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Tang Min
Full name	Tang Min
Country (sports)	China; Hong Kong
Born	26 January 1971 (age 53)
Height	172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Prize money	$71,433
Singles
Highest ranking	No. 112 (24 July 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1996)
French Open	1R (1995)
US Open	1R (1995)
Doubles
Highest ranking	No. 210 (17 August 1992)

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

Early life edit

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

Career edit

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 edit

Singles (6–4) edit

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

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

Doubles (6–5) edit

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

References edit

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