Guo Yan (, born 24 June 1982, in

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) is a Chinese

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

player. Two-time winner of

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in 2006 and 2010. In February 2011, she ranked 2nd in the ITTF world ranking.

Career records

Singles (as of February 3, 2011) *

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: runner-up (2005); SF (2007) *

: winner (2006, 10); runner-up (2005) * Pro Tour winner (4): Croatian, Swedish Open 2001; Korea Open 2003; English Open 2009.
Runner-up (15): China (Hainan) Open 2001; Polish Open 2002; China (Guangzhou), Japan Open 2003; German Open 2004; Japan Open 2005; Japan Open 2006; Japan, China (Nanjing), Austria, Swedish Open 2007; Qatar, Korea, Singapore Open 2008; English Open 2011 * Pro Tour Grand Finals appearances: 7. Record: winner (2008, 09); SF (2001, 02, 03, 07). * Asian Championships: SF (2007) *

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: 1st (2005, 2011) Women's doubles *World Championships: runner-up (2009); SF (2005) *Pro Tour winner (7): Korea Open 2002; China (Harbin) Open 2005; Slovenian, China (Shenzhen), French Open 2007; Kuwait Open 2010; English Open 2011
Runner-up (8): Swedish Open 2001; China (Guangzhou), Japan Open 2003; Greek, German Open 2004; Kuwait Open 2007; English, Polish Open 2009 *

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: SF (2002) Mixed doubles *World Championships: SF (2005) *Asian Games: winner (2010) *Asian Championships: SF (2003) Team *World Championships: 1st (2006, 08); 2nd (2010) *

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: 1st (2010) *Asian Games: 1st (2006, 10); 2nd (2002) *Asian Championships: 1st (2003, 2007)

References

External links

Career profile of Guo Yan
- Table Tennis Master 1982 births Living people Chinese female table tennis players Asian Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players from Beijing Table tennis players at the 2002 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2006 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for China Asian Games silver medalists for China Asian Games bronze medalists for China World Table Tennis Championships medalists {{PRChina-tabletennis-bio-stub