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Sun Shengnan

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Sun Shengnan
孙胜男
Country (sports) China
ResidenceBeijing
Born (1987-01-21) 21 January 1987 (age 37)
Beijing
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2002
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$289,473
Singles
Career record205–166
Career titles6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 216 (4 April 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
US OpenQ2 (2007)
Doubles
Career record256–158
Career titles1 WTA, 26 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 50 (17 September 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2007)
French Open2R (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2007, 2008)
US Open1R (2007)

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.

Career

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Sun Shengnan began competing on the ITF Women's 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 Tour finals

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Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 13 May 2007 Prague Open,
Czech Republic
Clay China Ji Chunmei Czech Republic Petra Cetkovská
Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
6–7(7–9), 2–6
Winner 1. 16 September 2007 Bali Tennis Classic, Indonesia Hard China Ji Chunmei United States Jill Craybas
South Africa Natalie Grandin
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 2. 13 February 2011 Pattaya Open,
Thailand
Hard China Zheng Jie Italy Sara Errani
Italy Roberta Vinci
6–3, 3–6, [5–10]

ITF Circuit finals

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 8 (6–2)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. Apr 2005 ITF Wuhan, China Hard China Liang Chen 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
Winner 2. May 2005 ITF Ahmedabad, India Hard India Ankita Bhambri 6–2, 6–2
Runner–up 1. Aug 2005 ITF Wuxi, China Hard Japan Miho Saeki 2–6, 6–7(1)
Winner 3. Sep 2006 ITF Guangzhou, China Hard Japan Yurika Sema 6–2, 6–4
Winner 4. Jun 2009 ITF Qianshan, China Hard China Han Xinyun 6–1, 6–4
Winner 5. Aug 2009 ITF Pingguo, China Hard China Zhou Yimiao 6–4, 6–4
Winner 6. Aug 2009 ITF Qianshan, China Hard China Liang Chen 6–3, 6–3
Runner–up 2. May 2010 Kangaroo Cup, Japan Hard Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková 3–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles: 43 (26–17)

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Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner–up 1. 27 February 2005 ITF Melilla, Spain Hard China Yang Shujing Italy Sara Errani
Spain María José Martínez Sánchez
7–6(2), 0–6, 5–7
Runner–up 2. 29 May 2005 ITF Shanghai, China Hard China Liu Wanting Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
Japan Remi Tezuka
6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 26 February 2006 ITF Melilla, Spain Hard China Liu Wanting Spain Sara del Barrio Aragón
Spain Sabrina Méndez Domínguez
6–4, 6–0
Winner 4. 4 June 2006 ITF Tianjin, China Hard China Ji Chunmei Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Chen Yi
3–6, 7–6(7), 6–1
Runner–up 5. 23 July 2006 ITF Chongqing, China Hard China Ji Chunmei China Ren Jing
China Zhang Shuai
4–6, 3–6
Runner–up 6. 27 August 2006 ITF Nanjing, China Hard China Ji Chunmei Chinese Taipei Chuang Chia-jung
China Xie Yanze
1–6, 6–7(11)
Winner 7. 29 October 2006 Beijing Challenger, China Hard (i) China Ji Chunmei New Zealand Marina Erakovic
United States Raquel Kops-Jones
6–2, 6–2
Winner 8. 5 November 2006 ITF Shanghai, China Hard China Ji Chunmei Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
Uzbekistan Iroda Tulyaganova
6–4, 7–5
Winner 9. 14 October 2007 ITF Beijing, China Hard China Ji Chunmei China Liang Chen
China Zhao Yijing
6–2, 6–3
Winner 10. 11 November 2007 ITF Taizhou, China Hard China Ji Chunmei China Huang Lei
China Zhang Shuai
7–6(5), 1–6, [13–11]
Runner-up 11. 2 December 2007 ITF Xiamen, China Hard China Ji Chunmei China Han Xinyun
China Xu Yifan
4–6, 5–7
Winner 12. 14 March 2008 ITF New Delhi, İndia Hard China Ji Chunmei United States Sunitha Rao
France Aurélie Védy
2–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Runner-up 13. 21 November 2008 ITF Kolkata, İndia Hard China Lu Jingjing Germany Laura Siegemund
Romania Ágnes Szatmári
5–7, 3–6
Winner 14. 13 February 2009 ITF Mildura, Australia Grass China Lu Jingjing China Han Xinyun
China Ji Chunmei
7–6(2), 7–6(4)
Runner-up 15. 21 February 2009 ITF Guangzhou, China Hard China Han Xinyun China Ji Chunmei
China Liang Chen
7–6(7), 2–6, [3–10]
Winner 16. 8 March 2009 ITF Lyon, France Hard (i) China Lu Jingjing Turkey Pemra Özgen
China Zhang Shuai
6–4, 7–5
Winner 17. 14 March 2009 ITF Las Palmas, Spain Hard China Lu Jingjing Russia Yana Buchina
Slovenia Taja Mohorcic
6–3, 7–6(1)
Winner 18. 21 March 2009 ITF Tenerife, Spain Hard China Zhang Shuai Spain Paula Fondevila Castro
France Laura Thorpe
6–1, 6–2
Winner 19. 27 March 2009 ITF La Palma, Spain Hard China Lu Jingjing Greece Eleni Daniilidou
Germany Jasmin Wöhr
6–2, 5–7, [10–5]
Winner 20. 17 May 2009 Kurume Cup, Japan Grass China Lu Jingjing Chinese Taipei Chang Kai-chen
Japan Ayaka Maekawa
6–3, 6–2
Winner 21. 24 May 2009 Incheon Open, Korea Hard China Lu Jingjing China Han Xinyun
China Ji Chunmei
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 22. 31 May 2009 ITF Goyang, Korea Hard China Lu Jingjing Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma
6–7(5), 3–6 [8–10]
Runner-up 23. 7 June 2009 ITF Gimhae, Korea Hard China Liang Chen Indonesia Yayuk Basuki
Indonesia Romana Tedjakusuma
5–7, 1–6
Winner 24. 27 June 2009 ITF Qianshan, China Hard China Zhou Yimiao China Han Xinyun
China Ying Qian
6–2, 6–4
Winner 25. 3 July 2009 ITF Xiamen, China Hard China Lu Jingjing China Han Xinyun
Chinese Taipei Kao Shao-yuan
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 26. 21 August 2009 ITF Pingguo, China Hard China Lu Jingjing Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
Chinese Taipei Hwang I-hsuan
6–3, 5–7, [7–10]
Winner 27. 28 August 2009 ITF Qianshan, China Hard China Liang Chen Australia Alison Bai
Australia Sacha Jones
6–2, 6–4
Winner 28. 10 May 2010 Kurume Cup, Japan Grass China Xu Yifan Czech Republic Karolína Plíšková
Czech Republic Kristýna Plíšková
6–0, 6–3
Runner-up 29. 17 May 2010 ITF Karuizawa, Japan Carpet China Xu Yifan Japan Ayumi Oka
Japan Akiko Yonemura
6–7(1), 3–6
Winner 30. 2 August 2010 Beijing Challenger, China Hard China Zhang Shuai China Ji Chunmei
China Liu Wanting
4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Runner–up 31. 14 August 2010 ITF Tallinn, Estonia Hard China Lu Jingjing Finland Emma Laine
United Kingdom Melanie South
3–6, 4–6
Winner 32. 3 January 2011 Blossom Cup, China Hard China Liu Wanting Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Georgia (country) Oksana Kalashnikova
6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 33. 10 January 2011 ITF Pingguo, China Hard China Liu Wanting Japan Shuko Aoyama
Japan Rika Fujiwara
4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 34. 23 May 2011 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy Clay China Liu Wanting Argentina María Irigoyen
Russia Ekaterina Lopes
3–6, 0–6
Winner 35. 16 July 2011 Challenger de Granby, Canada Hard Canada Sharon Fichman Belarus Viktoriya Kisialeva
Brazil Nathalia Rossi
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 36. 26 March 2012 ITF Phuket, Thailand Hard China Han Xinyun Thailand Noppawan Lertcheewakarn
China Zheng Saisai
3–6, 3–6
Winner 37. 14 May 2012 Kurume Cup, Japan Grass China Han Xinyun Russia Ksenia Lykina
United Kingdom Melanie South
6–1, 6–0
Runner-up 38. 28 May 2012 ITF Gimcheon, Korea Hard China Liang Chen China Hu Yueyue
China Xu Yifan
0–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Winner 39. 18 June 2012 ITF Goyang, Korea Hard China Liu Wanting Thailand Nicha Lertpitaksinchai
Thailand Peangtarn Plipuech
6–7(1), 6–3, [10–7]
Winner 40. 30 June 2012 Incheon Open, Korea Hard China Liang Chen South Korea Kim Ji-young
South Korea Yoo Mi
6–3, 6–2
Winner 41. 5 August 2012 Beijing Challenger, China Hard China Liu Wanting Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei
China Han Xinyun
5–7, 6–0, [10–7]
Runner-up 42. 3 January 2013 Blossom Cup, China Hard China Liang Chen Ukraine Irina Buryachok
Ukraine Nadiia Kichenok
6–3, 3–6, [10–12]
Winner 43. 24 June 2013 ITF Huzhu, China Clay Chinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei China Liu Chang
China Zhou Yimiao
6–4, 6–3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Sun Shengnan stats on WTA official site". WTA. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
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