Yang Ya-yi (; born 30 May 2004) is a Taiwanese

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player. She has a career-high junior singles ranking by the

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(ITF) of 4, achieved on 26 December 2022. Her career-high by the

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(WTA) is 203, achieved on 16 October 2023. On 18 September 2023, she peaked at No. 289 in the WTA doubles rankings. Yang, who started playing tennis when she was three years old, represents the colours of

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in the

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Career

Junior Grand Slam performance

- Singles: * Australian Open: 2R (2020) * French Open: – * Wimbledon: – * US Open: 1R (2021) - Doubles: * Australian Open: 2R (2020) * French Open: – * Wimbledon: – * US Open: 1R (2021)

Professional

Yang made her

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debut at the 2023 Guadalajara Open, where she entered the main draw as a qualifier, losing in the first round to fourth seed

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ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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* * * 2004 births Living people Taiwanese female tennis players Sportspeople from Keelung 21st-century Taiwanese women Summer World University Games medalists in tennis FISU World University Games gold medalists for Chinese Taipei FISU World University Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Medalists at the 2021 Summer Universiade {{Taiwan-tennis-bio-stub