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Stefanie Tan

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Stefanie Tan
Tan in 2011
Full nameStefanie Li Yun Tan
Country (sports) Singapore
ResidenceSingapore
Born (1992-09-16) 16 September 1992 (age 32)
Singapore
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$16,727
Singles
Career record47–43
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 438 (15 May 2017)
Doubles
Career record29–29
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 507 (8 May 2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup19–15
Medal record
Women's tennis
Representing  Singapore
Southeast Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Kuala Lumpur Singles

Stefanie Li Yun Tan (born 16 September 1992[1]) is a Singaporean former professional tennis player.

Tan has career-high WTA rankings of 438 in singles, achieved on 15 May 2017, and 507 in doubles, reached on 8 May 2017. In her career, she won two singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Career

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Playing for Singapore in Fed Cup, Tan has a win–loss record of 19–15.

In 2010, she represented Singapore in the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.[1]

Tan graduated from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas in 2015, where she played tennis for the Frogs. Prior to that, she had attended Raffles Institution in Singapore.

On 5 June 2016, Tan won her first professional singles title on the ITF Women's Circuit, at the Baku Cup Futures 2 tournament held at Baku, Azerbaijan. On 10 June, Tan partnered Kazakhstan's Kamila Kerimbayeva and won the doubles title at the Baku Cup Futures 3 tournament.[2]

In the 2017 Southeast Asian Games, Tan claimed the bronze medal in the women's singles tournament, beating Malaysia's Jawairiah Noordin and Vietnam's Tran Thuy Thanh Truc before falling to eventual gold medalist Luksika Kumkhum of Thailand. It was Singapore's first medal for women's tennis in the SEA Games since 34 years ago by Lim Phi Lan who won the women's single silver medal in the 1995 SEA Games and also the first medal for Singapore tennis in the SEA Games in 22 years, last won by the men's tennis team who go a bronze medal.[3][4] In the women's doubles tournament, she partnered Charmaine Shi Yi Seah but they lost in their opener.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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Legend
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 5 June 2016 ITF Baku, Azerbaijan Hard Russia Valeriya Zeleva 6–1, 6–0
Win 2–0 15 October 2016 ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Indonesia Jessy Rompies 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2 August 2014 ITF Fort Worth, United States Hard United States Hayley Carter United States Catherine Harrison
United States Mary Weatherholt
6–3, 6–3
Loss 2 June 2016 ITF Baku, Azerbaijan Hard Serbia Tamara Čurović Russia Kseniia Bekker
Russia Alina Silich
3–6, 4–6
Win 10 June 2016 ITF Baku, Azerbaijan Hard Kazakhstan Kamila Kerimbayeva Ukraine Katya Malikova
Ukraine Angelina Shakhraychuk
6–2, 6–3
Loss 11 August 2017 ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand Hard Australia Genevieve Lorbergs Thailand Tamachan Momkoonthod
Thailand Varunya Wongteanchai
3–6, 4–6

References

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  1. ^ a b "Stefanie Tan – Singapore National Olympic Council". Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  2. ^ Auto, Hermes (10 June 2016). "Tennis: Singapore's Stefanie Tan wins ITF singles and doubles title | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  3. ^ "SEA Games: Tennis ace Stefanie Tan reaches semi-finals, guaranteed a medal". www.ibtimes.sg. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  4. ^ Hermes (24 August 2017). "Tan secures S'pore's first tennis medal since '95 | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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