Sun Tiantian

Sun Tiantian (Template:Lang-zh; Template:Small Template:IPAc-cmn; born 12 October 1981) is a Chinese tennis player. She won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in women's doubles along with her partner Li Ting.<ref>Template:Cite Sports-Reference</ref>

Sun reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 77 in March 2007, winning her only WTA Tour singles title at the 2006 Tashkent Open, and a career-high in doubles of No. 16 in October 2007, winning eleven WTA Tour titles and reaching the quarterfinals of three Grand Slam tournaments, and winning the mixed doubles event at the 2008 Australian Open alongside Nenad Zimonjić.

Career

In September 2000, Sun won two successive $10k singles titles, a feat she would repeat in June 2001 with another pair of back-to-back $10k singles titles [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)].

In 2002, Sun continued her success at the next level, winning two $25k tournaments: firstly in April at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where she defeated Zheng Jie in the semifinal and Jeon Mi-ra in the final [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)], and then in August at Beijing, overcoming Zheng Jie again in the semifinal and Rika Fujiwara in the final [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)].

In 2003, she reached the final of a $50k tournament in Modena, entering as a lucky loser and defeating several high-quality opponents such as Martina Suchá, Maret Ani, and Gala León García before losing to Melinda Czink in the final [source: [Tennis Abstract](https://www.tennisabstract.com/)].

That year, Sun also made notable appearances in several WTA tournaments. She qualified for Doha, defeating Yuliana Fedak, Ľubomíra Kurhajcová, and María Sánchez Lorenzo, but lost in three sets to Nicole Pratt in the opening round [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)]. At the US Open, after a victory over Selima Sfar, she was defeated by Saori Obata in the first round [source: [US Open Official Site](https://www.usopen.org/)]. By the end of 2003, she was ranked world No. 141 [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)].

In 2004, Sun qualified for several prominent tournaments, including the Australian Open, where she won against Roberta Vinci [source: [Australian Open Official Site](https://ausopen.com/)], and again at Doha. She secured significant victories in Miami and Amelia Island, and at Wimbledon, she won her first-round match against Tathiana Garbin before losing to Anne Kremer [source: [Wimbledon Official Site](https://www.wimbledon.com/)]. At the end of the year, she lost a tight three-set final in the first $50k Shenzhen tournament to Li Na and ended the year ranked No. 118 [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)].

Sun also competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in women's doubles with her partner Li Ting, defeating Conchita Martínez and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain in the final.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2005, Sun achieved her first WTA Tour singles quarterfinal at Hyderabad, where she defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn 6–2, 6–1 but lost to Anna-Lena Grönefeld [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)]. She also performed well at Los Angeles and the US Open, where she qualified with wins over Marlene Weingärtner and Ľudmila Cervanová, and defeated Samantha Stosur before losing to Anabel Medina Garrigues [source: [US Open Official Site](https://www.usopen.org/)]. Her career-best win came at Beijing, where she defeated Serena Williams in the second round before losing to Maria Kirilenko [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)]. This performance propelled her to a career-high ranking of No. 88 [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)], although she ended the year at No. 105 [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)].

In early 2006, Sun faced tough draws, including close losses to Amélie Mauresmo at the Australian Open and Nuria Llagostera Vives at Gold Coast [source: [Australian Open Official Site](https://ausopen.com/)]. At the Tashkent Open, she won her first WTA Tour title by defeating Iroda Tulyaganova in the final [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)] and reached a career-high ranking of No. 81 on 9 October 2006 [source: [WTA Official Website](https://www.wtatennis.com/)].

On 27 January 2008, Sun captured her first Grand Slam title in mixed doubles at the Australian Open, partnering with Nenad Zimonjić to defeat Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi in straight sets.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2008	Australian Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Nenad Zimonjić	Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza Template:Flagicon Mahesh Bhupathi	7–6(4), 6–4

Other significant finals

Olympic Games

Doubles: 1 (gold medal)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Gold	2004	Athens	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Conchita Martínez Template:Flagicon Virginia Ruano	6–3, 6–3

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Legend
Tier I (0–0)
Tier II (0–0)
Tier III (0–0)
Tier IV & V (1–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	8 October 2006	Tashkent Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Iroda Tulyaganova	6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 21 (11 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Tier I (0–1)	Premier Mandatory
Tier II (1–1)	Premier 5
Tier III (6–4)	Premier
Tier IV & V (4–3)	International (0–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	14 June 2003	Austrian Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1.	12 October 2003	Tashkent Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Yuliya Beygelzimer Template:Flagicon Tatiana Poutchek	3–6, 6–7(0)
Win	2.	2 November 2003	Tournoi de Québec	Hard(i)	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Els Callens Template:Flagicon Meilen Tu	6–3, 6–3
Win	3.	9 November 2003	Pattaya Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Wynne Prakusya Template:Flagicon Angelique Widjaja	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2.	22 February 2004	Bangalore Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Liezel Huber Template:Flagicon Sania Mirza	6–7(1), 4–6
Win	4.	3 October 2004	Guangzhou Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Yang Shujing Template:Flagicon Yu Ying	6–4, 6–1
Loss	3.	12 February 2005	Bangalore Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie	4–6, 1–6
Win	5.	1 May 2005	Estoril Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Michaëlla Krajicek Template:Flagicon Henrieta Nagyová	6–3, 6–1
Win	6.	12 February 2006	Pattaya Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie	3–6, 6–1, 7–6(5)
Loss	4.	4 March 2006	Qatar Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Daniela Hantuchová Template:Flagicon Ai Sugiyama	4–6, 4–6
Win	7.	7 May 2006	Estoril Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Gisela Dulko Template:Flagicon María Sánchez Lorenzo	6–2, 6–2
Win	8.	1 October 2006	Guangzhou Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Vania King Template:Flagicon Jelena Kostanić Tošić	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	5.	15 April 2007	Charleston Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Peng Shuai	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie	5–7, 0–6
Loss	6.	26 May 2007	Internationaux de Strasbourg	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alicia Molik	Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie Template:Flagicon Yan Zi	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7.	17 June 2007	Birmingham Classic	Grass	Template:Flagicon Meilen Tu	Template:Flagicon Chuang Chia-jung Template:Flagicon Chan Yung-jan	6–7(3), 3–6
Loss	8.	19 October 2007	Guangzhou Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Vania King	Template:Flagicon Peng Shuai Template:Flagicon Yan Zi	6–3, 6–4
Win	9.	7 October 2007	Japan Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi	Template:Flagicon Chuang Chia-jung Template:Flagicon Vania King	1–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Win	10.	14 October 2007	Bangkok Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi	Template:Flagicon Ayumi Morita Template:Flagicon Junri Namigata	w/o
Win	11.	9 March 2008	Bangalore Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Peng Shuai	Template:Flagicon Chan Yung-jan Template:Flagicon Chuang Chia-jung	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss	9.	21 September 2008	Guangzhou Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi	Template:Flagicon Mariya Koryttseva Template:Flagicon Tatiana Poutchek	4–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss	10.	20 September 2009	Guangzhou Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kimiko Date-Krumm	Template:Flagicon Olga Govortsova Template:Flagicon Tatiana Poutchek	6–3, 2–6, [8–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 11 (6–5)

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	16 April 2000	ITF Shenyang, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Na	0–6, 4–6
Loss	2.	4 June 2000	ITF Shenzhen, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Kim Eun-ha	4–6, 3–6
Win	3.	4 September 2000	ITF Hangzhou, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie	6–2, 6–2
Win	4.	17 September 2000	ITF Hohhot, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ding Ding	6–4, 6–3
Win	5.	17 June 2001	ITF Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Template:Flagicon Choi Jin-young	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win	6.	24 June 2001	ITF Inchon, South Korea	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chung Yang-jin	6–4, 6–3
Win	7.	14 April 2002	ITF Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jeon Mi-ra	6–3, 6–4
Loss	8.	13 May 2002	ITF Shanghai, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie	2–6, 2–6
Win	9.	6 August 2002	ITF Beijing, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Rika Fujiwara	6–3, 6–0
Loss	10.	20 July 2003	ITF Modena, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Melinda Czink	3–6, 3–6
Loss	11.	31 October 2004	ITF Shenzhen, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Na	3–6, 6–4, 2–6

Doubles: 21 (13–8)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	13 June 1999	ITF Shenyang, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chen Yan	Template:Flagicon Chen Yin Template:Flagicon Tuo Qi	6–2, 6–4
Win	2.	10 September 2000	ITF Zhejiang, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chen Yan	Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie Template:Flagicon Yan Zi	6–3, 7–5
Win	3.	10 September 2000	ITF Hohhot, China	Clay	Template:Flagicon Chen Yan	Template:Flagicon Ding Ding Template:Flagicon Tang Yan	6–0, 6–3
Loss	4.	4 June 2001	ITF Hohhot, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chen Yan	Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie Template:Flagicon Yan Zi	4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	5.	29 July 2001	ITF Guangzhou, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Chen Yan	Template:Flagicon Li Ting Template:Flagicon Tong Ka-po	5–7, 3–6
Win	6.	Template:Dts	ITF Hull, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie	Template:Flagicon Claire Curran Template:Flagicon Elsa O'Riain	7–6(4), 7–5
Loss	7.	10 February 2002	ITF Redbridge, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Helen Crook	Template:Flagicon Magda Mihalache Template:Flagicon Ekaterina Sysoeva	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Win	8.	11 August 2002	ITF Beijing, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie	7–5, 6–3
Win	9.	Template:Dts	ITF Columbus, United States	Hard (i)	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Bruna Colósio Template:Flagicon Joana Cortez	6–3, 6–1
Win	10.	Template:Dts	ITF Saint Paul, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Teryn Ashley Template:Flagicon Abigail Spears	6–3, 6–1
Win	11.	30 March 2003	ITF Atlanta, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Leanne Baker Template:Flagicon Francesca Lubiani	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	12.	16 June 2003	ITF Gorizia, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie	6–7(5), 6–1, 4–6
Win	13.	23 June 2003	ITF Fontanafredda, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Maria Geznenge Template:Flagicon Dragana Zarić	6–4, 6–3
Loss	14.	30 June 2003	ITF Orbetello, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie	2–6, 5–7
Win	15.	13 July 2003	ITF Modena, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Rika Fujiwara Template:Flagicon Trudi Musgrave	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win	16.	30 November 2003	ITF Changsha, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie	6–4, 6–2
Win	17.	7 December 2003	ITF Shenzhen, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	18.	6 June 2005	ITF Beijing, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Yan Zi Template:Flagicon Zheng Jie	1–6, 5–7
Win	19.	16 August 2005	Bronx Classic, United States	Hard	Template:Flagicon Li Ting	Template:Flagicon Tatiana Poutchek Template:Flagicon Anastasiya Yakimova	2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	20.	17 May 2009	Open de Saint-Gaudens, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kimiko Date	Template:Flagicon Rika Fujiwara Template:Flagicon Chanelle Scheepers	5–7, 4–6
Loss	21.	10 August 2009	ITF Quanzhou, China	Hard	Template:Flagicon Hao Jie	Template:Flagicon Han Xinyun Template:Flagicon Kao Shao-yuan	6–1, 2–6, [6–10]

See also

• Tennis in China

References

• Chinese duo win Olympic tennis gold Template:Webarchive, China Daily 2004-08-23

External links

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