Stefanie Tan Explained

Stefanie Tan
Fullname:Stefanie Li Yun Tan
Birth Date:16 September 1992
Birth Place:Singapore
Residence:Singapore
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$16,727
Singlestitles:2 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 438 (15 May 2017)
Doublestitles:2 ITF
Highestdoublesranking:No. 507 (8 May 2017)
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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

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.

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

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–05 June 2016ITF Baku, AzerbaijanHard Valeriya Zeleva6–1, 6–0
Win2–015 October 2016ITF Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Jessy Rompies6–4, 6–4

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

Legend
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win2 August 2014ITF Fort Worth, United StatesHard Hayley Carter Catherine Harrison
Mary Weatherholt
6–3, 6–3
Loss2 June 2016ITF Baku, AzerbaijanHard Tamara Čurović Kseniia Bekker
Alina Silich
3–6, 4–6
Win10 June 2016ITF Baku, AzerbaijanHard Kamila Kerimbayeva Katya Malikova
Angelina Shakhraychuk
6–2, 6–3
Loss11 August 2017ITF Nonthaburi, ThailandHard Genevieve Lorbergs Tamachan Momkoonthod
Varunya Wongteanchai
3–6, 4–6

Notes and References

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