Tang Min

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Tang.

Tang Min
Full nameTang Min
Country (sports) China
 Hong Kong
Born (1971-01-26) 26 January 1971 (age 54)
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Prize money$71,433
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 112 (24 July 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1996)
French Open1R (1995)
US Open1R (1995)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 210 (17 August 1992)

Tang Min (born 26 January 1971) is a Chinese former professional tennis player and Olympian. Tang represented both China and Hong Kong in the Fed Cup.

Early life

On 26 January 1971, Tang was born. Tang is originally from Hunan, China.[1]

Career

Tang appeared in 17 Fed Cup ties for the Chinese team from 1988 to 1992. Tang was a member of China's bronze medal-winning women's team at the 1990 Asian Games. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona she represented China in the women's doubles, with Li Fang.[2] The pair had a first round win over Greek qualifiers, before losing in the second round to Argentina.[3]

By 1994, Tang was based in Hong Kong and under the guidance of Australian tennis coach Des Tyson.[4] Tang had her best year on tour in 1995, reaching a career high ranking of 112 in the world. She was a semi-finalist at the 1995 Japan Open playing as a qualifier and later that year made the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open. It wasn't until 1997 that she debuted for the Hong Kong Fed Cup team. She played in a total of eight ties, across 1997 and 1998, while also serving as team captain.

ITF finals

Singles (6–4)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. 24 September 1989 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Indonesia Yayuk Basuki 3–6, 3–6
Win 2. 5 March 1990 Valencia, Spain Clay Italy Flora Perfetti 6–2, 0–6, 6–4
Win 3. 7 May 1990 Manila, Philippines Hard China Chen Li-Ling 7–6(5), 6–0
Loss 4. 2 September 1991 Bangkok, Thailand Hard China Li Fang 5–7, 2–6
Loss 5. 9 September 1991 Bangkok, Thailand Hard China Li Fang 0–6, 6–7
Loss 6. 14 June 1993 Beijing, China Hard China Yi Jing-Qian 0–6, 4–6
Win 7. 14 March 1994 Canberra, Australia Grass Australia Angie Woolcock 6–3, 6–0
Win 8. 21 March 1994 Newcastle, Australia Grass Australia Angie Marik 6–4, 6–2
Win 9. 16 May 1994 Tortosa, Spain Clay Argentina Cintia Tortorella 7–6(5), 6–3
Win 10. 13 March 1995 Canberra, Australia Grass Australia Gail Biggs 6–2, 6–0

Doubles (6–5)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 7 May 1990 Manila, Philippines Hard China Lin Ning China Chen Li-Ling
China Li Fang 		3–6, 0–6
Win 2. 29 April 1991 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Hard China Li Fang Indonesia Tanti Trayono
Indonesia Agustina Wibisono 		7–5, 6–3
Win 3. 6 May 1991 Manila, Philippines Hard China Li Fang Indonesia Irawati Moerid
Indonesia Lukky Tedjamukti 		7–6(4), 6–7(5), 7–6(3)
Win 4. 5 August 1991 Nicolosi, Italy Hard China Li Fang Italy Gabriella Boschiero
United States Kylie Johnson 		6–0, 7–6(3)
Win 5. 2 September 1991 Bangkok, Thailand Hard China Li Fang Thailand Suvimol Duangchan
Thailand Benjamas Sangaram 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 6. 9 September 1991 Bangkok, Thailand Hard China Li Fang Indonesia Irawati Moerid
Indonesia Lukky Tedjamukti 		6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Loss 7. 23 September 1991 Kuroshio, Japan Hard China Li Fang Japan Naoko Kinoshita
Japan Emiko Takahashi 		7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 8. 30 September 1991 Hokkaido, Japan Hard China Li Fang Japan Yukie Koizumi
Japan Miki Mizokuchi 		1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 9. 14 October 1991 Kyoto, Japan Hard China Li Fang United States Diana Gardner
Hong Kong Paulette Moreno 		6–4, 7–5
Loss 10. 30 September 1991 Saga, Japan Grass China Li Fang Mexico Lupita Novelo
Australia Kristine Kunce 		7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Win 11. 8 August 1994 Jakarta, Indonesia Hard Chinese Taipei Weng Tzu-ting Indonesia Natalia Soetrisno
Indonesia Suzanna Wibowo 		6–3, 6–1

References

  1. ^ "Min Tang". olympic.org. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Min Tang - Olympic Tennis - People's Republic of China". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Barcelona '92 Olympics". Los Angeles Times. 2 August 1992. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Hong Kong improver wins". The Canberra Times. Australia. 21 March 1994. p. 19. Retrieved 19 May 2018 – via National Library of Australia.