Vivian Yang

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Vivian Yang
Country (sports)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Born (2005-01-11) 11 January 2005 (age 19)
Auckland, New Zealand
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$12,550
Singles
Career record32–19 (62.7%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 746 (17 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 1173 (27 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open  Junior2R (2023)
Doubles
Career record26–16 (61.9%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 582 (17 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 1049 (27 May 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open  Junior1R (2023)
Last updated on: 5 June 2024.

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

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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, Yang 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]

ITF Circuit finals

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

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 2022ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000HardFlag placeholder.svg Polina Iatcenko1–6, 1–6
Win1–1Dec 2022ITF Wellington, New Zealand15,000Hard Flag of New Zealand.svg Jade Otway6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Jul 2022ITF Caloundra, Australia15,000Hard Flag of New Zealand.svg Monique Barry Flag of Japan.svg Aoi Ito
Flag of Japan.svg Nanari Katsumi		6–2, 7–6(5)
Win2–0Oct 2022ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt15,000Hard Flag of Lithuania.svg Patricija Paukštytė Flag of Slovakia.svg Romana Čisovská
Flag of Slovakia.svg Barbora Matúšová		7–5, 6–4
Loss2–1Jun 2023ITF Nakhon, Thailand15,000Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sara Nayar Flag of Thailand.svg Anchisa Chanta
Flag of Thailand.svg Patcharin Cheapchandej 		1–6, 6–7(4)

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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". NZ Herald.
  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". NZ Herald.


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