Vivian Yang

Vivian Yang

Country (sports)	New Zealand
Born	(2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 (age 20) Auckland, New Zealand
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$20,532
Singles
Career record	45–28
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 746 (17 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 930 (11 August 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  Junior	2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	39–23
Career titles	3 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 582 (17 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 1073 (11 August 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  Junior	1R (2023)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	4–3
Last updated on: 11 August 2025.

Vivian Yang (born 11 January 2005) is a New Zealand tennis player. She has won one singles title and three doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.

Early life

Yang, born in Auckland, New Zealand, moved to China with her family. She began playing tennis at 4 years of age with her father, encouraging her to take up sport to help her immune system. As he was a keen amateur tennis player himself, Vivian played at the nearby courts too. ^{[1] [2]} After returning to New Zealand, Yang attended Westlake Girls High School, Auckland and joined the Tennis NZ’s high performance programme. ^[3]

Career

Yang made her senior debut for New Zealand in the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup playing in Pool A Asia/Oceania Zone Group I matches against China, South Korea and Indonesia in April, 2022. New Zealand captain Marina Erakovic championed her inclusion saying "Vivian is one of our best young players coming through. She has improved massively over the past two years and is gaining experience by the day with her recent playing schedule. Even though she is young, she is a huge asset to the team." ^[4] After her debut defeat against Chinese No. 2, Yuan Yue, ranked at 143 in the world, which included four squandered set points in the first set, ^[5] Erakovic remained positive saying "I was very impressed with Vivian. She played extremely well, and was able to actually really dictate on her own terms with that lefty serve and forehand, and she had a couple of set points but just got a little bit tight, that inexperience but yeah, just really positives out there for her." ^[6] Yang secured her first senior win a few days later against Indonesia’s Beatrice Gumulya with a 7–5, 6–2 victory on 16 April 2022. ^[7] By the end of 2022, Yang was New Zealand’s No. 1 under-18 singles and doubles player. ^[8]

In July 2023, she was selected to compete for New Zealand in the 2023 Billie Jean King Cup. ^[9]

In December 2024, she won the wildcard play-off to earn a spot in the main draw of the 2025 ASB Classic. ^[10] Yang lost in the first round to lucky loser Jodie Burrage. ^[11]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend W15 tournaments (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2022	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Polina Iatcenko	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Dec 2022	ITF Wellington, New Zealand	W15	Hard	Jade Otway	6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend W15 tournaments (3–1)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2022	ITF Caloundra, Australia	W15	Hard	Monique Barry	Aoi Ito Nanari Katsumi	6–2, 7–6(5)
Win	2–0	Oct 2022	ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	W15	Hard	Patricija Paukštytė	Romana Čisovská Barbora Matúšová	7–5, 6–4
Loss	2–1	Jun 2023	ITF Nakhon, Thailand	W15	Hard	Sara Nayar	Anchisa Chanta Patcharin Cheapchandej	1–6, 6–7(4)
Win	3–1	Jun 2025	ITF Ma'anshan, China	W15	Hard (i)	Huang Yujia	Ni Ma Zhuoma Wang Jiaqi	7–5, 1–6, [10–3]

References

1. "Q&A: Meet Vivian Yang, one of NZ's brightest tennis prospects". Tennis.kiwi.
2. "Q&A: Meet Vivian Yang, one of NZ's brightest tennis prospects". The New Zealand Herald . 25 April 2022.
3. "Yang on target for bright tennis future". newsroom.co.nz. 5 March 2020.
4. "Teenager Vivian Yang named in NZ women's tennis team for Billie Jean Cup". i.stuff.co.nz. 20 March 2022.
5. "New Zealand beaten by China at Billie Jean King Cup". nzsportswire.com.
6. "Vivian Yang makes Billie Jean King Cup debut in defeat by China". Tennis.Kiwi.
7. "Indonesia Confirmed Relegation to Group II Billie Jean King Cup". Tennis.skor.id.
8. "Tennis: Kiwi rising star Vivian Yang plots course for ASB Classic spot". The New Zealand Herald . 8 December 2022.
9. "So Close, Yet So Far for Billie Jean King Cup Team in Malaysia". Tennis.Kiwi. 29 July 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
10. "Vivian Yang wins ASB Classic wild card play-off". cmtennisworld. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
11. "Auckland Open: Burrage makes second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 31 December 2024.

External links

• Vivian Yang at the Women's Tennis Association
• Vivian Yang at the International Tennis Federation
• Vivian Yang at the Billie Jean King Cup ( archived former page )