Vivian Yang Explained

Vivian Yang
Birth Date:11 January 2005
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Plays:Left-handed
Careerprizemoney:$12,550
Singlestitles:1 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 746 (17 July 2023)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 1173 (27 May 2024)
Australianopenjuniorresult:2R (2023)
Doublestitles:2 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 582 (17 July 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 1049 (27 May 2024)
Australianopendoublesjuniorresult:1R (2023)
Updated:5 June 2024

Vivian Yang (born 11 January 2005) is a New Zealand tennis player. She has won one singles title and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life

Yang, born in Auckland, New Zealand, moved to China with her family. She began playing tennis at 4 years of age with her father, encouraging her to take up sport to help her immune system. As he was a keen amateur tennis player himself, Vivian played at the nearby courts too.[1] [2] After returning to New Zealand, Yang attended Westlake Girls High School, Auckland and joined the Tennis NZ’s high performance programme.[3]

Career

Yang made her senior debut for New Zealand in the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup playing in PoolA Asia/Oceania Zone Group I matches against China, South Korea and Indonesia in April, 2022. New Zealand captain Marina Erakovic championed her inclusion saying "Vivian is one of our best young players coming through. She has improved massively over the past two years and is gaining experience by the day with her recent playing schedule. Even though she is young, she is a huge asset to the team."[4] After her debut defeat against Chinese No. 2, Yang Yue, ranked at 143 in the world, which included four squandered set points in the first set,[5] Erakovic remained positive saying "I was very impressed with Vivian. She played extremely well, and was able to actually really dictate on her own terms with that lefty serve and forehand, and she had a couple of set points but just got a little bit tight, that inexperience but yeah, just really positives out there for her."[6] Yang secured her first senior win a few days later against Indonesia’s Beatrice Gumulya with a 7–5, 6–2 victory on 16 April 2022.[7] By the end of 2022, Yang was New Zealand’s No. 1 under-18 singles and doubles player.[8]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 2022ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Polina Iatcenko1–6, 1–6
Win1–1Dec 2022ITF Wellington, New Zealand15,000Hard Jade Otway6–3, 6–3

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jul 2022ITF Caloundra, Australia15,000Hard Monique Barry Aoi Ito
Nanari Katsumi
6–2, 7–6(5)
Win2–0Oct 2022ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Patricija Paukštytė Romana Čisovská
Barbora Matúšová
7–5, 6–4
Loss2–1Jun 2023ITF Nakhon, Thailand15,000Hard Sara Nayar Anchisa Chanta
Patcharin Cheapchandej
1–6, 6–7(4)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Q&A: Meet Vivian Yang, one of NZ's brightest tennis prospects. Tennis.kiwi.
  2. Web site: Q&A: Meet Vivian Yang, one of NZ's brightest tennis prospects. NZ Herald. 25 April 2022.
  3. Web site: Yang on target for bright tennis future. newsroom.co.nz. 5 March 2020 .
  4. Web site: Teenager Vivian Yang named in NZ women's tennis team for Billie Jean Cup. i.stuff.co.nz. 20 March 2022 .
  5. Web site: New Zealand beaten by China at Billie Jean King Cup. nzsportswire.com.
  6. Web site: Vivian Yang makes Billie Jean King Cup debut in defeat by China. Tennis.Kiwi.
  7. Web site: Indonesia Confirmed Relegation to Group II Billie Jean King Cup. Tennis.skor.id.
  8. Web site: Tennis: Kiwi rising star Vivian Yang plots course for ASB Classic spot. NZ Herald. 8 December 2022.