About Yi Jingqian
Born 1974. Yi Jingqian is a Chinese tennis player.
Yi Jingqian (; born 28 February 1974, in Nanjing) is a former tennis player from China. Yi first played in the China Fed Cup team in 1991, and turned professional in 1994. In her career, she won 13 singles titles and six doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. Yi appeared in the finals of two WTA Tour tournaments in 1995, those at Surabaya and Pattaya. She appeared in the main draw in several major tournaments as a singles player from 1996 to 2001. The furthest she progressed in a major was when she reached the third round of the 2000 Australian Open.
Yi was part of the Chinese Federation Cup team in 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, and 2000. She represented China at the Summer Olympics 1996 and 2000. Over the course of her career, she won four medals (three bronze, one silver) at the Asian Games. She retired from professional tennis in 2001.
WTA Tour finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 2 October 1995 Surabaya, Indonesia Hard Wang Shi-ting 1β6, 1β6Loss 13 November 1995 Pattaya, Thailand Hard Barbara Paulus 4β6, 3β6
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Singles (13β9) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreWin 1. 10 February 1992 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Chen Li 6β7, 6β3, 6β0Win 2. 24 February 1992 Solo, Indonesia Hard Chen Li 6β3, 6β4Win 3. 14 June 1993 Beijing, China Hard Tang Min 6β0, 6β4Loss 4. 21 June 1993 Tianjin, China Hard Chen Li 5β7, 6β2, 5β7Win 5. 20 March 1994 Zaragoza, Spain Clay Rosa Maria Llaneras 7β5, 6β1Win 6. 28 March 1994 Alicante, Spain Clay Gala LeΓ³n GarcΓa 7β6(2), 6β7(7), 6β2Loss 7. 19 December 1994 Manila, Philippines Hard Kim Eun-ha 1β6, 4β6Win 8. 24 July 1995 Salisbury, United States Hard Vanessa Webb 7β5, 4β6, 7β6(4)Loss 9. 31 July 1995 Austin, United States Hard Chen Li 1β6, 6β2, 4β6Win 10. 4 September 1995 Tianjin, China Hard Li Li 6β1, 6β4Win 11. 3 November 1997 Beijing, China Hard Kim Eun-ha 6β3, 7β5Loss 12. 26 April 1998 Shenzhen, China Hard Kim Eun-ha 3β6, 1β6Loss 13. 10 May 1998 Seoul, South Korea Clay Choi Ju-yeon 3β6, 5β7Win 14. 19 July 1998 Qing Dao, China Hard Ding Ding 6β2, 6β3Loss 15. 28 March 1998 Atlanta, United States Hard Jolene Watanabe 1β6, 4β6Loss 16. 26 September 1999 Kirkland, United States Hard Li Fang 3β6, 6β2, 1β6Win 17. 17 October 1999 Brisbane, Australia Hard Sybille Bammer 6β4, 6β1Win 18. 5 March 2000 Chengdu, China Hard Elena Bovina 6β1, 6β2Win 19. 6 March 2000 Haikou, China Hard Katalin Marosi 4β6, 6β0, 6β1Win 20. 10 April 2000 La CaΓ±ada, United States Clay Rossana de los RΓos 3β6, 7β5, 6β3Loss 21. 20 August 2000 Bronx, United States Hard Daniela HantuchovΓ‘ 4β6, 4β6Loss 22. 29 April 2001 Seoul, South Korea Hard Kim Eun-ha 4β6, 2β6
Doubles (6β5) Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 1. 7 October 1991 Matsuyama, Japan Hard Jennifer Saret Paulette Moreno Jenny Byrne 6β1, 4β6, 4β6Win 2. 17 February 1992 Bandung, Indonesia Hard Chen Li Mami Donoshiro Ai Sugiyama 4β6, 6β3, 6β4Win 3. 24 February 1992 Solo, Indonesia Hard Chen Li Mimma Chernovita Natalia Soetrisno 6β2, 6β2Win 4. 14 June 1993 Beijing, China Hard Chen Li Kim Yeon-sook Kim Ih-sook 6β4, 6β1Loss 5. 21 June 1993 Tianjin, China Hard Chen Li Kim Hye-jeong Seo Hye-jin 2β6, 2β6Win 6. 19 December 1994 Manila, Philippines Hard Chen Li Keiko Ishida Park In-sook 6β2, 7β5Loss 7. 2 September 1996 Beijing, China Hard Chen Li Chen Jingjing Li Li 6β2, 5β7, ret.Loss 8. 3 November 1997 Beijing, China Hard Chen Jingjing Keiko Ishida Keiko Nagatomi 6β7(4), 6β1, 3β6Win 9. 19 July 1998 Qing Dao, China Hard Li Li Khoo Chin-bee Satoko Kurioka 6β4, 6β2Loss 10. 3 August 1998 Lexington, US Hard Nirupama Sanjeev Amanda Grahame Bryanne Stewart 4β6, 6β1, 3β6Win 11. 31 January 2000 Clearwater, US Hard Cho Yoon-jeong Sandra Cacic Lindsay Lee-Waters 6β4, 7β6(7)
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