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

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Stefanie Tan

Tan in 2011
Full name	Stefanie Li Yun Tan
Country (sports)	Singapore
Residence	Singapore
Born	(1992-09-16) 16 September 1992 (age 29) Singapore
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	16,727
Singles
Career record	47–43 (52.2%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 438 (15 May 2017)
Doubles
Career record	29–29 (50.0%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 507 (8 May 2017)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	19–15 (55.9%)
Medal record Women's Tennis Representing  Singapore Southeast Asian Games 2017 Kuala Lumpur Singles

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 Circuit.

Tennis career

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

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

She 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 International Tennis Federation (ITF) professional singles title at the Baku Cup Futures 2 tournament held at Baku, Azerbaijan. On 10 Jun, 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)

Legend $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	5 June 2016	ITF Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Valeriya Zeleva	6–1, 6–0
Win	2–0	15 October 2016	ITF Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Jessy Rompies	6–4, 6–4

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

Legend $80,000 tournaments $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $15,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (2–2) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2 August 2014	ITF Fort Worth, United States	Hard	Hayley Carter	Catherine Harrison Mary Weatherholt	6–3, 6–3
Loss	2 June 2016	ITF Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Tamara Čurović	Kseniia Bekker Alina Silich	3–6, 4–6
Win	10 June 2016	ITF Baku, Azerbaijan	Hard	Kamila Kerimbayeva	Katya Malikova Angelina Shakhraychuk	6–2, 6–3
Loss	11 August 2017	ITF Nonthaburi, Thailand	Hard	Genevieve Lorbergs	Tamachan Momkoonthod Varunya Wongteanchai	3–6, 4–6

References

External links

• Stefanie Tan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Stefanie Tan at the International Tennis Federation
• Stefanie Tan at the Billie Jean King Cup

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