Sun Shengnan (Chinese: 孙胜男; pinyin: Sūn Shèngnán; Mandarin pronunciation:[swə́n ʂə̂ŋ nǎn]; born 21 January 1987) is a Chinese former tennis player. Her highest WTA singles ranking is 216th, which she reached on 4 April 2011.[1] Her career-high in doubles is 50th, which she reached on 17 September 2007.[1]
By March 2006, Sun had won two ITF singles titles and risen to No. 320 in the WTA rankings, and had earned herself a reputation as 'one to watch', having shown plenty of recent promise of further improvement in the preceding year.
Sun Shengnan began competing on the ITF Circuit at the age of 15, in May 2002.[1] Over the next few months, she won seven matches (mostly in qualifying draws) and lost just five. However, she did not compete again for a whole year after the beginning of August, and thus gained for herself only a lowly end-of-year foothold on the world ranking list at No. 1031.
When August finally came around again in 2003, she returned to competition as a 16-year-old at ITF events; and that October she reached the quarterfinal of a $25k tournament at Beijing after being awarded a wildcard entry into the main draw, before losing to Yuka Yoshida. She finished the year with a 5–5 win–loss record after just a few events played. The record of her year-end ranking seems to have been lost by the WTA, but it was undoubtedly an improvement on her 2002 outcome thanks to the quarterfinal finish at Beijing.
2004 was another moderate year for Sun, as she won six matches and lost seven, her best finish again coming at October's $25k tournament at Beijing, where she repeated her previous year's performance in reaching the quarterfinal, this time losing to high-ranked countrywoman Zheng Jie. She finished the year world-ranked 588, which logically should have been similar to her previous year's finish.
But it was to be in 2005 that the Chinese teenager would first break through to greater results, including two tournament wins. In February, she reached her career-first semifinal in the $10k tournament at Melilla. In April, she won the $10k event at Wuhan. Then in May, she won another $10k title at Ahmedabad. In August, she reached the final of a $25k fixture at Wuxi, losing to Miho Saeki of Japan. Then in September, she qualified for her first WTA Tour event at Guangzhou International Open with an impressive three-set victory over the young Croat prospect Ivana Lisjak, but lost in the first round of the main draw to Alina Jidkova of Russia. At the end of the year, her world ranking had leapt up to 336.
In January 2006, she suffered a few early losses, but picked up enough points in qualifying rounds to improve to a career-best ranking of 311 early in February. Then she defended but did not improve upon her previous year's semifinal performance at Melilla.
With youth still very much on her side, the 19-year-old appeared to be one of China's hottest next-generation prospects for advancement into the world's top 150. But after rising to a career high of No. 233 in May 2007, a dismal run of early losses over the summer and Autumn that year caused her ranking to slip back to No. 400 by the beginning of December the same year before a quarterfinal result at a $75k tournament that month revived it to around 350 at the close of the year.
She then started the year off in 2011, making the semifinals in the $50k event at Quanzhou moving her rankings up to world No. 248.
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Sun Shengnan Chinese 孙胜男 pinyin Sun Shengnan Mandarin pronunciation swe n ʂe ŋ na n born 21 January 1987 is a Chinese former tennis player Her highest WTA singles ranking is 216th which she reached on 4 April 2011 1 Her career high in doubles is 50th which she reached on 17 September 2007 1 Sun Shengnan 孙胜男Country sports ChinaResidenceBeijing ChinaBorn 1987 01 21 21 January 1987 age 36 BeijingHeight1 70 m 5 ft 7 in Turned pro2002PlaysLeft handed two handed backhand Prize money 289 473SinglesCareer record205 166 55 3 Career titles6 ITFHighest rankingNo 216 4 April 2011 Grand Slam singles resultsUS OpenQ2 2007 DoublesCareer record256 158 61 8 Career titles1 WTA 26 ITFHighest rankingNo 50 17 September 2007 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian OpenQF 2007 French Open2R 2007 Wimbledon1R 2007 2008 US Open1R 2007 In this Chinese name the family name is Sun 孙 By March 2006 Sun had won two ITF singles titles and risen to No 320 in the WTA rankings and had earned herself a reputation as one to watch having shown plenty of recent promise of further improvement in the preceding year Contents 1 Career 2 WTA career finals 2 1 Doubles 3 1 title 2 runner ups 3 ITF Circuit finals 3 1 Singles 8 6 2 3 2 Doubles 43 26 17 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksCareer EditSun Shengnan began competing on the ITF Circuit at the age of 15 in May 2002 1 Over the next few months she won seven matches mostly in qualifying draws and lost just five However she did not compete again for a whole year after the beginning of August and thus gained for herself only a lowly end of year foothold on the world ranking list at No 1031 When August finally came around again in 2003 she returned to competition as a 16 year old at ITF events and that October she reached the quarterfinal of a 25k tournament at Beijing after being awarded a wildcard entry into the main draw before losing to Yuka Yoshida She finished the year with a 5 5 win loss record after just a few events played The record of her year end ranking seems to have been lost by the WTA but it was undoubtedly an improvement on her 2002 outcome thanks to the quarterfinal finish at Beijing 2004 was another moderate year for Sun as she won six matches and lost seven her best finish again coming at October s 25k tournament at Beijing where she repeated her previous year s performance in reaching the quarterfinal this time losing to high ranked countrywoman Zheng Jie She finished the year world ranked 588 which logically should have been similar to her previous year s finish But it was to be in 2005 that the Chinese teenager would first break through to greater results including two tournament wins In February she reached her career first semifinal in the 10k tournament at Melilla In April she won the 10k event at Wuhan Then in May she won another 10k title at Ahmedabad In August she reached the final of a 25k fixture at Wuxi losing to Miho Saeki of Japan Then in September she qualified for her first WTA Tour event at Guangzhou International Open with an impressive three set victory over the young Croat prospect Ivana Lisjak but lost in the first round of the main draw to Alina Jidkova of Russia At the end of the year her world ranking had leapt up to 336 In January 2006 she suffered a few early losses but picked up enough points in qualifying rounds to improve to a career best ranking of 311 early in February Then she defended but did not improve upon her previous year s semifinal performance at Melilla With youth still very much on her side the 19 year old appeared to be one of China s hottest next generation prospects for advancement into the world s top 150 But after rising to a career high of No 233 in May 2007 a dismal run of early losses over the summer and Autumn that year caused her ranking to slip back to No 400 by the beginning of December the same year before a quarterfinal result at a 75k tournament that month revived it to around 350 at the close of the year She then started the year off in 2011 making the semifinals in the 50k event at Quanzhou moving her rankings up to world No 248 WTA career finals EditDoubles 3 1 title 2 runner ups Edit Legend pre post 2009 Grand Slam tournamentsTier I Premier M amp Premier 5Tier II PremierTier III IV amp V International 1 2 Finals by surfaceHard 1 1 Grass 0 0 Clay 0 1 Carpet 0 0 Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreRunner up 1 13 May 2007 Prague Open Czech Republic Clay Ji Chunmei Petra Cetkovska Andrea Hlavackova 6 7 7 9 2 6Winner 1 16 September 2007 Bali Tennis Classic Indonesia Hard Ji Chunmei Jill Craybas Natalie Grandin 6 3 6 2Runner up 2 13 February 2011 Pattaya Open Thailand Hard Zheng Jie Sara Errani Roberta Vinci 6 3 3 6 5 10 ITF Circuit finals Edit 100 000 tournaments 75 000 tournaments 50 000 tournaments 25 000 tournaments 10 000 tournamentsSingles 8 6 2 Edit Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreWinner 1 Apr 2005 ITF Wuhan China Hard Liang Chen 6 3 4 6 6 3Winner 2 May 2005 ITF Ahmedabad India Hard Ankita Bhambri 6 2 6 2Runner up 1 Aug 2005 ITF Wuxi China Hard Miho Saeki 6 2 7 6 7 1 Winner 3 Apr 2006 ITF Guangzhou China Hard Yurika Sema 6 2 6 4Winner 4 Jun 2009 ITF Qianshan China Hard Han Xinyun 6 1 6 4Winner 5 Aug 2009 ITF Pingguo China Hard Zhou Yimiao 6 4 6 4Winner 6 Aug 2009 ITF Qianshan China Hard Liang Chen 6 3 6 3Runner up 2 Apr 2010 Kangaroo Cup Japan Clay Karolina Pliskova 6 3 3 6 6 3Doubles 43 26 17 Edit Outcome No Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreRunner up 1 27 February 2005 ITF Melilla Spain Hard Yang Shujing Sara Errani Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 7 6 2 0 6 5 7Runner up 2 29 May 2005 ITF Shanghai China Hard Liu Wanting Chuang Chia jung Remi Tezuka 6 4 4 6 1 6Winner 3 26 February 2006 ITF Melilla Spain Hard Liu Wanting Sara del Barrio Aragon Sabrina Mendez Dominguez 6 4 6 0Winner 4 4 June 2006 ITF Tianjin China Hard Ji Chunmei Chan Chin wei Chen Yi 3 6 7 6 9 7 6 1Runner up 5 23 July 2006 ITF Chongqing China Hard Ji Chunmei Ren Jing Zhang Shuai 4 6 3 6Runner up 6 27 August 2006 ITF Nanjing China Hard Ji Chunmei Chuang Chia jung Xie Yanze 1 6 6 7 13 11 Winner 7 29 October 2006 ITF Beijing China Hard i Ji Chunmei Marina Erakovic Raquel Kops Jones 6 2 6 2Winner 8 5 November 2006 ITF Shanghai China Hard Ji Chunmei Akgul Amanmuradova Iroda Tulyaganova 6 4 7 5Winner 9 14 October 2007 ITF Beijing China Hard Ji Chunmei Liang Chen Zhao Yijing 6 2 6 3Winner 10 11 November 2007 ITF Taizhou China Hard Ji Chunmei Huang Lei Zhang Shuai 7 6 5 1 6 13 11 Runner up 11 2 December 2007 ITF Xiamen China Hard Ji Chunmei Han Xinyun Xu Yifan 4 6 5 7Winner 12 14 March 2008 ITF New Delhi India Hard Ji Chunmei Sunitha Rao Aurelie Vedy 2 6 6 2 10 4 Runner up 13 21 November 2008 ITF Kolkata India Hard Lu Jingjing Laura Siegemund Agnes Szatmari 5 7 3 6Winner 14 13 February 2009 ITF Mildura Australia Grass Lu Jingjing Han Xinyun Ji Chunmei 7 6 2 7 6 4 Runner up 15 21 February 2009 ITF Guangzhou China Hard Han Xinyun Ji Chunmei Liang Chen 7 6 7 2 6 3 10 Winner 16 8 March 2009 ITF Lyon France Hard i Lu Jingjing Pemra Ozgen Zhang Shuai 6 4 7 5Winner 17 14 March 2009 ITF Las Palmas Spain Hard Lu Jingjing Yana Buchina Taja Mohorcic 6 3 7 6 1 Winner 18 21 March 2009 ITF Tenerife Spain Hard Zhang Shuai Paula Fondevila Castro Laura Thorpe 6 1 6 2Winner 19 27 March 2009 ITF La Palma Spain Hard Lu Jingjing Eleni Daniilidou Jasmin Wohr 6 2 5 7 10 5 Winner 20 17 May 2009 Kurume Cup Japan Carpet Lu Jingjing Chang Kai chen Ayaka Maekawa 6 3 6 2Winner 21 24 May 2009 ITF Incheon Korea Hard Lu Jingjing Han Xinyun Ji Chunmei 6 3 6 3Runner up 22 31 May 2009 ITF Goyang Korea Hard Lu Jingjing Yayuk Basuki Romana Tedjakusuma 6 7 5 3 6 8 10 Runner up 23 7 June 2009 ITF Gimhae Korea Hard Liang Chen Yayuk Basuki Romana Tedjakusuma 5 7 1 6Winner 24 27 June 2009 ITF Qianshan China Hard Zhou Yimiao Han Xinyun Ying Qian 6 2 6 4Winner 25 3 July 2009 ITF Xiamen China Hard Lu Jingjing Han Xinyun Kao Shao yuan 6 2 6 4Runner up 26 21 August 2009 ITF Pingguo China Hard Lu Jingjing Chan Chin wei Hwang I hsuan 6 3 5 7 7 10 Winner 27 28 August 2009 ITF Qianshan China Hard Liang Chen Alison Bai Sacha Jones 6 2 6 4Winner 28 10 May 2010 Kurume Cup Japan Clay Xu Yifan Karolina Pliskova Kristyna Pliskova 6 0 6 3Runner up 29 17 May 2010 ITF Karuizawa Japan Clay Xu Yifan Ayumi Oka Akiko Yonemura 6 7 3 6Winner 30 2 August 2010 ITF Beijing China Hard Zhang Shuai Ji Chunmei Liu Wanting 4 6 6 2 6 4Runner up 31 14 August 2010 ITF Tallinn Estonia Hard Lu Jingjing Emma Laine Melanie South 3 6 4 6Winner 32 3 January 2011 ITF Quanzhou China Hard Liu Wanting Yuliya Beygelzimer Oksana Kalashnikova 6 3 6 2Runner up 33 10 January 2011 ITF Pingguo China Hard Liu Wanting Shuko Aoyama Rika Fujiwara 4 6 3 6Runner up 34 23 May 2011 ITF Grado Italy Clay Liu Wanting Maria Irigoyen Ekaterina Lopes 3 6 0 6Winner 35 16 July 2011 Challenger de Granby Canada Hard Sharon Fichman Viktoriya Kisialeva Nathalia Rossi 6 4 6 2Runner up 36 26 March 2012 ITF Phuket Thailand Hard Han Xinyun Noppawan Lertcheewakarn Zheng Saisai 3 6 3 6Winner 37 14 May 2012 Kurume Cup Japan Clay Han Xinyun Ksenia Lykina Melanie South 6 1 6 0Runner up 38 28 May 2012 ITF Gimcheon Korea Hard Liang Chen Hu Yueyue Xu Yifan 0 6 6 3 7 10 Winner 39 18 June 2012 ITF Goyang Korea Hard Liu Wanting Nicha Lertpitaksinchai Peangtarn Plipuech 6 7 7 1 6 3 10 7 Winner 40 25 June 2012 ITF Incheon Korea Hard Liang Chen Kim Ji young Yoo Mi 6 3 6 2Winner 41 30 July 2012 ITF Beijing China Hard Liu Wanting Chan Chin wei Han Xinyun 5 7 6 0 10 7 Runner up 42 3 January 2013 ITF Quanzhou China Hard Liang Chen Irina Buryachok Nadiia Kichenok 6 3 3 6 10 12 Winner 43 24 June 2013 ITF Huzhu China Hard Chan Chin wei Liu Chang Zhou Yimiao 6 4 6 3See also EditTennis in ChinaReferences Edit a b c Sun Shengnan stats on WTA official site WTA Archived from the original on 4 November 2014 Retrieved 4 November 2014 External links EditSun Shengnan at the Women s Tennis Association Sun Shengnan at the International Tennis Federation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sun Shengnan amp oldid 1132730002, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
