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Tiantian Sun

Tiantian Sun
  • Residence: Beijing, China
  • Date of Birth: 12 Oct 1981
  • Birthplace: He Nan, China
  • Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
  • Weight: 143 1/2 lbs. (65 kg)
  • Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
  • Status: Pro (1999)
  • Pronounced: soon TYAN TYAN

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Tiantian Sun Biography

Coached by Yu Li-Qiao; prefers hardcourts ... Parents, father Wu Ju and mother Xiu Feng, introduced her to tennis at age 8 ... Favorites include the color blue, lilies, pop music, Chinese food and orange juice ... Other sport interest is in football ... Favorite place to visit is London ... Admires Steffi Graf ... Self-desribed as happy and active.
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YTD Career
WTA Singles Titles - 1
WTA Doubles Titles - 12
ITF Women's Circuit Singles Titles - -
ITF Women's Circuit Doubles Titles - -
Prize Money $0 $1,019,657
W/L - Singles - - - 217 - 156
W/L - Doubles - - - 268 - 154
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Singles Race to Istanbul Doubles
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Career-high Singles Career-high Doubles
19-Mar-2007 (77) 22-Oct-2007 (16)
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JANUARY - Fell in Auckland qualifying; won first Grand Slam title of any kind in Australian Open mixed doubles (w/Zimonjic); was China's third major title (Yan/Zi won Australian Open and Wimbledon titles in 2006).

FEBRUARY - Fell 1r at Doha (as qualifier, l. to Razzano in 3s); fell in Dubai qualifying.

MARCH - At Bangalore, fell 1r in singles (as qualifier, l. to Rodionova 46 76(2) 64, having led 64 20) but won 12th career Tour doubles title (w/Peng; d. Chan/Chuang in final).

APRIL - Fell in Amelia Island qualifying; reached 2r at Charleston (as qualifier, l. to No.13 seed Azarenka 76(4) 60, having led 5-3 first set); went 0-1 in China's Fed Cup World Group SF loss to Spain.

MAY - Played exclusively in doubles.

JUNE - Fell in Wimbledon qualifying.

JULY - Did not play.

AUGUST - Doubles-only member of Chinese Olympic Team (fell 1r w/Peng).

SEPTEMBER - Fell 1r at Guangzhou (as WC, l. to No.3 seed Zheng); also runner-up in doubles at Guangzhou (w/Yan; l. to Koryttseva/Poutchek in final); fell in Tokyo [Japan Open] qualifying.
2000 - Won two ITF Circuit doubles titles.

2001 - Reached first Tour doubles SF at Shanghai (w/Shen) and won two ITF Circuit doubles titles.

2002 - Reached second Tour doubles SF, this time w/T.Li at Shanghai; won two ITF Circuit doubles titles.

2003 - Reached SF at Hyderabad w/T.Li and later won first Tour doubles title together at Vienna; after a SF appearance w/T.Li at Palermo, won back-to-back titles at Québec City and Pattaya City; won seven ITF Circuit doubles titles; qualified at US Open for Grand Slam debut.

2004 - Season highlighted by strong doubles play, incl. historic Olympic gold medal; made Wimbledon debut as qualifier, reaching 2r; also qualified at Amelia Island (l. 2r to Davenport), Gold Coast, Doha, Miami and Charleston (l. 1r at each); in doubles at Olympics (w/T.Li), d. No.2 seeds Martínez/Ruano Pascual 63 63 in final to win Olympic gold medal, China's first tennis medal; also w/T.Li, won title at Guangzhou; runners-up at Hyderabad and SF at Rome, Vienna, Beijing and Miami (ret. vs. Petrova/Shaughnessy after first set when T.Li suffered right knee sprain).

2005 - Season highlighted by first two Tour singles QF and win over S.Williams; QF at Hyderabad (l. to Groenefeld); as WC ranked No.127, repeated effort at Tier II Beijing, stunning No.9 S.Williams en route, falling to Kirilenko (prior to win over Williams, had never beaten a Top 40 player; was also first time since first pro match in 1995 that Williams lost to a non-Top 100 player); missed Wimbledon while competing in Chinese national championships; another impressive season in doubles (w/T.Li), winning sixth career Tour title at Estoril and reaching Hyderabad final; SF three times; on ITF Circuit, won 13th career doubles title (w/T.Li).

2006 - Captured first career Tour singles title at Tashkent (d. WC Tulyaganova 62 64 in final; had never been beyond a QF previously); fourth Chinese singles titlist in Tour history, after Li, Zheng and Yan; afterwards on October 9, surged from No.128 to No.81, a new career-high; reached seven singles 2r, incl. Roland Garros, Wimbledon and New Haven (d. No.8 Schnyder 61 63 for second career Top 10 win); 1r at Australian Open (l. to Mauresmo) and US Open; won seventh, eighth and ninth individual (and team) Tour doubles titles w/T.Li, at Pattaya City, Estoril and Guangzhou; 0-1 in China's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group I Play-off victory over Germany.

2007 - Strong season, particularly in doubles; won 10th and 11th career Tour doubles titles in back-to-back weeks at Tokyo [Japan Open] and Bangkok (both w/Yan); runner-up four times, at Charleston (w/Peng; d. Raymond/Stosur en route), Strasbourg (w/Molik), Eastbourne (w/Tu; d. Black/Huber en route) and Guangzhou (w/King); now 11-8 lifetime in Tour doubles finals; having spent only four weeks inside doubles Top 20 previously (consecutively from October 4 until October 31, 2004; peaked at No.18 two of those weeks), returned to Top 20 on August 6, 2007 and stayed inside through November 12 year-end rankings (15 weeks); best singles results were 2r at Auckland, Indian Wells and Guangzhou; fell 1r 12 times (incl. Australian Open and Roland Garros) and in Tour qualifying five times (incl. US Open); went 0-3 in China's 5-0 Fed Cup World Group 1r loss to Italy and 2-0 in China's 4-1 Fed Cup World Group Play-off win vs. Belgium.
SINGLES
Winner (1): 2006 - Tashkent.
Quarterfinalist (2): 2005 - Hyderabad, Beijing.

DOUBLES
Winner (12): 2008 - Bangalore (w/Peng); 2007 - Tokyo [Japan Open], Bangkok (both w/Yan); 2006 - Pattaya City, Estoril, Guangzhou (all w/T.Li); 2005 - Estoril (w/T.Li); 2004 - Olympics, Guangzhou (both w/T.Li); 2003 - Vienna, Québec City, Pattaya City (all w/T.Li).
Finalist (9): 2008 - Guangzhou (w/Yan); 2007 - Charleston (w/Peng), Strasbourg (w/Molik), Birmingham (w/Tu), Guangzhou (w/King); 2006 - Doha (w/T.Li); 2005 - Hyderabad (w/T.Li); 2004 - Hyderabad (w/T.Li); 2003 - Tashkent (w/T.Li).

MIXED DOUBLES
Winner (1): 2008 - Australian Open (w/Zimonjic).

ADDITIONAL
Chinese Fed Cup Team, 2001-03, 2005-08; Chinese Olympic Team, 2004, 2008.

Overall Stats

YTD Career
WTA Singles Titles - 1
WTA Doubles Titles - 12
ITF Women's Circuit Singles Titles - -
ITF Women's Circuit Doubles Titles - -
Prize Money $0 $1,019,657
W/L - Singles - - - 217 - 156
W/L - Doubles - - - 268 - 154

Grand Slam History

Singles

W/L   2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
0 / 2 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1r 1r - - - - - -
1 / 2 FRENCH OPEN 1r 2r - - - - - -
2 / 3 WIMBLEDON 1r 2r - 2r - - - -
1 / 3 US OPEN - 1r 2r - 1r - - -

Doubles

W/L   2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
10 / 7 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1r 2r QF 3r 3r 3r 1r -
9 / 6 FRENCH OPEN 2r 3r 2r 2r QF 2r - -
3 / 4 WIMBLEDON - 1r QF 1r - 1r - -
2 / 4 US OPEN - - 1r 1r 3r - 1r -
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Tiantian Sun Results

  • Singles
    Doubles

GUANGZHOU

WTA // CHINA // 14-Sep-2009 // $220,000 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 32M/32Q/16D // Rank: 863 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
Q-R32 Win [2] Junri Namigata (JPN) 183 6-1 6-2
Q-R16 Win [W] Sheng-Nan Sun (CHN) 415 1-6 6-4 6-1
Q-Q Loss [6] Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) 145 6-1 6-4

WTA Rankings PTS

+10

Prize Money

$860

XIAMEN

ITF // CHINA // 29-Jun-2009 // $25,000 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 32M/32Q/16D // Rank: 903 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R32 Loss [4] Shuai Zhang (CHN) 250 4-6 6-0 6-2

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$294

QIAN SHAN

ITF // CHINA // 22-Jun-2009 // $10,000 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 32M/8Q/16D // Rank: 901 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R32 Win [6] Jia-Jing Lu (CHN) 506 6-1 6-3
R16 Win Yi-Jing Zhao (CHN) 1012 6-2 7-5
Q Loss [2] Yi-Miao Zhou (CHN) 280 7-5 7-6 (5)

WTA Rankings PTS

+4

Prize Money

$245

ESTORIL

WTA // PORTUGAL // 04-May-2009 // $220,000 // Clay (Outdoor) // Draw: 32M/32Q/16D // Rank: 906 // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
Q-R32 Loss Yurika Sema (JPN) 219 7-6 (3) 3-6 6-4

WTA Rankings PTS

+1

Prize Money

$265

FORT WALTON BEACH

ITF // USA // 02-Mar-2009 // $25,000 // Hard (Outdoor) // Draw: 32M/32Q/16D // Rank: - // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
Q-R32 Win Shadisha Robinson (USA) 1099 6-4 5-7 6-4
Q-R16 Loss [1] Abigail Spears (USA) 200 7-6 (1) 7-6 (4)

WTA Rankings PTS

+0

Prize Money

$133

FED CUP WEEK 1

Fed Cup // RUSSIA // 07-Feb-2009 // $0 // Hard (Indoor) // Draw: 8M/0Q/2D // Rank: - // Seed/Entry: /MD

Round Result Opponent Rank Score
R1 Loss Alisa Kleybanova (RUS) 28 6-1 6-1

WTA Rankings PTS

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Prize Money

$0
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Current WTA Rankings

Singles Race to Istanbul Doubles
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Rankings Breakdown

Grand Slams

Date Tournament Round Points
23/06/2008 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
27/08/2007 US OPEN 2R 15
25/06/2007 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
27/05/2007 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
15/01/2007 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
28/08/2006 US OPEN 1R 2
26/06/2006 WIMBLEDON 2R 38
28/05/2006 FRENCH OPEN 2R 38
16/01/2006 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
29/08/2005 US OPEN 2R 101
Date Tournament Round Points
23/05/2005 FRENCH OPEN 3R 33
17/01/2005 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Q - 2R 19
21/06/2004 WIMBLEDON 2R 84
19/01/2004 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 3R 29
25/08/2003 US OPEN 1R 32
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Rankings History

Year Season-ending Singles Season-ending Doubles
2009 841 79
2008 282 33
2007 232 16
2006 81 30
2005 104 36
2004 118 28
2003 141 48
2002 228 184
2001 375 221
2000 364 361
Career-high Singles Career-high Doubles
19-Mar-2007 (77) 22-Oct-2007 (16)

Current WTA Rankings

Ranking Points
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Rankings Breakdown

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Grand Slams

Date Tournament Round Points
23/06/2008 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
27/08/2007 US OPEN 2R 15
25/06/2007 WIMBLEDON 1R 2
27/05/2007 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
15/01/2007 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
28/08/2006 US OPEN 1R 2
26/06/2006 WIMBLEDON 2R 38
28/05/2006 FRENCH OPEN 2R 38
16/01/2006 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
29/08/2005 US OPEN 2R 101
Date Tournament Round Points
23/05/2005 FRENCH OPEN 3R 33
17/01/2005 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Q - 2R 19
21/06/2004 WIMBLEDON 2R 84
19/01/2004 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 3R 29
25/08/2003 US OPEN 1R 32

Premier Mandatory Events

Date Tournament Round Points

Internationals

Date Tournament Round Points
14/09/2009 GUANGZHOU Q - 3R 10
04/05/2009 ESTORIL Q - 1R 1

Fed Cup

Date Tournament Round Points
07/02/2009 FED CUP WEEK 1 1R 0
14/07/2007 FED CUP WK 2 - PLAYOFFS W 0
21/04/2007 FED CUP WEEK 1 1R 0
15/07/2006 FED CUP WEEK 2 - PLAYOFFS 1R 0

Tier 1-5

Date Tournament Round Points
29/09/2008 TOKYO - JAPAN OPEN 3R 4
15/09/2008 GUANGZHOU 1R 1
14/04/2008 CHARLESTON 2R 50
07/04/2008 AMELIA ISLAND 1R 1
03/03/2008 BANGALORE 1R 15
25/02/2008 DUBAI 1R 1
18/02/2008 DOHA 1R 15
31/12/2007 AUCKLAND 1R 1
24/09/2007 GUANGZHOU 2R 20
17/09/2007 BEIJING 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
13/08/2007 TORONTO Q - 1R 1
06/08/2007 LOS ANGELES 1R 10
11/06/2007 BIRMINGHAM 1R 1
21/05/2007 STRASBOURG 1R 1
14/05/2007 ROME 1R 15
07/05/2007 PRAGUE 1R 1
09/04/2007 CHARLESTON 1R 1
02/04/2007 AMELIA ISLAND 1R 5
21/03/2007 MIAMI 1R 1
07/03/2007 INDIAN WELLS 2R 25
Date Tournament Round Points
05/02/2007 PATTAYA CITY 1R 1
30/01/2007 TOKYO - PAN PACIFIC Q - 1R 1
07/01/2007 SYDNEY Q - 2R 5
01/01/2007 AUCKLAND 2R 15
09/10/2006 BANGKOK 1R 1
02/10/2006 TASHKENT W 95
25/09/2006 GUANGZHOU 2R 16
18/09/2006 BEIJING 2R 25
20/08/2006 NEW HAVEN 2R 37
14/08/2006 MONTREAL 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
07/08/2006 LOS ANGELES 1R 1
18/06/2006 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH Q - 1R 1
12/06/2006 BIRMINGHAM Q - 1R 1
22/05/2006 STRASBOURG Q - 2R 2
15/05/2006 ROME 2R 6
08/05/2006 BERLIN 1R 1
01/05/2006 ESTORIL 1R 1
22/03/2006 MIAMI 2R 35
08/03/2006 INDIAN WELLS 1R 1
27/02/2006 DOHA Q - 2R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
20/02/2006 DUBAI Q - 3R 8
06/02/2006 PATTAYA CITY 2R 12
08/01/2006 SYDNEY Q - 2R 4
01/01/2006 GOLD COAST 1R 7
26/09/2005 GUANGZHOU 2R 18
19/09/2005 BEIJING 3R 96
12/09/2005 BALI 1R 7
08/08/2005 LOS ANGELES 2R 27
16/05/2005 STRASBOURG Q - 3R 10
09/05/2005 ROME 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
02/05/2005 RABAT 2R 2
28/02/2005 DUBAI Q - 1R 1
21/02/2005 DOHA Q - 2R 5
07/02/2005 HYDERABAD 3R 34
02/01/2005 GOLD COAST 2R 3
27/09/2004 GUANGZHOU 1R 1
20/09/2004 BEIJING 1R 1
07/06/2004 BIRMINGHAM 1R 1
17/05/2004 VIENNA 1R 1
10/05/2004 ROME Q - 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
03/05/2004 BERLIN 1R 1
12/04/2004 CHARLESTON 1R 13
05/04/2004 AMELIA ISLAND 2R 37
24/03/2004 MIAMI 1R 19
01/03/2004 DOHA 1R 18
23/02/2004 DUBAI Q - 2R 8
16/02/2004 HYDERABAD 1R 1
03/02/2004 TOKYO (PAN PACIFIC) Q - 1R 1
04/01/2004 GOLD COAST 1R 17
03/11/2003 PATTAYA CITY 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
29/09/2003 TOKYO - JAPAN OPEN 1R 8
15/09/2003 SHANGHAI 2R 29
08/09/2003 BALI 1R 10
07/07/2003 PALERMO Q - 2R 4
09/06/2003 VIENNA Q - 2R 4
19/05/2003 STRASBOURG 1R 1
10/02/2003 DOHA 1R 17
03/02/2003 HYDERABAD 3R 14
09/09/2002 SHANGHAI 1R 1
08/10/2001 SHANGHAI 2R 4
Date Tournament Round Points
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