (2002)

Mixed doubles

• World Championships: SF (2005)
• Asian Games: winner (2010)
• Asian Championships: SF (2003)

Team

• World Championships: 1st (2006, 08); 2nd (2010)
• World Team Cup

1st (2010)

• Asian Games: 1st (2006, 10); 2nd (2002)
• Asian Championships: 1st (2003, 2007)

External links

• Career profile of Guo Yan - Table Tennis Master

Notes and References

1. Web site: ITTF players' profiles . International Table Tennis Federation . 8 August 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121003170109/http://www.ittf.com/biography/biography_web_details.asp?Player_ID=103319 . 3 October 2012 .
2. Web site: ITTF world ranking . International Table Tennis Federation . 3 February 2011 . 12 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110212190245/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/world_ranking_per_name.asp?Player_ID=103319&U18=0&U21=0&Siniors=1& . dead .
3. Web site: ITTF Statistics . International Table Tennis Federation . 3 February 2011.