Bai Yan (tennis)

Bai Yan
柏衍
Country (sports) China[1][2]
ResidenceShanghai,[3] China
Born (1989-05-21) May 21, 1989 (age 35)[1][2]
Nanjing,[2] China
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$ 426,357
Singles
Career record5–8 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 200 (21 March 2016)
Current rankingNo. 265 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2016)
French OpenQ1 (2016)
WimbledonQ1 (2016)
US OpenQ1 (2016)
Doubles
Career record1–5 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 109 (9 May 2016)
Current rankingNo. 1215 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (2016)
Team competitions
Davis Cup4–3
Last updated on: 28 October 2024.

Bai Yan (Chinese: 柏衍; pinyin: Bǎi Yǎn; Mandarin pronunciation: [pǎɪ jɛ̀n];[a] born May 21, 1989, in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a Chinese male tennis player.

Yan has reached 34 career singles finals all on the ITF Futures tour, with a record of 27 wins and 7 losses. Additionally, he has reached 20 career doubles finals with a record of 13 wins and 7 losses, which includes a record of 4–0 in ATP Challenger Tour finals.

Yan represents his native country of China competing during the Davis Cup. He holds a singles record of 3–2 and a doubles record of 1–1 for a combined Davis Cup record of 4–3.

Career

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2007: Juniors and first Pro ITF title

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As a junior, Bai reach his highest ranking as world No. 10 in the singles world rankings in January 2007.

2008-2016: Masters debut and first win

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Yan won back-to-back ITF Men's Circuit titles in September before knocking off World No. 30 Radek Štěpánek at the 2010 Shanghai Masters the following month.[1]

After not competing on tour in 2011, Bai opened 2012 by reaching the singles semifinals of China F2 ITF Men's Circuit tournament.[1]

2017-2025: United Cup debut

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Bai opened the 2017 season by winning the Hong Kong F6 futures.[1]

He was selected as part of the 2025 United Cup Team China as the No. 2 ATP player.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

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Singles: 34 (27–7)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (27–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (26–6)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2007 China F9, Su Zhou Futures Hard Netherlands Antal Van Der Duim 6–1, 3–0 ret.
Loss 1–1 Feb 2008 Thailand F1, Nonthaburi Futures Hard Japan Tatsuma Ito 6–3, 6–7(9–11), 4–6
Win 2–1 Mar 2008 Thailand F3, Nonthaburi Futures Hard Germany Sebastian Rieschick 6–7(3–7), 6–3, 4–0 ret.
Win 3–1 Sep 2010 China F7, Hangzhou Futures Hard Finland Harri Heliövaara 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win 4–1 Oct 2010 China F8, Shanghai Futures Hard China Gong Maoxin 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–1 May 2012 China F7, Zhangjiagang Futures Hard China Chang Yu 7–5, 7–6(10–8)
Win 6–1 May 2013 China F4, Fuzhou Futures Hard United States Jason Jung 6–3, 4–2 ret.
Loss 6–2 Mar 2014 China F1, Guangzhou Futures Hard China Li Zhe 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Win 7–2 Jun 2014 China F6, Putian Futures Hard China Li Zhe 6–2, 6–1
Win 8–2 Jul 2014 China F8, Shenzhen Futures Hard China Li Zhe 4–6, 6–2, 6–1
Loss 8–3 May 2015 China F6, Wuhan Futures Hard China Li Zhe 4–6, 3–6
Win 9–3 Aug 2015 China F12, Fuzhou Futures Hard Japan Arata Onozawa 6–2, 6–3
Loss 9–4 Aug 2015 Chinese Taipei F1, Kaohsiung Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua 6–4, 4–6, 0–1 ret.
Win 10–4 Aug 2015 Chinese Taipei F2, Kaohsiung Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua 6–3, 6–4
Win 11–4 Jan 2017 Hong Kong F6 Futures Hard Japan Takuto Niki 6–1, 6–4
Win 12–4 Jul 2018 China F9, Shenzhen Futures Hard South Korea Son Ji-hoon 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
Win 13–4 Jul 2018 China F11, Kunshan Futures Hard China Cui Jie 6–3, 6–3
Win 14–4 Aug 2018 China F13, Anning Futures Clay China Wang Huixin 6–1, 6–0
Win 15–4 May 2019 M25 Wuhan, China World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Shuichi Sekiguchi 6–2, 6–4
Win 16–4 Jun 2019 M25 Luzhou, China World Tennis Tour Hard China He Yecong 6–3, 6–2
Win 17–4 Jun 2019 M25 Shenzhen, China World Tennis Tour Hard France Laurent Rochette 6–4, 6–1
Loss 17–5 Jun 2019 M25 Yinchuan, China World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Yuta Shimizu 6–4, 3–3 ret.
Win 18–5 Jul 2019 M25 Qujing, China World Tennis Tour Hard China Sun Fajing 6–3, 6–1
Win 19–5 Jul 2019 M25 Taipei, Taiwan World Tennis Tour Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu Hsiou 6–4, 6–4
Loss 19–6 Apr 2022 M15 Chiang Rai, Thailand World Tennis Tour Hard South Korea Nam Ji-sung 2–6, 4–6
Win 20–6 Jun 2023 M15 Tianjin, China World Tennis Tour Hard China Mo Yecong 7–5, 6–3
Win 21–6 Jul 2023 M15 Tianjin, China World Tennis Tour Hard China Wang Aoran 6–2, ret.
Win 22–6 Sep 2023 M25 Guiyang, China World Tennis Tour Hard Germany Jimmy Yang 6–2, 6–2
Win 23–6 Mar 2024 M15 Hinode, Japan World Tennis Tour Hard Greece Stefanos Sakellaridis 6–2, 6–4
Loss 23–7 May 2024 M25 Anning, China World Tennis Tour Clay China Cui Jie 3–6, 4–6
Win 24–7 Jun 2024 M25 Luzhou, China World Tennis Tour Hard China Zhou Yi 7–6(7–4), 7–6(8–6)
Win 25–7 Jul 2024 M25 Tianjin, China World Tennis Tour Hard Chinese Taipei Hsu Yu Hsiou 6–2, 6–4
Win 26–7 Aug 2024 M25 Yinchuan, China World Tennis Tour Hard China Sun Fajing 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win 27–7 Oct 2024 M25 Huzhou, China World Tennis Tour Hard China Sun Fajing 6–3, 4–6, 6–2

Doubles: 20 (13–7)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–0)
ITF Futures (9–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–5)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2008 Italy F28, Piombino Futures Hard China Xu Junchao Belgium Niels Desein
Canada Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
3–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 May 2009 China F4, Wuhan Futures Hard China Wu Di China Xue Feng
China Zeng Shaoxuan
6–2, 6–1
Win 2–1 Jul 2014 China F8, Shenzhen Futures Hard China Zhang Zhizhen China Hua Runhao
China Qiu Zhuoyang
6–4, 4–6, [10–3]
Loss 2–2 Apr 2015 China F1, Anning Futures Clay Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-Hua Chinese Taipei Huang Liang-Chi
Spain Enrique Lopez-Perez
3–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Win 3–2 May 2015 Anning, China Challenger Clay China Wu Di India Karunuday Singh
Australia Andrew Whittington
6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–3 May 2015 China F5, Wuhan Futures Hard Japan Arata Onukaza Chinese Taipei Yi Chu-Huan
Chinese Taipei Huang Liang-Chi
6–4, 1–6, [9–11]
Loss 3–4 May 2015 China F6, Wuhan Futures Hard Japan Arata Onukaza China Li Zhe
China Gao Xin
5–7, 3–6
Win 4–4 Jun 2015 China F7, Wuhan Futures Hard China Li Yi-Feng Belgium Michael Geerts
China Gao Xin
6–3, 2–6, [17–15]
Win 5–4 Jun 2015 China F8, Zhangjiagang Futures Hard Italy Riccardo Ghedin China Feng He
China Ning Yuqing
6–2, 6–2
Win 6–4 Jul 2015 China F9, Jinhua Futures Hard Italy Riccardo Ghedin China Tao Jun Nan
China Zhou Sheng Hao
6–0, 6–4
Loss 6–5 Jul 2015 China F10, Xi'an Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Chen Ti China Li Zhe
India N.Sriram Balaji
6–4, 6–7(2–7), [11–13]
Win 7–5 Jul 2015 China F11, Xi'an Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng China Li Zhe
India N.Sriram Balaji
6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–7]
Win 8–5 Aug 2015 China F13, Putian Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Yi Chu-huan Japan Bumpei Sato
Japan Sho Katayama
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 8–6 Aug 2015 Chinese Taipei F1, Kaohsiung Futures Hard Chinese Taipei Yi Chu-huan Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng
Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-Hua
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 9–6 Sep 2015 Bangkok, Thailand Challenger Hard Italy Riccardo Ghedin Chinese Taipei Chen Ti
China Li Zhe
6–2, 7–5
Win 10–6 May 2016 Anning, China Challenger Clay Italy Riccardo Ghedin Ukraine Denys Molchanov
Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 11–6 May 2016 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay China Li Zhe Netherlands Sander Arends
Austria T-S Weissborn
6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Win 12–6 Jul 2016 China F10, Longyan Futures Hard China Li Zhe China Sun Fajing
China Wang Aoran
7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win 13–6 Jan 2017 Hong Kong F5 Futures Hard China He Yecong Hong Kong Karan Rastogi
Hong Kong Wong Chun Hun
7–5, 6–4
Loss 13–7 Mar 2017 China F3, Anning Futures Clay China Cai Zhao Australia Thomas Fancutt
Australia Brandon Walkin
4–6, 4–6

Notes

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  1. ^ There is a third tone sandhi here so the actual pronunciation in pinyin is Bái Yǎn.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "ATP.com – Yan Bai Profile".
  2. ^ a b c "ITFTennis.com – Yan Bai Pro Circuit Player Profile".
  3. ^ "Davis Cup.com – Yan Bai Profile".
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